The back of Kabukiza on Matsuya-dori, which leads from Ginza Matsuya to Tsukiji, often goes through, but the other day, in front of the Koseikan Building ahead of the magazine house, I found an explanation board called "Meiji Kaido Ruins"!
Since it was "March 201212", it was relatively recently built, but I didn't notice it at all.
According to the explanation board, the Meiji Kaido, which was once in this place, was built in 1881 by Yukichi Fukuzawa, and is said to be the best in Tokyo for dinner, and its capacity is 3,000 people! It seems that there were 200 seats in the cafeteria.
In 1882, the formation ceremony of the Constitutional Reform Party was held, and in 1883, Japan's first Western-style dance party was held ahead of Shimeikan.
Later, from the possession of Fukuzawa, it was renamed "Koseikan" in the hands of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, and it was paid to the private sector in 1890, but it seems that it disappeared in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 .
The name "Koseikan" that still remains has such a origin.
By the way, in a short distance between the Koseikan Building and the next building, there is a monument to the birthplace of Senshu University, and on the corner of the street on the opposite side, there is a coffee shop `` Tree Flower '' that John Lennon liked very much.
Chuo-ku is not only a main street, but also just walking a little back street, it is only a place with history and history, so I really want to try [time slip]!
