14 Senso-ji Sumida D Ryogoku Bridge Temple Green roads along the Kitazawa B C River and Karasuyama rivers Shibuya River Nihonbashi 6 Today Past Edo Period D Kitazawa river city of green road Hama-rikyu Ueno Gardens Kanei-ji C S water N Temple Karasuyama river Ueno Park green road Tokyo WE Today Early Showa Era Shinbashi Tokyo University 17 Zojo-ji Ochanomizu Temple 15 In the Edo Period, a network of rivers and canals The rivers have been buried underground. crisscrossed the city. The space above them are being Imperial Kasumigaseki turned into green roads and pleasant Water transport, carrying everyday goods from spaces along manmade streams. Palace other parts of Japan, played a big part in the Edo Koishikawa 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. Sophia University Akasaka Ministry of Yotsuya Detached Defense Palace TOKYO VIEW CITY Kanda Aoyama Tamagawa-Josui Channel redeveloped Construction has begun to restore a clear Construction of the Metropolitan Cemetery in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden stream and create waterside spaces. Expressway following WWII River 20 transformed the earlier cityscape. Gokoku-ji Shibuya Temple Meiji Jingu River Gaien 33 / 34 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” ©SETAGAYA; “Shibuya River in the Past” Memories of Shibuya (published by Shibuya Board of Education); “Future Shibuya River” Tokyu Corporation; “Nihonbashi in the Edo Period” National Diet Library archives; “Nihonbashi in early Showa Era” Chuo Ward Kyobashi Library archives Yuten-ji Toyama Park Shinjuku Temple Gyoen.