(R2) Sengawa (Senkawa) River 仙川

How do you pronounce 仙川? Sengawa or Senkawa? I’ve seen both. The kanji is 仙川, not 千川, though there is a 千川駅 (Senkawa Station – Yurakucho line) in Toshima-ku. Our river is serviced by Sengawa Station 仙川駅 on the Keio line.

There are two parts to the river:

1) Upper section (artificial river section) 上流側（人工河川部） 

This is the river’s source, in the upper section (map)

A nice green stretch of the river (map):

Metal beams bracing the river’s walls and some snow (map). Plus a river sign:

2) Lower Section (natural river section) 下流側（天然河川部）

This is the start of the lower, natural section of the river (map):

After WW2 the Senkawa was subject to significant “improvements”. You can see the change in photos from 1945/50 and 1961/64:

Some pics of the river:

Points of interest:

Toho Studios 東宝株式会社 (map) and its lovely Godzilla statue.

Toho Studios Seven Samurai mural and Godzilla statue.

Seujo Corty 成城コルティ shopping center, connected to Seijogakuen-Mae Station 成城学園前駅 (and the nearby Senkawa river at dusk)

A self-drawn map of a sanpo, including the Toho Godzilla statue, Sou Fujimoto’s House H, and Sakurashinmachi.

Related posts:

• Hand-drawn maps (7-10) (thetokyofiles: maps)
• Senkawa: Lost along the river
• Senkawa – Japanese Wikipedia
• 仙川の桜堤団地中央公園　　[川の風景]  Sakura Central Park Tsutsumidanchi of Sengawa [River Landscape]
• Senkawa maps
• Danchi apartments built along the Sengawa: Setagaya-ku Okura San-chome Housing 大蔵三丁目地区（大蔵住宅周辺）

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