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Former Nogata Water Tower

Japan, 1650022 1-3 Ekoda, Nakano-ku, Tokyo Mizunotou Park

The population of the Yamanote area has increased rapidly since the Taisho era. As a result, the construction of a waterworks became an urgent necessity, and the Aratama Waterworks was built. This was to draw water from the Tamagawa River at Kinuta in Setagaya Ward and supply water to Nakano, Suginami, Toshima, Itabashi, Nerima, and Kita Wards. The former Nogata Water Tower was built in 1929 to distribute water to these areas. The cylindrical tower is about 34 meters high and 18 meters in diameter and can store about 2,000 tons of water. Water was distributed to each household by storing water in the tower and letting it fall naturally due to water pressure. It has now completed its role and is an important landmark of the area and a relic that shows the process of the urbanization of Tokyo. In 2010, it was registered as a national tangible cultural property.

Website https://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/kurashi/bunka/bunka/torokubunkazai/nogatahaisuito.html 
Access
  • ・12 minutes walk from Ochiai-Minami-Nagasaki Station on the Toei Subway Oedo Line ・JR East/Tokyo Metro Tozai Line Nakano Station North Exit Rotary Platform 1, Kanto Bus Route 12 to Ekoda Station, 11 minutes. Get off at Suidotank-mae bus stop ・Seibu Ikebukuro Line Ekoda Station South Exit Platform 1, Kanto Bus Route 12 to Nakano Station, 11 minutes. Get off at Suidotank-mae bus stop
Language 日本語
Last Update : 2024.11.27   Nakano City, Tokyo

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