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ー Hirokoji on the south side of the bridge was a busy place

It is not clear with the time of construction and the origin of the bridge name.

It is said that after the Great Fire of the Meiryaku era, Edobashi Hirokoji was set up on the south side of the bridge, and as a place where various cities and small shops concentrated, it was a lively place where many Edo shoppers gathered.

The current bridge is a steel arch bridge built in 1927 as part of the earthquake reconstruction plan, and is built several tens of meters upstream than the bridge in the Edo period.

~From Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia ~

The image is Edobashi at midnight.

Rosmari used to work at Nihonbashi 1-chome.

The name of the building is "Edobashi Building".

"Edobashi" is a very nostalgic name.

And when you head to your favorite Ningyocho, you will cross "Edobashi".

When I go to Nihonbashi Post Office for work, I don't cross Edobashi, but it's already in front of Edobashi.

Edobashi is a familiar bridge, a wide sidewalk, and easy to walk around.

Of the 12 bridges, Rosmari crossed the most.

An old photo of Nihonbashi, one upstream, was displayed on the wall of the construction site beside Edobashi.

I would like to introduce you three.

Both buses and cars passing through the bridge remain nostalgic.

This Nihonbashi was rebuilt in 1911 (Meiji 44), and it is still a two-way stone arch bridge, so the statue of Kirin in the center of the bridge should be exactly the same, but it looks like a different bridge for some reason.

Both of the three photos of Nihonbashi were in 1960.

It's 1960, right?

This is a statue of a lion in Nihonbashi.

It's hard to understand if it's not lit up.

"Nisshokan" stands between Edobashi over the Nihonbashi River and one of its downstream bridges, Yoroibashi.

It will be the site of that Eiichi Shibusawa residence.

Eiichi Shibusawa built his own mansion here in 1888 and lived until he moved to 1901.

After that, it was used as the Eiichi Shibusawa Office, but was burned down in 1923 (Taisho 12) due to the Great Kanto Earthquake.

By the way, Eiichi Shibusawa, who was working here, evacuated and was safe.

The Higashisha Building was built again in 1928 (Showa 3) and was renamed Nisshokan. This is the design of Yokogawa Works in Tamisuke Yokogawa.

After the war, Nisshokan also engaged in collective trading of stocks.

Nichishokan was designated as "Tokyo Selected Historic buildings" in December 2024.

For more information, please refer to the following article by Mr.

⇒　January 25, 2025 "Nisshokan" Tokyo Selected to Historic buildings

- Oiwa, called Kabutoiwa, sits in the precincts -

This shrine is enshrined deity with Kura Inatama no Mikoto, a commercial guardian angel, and enshrines Okuninushi no Mikoto and Kotoshironushi no Mikoto [Ebisu-sama]).

In the precincts, there is a huge rock called Kabuto-iwa, which became the origin of the town name Kabuto-cho.

~From Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia ~

In addition, "Kabuto Shrine" has been introduced before.

⇒　May 14, 2020 "Shrine with a Quiet Appearance from Ningyocho Station ~Kabuto Shrine ~"

⇒　February 23, 2023 "Intangled with Yoshiie Minamotono and Ieyasu Tokugawa Chuo-ku - Ruins of Armor Passing, Kabuto Shrine, Nihonbashi-"

Nihonbashi Muromachi 1-chome, Nihonbashi Honcho 1-chome - Nihonbashi 1-chome

It is a red circle bridge on the map.

As the Nihonbashi River, there is "Nihonbashi" on the upstream (left side), and "Yoroibashi" on the downstream (right side).