Yagiri no Watashi ( Yagiri Ferry )

I suppose you can't believe that I took these photos in Tokyo.
But actually I took these photos on Tokyo side of edo-gawa( river ).
Anyway, please enjoy country side of Tokyo.

"Yagiri no Watashi " is a ferry across edo-gawa(river).
Yagiri ferry connects shibamata and yagiri.

Yagiri is a district in matsudo city, chiba prefecture.
The place is the scene of an excellent novel, "Nogiku no Haka (Grave of Wild Chrysanthemum)" which was written by Sachio Ito (1864-1913).

This ferry often appeared in tora-san movies.
So, yagiri ferry is well known by that novel and tora-san movies.

But, in 1983, it caught attention from all over Japan again by a popular song titled "Yagiri no Watashi" (singer Takashi Hosokawa).

Yagiri ferry has carried passengers since the early time of Edo Era.
In now a days, it is for sightseeing

The boat is rowed by boatman.


Photo above is a ticket counter of yagiri ferry.


Photo above is a landing pier of yagiri ferry.

(Note)
These photos were taken on April 11 , 2009.

Bank of Edo-gawa (River)

On that day I visited Shibamata Taishakuten temple, I walked to the bank of edo-gawa (river) from the temple.
That bank is eastern edge of Tokyo.
The other side of the river in this photo is matsudo city in Chiba prefecture.
That bank is very wide.
I think It is nice to spend a time on the bank of the river in weekend.




(Note)
These photos were taken on April 11 , 2009.