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5/12/2020

Tatamicho district

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
. shokunin 職人 craftsman, artisan, Handwerker .
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古着新道 Furugi Jinmichi
稲荷新道 Inari Jinmichi
- collecting legends about Tatami mats
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Tatamicho, Tatamichō, Tatamimachi 畳町 Tatami district
中央区京橋二・三丁目 Chuo ward, Kyobashi second and third district

This district of the Edo period was abolished in 1931.

source : edo.amebaownd.com...

It used to be located near 八重洲河岸(城辺河岸).
The name refers to the tatamisashi 畳刺 makers of tatami mats, who lived there.

In the South was a part named 古着新道 Furugi Jinmichi.
In the North was a part names 稲荷新道 Inari Jinmichi.

In 1866, it became part of Tokyo.
In 1878, it became part of 京橋区 Kyobashi ward.

Just one district to the West of 大工町 Daikucho.
Also related to 武田氏 the Takeda clan from 甲府 Kofu.

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In Edo, 伊阿弥 / 藺阿弥 the Iami family of tatami makers was appointed by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The family business dated back to the Muromachi period.
藺阿弥 Iami also grew igusa rush material. The family name Iami was given by 織田信長 Oda Nobunaga.
The tatami maker family later served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

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元柳町 Motoyanagicho、大工町 Daikucho、畳町 Tatamicho、
新柳町 Shinyanagicho、増山町 Masuyamacho

大工町より一本西側にある南北の通りが畳町になります。
江戸期から昭和37年にかけての町名で、武田氏時代に造営された町のひとつです。
町名の由来は大工町と同じく、武田氏時代に畳職人の居住地として指定されたことによります。大工町と大きく違うのは、甲府城が築城されてからは、職人のほとんどが下府中へと移っており、寛延４（1751）年に畳職人は全くいなかったそうです。大正10年の地図では、三の堀が町を東西へ横断しているのが見えます。ほとんどが暗渠化されている三の堀ですが、畳町でははっきりと確認することが出来ます。

- reference source : machikore.com/mattocileci... -

. Kanda daikucho　神田　大工町 carpenter district in Kanda .

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. Kyoobashi 京橋 Kyobashi Bridge "Kyoto Bridge" district .

. Igusamura, Igusa mura 井草村 Igusa village .
Suginami 杉並区 Suginami ward . from the first to the 5th sub-district
Kami-Igusa, Shimo-Igusa

. igusa 藺草（いぐさ）rushes, Juncus effusus .
Igusa is the main material for the Tatami floor mats.

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Kyobashi - Home of Edo's Craftsmen
The Tokaido is the main highway between Edo and Western Japan. Here in the downtown area of the city, though, it looks like just one more busy city street. As we get closer to the center of town, the streets which cross the Tokaido become broader and the buildings that line the streets become larger and more imposing. Most of the buildings on the main roads are large stores or the homes some of the city's more prosperous merchants. Kyobashi is the general name given to a large area of low-lying land that makes up one of the key commercial districts of Edo. The district occupies the flat land immediately to the West of Edo castle, and is an important center of the city's economy.
However, the reason why Kyobashi is such an important part of Edo's economy is that many communities of craftsmen and artisans live in the area. The people who practice each type of craft tend to gather together in certain neighborhoods, and for this reason, many neighborhoods in the Kyobashi area are named after the type of craftsmen who live there.
A few examples are:
Tatami-machi -- Mat-maker's village
Oke-machi -- Bucket-maker's village
Minami Daiku-machi -- South carpenter's village
Minami Kaji-machi -- South blacksmith's village
Teppo-machi -- Gunsmith's village
- source : edomatsu/kyobashi... -

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Furugi Jinmichi district 古着新道
中央区八重洲二丁目 Chuo ward, Yaesu second sub-district

source : edo.amebaownd.com...

古着店 Many dealers in furugi 古着 old robes, lived here.

新道 also read しんどう Shindo - new road.

