Seki, the center of politics, and cherry blossoms in Konan

When the Edo Shogunate ruled, the area of Noba, Nagatani and Serigaya were Sagami country, and KamioKonan Ward, Sasashita, Okubo and Hino areas were Musashi.
"It looked like a hiya, and I thought Kanagawa Prefecture was all Sagami country."
The politics of the Chomage samurai of the Edo Shogunate was defeated by the "Kurofune" from the United States and those who want to return the politics of the shogunate to the emperor's politics. A song that expresses the black ship at this time.
"Kamikisen (steamboat) that refers to Taihei's sleep
I can't sleep at night."
What a song is sung, but Jokisen is a kind of good tea, but you can see it in consideration of the meaning of the song.
In this way, a new Meiji government was established, and we stopped Musashi and Sagami countries, andKonan Ward became theNoba and Nagatani areas.

Tojuin

Therefore, there is a "Kuraki-gun government office" near Higashijuin in Sasa-Shimomura character Sekiseki, followed by schools, post offices, police department, land and houses, etc., which became the center of politics and education.
It is said that in the Nara era, a government office called Kuraki-gun government office was set up near the shrine of Amaterasu Ogami in Sasashita.
Therefore, the Meiji government, which abolished the samurai, adopted a system to turn 20-year-old boy into soldiers, so those who come to the conscription inspection and those who come to the government office were busy. .
Accordingly, daily necessities, miscellaneous goods, restaurants, inns, barbers, manpower shops, transportation shops, etc. were very busy, and the rice in the rice fields along the roadside did not have a ears.
The house in this area was called by the name. "Manjuya, Zaruya, Tofuya, Senbeiya, Senbeiya, Clogya, Ishikawaya" etc.
This is because Kuraki-gun at that time was a large area from Yokohama Station to Kanazawa, and the reason why Seki no Mura flourished in the center was the center of the Kamakura Road and Kanesawa Road.

There's another interesting story.
Around the beginning of the Showa era, when there was a problem of relocation of Kusaka Elementary School, a telegram arrived from the city's education section manager. It's been a long time ago with few telephone calls.
"Asyukarenullus cocktail"
Well, tomorrow's promise is that the chief of education will come today. I gathered the people concerned in a hurry. Wait, but I don't come in at all.
When the officers fly a bicycle to the government office to see the situation and told the translation of the matter, no, it was.
If you add "," to the n of "Asyukalene ..." means "I can't go tomorrow, education section manager." All of them were disappointed to score, and they broke up with laughter.
In addition, there is a story about "Sakura in Konan".
Cherry trees are planted in a total of 1,900 meters from the Sakuramichi Entrance next to the Konan Ward Office to the back gate of the Park Cemetery, and Sekizaka, 700 meters from Sasashita and Kamariya Road.
Yokohama became a big city, the population grew rapidly, and this was chosen as a reasonable graveyard that became necessary accordingly, and in 1931, the mountain was used well to build a cemetery here .
A farmer who has land corresponding to the approach to the cemetery donated the site to the city, and the Hino Park Cemetery was completed in 1933.
As one of the activities, the local Neighborhood Associations and young people who were active at that time decided to plant cherry tree seedlings of Yoshino cherry tree on the approach to Sakuramichi and Sekisaka.

Cherry blossoms in Konan (Sakuramichi)

I was planning to plant it on both approaches, but when I finished planting the Sakuramichi side and planted the Sekisaka side from above, the seedlings were running out of the hill, and finally ended there. That's why the row of cherry blossom trees are not connected from below.
This cherry tree is about to reach the age of 60 this year, but there were many things during that time.
During the Pacific War, it was said that the shade of trees was not disturbed in the increase in the number of food, it was almost cut down to compensate for the lack of fuel, and in recent years it was treated as a disturbance to traffic and sunshine. Thanks to the local understanding and preservation activities, the "Konan Cherry Blossom Festival" is also held, and you can still enjoy wonderful cherry blossom viewing.
The stone of the monument engraved with "Yokohama Famous Konan", which is now located at the corner of the Sekisaka intersection, originally used the torii gate of Sasa Shimoshimmei Shrine. It means that you can see the traces of the efforts of the local people.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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