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February 3, 2007
In previous issue, I have write about the rental bicycle just for 200 yen a day. In my personal opinion it's better to use this cheap transportation. Today I would like to introduce the bridge over the Sumida Rivers. You can go through with your rental bicycle.
You can rent a bicycle at the office besides Sumida river. Getting out the office, you may first go to Sumida River. At the riverside, there's a deck. This deck is so near the river, at high astronomical tide the surface of the river is upper than the deck. I mean the flood! Please be careful after the poring rains.
Go north! You can find the Kototoi Bridge. This bridge is established in 1928 with the length of 238.7 meters and width of 22 meters. In edo era, there was a river ferry named "Takeya no watashi". This bridge is for the national road so that traffic is heavy.
You can go to more north, you can find the Sakura Bridge. Sakura means a cherry brossams. Around Sakura Bridge, after its name, there's lots of cherry brossams, so that in Spring lots of people come here to see the flower and drink it (called the Ohanami Party). The term the cherry brossams is very short. If you're in Asakusa in the best season around March to April, you should go here. Ohanami party is a kind of festival belong the friends, so you can experience the Japanese native cultures.
