Mihashi bridge Traditional Cache
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Kamagawa Promenade
There is a bridge called Mihashi that is crossing over Kamagawa river that flows through the center of Utsunomiya city.
The bridge used to be crossed by the lord of Utsunomiya Castle from Ohtemon gate, the front gate of the castle, to the road leading to Futaarayama Shrine. After moving the Ohtemon-gate to Enomachi in 1619 by the lord of Masazumi Honda, general person had been able to use this bridge.
There is a poem monument of Bokusui Wakayama and an arbor "Bokusui-tei" near there, because he visited Utsunomiya to attend a meeting of poet in April,1920.
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ここには、宇都宮中心部を流れる釜川を渡るための橋が架けられ、御橋と呼ばれています。
この橋は、宇都宮城主が大手門から二荒山神社に参拝するときに渡ったといわれ、1619年に本多正純公が大手門を江野町に移してからは、一般の人も渡れるようになったと伝えられています。
また，若山牧水が大正9年4月に宇都宮市に来て下野歌人会に出席したことから、近くには若山牧水の歌碑や、あずまや「牧水亭」があります。
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