Night train

Scenery from Sumida River Terrace <Hamacho Park-Along Hamacho Riverside Street>

 This time, you can enjoy the scenery from Hamacho Park to Sumida River Terrace along Hamacho Riverside Street.

 When you descend from Hamacho Park and go out to the terrace, you will see Shin-ohashi Bridge on the right side (downstream).

 Shin-ohashi Bridge is the third oldest building in the Sumida River in 1693 (1693).

 The current bridge was completed in 1977 (1977) and is characterized by a orange pillar in the center and a wire extending on both sides.

 

 

 

 Scenery from Sumida River Terrace <Hamacho Park-Along Hamacho Riverside Street>

 In Nishizume, Shinohashi, an "Earthquake Evacuation Monument" of the Great Kanto Earthquake is erected.

 Many bridges were burned down during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (1923), but the Shin-ohashi Bridge was only partially damaged.

 This monument was built because it saved many lives in Hashigami.

 

 

  Scenery from Sumida River Terrace <Hamacho Park-Along Hamacho Riverside Street>

 On the upstream side (left side) from the terrace, you can see the viaduct of the Metropolitan Expressway over the Sumida River.

 The Ryogoku junction, which is the confluence of No. 6 Mukojima Line and No. 7 Komatsugawa Line, is the bridge part.

 It is called "Ryogoku Ohashi".

 

  Scenery from Sumida River Terrace <Hamacho Park-Along Hamacho Riverside Street>

 Furthermore, if you walk to the terrace along Hamacho Riverside Street upstream (north side), you can see "Ryogoku Bridge".

 It is the second bridge in the Sumida River, after Senjuohashi.

 In the Edo period, during the great fire of the Meiryaku era in 1657 (1657), the lessons learned from being blocked by rivers and killing many burners.

 It was bridged in 1659 (1659) (also known as 1661).

 With this bridge, the town of Edo spread to the east side of the Sumida River.

 The current bridge is a bridge that was replaced in 1932 (1932), and has moved about 30m upstream from before.