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Inari Jinmichi district 稲荷新道
中央区日本橋堀留町一丁目 Chuo ward, Nihonbashi, Horidomecho first sub-district

source : edo.amebaownd.com...
Also called
杉ノ森新道 Suginomori jinmichi
水森新道 Mizumori jinmichi
椙森新道 Sugimori jinmichi

Leading to the shrine
椙森神社 Sugimori Jinja.
1-10-2 Nihonbashi Horidomecho, Chuo City, Tokyo

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A shrine well known for its gorgeous festival, with more than 1,000 years of history.
It is one of the oldest shrines in Tokyo.
It is said that in 940 a warrior called Tawara Tota Hidesato prayed for victory and to beat a strong enemy, and he dedicated a silver fox statue.
It is also said that Ota Dokan's ritual for rain at this shrine saved people from drought at the end of the 15th century.
It is counted as the three forests of Edo, and many people still worship there.
- source : centraltokyo-tourism.com... -

. Tawara Tōda Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷 "Lord Bag of Rice" .

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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東磐井郡 Higashi-Iwai district 大東村 Ohigashi mura village

. tatami maker possessed by kitsune 狐 a fox .

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
83 to collect

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8/01/2019

shubi no matsu Taito Kuramae

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Shubi no Matsu 首尾の松 "Pine of Success"
台東区蔵前一丁目三番 Taito ward, Kuramae, first sub-district

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About 100 meters (about 330 ft.) down the Sumida River from this monument, on the riverbank, there used to be the famous Matsu tree Shubi no Matsu. (pine tree of success).
The origin of the name of the pine tree Shubi is not exactly clear but here are some explanations:
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It was named because a man, a shogun's retainer, 'successfully' rode a horse across the flooded Sumida River from the pine tree to the other bank in the presence of the third shogun, Iemitsu.
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Men of the world talked together under this pine tree about their 'Shubi (success)' at Yoshiwara when they crossed the Sumida river.
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Laver (edible seaweed) used to be harvested here using ひび 'hibi' (long sticks to collect laver) stuck in the river, and the pronunciation of 'hibi' was corrupted into 'shubi.'

The first 'Shubi no Matsu'
was blown down during the An'ei era (1772-1780), its successor died during the Ansei era (1854-1859), the third pine died at the end of the Meiji era (around 1910), and their successors were entirely destroyed by the fires of the Kanto Great Earthquake of 1923 and the Second World War. In December, 1962, members of Asakusa-nanbu Association of Commerce, Industry and Tourism regretted the loss of these pines and built a monument close to this bridge in cooperation with the local people.
The present pine monument is said to be the seventh tree.
- source : taito-culture.jp/city

- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

大川（隅田川） Okawa is another name for Sumidagawa
This pine is mentioned in the old record 『江戸名所花暦』
首尾を果たす松 - related to Yoshiwara

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浅草川　首尾の松御　厩河岸 Asakusa-gawa Shubinomatsu Onmayagashi
Ando Hiroshige

source and details : adachi-hanga.com/ukiyo-e...
東都首尾の松之図
歌川国芳 Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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Ôkawa shubi no matsu 大川首尾の松 The Pine Tree of Success on the Sumida River
Fireworks at Shubinomatsu
"Okawa Shubinomatsu" (literally "Pine Tree at Okawa River")
高橋松亭 Takahashi Hiroaki Shotei

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. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 .

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6/04/2019

hori moat districts

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hori 堀 . 濠 moat and districts with this name
In compounds, hori may be read "-bori".
Sometimes hori is translated as "canal".
horiwari 堀割 canal, waterway

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. Benkeibori 弁慶堀 Benkei moat . - Chiyoda

. Doosanbori 道三堀 / 道三濠 Dosanbori, Dosan-bori (Dosan canal) . - Shiba

. Funabori 船堀 Funabori district . - Edogawa

. Hatchoobori, Hatchōbori 八丁堀 Hatchobori moat . - Chuo

. Hirakawabori 平川堀 Hirakawa moat . - Chiyoda

. Horiechoo, Horie choo 堀江町 Horie Cho district . - Edogawa

. Kinshibori 錦糸堀 . - Sumida
also known as Oiteke-bori 置いてけ堀 / 置行堀 / 置いてけぼり "leave it behind - canal"

. Nippori mura 新堀村 "village with a new moat" . - Arakawa
now Nippori 日暮里 district

. Sendaibori 仙台堀 . - Koto

. Sotobori 外堀 "Outer Moat" of Edo castle .

