There are 39 locations in the Tama River basin from upstream to downstream. Watari was created. The ferry was a transportation route connecting both banks of the river, and played an important role for the people of the river basin, such as transporting people and goods, and moving to cultivation fields. There are four locations in Inagi City. ferry port was created. from upstream Koremasa passing, Tsunekukawara There are four locations: No Watashi, Oshidate Watashi, and Yanoguchi Watashi. It is currently unclear when these ferry crossings connecting Inagi and Chofu/Fuchu were established, but they were probably built from the end of the Middle Ages to the early modern period. In particular, Koremasa and Oshidate are known for their work in the middle of the Edo period. Chofu Tamagawa Soga ”, and it was a ferry that had been established since ancient times. In addition, after the opening of Tama Kawara Bridge, the ferry at Yanoguchi, Shimosuga It was merged with No Watashi and changed its name to Suga No Watashi and continued until 1971. There are three permanent crossings: Koremasa, Oshidate, and Yanoguchi, and Tsuneku River is a ferry crossing to go to the cultivation field on the opposite bank. Sakubawatari It was.
Normal ferry crossings were operated by large ships transporting horse-drawn carriages and carts, and smaller ships transporting people, bicycles, luggage, etc. Large ships are horse boat And Ofune A small boat with a length of 6 to 8 meters (approximately 10.9 meters to 14.5 meters) is called large sculling boat It was 5-ken to 5-and-a-half ken (approximately 9.1 to 10 meters) long. The large horse boat was also loaded with 2-ton trucks for transporting agricultural equipment, and the amount carried was considerable. The city's ferry terminals were abolished one after another in the 1930s due to the construction of Koremasa Bridge and Tamagawara Bridge.
Hino Pass (Edo Meisho Zue)
Crossing the Tama River drawn by Hokusai (from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji)
Scenery of the ferry terminal, Maruko ferry (provided by the Ota Ward Folk Museum)
