Nakayama is in between Narita And Haneda International Airport
＜クッキーについての同意並び欧州居住者向けプライバシーポリシー＞
中山・下総・散歩道
a walk along Mamagawa River 真間川沿道の散歩道
Walking Along The Mama-gawa River
Mamagawa River is famous for many cherry trees planted along it and people living in Ichikawa love to walk along it and to see the cherry blossoms in spring. Especially, from the Route 14th near the fire department to Showa Gakuin, many cherry trees are planted, and several thousands of people come and walk along the river to see the cherry blossoms. And there are many cherry trees planted on the other places along the river and the neighbors enjoy seeing them. Moreover, there are several special Sakura spots along Mamagawa River. Tekona Reishindo Hall and Mamasan Guhoji Temple, Suwada Park, Ukishima Benzaiten Shrine and Sakura Dote Park, Shirahata Jinja Shrine, Oogashiwagawa River, Colton Plaza and Barakisan Myogyoji Temple are all famous for having some beautiful cherry trees in their site. And visitors could see many pear blossoms in some pear gardens along it. In fall, many red spider lilies blooms on the bank of Mamagawa River.
Mamagawa River is very exciting place to walk along. Why don't you visit it?
Mamagawa River
Mamagawa River
The Mama-gawa River rises in the 30 meter heights of the Shimousa Plateau in the northern west part of Chiba Prefecture, so it collects rainwater through Matsudo City, Kamagaya City and Funabashi City and carries it to the Tokyo Bay in the bay area of Ichikawa City. From Matsudo to northern part of Ichikawa, the Mama-gawa River is divided into two flows, one is called 'Haruki-gawa River', and another one is 'Kokubun-gawa River'. From Kamagaya to eastern part of Ichikawa, it is called 'Ogashiwa-gawa River'. They join together in Ichikawa and become the Mama-gawa River, then it goes to the Tokyo BayThe size of Mama-gawa River's catchment is about 65.6 square meters, over a million people live along the river, so it is deeply related to their lives since long time ago. The Mama-gawa River appears in 'Manyo-shu', the Collection Of Ten Thousand Leaves, so it appears such as 'Mama-no-irie' (the cove at Mama) in the legend of Tekona (the story of the beautiful girl in ancient ages).
There are some wonderful spots along the Mama-gawa River, Tekona-Reido Hall, Gubo-ji Temple, Colton Plaza of the shopping mole and Myoko-ji Temple are famous. And the Ichikawa Citizen Swimming Pool is along the Ogashiwa-gawa River. Over several hundreds of cherry trees are planted to cultivated along the river, therefore thousands of visitors come while cherry blossoms are blooming.
The name 'Mama-gawa' might be a corruption of 'Meme' in the ancient eastern Japanese language. 'Meme' means collapsed land. 'Mama' means a dip, a cove, a slope, a cliff and a point of land where bank collapsed, its meaning is very similar to the meaning of 'Meme'. Therefore, there are many places having the word 'Mama' in their names throughout Japan.
The Photo Movie of Cherry Blossoms along Mamagawa River
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