Last additions - Edogawa-ku 江戸川区 |
Funabori StationMar 31, 2021
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Exhibition space inside Tower Hall Funabori.Mar 31, 2021
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In front of Funabori Station. 船堀駅Mar 31, 2021
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Funabori Station 船堀駅Mar 31, 2021
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The straight road is Funabori Green Road that goes to Shinkawa River.Mar 31, 2021
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Looking toward Tokyo Skytree.Mar 31, 2021
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Funabori Tower has great views of Arakawa River. This is looking west.Mar 31, 2021
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The straight road is Funabori Green Road that goes to Shinkawa River.Mar 31, 2021
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Top view of Funabori Station on the Toei Shinjuku subway line.Mar 31, 2021
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Right in front of Funabori Station on the Toei Shinjuku subway line is this tall tower with a view. It's part of the Tower Hall Funabori building. It's a banquet hall and convention center. タワーホール船堀Mar 31, 2021
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Funabori Tower is 103 meters high and has free admission. The lookout deck has picture windows on all four sides. Take the elevator, open 9 amto 9:30 pm. May be closed in case of high winds.Mar 31, 2021
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Komatsugawa Cherry Blossoms (Komatsugawa Senbon-zakura) are along the west side of Arakawa River. Mar 31, 2021
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Hiroshige woodblock print of this place.Mar 31, 2021
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Heisei Bridge on the Edogawa-ku side. 平成橋Mar 31, 2021
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Heisei Bridge on the Edogawa-ku side. The other half of the bridge is in Koto-ku. 平成橋Mar 31, 2021
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Heisei Bridge on the Edogawa-ku side. 平成橋Mar 31, 2021
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Heisei Bridge on the Edogawa-ku side. 平成橋Mar 31, 2021
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Heisei Bridge on the Edogawa-ku side. 平成橋Mar 31, 2021
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Heisei Bridge on the Edogawa-ku side. 平成橋Mar 31, 2021
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Visited Heisei Bridge in the last year of the Heisei Period (2019). Heisei Bridge was built in Dec. 1994 (Heisei 6). 平成橋Mar 31, 2021
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Heisei Bridge on the Edogawa-ku side. 平成橋Mar 31, 2021
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Map of the area.Mar 31, 2021
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Toei Shinjuku subway line tracks over Arakawa River. The tower in the background is Funabori Tower.Mar 31, 2021
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Cycling here when the cherry blossoms are in bloom is very pleasant.Mar 31, 2021
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They line the pedestrian and cycling path on the riverbank. Very nice. Near Higashi-Ojima Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.Mar 31, 2021
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2019 was the last year of the Heisei Period.Mar 31, 2021
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Pine tree amid cherry blossoms.Mar 31, 2021
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A short walk to Ukita Bridge where I turned left to walk to Funabori Station (Toei Shinjuku Line).Mar 31, 2021
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Sculpture of a riverboat. Looks like a cargo boat for salt.Mar 31, 2021
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Sculpture of a riverboat.Mar 31, 2021
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Sculpture of a riverboat.Mar 31, 2021
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Now walking on the other side of the river for the return trip. This side of the river is also very nice.Mar 31, 2021
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Going back along the river to the nearest subway station.Mar 31, 2021
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Fire Watchtower and sakura.Mar 31, 2021
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The area around the Fire Watchtower is like a park named Nishi-Suimon Hiroba (西水門広場).Mar 31, 2021
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About the old floodgate and Fire Watchtower.Mar 31, 2021
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Remains of the old Shinkawa Nishi Suimon floodgate. 新川西水門跡Mar 31, 2021
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Remains of the old Shinkawa Nishi Suimon floodgate. 新川西水門跡Mar 31, 2021
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Map of the area. The top right is Funabori Station.Mar 31, 2021
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Sluice gate.Mar 31, 2021
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Going down the Fire Watchtower.Mar 31, 2021
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Looking north.Mar 31, 2021
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In the forefront is Naka River, and beyond the divider is Arakawa River as seen from the Fire Watchtower.Mar 31, 2021
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In the forefront is Naka River, and beyond the divider is Arakawa River as seen from the Fire Watchtower.Mar 31, 2021
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Floodgate pool.Mar 31, 2021
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Nearby floodgate to Arakawa River.Mar 31, 2021
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View of Shinkawa River from the Hinomi Yagura Fire Watchtower.Mar 31, 2021
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View of Shinkawa River from the Hinomi Yagura Fire Watchtower. 火の見やぐらMar 31, 2021
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Top of the Fire Watchtower. Great views from the open-air windows. 火の見やぐらMar 31, 2021
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Stairs up to the top of the Fire Watchtower.Mar 31, 2021
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We can enter and go up the Fire Watchtower. 火の見やぐらMar 31, 2021
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Traditional Japanese fire lookout tower and cherry blossoms. 火の見やぐらMar 31, 2021
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Fire Watchtower and cherry blossoms.Mar 31, 2021
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Fire Watchtower and cherry blossoms.Mar 31, 2021
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Fire Watchtower and cherry blossoms.Mar 31, 2021
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After the city of Edo suffered a major fire in the 7th century, fire watchtowers similar to this one were built. The towers also had a bell to sound a fire alarm and direct firefighters to any fire.Mar 31, 2021
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Fire Watchtower at the end of Shinkawa River in Edogawa-ku City in Tokyo. There originally was no such fire tower. Built here only as a tourist attraction. 火の見やぐらMar 31, 2021
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Top of the Hinomi Yagura Fire Watchtower. It's wooden and 15 meters high. 火の見やぐらMar 31, 2021
