 Location
: 1 Midorigi; northwest corner of Nanko-dori Midorigi 1-chome junction
Access : 80 m west of Midorigi 1-chome on the municipal bus line
The area surrounding the memorial used to be called Shinden ("new
rice field"); it was the corner of a huge area of reclaimed land
used for growing the national staple. Since the Edo period, a canal or
watercourse, called Ijigawa, was dug in order to irrigate all of the rice
fields. Right up until about 1955, small boats laden with the bounty of
the surrounding fields would make their way along the watercourse. The
Ijigawaacted not only as the arteries of the rice fields, but came to
symbolize them as well; indeed, they played a large role in the development
of Osaka into what it is today.
Nowadays, the atmosphere of those days gone by is all but lost; however,
this monument serves as a reminder and a tribute to the hard work put
in by the many people who lived and worked in the area. |
Ijigawa Watercourse Commemorative Monument
Osaka
City