 Location
: 1-7, Hamaguchi-nishi
Access : 300 m west from the Sumiyoshi Koen bus stop on the municipal
bus line
600 m west of Sumiyoshi Taisha Station on the Nankai Line
Pointed-bow boats were one prominent form of boats used on Osaka's waterways
during the Edo period; they were predominantly used as couriers, carting
freight and other goods. A survey in 1752 found that there were 300 or
so of these boats. They became a regular fixture in Suminoe with the excavation
of the Yamato and Jusangen rivers. The bow of the boats were sharply pointed
like swords, which led to them being called "Kensakibune (sword tip
boats)." |
Monument to Traditional Pointed-Bow Boats
Osaka
City