Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

I went to Tokyo Station.

I go to see a nearby station used for commuting, going to school, and traveling.

You may think so, but I went to see it all the way.

 

The purpose is the red brick station building on the inside of the circle.

This is one of the redevelopment projects called Tokyo Station City.

It is intended to bring back the red brick station building to its original appearance in 1914.

Until now, the entire station building had been covered with a white construction cover, but it was removed and replaced.

It's the whole story.

It has been almost five years since the start of construction.

The bright colors of the bricks and the border of white granite jumps into the eyes vividly.

The slate on the roof is from Ogatsu in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

He said that he uses miraculously remaining materials while responding to the damage of the 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake.

 

That said, the surrounding area is still surrounded by construction fences, so it is a form of peeking through the gaps of the fence.

The interior and the construction of the area are ongoing.

That's why there is something you can see.

Still part of the wall at the undercoating stage.

Bricks and steel cut surfaces in the corner.

Reefs and sculptures that float lightly on the tip of the protective sheet.

You can see the progress of the construction.

 

Don't you have something to do with this?

Yeah. It's not a thrilling point. I'm the only one.

 

The station building we saw before the start of construction was rebuilt into a two-story building in 1945, when the 3rd floor and the north-south dome were destroyed by the war caused by the air raid.

At a large terminal where about 3,000 trains arrive and depart each day, construction will proceed while maintaining its transportation function.

A seismic isolation device will be installed underground in a building with a history of nearly 100 years, making it resistant to earthquakes.

The construction fence contains materials related to the history of Tokyo Station and the design of the building, so you can get a lot of mini-information that you want to talk to.

 

The ticket gate inside the dome also started to be used early this month, allowing you to see some of the decorated ceilings.

On July 1st, the central gate ticket gate will be used.

On October 1st, the Tokyo Station Gallery opened.

On October 3, the Tokyo Station Hotel, which had been closed, will open with a new outfit.

The grand opening of the red brick station building is said to be in October.

I'm looking forward to seeing the buildings change one after another.

 

"The inside of Kyomaru Azuma is not Chuo-ku."

Yes, the area is Chiyoda-ku.

But it's the entrance to Tokyo, and don't say hard.

That's right. The design of the red brick station building was designed by Dr. Kingo Tatsuno, a heavyweight in the Meiji Architecture world.

The main building of the Bank of Japan head office in Nihonbashi-Honishi-cho, Chuo-ku was designed by Dr. Tatsuno.

Both are designated as important cultural properties of the country.

Thank you very much for your connection with Dr. Tatsuno.

 

 

 

 

This time, I would like to introduce the Nepalese restaurant "Namastekatomandu" in Higashinihombashi.
That's right. Indian chefs are making authentic Nepalese dishes.
The atmosphere of the store is also like Nepal (I've never been to Nepal, but sweat)

Actually, the co-purchase coupon (Groupon) was half the normal fee, so it was half the price.
I tried to use it. Select one of the following options.

・2 kinds of curry set (normal price: 1,100 yen)
　A set of 2 kinds of curry and rice. Choose Nan or rice.
　Choose 2 from 8 types of curry (chicken, mutton, vegetables, beans, minced meat, etc.).
・Chaumen (normal price: 1,000 yen)
　Nepal style yakisoba mixed with vegetables and chicken.

These include mini salads and drinks (coffee or chai).
I ate Nepal-style yakisoba (chaumen), but it was quite delicious.
That's right. But I think that 1000 yen is a little expensive.

After eating, a master who looks good at people came and was in Nepal
He showed me snapshots and related books. "Nepal is a really good thing.
So please go sightseeing, "he said in one word in Japanese.

This shop is located near Ryogokubashi, and you can see the Tokyo Sky Tree clearly through the window.
It's good. The master also says, "You can see the fireworks of the Sumida River from here."
Get secret information. Why don't you carry your feet when you drop in nearby?


"Namastekatomandu,"
　http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g752102/
  2-25-6, Higashi Nihonbashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo TEL 03-3864-6162
  3-minute walk from Toei Asakusa Line Higashi-Nihonbashi Station
　Business hours Lunch 11:00 to 15:30 Dinner 17:00 to 22:30





 

 

I went to the Sky Restaurant Luke in Akashicho.

