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Yagiri no Ferry (Shibamata ferry terminal)（Yakiri-no-Watashi Ferryboat Crossing

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Ferry boats connect the Edogawa River running between Shibamata, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo and Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture. It is currently the only ferry on the Edogawa River that has its roots in the farmers’ ferry. The Tokugawa Shogunate did not build bridges across the river to defend Edo, but in the early Edo period, the Shogunate established ferry boats for local farmers, and they were used as an important means of transportation between Yagiri and Shibamata on the Edo River. The ferry was mainly used as a route to farmland on the other side of the river and as a route for pilgrims to the Shibamata Teishakuten Temple. In 1906, Yagiri no Watashi became famous as the setting for the novel “The Grave of Nogiku” by Ito Sakio, which was published in the magazine “Hototogisu”. It is also widely known as the setting for the movie series “Otoko wa Tsuraiyo” and Takashi Hosokawa’s hit song “Yagiri no Watashi.

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