. idohori shi 井戸堀師 craftsman digging a well .
and the Tamagawa Joosui 多摩川上水 Tamagawa Josui Kanal　

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- ..hori in Fukagawa 深川
Gokenbori-gashi 五間堀河岸
- Minami-Gokenborigashi 南五間堀河岸
Higashi-Rokkenborigashi 東六間堀河岸
Inohorigashi 亥堀河岸
Nishi-Inohorigashi 西亥堀河岸
Nishi-Rokkenborigashi 西六間堀河岸

- ..hori in Honjo 埋堀河岸
Kita-Gokenborigashi 北五間堀河岸
- Higashi-Gokenborigashi 東五間堀河岸
- Nishi-Gokenborigashi 西五間堀河岸
Umehorigashi 埋堀河岸

- ..hori in Kyobashi
Echizenborigashi 越前堀河岸

- ..hori in Nihonbashi 日本橋
西堀留川(伊勢町) River Horidomegawa

- ..hori in Shiba 芝
三才堀

- ..hori in Shitaya 下谷
Shamisenbori 三味線堀二丁目

Edo no hori to kawa 江戸の堀と河川
- reference source : ne.jp/asahi/woodsorrel... -

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tsuribori 釣堀 moat for fishing, fishing pond

東京の釣り場ガイド
- reference source : goofish.jp/spot/tokyo... -

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Niibori mura 新堀村（にいぼりむら） Niibori village / (Niihori)
Arakawa ( Nippori)

. 日本橋北新堀町 Kita-Niihori-cho . - Chuo

Shunka-en Bonsai museum 春花園
1 Chome-29-16 Niihori, Edogawa

- reference source : kunio-kobayashi.com... -

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
In the river 赤羽川 Akabanegawa lived a Tengu all alone. He was perfect at shooting arrows and his nose was very long. He also wrote poetry but he was not included in the poetry circles of his area.
Around 1820, he was involved in a fight with the Tengu from 神田 Kanda, 新堀 Niibori and 本所 Honjo, but ne never lost.
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. ichoo 異鳥 a strange bird - 新堀村 Nippori village .

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樋堀村 Hibori mura village
Saitama Kasukabe
hi 樋 means "water pipe" or "gutter".

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横堀村 Yokobori mura
There are many places named 横堀 Yokobori in Japan.

本所北横堀町 Honjo-Kita-Yokoborichō
墨田区 Sumida, 緑四丁目 Midori, fourth sub-district

- reference source : edo.amebaownd.com... -

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1/16/2019

Tsukishima district Chuo

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Tsukishima Area 月島地区 - Tsukudajima, Chuo ward

Harumi (晴海)
Kachidoki (勝どき)
Tsukishima (月島)
Tsukuda (佃)
..... Sumiyoshi Shrine (住吉神社)
Toyomicho (豊海町)

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Today we’re going on a whirlwind tour from Tsukiji to Tsukuda to Tsukishima to Kachidoki to Toyomi-chō ending in Harumi looking towards the future.
..... in 1905 (Meiji 38), a ferry crossing was established that connected Tsukiji with Tsukishima.
..... in 1963 a new landfill expansion was completed and the names were decided by the residents via questionnaire.
- source : japanthis Marky Star ...

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Harumi 晴海 "clear sea"

In 1932, it was named 晴海町 Harumicho with 6 sub-districts.
晴海町一丁目から六丁目.
The name means "a place where you can see the beautiful shining sea".
It was 国際貿易港 a prospering international harbour area.
In 1965, it was re-named to Harumi.

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Built on land reclaimed between the Meiji restoration and the start of World War II, Harumi is best known for the Triton Square office development. In recent years it has become more popular as a residential area with a number of large scale apartment complexes taking advantage of the views that Harumi has of the lower reaches of the Sumida River.
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Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal
Harumi-dori
The Senshu Mura 選手村 Olympic Village for the 2020 Tōkyō Olympics is planned to be built in Harumi 5-chōme.

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Kachidoki 勝どき "cry of victory"

Before the bridge 勝鬨橋 Kachidokibashi was built, there was a river crossing, Kachidoki no watashi 勝鬨渡し.

The Chinese character 鬨 toki (doki) is no longer on the list of the general Kanji, so the name is now spelled with hiragana どき doki.

