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Walking along the coastline of Tokyo in the Edo period
Celeina: I understand that the “Coastline Tour” was held this year.
Tanaka: It was held this spring and summer.
Takano: I understand that you walked along the coastline of Tokyo during the Edo period.
Tanaka: That’s right. I think that after Ieyasu Tokugawa arrived in the Edo period, land reclamation progressed in Tokyo, which had previously been in the countryside. I walked around wondering where the coastline was before that reclamation progressed.
Takano: So the actual places you walk may not be near the sea?
Tanaka: This may come as a surprise, but the ocean is as far as the front of the Imperial Palace. So we walked around there.
Celeina: The studio has a document called “Tokyo’s Land Reclamation,” which is connected to what you are talking about now.
Takano: It’s not the kind you see in parliamentary speeches or something, is it? It’s a very solid document, and it’s put together in the form of a thesis.
Celeina: Was this made for an event?
Tanaka: Not at all. I was a bit curious about land reclamation, and when I started researching it, I found that it was more complicated than I had expected and that there were not many documents left. So, different people were saying different things, and when I started to pursue it, I found that it was about 50 pages long.
Takano: You are not from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, are you? It is interesting that parts of the area that are now normal buildings and land used to be coastline.
Celeina: It is indeed interesting to feel the history. Mr. Tanaka, you pick up on what you find interesting, but how do you delve into it?
Tanaka: I don’t consciously try to dig deeper. I don’t know, so I look into it, and when I find myself getting into it, it’s like I’m hooked.
Celeina: I admire your inquisitive mind, Tanaka-san. Now, I would like to send you a song. I asked Mr. Tanaka to choose a song that he would like everyone to listen to together on the radio at this time. Please tell us the reason for your song selection.
Tanaka: I will go with a song that Anzen Chitai and Yosui Inoue did together. There was a time when Anzen Chitai was backed by Yosui Inoue, and there is a live disc “Live Geracie” that was done with this combination, but regrettably it has only been released on cassette,I chose this based on my personal desire, hoping that this live album would be released in the current format, CD. I chose “Ore wa Shout!” by Anzen Chitai and Yosui Inoue.
