EDO - Koiwa, Komatsugawa Edogawa

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/06/edogawa-ward-shishibone.html

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- - - - - districts in Edogawa - - - - -

. Kasai 葛西 The Kasai district .
- Kitakasai // Nakakasai // Nishikasai // Higashikasai // Minamikasai
Koiwa 小岩 - see bwlow // 北小岩 Kitakoiwa // 西小岩 Nishikoiwa // 東小岩 Higashikoiwa // 南小岩 Minamikoiwa
Komatsugawa - see below // 西小松川町　Nishikomatsugawachō // 東小松川　Higashikomatsugawa
Shishibone - see below
Chuo, Chūō 中央 "Central part"
Tobu 東部 "Eastern part"

Edogawa
Funabori
Ichinoe // Ichinoechō // Nishiichinoe
Kamiisshiki
Shinozakimachi // Kamishinozaki // Shimoshinozakimachi // Higashishinozaki // Higashishinozakimachi // Minamishinozakimachi
Seishinchō
Hirai
Hon'isshiki
Matsue
Matsushima
Matsumoto // Higashimatsumoto
Mizue // Nishimizue // Higashimizue
Nīhori
Ninoechō
Haruechō
Ukitachō
Ōsugi
Okinomiyachō
Rinkaichō
Yagouchi


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Koiwa district 小岩 "small rock"
Edogawa, 小岩 一丁目- 八丁目 first to eighth district
北小岩 Kitakoiwa // 西小岩 Nishikoiwa // 東小岩 Higashikoiwa // 南小岩 Minamikoiwa



The first spelling of this district was 甲和里 Kowari, Kowa no Sato.
It is already mentioned in old scriptures of 721.
The sound of 甲和 kowa eventually changed to 小岩 Koiwa.
In 1952, at the Kufun mound 上小岩遺跡 Kamikoiwa Iseki (now Kita-Koiwa) they found earthenware. This means there have been people living here since olden times.



These remains date back to the Yayoi period (300 BC – 250 AD).
The relics found here show that there was trade with the Tokai area.
- reference : 上小岩遺跡 -



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Komatsugawa district 小松川 "river Komatsu"
Edogawa, 小松川 一丁目-四丁目 first to fourth district



Along the river (-gawa) were growing small pine trees (ko-matsu).
Once Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune came here during a hawking expedition and was given a regional vegetable, komatsuna, which he liked very much.



. komatsuna 小松菜 leafy vegetable, like spinach - Brassica campestris .
Komatsuna, or spinach mustard,
is commonly eaten during the New Year. In season from November through March, nearly 10,000 tons of spinach mustard is produced yearly in Edogawa Ward. Komatsuna gets its name from the Komatsugawa district, which includes Edogawa, Katsushika and Adachi wards. Tokyo was the second-largest regional producer of komatsuna in 2004.
The hardy green vegetable tastes best in winter, when its leaves become rich in flavor. Komatsuna is served blanched or in zoni boiled rice cake soup. Demand for komatsuna peaks around this time of the year.


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