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On the premises of Ushiku Chateau, there is the Kamiya Denbei Memorial Hall, which is associated with its founder.
Looking at the chronology of the Kamiya Denbei chronology, one of the exhibits, in chronological order, you can see that it has been related to various places in Nagoya, Yokohama, and Tokyo since you were young.

Among them, Kamiya noticed that in 1898, the 42-year-old, Kamiya said, "We will set up a Kamiya Kisen joint stock company on the armor bank in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo and start the transportation business."
When you think of the armor riverbank, you can imagine around the armor bridge, known for the anecdote of Yoshiie Minamotono.

And the birthplace of Maison Konosu was also the armor shore.
On the banks around Nihonbashi, there were banks related to the fish banks, the U.S. banks, and the Shuuga banks, but I have never been concerned about what kind of banks the armor banks were.

According to the “News from Local Room” No. 159 issued by the Chuo Ward Kyobashi Library, the river along Koamicho 2-chome and the same 3-chome between Shishibashi Bridge and Hakozaki Bridge is commonly called the armor riverbank. According to the name of the town, Nihonbashi Koamicho 9th, 8th, and 1st.
Until 1872, there were many Okugawa-suji shipping wholesalers and rice wholesalers around the armor handing, making it a lively market.

The Okugawa shipping wholesaler is a wholesaler patented from the Shogunate during the Kanbun period (1661-73).
It was limited to 36 people and monopolized the transportation of luggage for Kanpachishu, Ou, Echigo, Shinano, etc., as well as luggage for Nikko Gosha, Kawago, and Moroho sankin kotai.

It was a little later that Kamiya Kisen Joint Stock Company established on the armor shore, but around the armor shore, a pioneer of domestic Western liquor and a steamship company run by Kamiya, who was called the "Japanese wine king" It seems that it was a place in Nihonbashi that was related to overseas culture, with a series of cafes influenced by France.

The riverbanks have been lost with the times, but when you look at the Nihonbashi River from Armor Bridge in this way, it seems that the vitality of those days comes to mind.

Chuo-ku is a city where you can visually clearly see the fusion of innovation and tradition, but sometimes it may not be bad to think about things that are invisible.

I would like to investigate the transition of the armor shore from Edo to Meiji in more detail, such as in a specialized book in the future.