While enjoying the view from 200m above the ground, we had a delicious "Tsukiji French".

Watching the sunset, you can get a beer poured into a beautifully polished cup, and slowly darken the area, and the lights of the city emerge in a large window.

All the dishes are delicious and satisfying.

After the meal, we enjoyed the night view in the observation room and photographed it.

I could see Kachidokibashi and Rainbow Bridge, and the boats passing through the Sumida River were very beautiful.

 
　RESTAURANT LUKE (Restaurant Luke)
　Access
　5-minute walk from Exit 3 of Tsukiji Station on the Hibiya Line
　7-minute walk from Exit 6 of Shintomicho Station on the Yurakucho Line  

 

 

 

"Kyodai Shoran" is a difficult kanji that does not know what to read.

He barely remembered that the name of the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, which he learned during his school days, was Emperor Koki.

Therefore, this character is read as "Kidai Shoran".

"Kidai Shoran" is the name of emakimono found at the Orient Museum of Berlin in 1999, and you can see replicas 1.6 times the size of the real thing in the passage of Tokyo Metro, near the underground exit of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi.

When this painting was discovered, I didn't know which country it was, but experts found that it was a painting of Nihonbashi's Chuo-dori from Imagawa Bridge in the late Edo period in Japan. But I still don't know the painter I drew. In addition, the picture scroll says "Kidai Shoranten", and it is imagined that there is a "maki of the earth" or "maki of people", but it has not been discovered at this time. This picture scroll has the character of Culture 2 (1805) in the picture, and it is presumed that it was drawn at that time.

The depiction of Nihonbashi is concrete and lively. There are 88 stores, depicting 1,439 men, 200 women, and 32 children. In addition, 20 dogs, 13 horses, 4 monkeys, and 2 hawks are depicted in emakimono where you can see how life was at that time.

I happened to have been working under the former Imagawa Bridge until recently, and Nihonbashi is a familiar city, and it's really interesting to walk. Of the 88 stores depicted, only two today, Mitsukoshi and Kiya, still have Japanese shop curtain in Nihonbashi. Standing on Chuo-dori in front of this store and remembering emakimono, I feel like I became a person from the Edo period.

(modern wooden shop)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Kiya in 1805)

(Modern Mitsukoshi)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Mitsukoshi in 1805)

The year after it was drawn, it seems that many stores were burned down due to a large fire in 1806, but there is still a long-established store in the Nihonbashi area around that time, and I want to know the transition. If you think of a long-established store before the era when "Kyodai Shoran" was drawn, Ibasen was Tensho 18 (1590), Shin Shigeru was Genroku 1st year (1688), Kuroeya was Genroku 2 (1688), Ninben may be from Genroku 12 (1699). I hope you will find it.

"Kyodai Shoran" means "the scenery of Oedo where the Kagaya Godai wins". I would like everyone who gets off the subway at "Mitsukoshi-mae" on Tokyo Metro to see the lively appearance of Nihonbashi in the past.

 

More Walking the "Kidai Shoran"

 

 

 

"Taki no Hiroba" on the side of Nihonbashi, with a hut between 5 frontages of the Edo period, was a bleaching place for sinners.

Even if it is a bleaching place, it does not expose corpses, but lets sinner sit side by side from morning to evening.

 

 The first bleaching sentence was completed in March 1747 (1747), in March 1747 (1747) by Takeshi Harada, the role of Yusuke Edozume of the Tsugaru Iwamatsu clan, and Onoue, a prostitute of Sakaiya Yoshiwara.

Because they fell in love with each other, and their duties were lazy, and their debts made their necks irreversible.

 

Tsuruga Wakasajo wrote this incident as Shinnai's "Kaerizaki, Nagori no Inochige".

Immediately after Shinnai, Ita's uncle pays a bill to get married to Onoue and becomes a happy ending.

 

Such a clean place now also has the Sojuro Riverside,

From there, it is a wonderful sightseeing spot where you can go around the river by boat to Nihonbashi, Kanda River and Sumida River.