The Japan You Don’t Know…Photos of Japan 100 years ago. It became the second home of rice wholesalers
<p>Suginami Fudoki” by Yasuki Mori. Suginami Local History Association<br />
HamadayamaThis area, on the north side of the Kanda River, is Hamadayama. The name Hamadayama comes from Yahei Hamadaya, a merchant in Naito Shinjuku during the Edo period. Hamadaya seems to have had a forest of pine trees and cedar trees (called “mountain” in this area) in the area around the Suginami-minami Post Office in Hamadayama 4-chome. The Hamadaya family visited the area on the far bank of the river and distributed sweets and money to the village children to make offerings to the Buddha. Hamadaya failed in the rice market in the Meiji era (1868–1912) and fell into ruin, but Hamadayama remained as a small family name, according to the story.</p>
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