Kachidoki is just opposite the Tsukiji fish market and many huge storehouses to cool the fish were built here. So they needed a bridge to get to the new island of Kachidoki fast.

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Kachidoki Bridge is the only drawbridge built on Sumida River in the 1940's.
It was constructed to commemorate the victory of the Japanese army during the Russian-Japanese War. In the post-war years until 1970's, the bridge was operated by electricity and it used to take about 70 seconds to open or close. It required a total of 20 minutes to open and allow the ships to pass through, which was a routine for nearly five times a day. As the use of freight ships decreased, due to the improvement of alternative infrastructure like highways, the dependency on the bridge decreased as well and in 1970 it opened only once. Since then the bridge has stayed closed and never reopened.
- source : en.japantravel.com/tokyo... -

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Tsukishima 月島 "moon island"

月島西河岸通 / 月島東河岸通 / 月島西仲通 / 月島東仲通 / 月島通
After the landfill in 1887 the residents of this area selected the name.

Tsuki no misaki 月之岬 / 月の岬 "cape moon"
with many restaurants to enjoy the sight in the Edo period.
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige

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Tsukuda 佃 "cultivated field"

. Tsukudajima 佃島 / 佃嶌 The Island Tsukuda .
..... tsukudani つくだに (佃煮) simmering food in sweetened soy sauce

Tsukudajima Island from the Eitaibashi Bridge
Ando Hiroshige

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Sumiyoshi Jinja 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi Shrine
1-1-14, Tsukuda, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Enshrined deities for a safe voyage guarding Tsukishima district.
Enshrined deities have been guarding the Tsukuda district since the early 17th century.
Seasonal flowers can be viewed in Shrine compound.

. Sumiyoshi Jinja 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi Shrines in Japan .

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Toyomicho 豊海町 "bountiful sea town"

toyomi 豊海 "abundant sea", a rich fishing area before the landfill.
The smallest part of the Tsukishima island area.
It is just opposite of the Hama Goten 浜御殿 Seaside palace of the Tokugawa clan.

- source : LandscapePhotoGallery -

Toyomibashi 豊海橋 Toyomibashi bridge

. Edo no hashi 江戸の橋　the bridges of Edo .

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Around 1640 the area was just a field of reeds and the Tokugawa Shogun came here for hawk hunting.
The 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi 五代将軍綱吉 built a rest place.
In 1709, the 6th Shogun Ienobu 六代将軍家宣 had a palace built, Hama-Goten.
In 1870 it became a public park under the jurisdiction of Kunaisho 宮内省 the Imperial Household Agency.
In 1966 it was renamed 浜離宮庭園 Hamarikyu Teien Park.

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Hamarikyu Gardens 浜離宮恩賜庭園 Hama-rikyū Onshi Teien
is a public park in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Located at the mouth of the Sumida River, it was opened to the public April 1, 1946. The park is a 250,165 m² landscaped garden surrounding Shioiri Pond, the park itself surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shōgun Tokugawa family in the 17th century.
In the garden
you can find a pond with a teahouse in the center. Visitors can cross one of the three bridges to reach the teahouse, where they can enjoy refreshment such as matcha and Japanese sweets in a tea-ceremony style. The garden has a peony garden, a plum tree grove and cosmos fields with flowers for every season. Japanese falconry and aikido are demonstrated at New Year.
- reference source : wikipedia -

. 1728 - an Elephant in Hama-Goten Park .

. Hama Goten sooji no mono 浜御殿掃除之者 park cleaners .

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1/10/2019

Kabutocho district Chuo

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Kabutochoo, Kabutochō 兜町 Kabutocho district
Chuo ward, Nihonbashi Area (日本橋地区) Nihonbashi-Kabutochō. No sub-districts.

. kabuto 兜 / 冑 / かぶと helmet .

There used to be a mound named
兜塚 Kabutozuka.
- See below, Kabuto Jinja.

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... Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, home of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is the heart of Japan’s stock brokerage business.

