Tamagawa Aqueduct ( 玉川上水 , Tamagawa Jōsui ) is a 43 km long Japanese aqueduct located in Tokyo. It was constructed by the Tokugawa shogunate to supply drinking and fire-fighting water from the Tama river to Edo , providing irrigation water around farm villages.
6-552: The aqueduct was made following a request for permission from the people of Kojimachi and Shibaguchi to build another aqueduct, drawing the waters of the Tama river. The government provided 7,500 ryō for the construction, 3,000 ryō were collected by public subscription. Construction on the 43 km long aqueduct, which runs from Hamura, Tokyo to Yotsuya, Tokyo , began in April 1653. The section from Hanemura to Ōkido [ ja ]
12-598: The Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister of Japan during the Second World War. Chiyoda Board of Education [ ja ] operates public elementary and junior high schools. Kōjimachi Elementary School ( 麹町小学校 ) is the zoned elementary of Kōjimachi 1-4 chōme . Kōjimachi 5-6 chōme are zoned to Banchō Elementary School ( 番町小学校 ) in Rokubanchō . Kōjimachi Elementary was formed from
18-578: The arrival of Tokugawa Ieyasu , the area was known as Kōjimura ( 糀村 ) . The area developed as townspeople settled along the Kōshū Kaidō . In 1878, the Kōjimachi area became 麹町区 ( Kojimachi-ku ) , a ward of the city of Tokyo . In 1934 and 1938, the addressing system along the Koshu-Kaido was reorganized, creating the 6 chomes subdivision for Kōjimachi that are still used. In 1947, Kōjimachi Ward
24-582: The foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan, and his mistress Tomie Yamazaki, drowned themselves in the aqueduct together. Dazai had been living in Mitaka, Tokyo , through which the aqueduct runs, since 1939. Tamagawa Jōsui page on the Bureau of Waterworks, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Download coordinates as: Kojimachi Kōjimachi ( 麹町 or 麴町 ) is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo . Prior to
30-507: Was fully excavated within eight months and the entire aqueduct was completed in eighteen months. The project was undertaken by the Seiemon brothers who were awarded the surname "Tamagawa" in honour of their accomplishment. Prior to the construction, the two brothers were considered "mere peasants". Before the construction of the aqueduct the city was served by a single, and insufficient, Kanda Aqueduct. In 1948, Osamu Dazai , considered one of
36-479: Was merged with Kanda Ward to form the modern special ward Chiyoda , and the 6 chomes became the Kōjimachi district. The area centered upon Kōjimachi - including the districts of the Banchō area, Kioichō , Hirakawachō and Hayabusachō - is sometimes referred as the Kōjimachi area (麹町地区), not to be mistaken with Kōjimachi Ward (麹町区). This place is also known for being the birthplace of Hideki Tojo , general of
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