What's new! Nishi Ward Tekutekuteku: 39th Jinchu-zaka

Fujidanacho intersection on the six-side road, which is always bustling. Go up the steep slope in front of the seventh Yurindo Bookstore on the right side.
When I was a child, I often went to Nogeyama Park over this hill to play with my friends. This road is called Suidomichi, and in 1887 (Meiji 20), Japan's first modern water supply was constructed from Mitsui Midori-ku, Sagamihara City to Nogeyama Water Purification Plant. Rails were laid, and materials such as water pipes buried in the road were transported by truck. This steep slope would have been a difficult construction.
Looking back in the middle of the slope, you can see that the water path crosses the intersection and continues slightly straight.
When I asked the person who went up the slope about the name of this slope, he told me, "Because there was Kaminaka (now the prefectural Kibogaoka High School) in the past, so it was called Kaminakazaka." Gave me
On a sunny day, I could see Mount Fuji on the left and Mount Tanzawa on the front.

Title, picture, text: SUZUKI Taro (Nishi Ward Cultural Association)