The Edo Period (1603-1868)
At the beginning of the Edo period in the early seventeenth century, when what is now Kabuto-cho was still an area of sandbanks covered in sedge and Japanese silver grass, the first Tokugawa shogun Ieyasu reclaimed the land there for the new city of Edo that he was building around his castle.
The area, located close to the castle, occupied a militarily strategic position defending Edo against attack from the mouth of the Sumida River and the sea. It was therefore assigned to samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shoguns, especially those with naval expertise, to build their homes on.
The Meiji Period (1868-1912)
In the Meiji period, Kabuto-cho evolved into a center of securities trading and finance.
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the lands formerly inhabited by the samurai became government property, and a series of new buildings went up in Kabuto-cho, including the trade and industry department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which had jurisdiction over the nation’s finances; a branch office of the Tokyo police department (the predecessor of Chuo Police Station); and No. 1 Sakamoto Elementary School (the predecessor of Sakamoto Elementary School).
Some of the land in the Kabuto-cho district was granted to the Mitsui merchant house and others as a reward for their services in the Meiji Restoration. In 1873, First National Bank (the predecessor of Mizuho Bank) was built at the eastern end of Kaiun Bridge. That building, known as Mitsui-gumi (“Mitsui Group”) House, became a popular Tokyo attraction. ...
The Taisho Period (1912-1926)
The Years through 1945
Kabuto-cho, Center of the Securities Industry: 1945 to the Present
Site of Eiichi Shibusawa’s Residence
Nisshokan Bldg.
The Birthplace of Japanese Banking

- - - - - Kabuto Jinja Shrine
Next to Nisshokan Bldg. is the Kabuto (“War Helmet”) Shrine, a Shinto shrine dedicated to the patron god of the securities industry.
It was founded in May 1878, when the original Tokyo Stock Exchange was established, to symbolize the faith of those who traded there and watch over them.
There is a boulder within the precincts called Kabutoiwa (“Helmet Rock”), of which the following legend is told. In the Edo period (1603-1868) the Makino clan had its residence on the site, and there was mound on the estate called Helmet Mount where a helmet was interred. It was buried there, according to one version of the story, by the great eleventh-century warrior Minamoto no Yoshiie (or Yoriie) or, according to another, by the tenth-century hero Tawara no Tōta (Fujiwara no Hidesato), who stripped it from the rebel Taira no Masakado after slaying him. Atop the mound, it is said, stood this boulder.
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Masakado no kabuto 将門の兜 the helmet of Masakado

. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 (? – 940) .

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Kabutogashi 兜河岸 Kabuto riverbank

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鍵束も冬至仕舞ひの兜町
kagitaba mo tooji shimai no Kabutochoo

the key rings too
packed away for the winter solstice
in Kabutocho
- Tr. Gabi Greve

庄司圭吾 Shoji Keigo

. tooji 冬至 winter solstice .
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11/24/2018

Akashi district Chuo

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Akashicho 明石町 Akashi district
Chuo ward, Kyōbashi Area (京橋地区), no sub-district

Fishermen from the town of 播磨国明石 Akashi in Harima no kuni (now 兵庫県 Hyogo) moved here. The Bay reminded them of home.
The Akashi district in Edo was rather small, on the East side of 明石橋 Akashibashi.
It also contained the districts of 十軒町 Jikkencho and 船松町二丁目 Funamatsucho, second sub-district.
Samurai and townspeople lived here side by side.
The story of the 47 Ronin from Harima is famous.
. Sengaku-ji and the 47 Ronin ( 忠臣蔵　 Chushingura) .

In 1869, the area became 外国人居留地 open for foreigners to live.
Now there are many universities in the district.

. Jikkencho 十軒町 / Jikkendana 十軒店（じっけんだな） area .
日本橋通り十軒店

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Jikkendana Hinaichi 十軒店雛市 (doll market)

In Jikkendana, a girl's doll market would be held before the Spring Hina Matsuri (doll festival),
and a boy's doll market would be held before Tango no Sekku (children's day) in early summer.
Jikkendana was therefore full of people during these times.
In "Guide to Famous Spots of Edo", it is written that there were also doll markets
in 尾張町 Owari-chō, 浅草 Asakusa, 池之端 Ikenohata, 麹町 Kōji-machi and 駒込 Komagome,
but they were no match with Jikkendana.
Jikkendana was located on both sides of what is now Chuō-dōri around Muromachi 3 chōme, Nihonbashi.
. source - Tokoy Metropolitan Library .