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Fire Watchtower at the end of Shinkawa River in Edogawa-ku Ward in Tokyo. 火の見やぐらMar 31, 2021
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Traditional-looking restrooms.Mar 31, 2021
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Traditional-looking wall.Mar 31, 2021
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The west end of Shinkawa River has a Edo-style fire watchtower. To give an Edo-Period riverscape.Mar 31, 2021
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The west end of Shinkawa River emptying into Arakawa River has a Edo-style fire watchtower.Mar 31, 2021
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So many great sakura shots here.Mar 31, 2021
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Shin River Senbonzakura Cherry Blossoms, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. Such a photogenic riverside walk in spring.Mar 31, 2021
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Shinkawa Kyuyo Park. Riverside pocket park. 新川休養公園Mar 31, 2021
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Shinkawa River Cherry Blossoms, Edogawa-ku, TokyoMar 31, 2021
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Ukita Daiichi Park. Riverside pocket park. 宇喜田第一公園Mar 31, 2021
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Weeping cherry tree. Mar 31, 2021
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Shinkawa River Senbonzakura Cherry Blossoms, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo.Mar 31, 2021
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Shinkawa River Senbonzakura Cherry Blossoms, Edogawa-ku, TokyoMar 31, 2021
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The cherry blossoms are mostly Somei-Yoshino, but I also saw weeping cherries.Mar 31, 2021
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I started walking along the river from Shin-Wataribashi Bridge near the middle of the 3km river.Mar 31, 2021
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From April 2007, a new project called the "Shinkawa Senbonzakura Plan" was started to plant cherry blossoms on both sides of the river to create an Edo Period look. The river walk was also made earthquake resistant.Mar 31, 2021
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Shinkawa River cuts across Edogawa Ward east to west for 3 km between Kyu-Edo River and Arakawa River. The entire length has a nice riverside walkway on both sides.In late March to early April, over 700 cherry trees bloom (20 varieties, mainly Somei-Yoshino). It's a very pleasant walk with no crowds, no tourists. Not well-known yet.Mar 31, 2021
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Shinkawa River (新川) was first excavated in 1590 by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu for cargo boats to transport salt from neighboring Gyotoku (in Chiba Prefecture) to Edo. The river was lined with miso shops, shoyu shops, and eateries. The salt boats have long been replaced by trains and motor vehicles. Today the river is very quiet in a residential area.Mar 31, 2021
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What's left of this cherry tree. Too bad I missed it.Mar 30, 2021
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Playground equipment at Ukita Park.Mar 30, 2021
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園Mar 30, 2021
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園Mar 30, 2021
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園Mar 30, 2021
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園Mar 30, 2021
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園Mar 30, 2021
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Way to Ukita Park.Mar 30, 2021
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Map of the neighborhood around Ukita Park.Mar 30, 2021
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Adjacent to Gyosen Park is Ukita Park.Mar 30, 2021
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Cherry blossoms on the edge of the park.Mar 30, 2021
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Cherry blossoms at Edogawa Heisei Garden pond, Tokyo.Mar 30, 2021
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Cherry tree at Edogawa Heisei Garden pond, Tokyo.Mar 30, 2021
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A few cherry blossoms near the pond.Mar 30, 2021
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Shower me with your weeping cherries.Mar 30, 2021
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Still the same weeping cherry tree.Mar 30, 2021
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Weeping cherry tree at Edogawa Heisei Garden, Tokyo.Mar 30, 2021
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The weeping cherry tree planted to mark the 1st anniversary of Edogawa's sister city relationship with Gosford, Australia.Mar 30, 2021
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The weeping cherry tree looks totally different from different angles.Mar 30, 2021
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The park's main cherry tree is this weeping cherry blossom tree. Very nice.Mar 30, 2021
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In late March or early April, the park has some cherry blossoms.Mar 30, 2021
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Current Ginza Line subway train.Jun 17, 2017
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How to drive a subway train.Jun 17, 2017
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The first subway car used between Shimbashi and Shibuya in the late 1930s.Jun 17, 2017
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Noritsugu Hayakawa was the father of Japan's first subway.Jun 17, 2017
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Methods to dig subway tunnels.Jun 17, 2017
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Planning hsitory of Tokyo's first subway.Jun 17, 2017
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Japanese subway historyJun 17, 2017
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Old and new subway signs. Now the subway lines and stations are coded for people who cannot remember the Japanese names.Jun 17, 2017
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Automatic turnstiles taking subway tickets were introduced from 1974. From 2007, IC cards are used.Jun 17, 2017
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Evolution of subway ticket vending machines from 1956 to 2007. Current ticket vending machines use touchscreen panels.Jun 17, 2017
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Maintenance car.Jun 17, 2017
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New subway line under construction in Tokyo.Jun 17, 2017
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Scale model of a new subway line under construction in Tokyo.Jun 17, 2017
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Different types of Shield boring machines.Jun 17, 2017
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Old and new subway signs.Jun 17, 2017
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Chiyoda Line subway train simulator.Jun 17, 2017
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Chiyoda Line subway train simulator.Jun 17, 2017
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Chiyoda Line subway train simulator.Jun 17, 2017
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Subway train simulator. Takes practice to stop at the correct position at the station.Jun 17, 2017
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