It is used to make some kinds of jellies for Japanese sweets.

It’s an invasive plant that quickly spreads and takes over an area. Arrowroot is a kind of vine that grows near rivers. 飾 shika is the nanori of kazaru to decorate. Is an onyomi and nanori of kuzu arrowroot. To the area by the “people of the south sea”.Īccording to this theory, in whatever dialect or language these people spoke it referred to a hunting ground. shika しか comes from an older スカ which meant “sandbar.” The general idea being that this name referred to the lowlands on the right bank and the elevated ridge on the left bank of the Tonegawa 利根川 Tone River (present day 江戸川 Edogawa Edo River). There are various theories, but none of them are certain.Ĭomes from an older word カテ kate or カト kato which meant cliff, hill, or knoll. The probability of it not being Japanese in origin is high. The name is attested in the 万葉集 Manyōshū so we know this is an ancient name. Shinkoiwa 新小岩　/ Higashi Shin-koiwa / Nishi Shin-koiwa Higashi Mizumoto / Minami Mizumoto / Nishi Mizumoto / Mizumoto Koen 水元公園 The special ward was founded on March 15, 1947. The former Minami-Katsushika District of what was then known as Tokyo Prefecture, and its seven towns and villages, merged and became part of the old Tokyo City. Minami-Katsushika District conformed today's Katsushika Ward proper, plus Edogawa, Koto and Sumida wards. When the province was divided and reconfigured, the district was partitioned between Kita-Katsushika District (within Saitama Prefecture), Higashi-Katsushika District (within Chiba Prefecture) and the remainder was based in Tokyo Prefecture. Katsushika District was originally a division of Musashi Province. The long running film series, the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora-san, takes place in Katsushika, as does the manga series, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English. It lies in the northeast of the ward area. one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. Pueraria lobata, grows very strong in wetlandsĪ person like a kuzu, 'ningen no kuzu' means 'human garbage'. The kuzu, katsura 葛, but to the land formation of lowlands and ridges near the 利根川 river Tonegawa. The name was also spelled 勝鹿, 河都志加, 加止志加 - therefore the original name did not refer to

It might have been a land overgrown with arrowroot. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所.

Nogiku No Haka by Sachio Itō