The Great Ryōgoku Fire , or Great Kanda Fire , occurred on 26 January 1881, in Tokyo , Japan. The fire was the largest and most destructive of the Meiji era .
14-683: At about 2 a.m., two fires broke out simultaneously on the path along the Kanda River . Due to strong seasonal winds, the fire spread and was carried throughout Tokyo by the Ryōgoku Bridge . The fire destroyed 15,221 homes across over 100 acres, including much of the Edo period architecture. Over 36,000 people were left homeless. On 11 February 1881, another major fire broke out in Hisamatsuchō [ ja ] . Kobayashi Kiyochika , an ukiyo-e artist of
28-514: A Class I river. The Zenpukuji, Momozono, and Myōshō-ji rivers are tributaries of the Kanda. The outer moat of the Imperial Palace is also a tributary. The Nihonbashi River is a distributary of the Kanda. Originally the lower part of the river ran southwards into an inlet of the sea that ran northwards to present-day Hibiya and Kokyo Gaien plaza . During the rule of the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada ,
42-605: A million copies. Keiko Sekine (Takahashi) and Masao Kusakari starred in a film based on the song. Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii composed the music Whisper of the River to express his love for his father after the two took a walk along the Kanda River. The Kanda River is also featured prominently in the multimedia project Kandagawa Jet Girls . It serves as the venue for all of the anime version's Jet Racing and VR training sequences as well as assorted other activities throughout
56-535: The best cherry blossom sites in Tokyo. Construction began in the 1980s of a diversion tunnel which could temporarily store excess water which historically has been a big problem causing flooding to thousands of homes during powerful typhoons or torrential downpours. The Kanda River Underground Diversion Channel is actually one huge tunnel built under major roads. The plan is to construct a 4.5-km tunnel, 13 m wide tunnel 40 meters below street level. The first 2 km section
70-534: The name of the rest of the river. Most other nearby place names nearby deriving from "Edogawa" had disappeared by 1966, but some remain, including Edogawabashi Station , the bridge after which the station was named, and Edogawa Park ( 江戸川公園 , Edogawa kōen ) in Bunkyo, Tokyo . Additionally, until the late Meiji period , the banks of the river between Ishikiri bridge ( 石切橋 , Ishikiribashi ) and Ryūkei bridge ( 隆慶橋 , Ryūkeibashi ) were considered to be one of
84-430: The new multimedia project would include a planned game and anime television series. The series was animated by TNK and directed by Hiraku Kaneko, with Gō Zappa handling the series' composition, and Tsutomu Miyazawa designing the characters based on the original character design of Hanaharu Naruko . Egg Firm produced the series. While the first episode had an advanced broadcast debut on AT-X on September 25, 2019,
98-729: The period, made several sketches of the events. His home, studio, and birthplace were all destroyed in the Ryōgoku fire. Kanda River The Kanda River ( 神田川 , Kandagawa ) stretches 24.6 km from Inokashira Park in Mitaka to the Sumida River under the Ryōgoku Bridge at the boundary of Taitō , Chūō , and Sumida . Its entire length lies within Tokyo , Japan . It drains an area of 105.0 km². The government of Japan classifies it as
112-541: The river was diverted to flow into the Sumida River, with the spoil from the diversion used to reclaim the cove at Hibiya. In the middle section of the length of the river, there is a 2.1 km section from the area near Toden Arakawa Line Waseda Station to near Iidabashi Station which was formerly called Edo River ( 江戸川 , Edogawa ) . The name of this section was changed to Kanda River in August 1970, consistent with
126-512: The series officially aired from October 8, 2019 to January 7, 2020 on AT-X, Tokyo MX , MBS , and BS11 . Yū Sasahara and Riko Kohara performed the opening theme "Bullet Mermaid", while Azusa Tadokoro performed the ending theme "RIVALS." The series is licensed by Sentai Filmworks and Muse Communication . An OVA episode is bundled with the limited edition of the game titled Kandagawa Jet Girls DX Jet Pack ( 神田川JET GIRLS DXジェットパック ) . On February 18, 2021, Sentai Filmworks announced that
140-562: The series would receive an English dub. A racing game published by Marvelous was released in Japan for the PlayStation 4 on January 16, 2020. The game features shooting elements and eight courses with different variations, as well as a story mode, a free mode, and a multiplayer mode. On May 21, 2020, Marvelous and Xseed Games announced that the game would be released in North America for
154-526: The series. 35°41′42″N 139°47′17″E / 35.694964°N 139.788°E / 35.694964; 139.788 (confluence with Sumida River) Kandagawa Jet Girls Kandagawa Jet Girls ( Japanese : 神田川JET GIRLS , Hepburn : Kandagawa Jetto Gāruzu ) is a multimedia project created by Kadokawa , Marvelous , and Egg Firm . An anime television series by TNK aired from October 2019 to January 2020. A racing game published by Marvelous and developed by its subsidiary Honey∞Parade Games
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#1733085089694168-591: The watercraft, and a Shooter, who fires a water gun at rival teams. Aspiring to be a Jetter just like her legendary mother, Rin Namiki decides to leave her home in the countryside in order to realize her dream. Arriving in Asakusa , she meets Misa Aoi and they form a partnership. With each race, their bond grows stronger. On July 26, 2019, Kadokawa , Marvelous , and Egg Firm announced a new multimedia project with Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki . Takaki revealed that
182-442: Was completed in 1997, and it can hold the runoff of 50 mm of rain falling in one hour. The reservoir has drawn water from the river on more than a dozen occasions since it opened, and the Kanda River has not flooded during that time. Plans call for the tunnel to be extended to Tokyo Bay , literally creating a second, underground Kanda River. The folk group Kaguyahime released the song Kandagawa in 1973 and sold more than
196-569: Was released in Japan for the PlayStation 4 in January 2020. A Western version of the game was released for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows in August 2020. The North American version was published by Xseed Games , while the European and Australian versions were published by Marvelous Europe. Jet Racing is a popular sport where teams of two girls work together. They consist of a Jetter, who pilots
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