Koto Ward Districts

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Kōtō 江東区 Koto ward, "East River" - districts




There are 45 districts in Koto, some are quite small.
. Kōtō 江東区 Koto ward, "East River" .

Botan 牡丹
Edagawa 枝川
Fukuzumi 福住

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Botan 牡丹 Botan district
牡丹一丁目 - 三丁目 first to third district

Most of it are residential areas.
It is close to 門前仲町 Monzen Nakacho.
In former times there lived a lot of farmers growing peonies, hence the name.

. botan ぼうたん、ぼたん、 牡丹 peony .

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Edagawa 枝川 Edagawa district
枝川一丁目 - 枝川三丁目 first to third district

The first and second district have been landfilled in 1910.
The main road 三ツ目通り Mitsume-dori runs from South to North.

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Fukuzumi 福住 Fukuzumi district
福住一丁目 - 福住二丁目 first and second district

This district has a long histrict, being called 深川福住 Fukagawa Fukuzumi. In 1931, the areas 伊沢町、一色町、黒江町、松村町 were united to become 深川福住町一丁目 Fukagawa Fukuzumi first district.
In 1931, the areas 永堀町、大住町、東永代町、材木町 were united to become 深川福住町二丁目 Fukagawa Fukuzumi second district.
In 1969 the two districts were renamed 福住 Fukuzumi.
There were many komegura 米蔵 storehouses for rice in the area.
The scholar 新井白石 Arai Hakuseki (1657 - 1725) lived in Fukuzumi first district (now 深川一色町 Fukagawa Isshiki district) .

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