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Fukagawa Edo Museum – How Edokko (Edonians) live in Edo Period ?

The word “Fukagawa” is the name of district in Edo period (1603 – 1868), current east side of Tokyo (Koto Ward). Since the middle of the city was Nihonbashi (near from current Tokyo Station) until Tokyo Air Raid in WWII (1945), Fukagawa – along side with Sumida River – was a part of commercial areas (after WWII, Tokyo’s commercial areas are expanded to westside, namely Shinjyuku or Shibuya).

The museum is not large in size, but the mockup town tells you how their daily lives were.

In the Kiyosumi Shirakawa Subway Station.
The old buildings are old public shops with residence built by Tokyo City after the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923) for recovery.
The average height of women was about 145 cm and they apply tooth black and shove the eyblows after the first child….
Who lived in this area: Sadanobu Matsudaira. Work as a senior councilor.
Who lived in this area: Tadataka Ino. Created the first map of Japan by actual measurement, spending 17 years.
Mobile Noodle Stall. They carried this to serve noodles.
Tempura (deep fries) Stall. It served shrimp, spotted shad, or clams etc, all came from Tokyo bay.
Offerings for Inari Shrine. The fox was believed to be a divine messanger.
Inari Jinja – Fox Shrine.
Lanterns for advertisement or jokes.

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