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[[File:Sanyabori.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A section of the canal, today a public park in [[Asakusa]]]]
*''Other Names'': 吉原通い ''(Yoshiwara kayoi)'', 山谷通い ''(san'ya kayoi)''
*''Japanese'': 山谷堀 ''(San'ya bori)''
The San'yabori is a canal in Tokyo, extending some 700 meters from a metropolitan waterworks pump station to the [[Sumidagawa]]. Originally constructed in the early [[Edo period]], it has its origins at the [[Otonashigawa]], and passes past the north side of Asuka-yama and below Ôji-gongen; in the Edo period, riding a ''[[chokibune]]'' (small, swift riverboat) up the canal was a popular way of traveling to the [[Yoshiwara]].
Nine bridges originally crossed the canal (Nihon-tsutsumi-bashi, Jikata-bashi, Jikata-shinbashi, Kamiarai-bashi, San'yabori-bashi, Shôhôji-bashi, Yoshino-bashi, Shôten-bashi, and Imado-bashi), but all have been lost in the course of urban development. Sections of the canal are today maintained as a public park.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/9847458724/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
*''Other Names'': 吉原通い ''(Yoshiwara kayoi)'', 山谷通い ''(san'ya kayoi)''
*''Japanese'': 山谷堀 ''(San'ya bori)''
The San'yabori is a canal in Tokyo, extending some 700 meters from a metropolitan waterworks pump station to the [[Sumidagawa]]. Originally constructed in the early [[Edo period]], it has its origins at the [[Otonashigawa]], and passes past the north side of Asuka-yama and below Ôji-gongen; in the Edo period, riding a ''[[chokibune]]'' (small, swift riverboat) up the canal was a popular way of traveling to the [[Yoshiwara]].
Nine bridges originally crossed the canal (Nihon-tsutsumi-bashi, Jikata-bashi, Jikata-shinbashi, Kamiarai-bashi, San'yabori-bashi, Shôhôji-bashi, Yoshino-bashi, Shôten-bashi, and Imado-bashi), but all have been lost in the course of urban development. Sections of the canal are today maintained as a public park.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/9847458724/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