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Akashicho Kawagishi Park　明石町河岸公園

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聖路加国際病院 St. Luke's International Hospital
9-1 Akashicho, Chūō, Tokyo / Seiroka Kokusai Byoin

St. Luke's International Hospital is a general and teaching hospital located in the Tsukiji district of Chūō, Tokyo,

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1900 Dr. and Mrs. Teusler arrive in Japan.
1901 Dr. Teusler establishes an almshouse in Tsukudajima.
1901 St. Luke's Hospital is founded.
1917 St. Luke's Hospital changes its name to St. Luke's International Hospital.

- More in the HP of the hospital
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Seiroka garden 聖路加ガーデン Saint Luke's Tower
東京都中央区明石町8-1 / Akashicho 8-1

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a skyscraper located in Chūō.The skyscraper is 221-meter, 51-story and was finished in 1994.

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Akashi District (明石郡 Akashi-gun) Hyogo
was a district in Hyōgo Prefecture. It was formed in 1879 from the territory of the Edo period Akashi Domain. The district ceased to exist on 10 January 1951, when its last remaining municipalities merged into Akashi city. The area that the district once covered is now within Akashi city and western Kobe city.
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At the beginning of the Meiji era, the Akashi Domain consisted of the town of Akashi and 144 villages. In July 1871 the feudal system of domains and provinces was abolished and Akashi Domain became Akashi Prefecture. In November of the same year Akashi Prefecture merged into Himeji Prefecture, and a few days later it changed its name into Shikama Prefecture. In August 1876 Shikama merged into Hyogo Prefecture. On 8 January 1879 the national law on districts, wards, towns and villages was put into effect in Hyogo Prefecture and the district of Akashi was formed. The district's administration was located in Akashi town. When a new law on towns and villages came into effect in April 1889, the towns and villages of Akashi District underwent various mergers to form the following twelve towns and villages: ...
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Akashi is a city on Japan’s Seto Inland Sea.
The ruins of Akashi Castle include 17th-century turrets, and surrounding Akashi Park is known for its spring cherry blossoms. Nearby, the Akashi City Museum of Culture displays prehistoric and Yayoi-period artifacts. The Akashi Municipal Planetarium has exhibits related to astronomy. East, the observation deck on the long Akashi Kaikyō Bridge overlooks Okura Beach.
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. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .
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hokakebune 帆かけ舟 boat with high sail - Akashi bay
12 - full moon at Akashi bay

Akashi 明石町乃雨後 Akashi after the rain
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. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

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11/18/2018

Daikongashi district

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Daikongashi 大根河岸 Daikon-gashi district
Chuo ward, 大根河岸 Kyobashi - Daikon Riverbank, Daikon Wharf

From the Edo period since 1664 till 1935 - for about 270 years, there was a part along the river 京橋川 Kyobashigawa and the bridge 紺屋橋 Konyabashi toward Kyobashi, where a vegetable market was held, the
Aomono Ichiba 青物市場 Vegetable market.

Since a lot of large radish was handled there, it was usually named
Daikongashi 大根河岸.

It was also called
Kyobashi Aomono Tabemono Gashi 京橋青物食物河岸 Kyobashi Riverbank Market for Vegetables and Food
since the market also sold fruit, fish and dried food.
After the Great Earthquake in Kanto 1923 new merchants came and 68 tonya 問屋 wholesale stores and
105 nakagai 仲買 broker stores were built.
In 1935, most were relocated to the 築地 Tsukiji Market.
The memorial stone for the Daikongashi market was erected in 1959.

. Kyoobashi 京橋 Kyobashi Bridge "Kyoto Bridge" .

. daikon 大根　Radish, Reddish "big radish" .

京橋大根河岸青物市場跡 Memorial stone for the vegetable market at Daikongashi

. Edo no Aomono Ichiba 江戸の青物市場 Vegetable Markets in Edo .

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source : asahi.com/special/tsukiji...
Photos from the Showa period (1926 - 1973)

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. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .
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Daikongashi no asa 大根河岸の朝 Morning at Daikon Gashi / Dawn at Daikon Gaski Riverbank
from the series Twelve Views of Tokyo

from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo

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