November, 2022

Monthly Nihonbashi 2022.9 "I want to support the Arashio Room!" I would like to introduce the name of the Aokoku raid!

A special feature in the September issue of the monthly Nihonbashi September issue is the Arashio Room, the only sumo room in Nihonbashihamacho, Chuo-ku. 〇 Infiltrate the morning lesson in the Arashio room! 〇 Changes in Sumo Wrestling Styles so far in Arashio Room Introduction of Arashio Room 〇 It is composed of announcements held on October 2, "Aokuni Retiring Arashio Raiden Name Sumo". Focusing on the Arashio room for a long time, the wrestlers of the Arashio room have been volunteering at the Tsukishima Daiichi Kindergarten, a kindergarten in the ward, and have posted on the cherry blossoms and good blogs that all the wrestlers of the Arashio room have volunteered. https://tokuhain.chuo-kanko.or.jp/archive/2017/12/post-4537.html After reading this special article, I decided to go to the Sokoku Retiring Arashina by all means, so I went there. I would like to thank the monthly Nihonbashi for the opportunity to see the first Kokugikan Sumo.

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2022.11.30 18:00
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The stained glass of the underground railway entrance at the Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store

It's moss. Did you know that a quaint stained glass is installed at the entrance of the building at Exit A5 of Mitsukoshimae Station? The letter of "Mitsukoshi basement floor sales floor underground railway entrance" mixed with old characters, cut out and fitted with a metal plate. Rondel (disk-shaped glass) and leaf-shaped glass are alternately arranged around it. This stained glass is thought to have been installed since the opening of Mitsukoshimae Station. The Tokyo Metropolitan Subway (now Tokyo Metro Ginza Line) opened Mitsukoshimae Station in April 1937. In a time when naming rights were not common, it was unprecedented to put the name of a company on a railway station. There is anecdote that Mitsukoshi paid the full cost of opening the station, but it seems that Mitsukoshi does not recognize it. Nevertheless, luxurious interior railway stations that are not found at other railway stations have been born, such as walls with marble and decorations that are valuable in Art Deco. The station is focusing not only on the interior but also on equipment, and it was the first station in Japan to install an escalator at a railway station. By the way, the first permanent escalator in Japan was installed at the Mitsukoshi Kimono Store (now Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store) in 1914. The escalator may have taken care of Mitsukoshi. The stained glass at the beginning is said to have been installed at the time of the opening of the subway station, and was restored by Matsumoto Stained Glass Works in 1988 and continues to this day. Mitsukoshimae Station has also been renewed, and the A5 entrance is now connected only to elevators. It faces Edo Sakura-dori St., so be sure to take a look when you visit nearby.

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2022.11.30 15:00
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