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Kachidoki 勝どき "cry of victory"
Before the bridge 勝鬨橋 Kachidokibashi was built, there was a river crossing, Kachidoki no watashi 勝鬨渡し.
The Chinese character 鬨 toki (doki) is no longer on the list of the general Kanji, so the name is now spelled with hiragana どき doki.
Kachidoki is just opposite the Tsukiji fish market and many huge storehouses to cool the fish were built here. So they needed a bridge to get to the new island of Kachidoki fast.
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Kachidoki Bridge is the only drawbridge built on Sumida River in the 1940's.
It was constructed to commemorate the victory of the Japanese army during the Russian-Japanese War. In the post-war years until 1970's, the bridge was operated by electricity and it used to take about 70 seconds to open or close. It required a total of 20 minutes to open and allow the ships to pass through, which was a routine for nearly five times a day. As the use of freight ships decreased, due to the improvement of alternative infrastructure like highways, the dependency on the bridge decreased as well and in 1970 it opened only once. Since then the bridge has stayed closed and never reopened.
- source : en.japantravel.com/tokyo... -
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Kachidoki 勝どき "cry of victory"
Before the bridge 勝鬨橋 Kachidokibashi was built, there was a river crossing, Kachidoki no watashi 勝鬨渡し.
The Chinese character 鬨 toki (doki) is no longer on the list of the general Kanji, so the name is now spelled with hiragana どき doki.
Kachidoki is just opposite the Tsukiji fish market and many huge storehouses to cool the fish were built here. So they needed a bridge to get to the new island of Kachidoki fast.
- quote -
Kachidoki Bridge is the only drawbridge built on Sumida River in the 1940's.
It was constructed to commemorate the victory of the Japanese army during the Russian-Japanese War. In the post-war years until 1970's, the bridge was operated by electricity and it used to take about 70 seconds to open or close. It required a total of 20 minutes to open and allow the ships to pass through, which was a routine for nearly five times a day. As the use of freight ships decreased, due to the improvement of alternative infrastructure like highways, the dependency on the bridge decreased as well and in 1970 it opened only once. Since then the bridge has stayed closed and never reopened.
- source : en.japantravel.com/tokyo... -
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