The old "Kibikicho" on the east side of Ginza, especially around the back of Kabukiza Theater, is a place where even though it is Ginza, there are wooden houses and signboard architecture in a narrow alley, leaving a slightly retro atmosphere.
Of course, there are many large buildings, but small buildings such as private shops and stores have been rebuilt as they are are also noticeable.
Is such a building still home to residents of the past, or even if it is a building, it is full of downtown atmosphere by putting trees at the entrance.
Among them, there is a small building with beautiful flower pots and a stone Chozubachi where medaka is swimming.
When I asked the owner, the stone Chozubachi was the "stone mortar" used in the dumpling shop, which the owner's grandfather was doing near here in Meiji period.
The lower right rear end is partially chipped.
It was said that it was because it was fired during the Great Kanto Earthquake.
After that, the reconstruction plan decided to build "Showa-dori", and the dumpling shop was evacuated and moved to Tsukiji to continue business.
During the Pacific War, the stone mill was able to maintain its appearance, probably because it was near St. Luke Hospital, escaped from the damage of the air raid.
However, when we resumed business after the war, we decided to replace new tools, and this stone mill was about to be disposed of.
So, the father of the owner, who was the third son of a dumpling shop, said, "I can't help anything with memories."
This place happened to be very close to the place where my grandfather opened a dumpling shop.
For about 100 years, after passing through the Great Kanto Earthquake and the war, Ishiusu, who returned to this place, was rebuilt into a building, and even after his father died, became the home of medakas and passed by. It delights the eyes of the people who pass.
