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Japanese: 房川渡 - ぼうせんのわたし

This ferry crosses the Tone River between Kurihashi-shuku (present-day Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture) and Nakada-shuku (present-day Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture) on the Nikko road, and the Tone River between them is called Fusa-gawa. At normal water levels, the river is about 40 ken wide and 9 shaku high, but when it becomes 12 or 13 shaku high, boats are stopped. Kurihashi-shuku was equipped with two official boats, five tea boats, and two horse-drawn boats. A temporary boat bridge was built when the Shogun made a pilgrimage to Nikko.
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Japanese:

日光道中の栗橋(くりはし)宿（現埼玉県久喜市）と中田(なかだ)宿（現茨城県古河市）とを結ぶ利根川の渡しで，この間の利根川を房川と称した。常水では川幅約40間，川丈９尺ほどで，川丈が１丈２，３尺になると船止めとなった。栗橋宿には御用船２艘・茶船５艘・馬船２艘が備えられていた。将軍の日光社参の際には臨時に船橋が架けられた。
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