(R6) Myoshoji River 妙正寺川

The Myoshoji River 妙正寺川 （みょうしょうじがわ）, as seen in an earlier post about a picturesque danchi: Danchi on a sunny afternoon: Saginomiya West Housing 鷺宮西住宅.

Myoshoji River 妙正寺川 details:

• Water system: Arakawa
• Starts: Myoshoji  temple pond 妙正寺池 (map)
• End: drains into the Kandagawa 神田川 (map)
• Length: ~ 9.7 km

From: “Dyeing to feel a bit of history” (The Japan Times)

• “Until the 1950s, the Ochiai and Nakai areas in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward were home to more than 300 small cloth-dyeing factories that would wash their vibrant kimono fabrics in the clear, clean water of the Kanda and Myoshoji rivers — it must have been a colorful sight.”
• “Several small dyeing ateliers remain in the area, and since 2009 the Some no Komichi festival has sought to preserve and celebrate the history of the Yuzen and Edo Komon dyeing techniques. As part of the festival, 50 to 60 tanmono (a measure of kimono cloth 40 cm wide and 12 metres long) will be hung to float above the Myoshoji River to create a “river gallery.” Nearby, more than 50 local stores will display dyed noren (curtain signs hung in a shop’s entrance) specially designed by local artists for the festival’s road gallery.”

Flood control measures / regulating reservoir (source):

Resources:

• 川のギャラリー　River Gallery
• Projects on Small and Medium-Sized Rivers
• 妙正寺川 Japanese Wikipedia page
• Photos of a danchi on the Myoshoji River 妙正寺川: Danchi on a sunny afternoon: Saginomiya West Housing 鷺宮西住宅
• Myoshoji River（妙正寺川）, from “River Culture”

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