On our journey, we meet the OhKawa River again

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#oldginza #oldtokyo #oldjapan #showa It was on March 24, 1965 that the Sumida River came to be known collectively as the Sumida River, although it has changed its name to the Arakawa River, Senju River, Asakusa River, Miyato River, Ohkawa River, Sumida River, and Mimata River. This was the year after the Tokyo Olympics. Originally the main stream of the Arakawa River, it settled into the current Sumida River thanks to the Arakawa River discharge channel, which took 17 years to build, starting with the Tone-Gawa Eastwarden Project in the Edo period. This is called Sumida River. It has a long history, and the name "Sumida River/角田河" or "Sumida Stream/角田川" can be seen in the Manyoshu.It's not "in the corner". Manyojin used the word "horn". However, the area downstream from Azuma Bridge was called the "Oh River" by the people. It was a river that was very close to our lives. I didn't need a name for that. "River" is enough. But it's big, so it's a "OhKawa/big river." Actually, there is another reason why I don't want to call the river under the Kachidoki Bridge "Sumida River". My aunt, uncle, and mother all called me Ohkawa. But in elementary school, the kids used to say "Sumidagawa" because they learned it from their teacher. But at this age. After all, I can't help but think that OhKawa is good here. After a long journey, Kachidoki gazes at the riverside that he has returned to after a long journey, and it seems to me to be the "OhKawa" that my mother, aunt, and uncle gazed at. On our journey, we meet the OhKawa River again. "Tabinosue mata Ohkawani meguriau"