Yoshidabashi Kammon Remains

and i learned the origin of the name sekiuchi.

Original Text

In Yokohama, look at Kannai Station on your right from Isesakicho Mall and walk to Bashado. On the Yoshida Bridge that spans the way is the "Yoshida Bridge Kanmon Ruins". According to the information board, Yoshida Bridge barrier was set up at the foot of this bridge to control the entry and exit of samurai and townspeople in order to secure the security when Yokohama opened the port. And since it was a place to separate Sekiuchi (bashado side) and Sekigai (Isesakicho side) on the border, the station name "Sekiuchi" also comes from here. ...

The boundary between Sekiuchi and Sekiuchi

Original Text

Yoshida Bridge was built as an entrance to the port. Therefore, a barrier was established and the entry and exit of samurai and townspeople was strictly cracked down. It is said that the port town side was called Kannai and the Yoshida town side was called Kangai. However, it was abolished in Meiji ４. There is a monument on Yoshida Bridge on the Metropolitan Expressway.

this bridge was separated from sekiuchi?

Original Text

It was in Yoshida Bridge, which is very close to Kannai Station. The other side is the place where the name Kannai was created in the division of Isesaki Town.

The place where the name 'Sekiuchi' originated

Original Text

It is the place where the barrier station, which originated from the name "Kanuchi", was located. When Yokohama opened the port, a barrier station was set up to separate the settlements on the sea side and managed the entry and exit of people and objects. From the location of the map, 35.445407, 139.634206 on the highway, which is about 100 meters northeast, is the exact point.

A place where Yokohama's history remains

Original Text

When the port opened in Yokohama, Yoshida Bridge was built on the Yoshida River, a tributary of the Ooka River, and the former 々 was a wooden bridge, but it was designed by the United Kingdom and made of steel. It seems that it was replaced by a bridge So. It is said to be the earliest iron bridge in Japan, along with the Kurogane Bridge in Nagasaki. I don't notice it when I walk casually, but the iron bridge that was the same as it was at that time remains.