Kanda River Walk 2022 (3): May 4, 2022

I had the 3^rd day of my Kanda River Walk in the Golden Week holidays in 2022. Today’s walk was from Yodobashi, about 12km from the origin of the river, to Iidabashi, about 19km from the origin.

 

Yodobashi is quite near from the business area in Shinjuku.

 

The river flows between the buildings.

We can see Shinjuku’s skyscrapers over the river in the area.

 

The river goes through Higashi Nakano and Kami-Ochiai districts before arriving Takadanobaba area.

This photo was taken from the water reclamation center in Ochiai, where sewage water is cleaned. The river provides green spaces in the artificial towns.

 

There are many offices, shops and schools in Takadanobaba area.

There are paints of Astro Boy and other comic characters on the walls in the area. These characters are created by Osamu Tezuka, Japan’s great manga artist. He once lived in the area. The paints were drawn to commemorate him. (See the top photo)

Tens of carp streamers were tied across Kanda River in the area. (See the 2nd photo)

 

Street cars (the Toden Arakawa Line) run on the street which goes along Kanda River in the Waseda area.

 

I passed the Edogawa park area, where parks as well as nature rich Chinzanso Hotel locate. In the Edo period, the water from Kanda River was collected at this place and redistributed to many towns in Edo (Tokyo’s former name).

 

Huge highways were built along the river after the 1960s in the downtown areas.

 

This is a scene taken from a place near Iidabashi station.

Some parts of the river are covered with roads.