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At the time of the change of Honnoji, fishermen from Settsu Tsukuda Village help Ieyasu Tokugawa and his colleagues who were in Sakai and were in trouble fleeing from Akechi. Ieyasu, who opened the Shogunate in Edo, felt benefit to them and invited them to Edo to give them a reef. They reclaim and maintain the island, worship Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, and create Tsukuda Island. Although you are given a fishing right, there are various theories whether you have the current fishing right of the Sumida River from the beginning. The people of Tsukuda Island started boating the following year in 1644, when Tsukuda Island was said to be completed as a foot for offering white fish (white kiss) to the general. There were many waterways in the town of Edo, but it seems that the mainstream is to think that the gunshot river on the opposite bank of Tsukuda Island was running a boat toward the point where the Sumida River merged. The confluence point is the current Minatomachi Daiichi Children's Amusement Park.

Since fish other than offering remain, it was the beginning of the fish shore that started selling on a board on the opposite bank. One of the ways to preserve the collected fish is boiled with sugar or soy sauce. At the time of sankin kotai, it was a great reputation for souvenirs from the Daimyo group returning to the local area. The number of people seeking Tsukudani, worshiping Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, and visiting wisteria flowers blooming at shrines has increased, and although it is an irregular operation, Tsukuda's delivery begins.

The town of Edo has been improved, and the location of the ferryboat will be moved to Funamatsumachi (Minato 3-chome), where the site of the current Tsukuda Island ferryboat is located. The boat was operated irregularly by the islanders. In the Meiji era, the Okura Gumi will run it and will be operated regularly. It seems that the fare was 50% per person. At the end of the Taisho era, the operation was changed to Tokyo City, and the ferryboat facilities could be installed in 1927. Free towing ferry by steamship has begun. At that time, stone monuments of Tsukuda Island ferry were made in Minato and Tsukuda. It is in the explanatory version that it is a memorial to the abolition of the rowing boat. The above photo is on the explanation board of the site of Tsukuda Island ferryboat on the Minato side. It says around 1953. It is a ferry boat that is led by a steamboat and pulls almost flat.

This photo is on the explanation board of the site of Tsukuda Island ferryboat on the Tsukuda side. It is in the 1930s. The memory of riding a lot was in the latter half of the Showa 30s. I think there was a rear car or bicycle together. If you look at the photo, you can see that there was a roof, but I don't remember it. I saw Ichiro Ozaki's photo book in the book "I was handed over to Tsukuda" by Iwanami Shoten. It was written that the captain and engineer were on the top steamboat, and two sailors were on the rear passenger ship. At this time, there were times when I made 70 round trips a day every 15 minutes.

This is a photo of the stone monument on the Tsukuda side. This was the boarding point. It seems that it was also a ferry office and a waiting area. It was written in "I was handed over to Tsukuda" that I was able to warm up by turning on the stove in winter. I don't remember the waiting area because it's so scary.

In front of you, there are Tsukudani shops.

One of the cool memories is that I boarded with my grandmother from Tsukuda side and headed for Minato. My grandmother rarely went to Tsukuda, so he took me to the festival of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, or it may have been back in search of Tsukuda Genda Nakaya, a favorite of my grandfather. .

One early morning in October, I photographed the Minato side from the top of Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge. The Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge itself is 576.3m, but the current width of the Sumida River is about 220m. How many minutes did you ride? Was it a holiday on strong winds? She was a kindergarten child on the other side of the river. On the day the typhoon approached, the children who had passed from Tsukuda Island were closed. Why did you take a rest? I remember hearing that the ship wasn't out. If you make a big turn, you can come at Kachidokibashi, but you won't send it in the rain.

Another thing I remember is that when I boarded with my grandmother and sister and arrived at Minato and got off, my sister dropped clogs into the river. The sailor picked me up. I think it's summer because it's rugged. It will be abolished in August, so I think it was a commemorative ride. I felt that the place where I arrived was much higher than Minato 3-chome, where the stone monument was located. During the bridge of Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge, I saw something that was said to have been moved to a temporary platform. Maybe it was around the current Minatomachi Daiichi Children's Amusement Park.

The day I took the picture was really nice, and the heron was flying across it. It was a day when my grandmother was born 113 years ago.

Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge was completed in 1964 (Showa 39). August 27 was the last business day of Tsukuda's delivery. Finally, chief priest will board the ship and the closing ceremony will be held. Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge is said to have been crowded with a large crowd who saw off the ship.

Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge is a very plain part of the bridge over the Sumida River. Kachidokibashi, Chuo-ohashi Bridge, Eitai Bridge, and Cheongju Bridge shine at night. Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge is not lit up. What attracted some attention was that it was the last climbing slope at the end of the Tokyo Marathon. Sutto Kodokkoi was supporting the Tokyo Marathon in front of Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge. It was a place where the media gathered. From 2017, the goal changed and the course was changed, and the runner stopped passing Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge.

It was lit up in the wake of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. During the Olympics, the lighting of Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge was lighted in five colors such as red and blue. It was very beautiful because the light of the water reflected. Now it shines in green.

TRY！ Regular boats have begun to operate between Nihonbashi and Toyosu under the name of boat trip commuters.

https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2023/10/06/21.html

Flights from Nihonbashi board from the waterfall plaza at the foot of the bridge, enter the Harumi Canal from the Nihonbashi River, and cross the bridge of the old freight line currently under construction to reach Toyosu Lara Port. The boarding time is about 20 minutes, the fare is 500 yen one way, and for a while it is operated only in the evening of fire, water and trees. (Closed on the second Wednesday) Advance reservations are required.

The Harumi Hinode Route is also scheduled to open in 2024.

It started on October 25. I took this picture on the second day of business, when a flight departing from Toyosu arrived at Nihonbashi at 16:25 and departed Nihonbashi for the first time. There are two types of boats, a limousine boat in the photo and an urban lunch that is a size larger. Bicycles and wheelchairs are only available for Urban Lunch. It is important to note that ships may change depending on the height of water level. Boarding is required, but yesterday the ship was changed and I was unable to get on it even though I had made a reservation. The limousine boat seemed to have a very small turn, and I thought it would be speeding up.

About 60 years have passed since the Tsukuda ferry was abolished and all the Sumida River ferryboats were gone.

　It's a new form of boat trip.