Kanda River - Other Names

Other Names

In the middle section of the length of the river, there is a 2.1 km section from the area near Toden Arakawa Line Waseda Station to near Iidabashi Station which was formerly called Edo River (江戸川, Edogawa?). The name of this section was changed to Kanda River in August 1970, consistent with the name of the rest of the river. Most other nearby place names nearby deriving from "Edogawa" had disappeared by 1966, but some remain, including Edogawabashi Station, the bridge after which the station was named, and Edogawa Park (江戸川公園, Edogawa kōen?) in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Additonally, until the late Meiji period, the banks of the river between Ishikiri bridge (石切橋, Ishikiribashi?) and Ryūkei bridge (隆慶橋, Ryūkeibashi?) were considered to be one of the best cherry blossom sites in Tokyo.