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Senso-ji Sumida D Ryogoku Bridge Temple Green roads along the Kitazawa B C River and Karasuyama rivers River 6 Today Past Period D

Kitazawa river city of green road

Hama-rikyu Gardens Kanei-ji C S water N Temple Karasuyama river Ueno Park green road WE

Today Early Showa Era Tokyo University 17 Zojo-ji Temple 15 In the , a network of rivers and canals The rivers have been buried underground. crisscrossed the city. The space above them are being Imperial turned into green roads and pleasant Water transport, carrying everyday goods from spaces along manmade streams. Palace other parts of , played a big part in the Edo Nippon A Tamagawa-Josui Channel Korakuen Budokan economy and in the daily lives of its inhabitants, and Nagatacho Denzuin 1 Edo thrived as a city of water. Today Future Today Today, efforts to create pleasant waterside spaces are underway by seizing opportunities presented by urban development. Akasaka Ministry of Detached Defense Palace CITY VIEW TOKYO Kanda Aoyama Tamagawa-Josui Channel redeveloped Construction has begun to restore a clear Construction of the Metropolitan Cemetery in Gyoen National Garden stream and create waterside spaces. Expressway following WWII River 20 transformed the earlier cityscape. Gokoku-ji Shibuya Temple Jingu River Gaien 33 / 34 33 Sources: Old map: Jinbunsha restoration of the Kaiho Oedo Ezu (Pocket Map of Edo) (original edition printed in 1843), with the cooperation of Kochizu Library Co., Ltd.; Modern map: The current map has been scaled down to 78% east and west; P. 34 images: “Summer scene of Ryogoku-bashi Bridge” National Diet Library website; “Kitazawa River” and “Karasuyama River” ©; “ in the Past” Memories of Shibuya (published by Shibuya Board of Education); “Future Shibuya River” ; “Nihonbashi in the Edo Period” National Diet Library archives; “Nihonbashi in early Showa Era” Chuo Ward Kyobashi Library archives Yuten-ji Park Shinjuku Temple Gyoen