A tour was held to explain the results of the excavation survey of the "Takanawa embankment site" in Tokyo, which was built to lay the first railway track in Japan and was designated as a national historic site. I visited the excavation site.
The "Takanawa Embankment Site" is the remains of an embankment built on the sea of Tokyo Bay to lay the first railroad track in Japan, which opened between Shinbashi, Tokyo and Yokohama in 1897, and is being redeveloped. It was found in, and a part of it is newly designated as a national historic site as a symbol of the civilization of the Meiji era and is to be preserved.
On the 19th, a tour was held inviting the general public who applied in advance at the site of the excavation survey being carried out on the remains to be removed.
Participants were guided to a place where they could see the cross section of the soil on the bank, and received explanations such as the fact that the soil was piled up in layers, and that it was found that the soil was piled up many times. rice field.
In addition, the rails and sleepers buried in the bank were also opened to the public, and participants pointed the camera while listening to the explanation.
Susumu Saito of the Tokyo Minato Ward Board of Education, who explained the remains, said, "I want you to know that it was a large-scale construction and feel the high level of technology in the Meiji era."
After the excavation, many parts of the "Takanawa embankment site" will be removed, and the 100-meter-long part designated as a national historic site will be protected integrally with the already designated "Old Shimbashi stop site". It has become.