Hamura Illumination festival event has been held at Tokyo Hamura city now !
At Ozaku station of JR Ome line, you would be able to see and visit this illumination (6:00pm - 10:00pm) and also you would be able to see the projection mapping show (7:00pm, 7:30pm, 8:00pm Mon-Thu, 6:00pm, 6:30pm, 7:00pm, 7:30pm, 8:00pm, 8:30pm, 9:00pm Fri-Sun, about 3 minutes show for each time) with free entrance from 8th to 23rd October 2016.
Let's try to get your favorite pictures or movies there !
Also another events such as hot food festival and dance show, etc would be held so please check the details with official website as below.
Official Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/hamuraillumination/
Hamura city website : http://www.city.hamura.tokyo.jp/0000008139.html
Tamagawa brothers are the persons in charge of Tamagawajosui aqueduct construction.
The construction was started in 1653 Edo era period and finished in 1654 between Hamura and Toranomon, around Edo castle in Tokyo.
To respect their effort for Tamagawajosui, the statue was built in 1958 which is located at Hamura Syusuiseki of starting point of Tamagawajosui. You would be able to find the local historical spot here.
玉川上水の起点、羽村取水堰には玉川兄弟の銅像が建っております。
美しい玉川上水が今でも現存しているのは彼らの功績なくしてはなかったものです。
一度は訪れた方も多いかもしれませんが、何度訪れても玉川兄弟への感謝の気持ちを感じることができる場所ですね。(詳細はリンク先にて)