Yokoami district Sumida

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Yokoami 横網 Yokoami district
Sumida, 横網一丁目 - 横網二丁目 first and second sub-district

The origin of the name is not quite clear.
Maybe the local fishermen used to dry their nets (ami 網) on the side (yoko).
Not to mix with the characters for yokozuna 横綱（よこづな), a Sumo wrestler. - tsuna, ..zuna 綱 rope
The writing for Yokoami first appeared in 1713 and the Sumo performances were held as rituals at the temple 回向院 Eko-In since at least 1833.

. sumoo 相撲 Sumo wrestling .

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Tokyo Ireido 東京都慰霊堂 Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall
東京都墨田区横網2-3-25 / 2-3-25 Yokoami, Sumida City

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Tokyo Ireido is a memorial shrine for those who died in the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 as well as in the Great Tokyo Air Raid. The memorial shrine is located in Yokoamicho Park, a spacious park with plentiful greenery, a flower bed, monuments and statues for the deceased.
Visitors are welcome to learn more about and see items left behind from the war and earthquake at the park museum. Not only should you bring your family and friends to Tokyo Ireido for a relaxing afternoon, but also for educational purposes on world peace and disaster awareness.
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Yokoamicho Park (横網町公園 Yokoamichō kōen)
is a public park in the Yokoami district of Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.
2-3-25 Yokoami, Sumida City,

- History
Following the Great Kantō earthquake on 1 September 1923, as many as 44,000 people were killed in the park when it was swept by a firestorm. Following this disaster the park became the location of the main memorial to the earthquake; the Earthquake Memorial Hall and a nearby charnel house containing the ashes of 58,000 victims of the earthquake.
Following World War II, the park also became the location of the main memorial to the victims of the Bombing of Tokyo in 1944 and 1945. The ashes of 105,400 people killed in the raids were interred in Yokoamicho Park between 1948 and 1951.
A memorial to the people killed in the raids was opened in the park in March 2001.
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. Edo Tokyo Hakubutsukan　江戸東京博物館 Edo-Tokyo Museum　 .
東京都墨田区横網1-4-1 / Tokyo, Sumida, Yokoami 1-4-1

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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. Yokoami no kataba no ashi 横網の片葉の蘆 One-sided Reed .
one of the
Honjo Nana Fushigi 本所七不思議 Seven Wonders of Honjo.

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. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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Edo - the EDOPEDIA -

6/08/2019

Yokoami district Sumida

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