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Iogi 井荻 Iogi district
Suginami 杉並区
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The name Iogi machi井荻町 / 井荻村 Iogi mura was abolished in 1932.
It was the former 東多摩郡 Higashi-Tama district, including the villages
上井草村 Kami-Igusa mura, 下井草村 Shimo-Igusa mura,
上荻窪村 Kami-Ogikubo mura and 下荻窪村 Shimo-Ogikubo mura.
The name I-OGI was constructed of the first letters from Igusa and Ogikubo.
. Igusamura, Igusa mura 井草村 Igusa village .
. Ogikubo 荻窪 Ogikubo district .
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What does Iogi mean?
(well and reeds, more at “place between Igusa and Ogikubo”)
- Donny Kimball tells this story:
"I live in a place called Iogi on the Seibu Shinjuku Line. It’s not much to look at these days, but a local old man told me trains used to carry shit and piss from Tōkyō to the countryside. They used to dump all this excrement in a lake or swamp in Iogi. Furthermore, if you look at the color of the cars on this train, they’re a shitty version of piss yellow. That color was a deliberate indicator (or direct inheritance) of this train line’s association with the transport of human excrement, ie; avoid the yellow colored train!"
- Marky Star continues:
I’d heard about feces used for compost as early as my elementary school days. My parents had spent two years in the countryside of Kanagawa Prefecture before I was born and they showed me a curious bill that they had saved. It was a bill for a shit and piss collection service. Seemed weird to me as a young kid who knew nothing about Japan, but whatever. I soon forgot about this because, it was totally irrelevant to my life.
When I heard this story about Iogi, I remembered my parents’ story about the shit and piss collection service they paid for every month.
井 i usually this kanji means well, the sort you would draw water from; it has a secondary meaning of community.
荻 ogi this means reeds; it commonly occurs in marshy lowlands or where lakes once stood.
The etymology of 井荻 Iogi is simple, really.
Iogi is not a place name, just a station name. Located in Tōkyō’s 杉並区 Suganami-ku Suginami Ward, it’s surrounded by 上井草駅 Kami Igusa Eki Upper Igusa Station and 下井草駅 Shimo Igusa Eki Lower Igusa Station. Upper and Lower Igusa are references to their respective locations upstream and downstream on the 井草川 Igusa-gawa Igusa River. Directly south of Iogi Station is an area called 荻窪 Ogikubo.
In 1927, when naming the station, the 西武鉄道 Seibu Tetsudō Seibu Railroad decided to take the 井 i from Igusa and the 荻 ogi from Ogikubo and voila! We have Iogi.
- source : japanthis.com/2017... Marky Star
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井荻駅 Iogi Station opened on 16 April 1927.
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Igusagawa 井草川 River Igusagawa
If flows into the river 妙正寺川 Myoshojigawa from the Arakawa water sytstem. Part of the river is now a 遊歩道 promenade.
In the park 道潅橋公園 Dokanbashi Koen there was a bridge over the river, better known as 道潅橋 Dokanbashi bridge.
3 Chome-14-２３ Kamiigusa, Suginami
Along the river 今川 Imagawa is a park called 道潅公園 Dokan Koen.
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Iogi 井荻 Iogi district
Suginami 杉並区
The name Iogi machi井荻町 / 井荻村 Iogi mura was abolished in 1932.
It was the former 東多摩郡 Higashi-Tama district, including the villages
上井草村 Kami-Igusa mura, 下井草村 Shimo-Igusa mura,
上荻窪村 Kami-Ogikubo mura and 下荻窪村 Shimo-Ogikubo mura.
The name I-OGI was constructed of the first letters from Igusa and Ogikubo.
. Igusamura, Igusa mura 井草村 Igusa village .
. Ogikubo 荻窪 Ogikubo district .
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- quote
What does Iogi mean?
(well and reeds, more at “place between Igusa and Ogikubo”)
- Donny Kimball tells this story:
"I live in a place called Iogi on the Seibu Shinjuku Line. It’s not much to look at these days, but a local old man told me trains used to carry shit and piss from Tōkyō to the countryside. They used to dump all this excrement in a lake or swamp in Iogi. Furthermore, if you look at the color of the cars on this train, they’re a shitty version of piss yellow. That color was a deliberate indicator (or direct inheritance) of this train line’s association with the transport of human excrement, ie; avoid the yellow colored train!"
- Marky Star continues:
I’d heard about feces used for compost as early as my elementary school days. My parents had spent two years in the countryside of Kanagawa Prefecture before I was born and they showed me a curious bill that they had saved. It was a bill for a shit and piss collection service. Seemed weird to me as a young kid who knew nothing about Japan, but whatever. I soon forgot about this because, it was totally irrelevant to my life.
When I heard this story about Iogi, I remembered my parents’ story about the shit and piss collection service they paid for every month.
井 i usually this kanji means well, the sort you would draw water from; it has a secondary meaning of community.
荻 ogi this means reeds; it commonly occurs in marshy lowlands or where lakes once stood.
The etymology of 井荻 Iogi is simple, really.
Iogi is not a place name, just a station name. Located in Tōkyō’s 杉並区 Suganami-ku Suginami Ward, it’s surrounded by 上井草駅 Kami Igusa Eki Upper Igusa Station and 下井草駅 Shimo Igusa Eki Lower Igusa Station. Upper and Lower Igusa are references to their respective locations upstream and downstream on the 井草川 Igusa-gawa Igusa River. Directly south of Iogi Station is an area called 荻窪 Ogikubo.
In 1927, when naming the station, the 西武鉄道 Seibu Tetsudō Seibu Railroad decided to take the 井 i from Igusa and the 荻 ogi from Ogikubo and voila! We have Iogi.
- source : japanthis.com/2017... Marky Star
井荻駅 Iogi Station opened on 16 April 1927.
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Igusagawa 井草川 River Igusagawa
If flows into the river 妙正寺川 Myoshojigawa from the Arakawa water sytstem. Part of the river is now a 遊歩道 promenade.
In the park 道潅橋公園 Dokanbashi Koen there was a bridge over the river, better known as 道潅橋 Dokanbashi bridge.
3 Chome-14-２３ Kamiigusa, Suginami
Along the river 今川 Imagawa is a park called 道潅公園 Dokan Koen.
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. Oota Dookan, Ōta Dōkan 太田道灌 Ota Dokan (1432 - 1486) .
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. Suginami 杉並区 Suginami ward .
. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .
. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .
. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .
. senryu, senryū 川柳 Senryu poems in Edo .
. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .
. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .
. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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