「青べか物語」の舞台の浦安を歩く
「西の根戸川と東の海を通じる掘割が、この町を貫流していた。蒸気河岸とこの堀に沿って、釣舟屋が並び、洋食屋、ごったくや、地方銀行の出張所、三等郵便局、巡査駐在所、消防署―そして町役場などがあり……」と「青べか物語」で書かれた元漁師町の浦安を歩いた。根戸川は江戸川、掘割は境川。
２月はまだまだ寒い。東西線の浦安駅で人数確認。59名の大人数だ。二つの班に分け出発。旧江戸川につきあたり、堤防上を歩く。渡し場跡の看板がある。明治から昭和15年に浦安橋が開通するまで、東京へ行くための船の待合所があったところだ。
旧江戸川から分かれる境川を東へあるく。分岐点の西水門は桜の名所でもある。フラワー通りは昭和40年代まで漁師町のメイン商店街として賑わったところ。旧商家の宇田川家、江戸末期に建てられた大塚家、洋風建築の濱野醫院が保存されている。
浅田煎餅本舗は明治21年創業のせんべいの店だ。生地を天日干ししていて昔ながらの味。堅くて、歯が丈夫でないと食べられないらしい。でも参加者の半分が買ったようだ。
10階建ての立派な市役所が見えてくる。ディズニーランドのある浦安は安定した税収により財政力は全国でもトップレベルだ。立派なのもうなずける。
浦安郷土博物館は漁師町として活気あふれていた昭和20年代の町と生活の様子を再現している。ここで記念写真を撮り、解散、それぞれ市役所10階の食堂などで昼食をとった。２月14日（火）
Walk through Urayasu, the stage of "Aobeka Story"
"A canal connecting the Nedo River in the west and the sea in the east ran through this town. Along the steam river bank and this moat, fishing boat houses were lined up, western restaurants, gokkakuya, branch offices of local banks, etc. Post office, police station, fire station, and town hall......" We walked through Urayasu, a former fishing town written in "Aobeka Story". The Nedo River is the Edo River, and the canal is the Sakai River.
February is still cold. Check the number of people at Urayasu Station on the Tozai Line. A large number of 59 people. Divide into two groups and depart. Walk on the embankment at the end of the old Edogawa River. There is a signboard of the ferry site. From the Meiji era until the opening of the Urayasu Bridge in 1940, there was a waiting area for ships going to Tokyo.
Walk east along the Sakai River, which separates from the former Edogawa River. The west water gate at the junction is also a famous spot for cherry blossoms. Flower Street used to be the main shopping street of the fisherman town until the 1960s. Udagawa House, a former merchant house.The Otsuka House is a large house built in the late Edo period, and the Western-style Hamano Hospital has been preserved.
Asada Senbei Honpo is a rice cracker shop founded in Meiji 21. The dough is dried in the sun and has an old-fashioned taste. It's hard and it seems that you can't eat it unless your teeth are strong. But half of the participants seem to have bought it.
The splendid city hall on the 10th floor comes into view. Urayasu, where Disneyland is located, has one of the highest financial strengths in Japan thanks to stable tax revenues.I understand that the building is beautiful. The Urayasu Folk Museum reproduces the town and life in the 1940s, when it was a lively fisherman's town. Take a group photo here and disband. They each had lunch at the cafeteria on the 10th floor of the city hall. Tuesday, February 14th