Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

From Monday, October 1 to Tuesday, November 20, a sightseeing and commerce festival will be held throughout the city.

Date and time of the event　From October 1 (Mon) to November 20 (Tue), 2012
[Place]　The whole area of Chuo-ku

[Main Events]

■Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Support Charity Opening Event
　Date and time Monday, October 1
　・Main venue (Yaesu Underground Shopping Center Main Avenue) from 11:00 am
　・Kyobashi venue (Ginza Mitsukoshi 9th floor Ginza Terrace) From 0:30 pm
　・Nihonbashi venue (in front of Tornale Nihonbashihamacho) From 1:30 pm
　・Tsukishima venue (Harumi Triton Square Grand Lobby) from 2:30 pm

■Sale with lottery
　Schedule
　・Shopping Street / Retail Store From Monday, October 1 to 8 (holiday)
　・Department Stores, etc. From Saturday, October 6 to 8 (holiday)
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　・3,000 yen for shopping streets and retail stores, and 10,000 yen for department stores, etc., one speed lottery for each purchase.
　Prizes
　・Set of special strings for shopping streets and retail stores, Oomiya's special rice cake pork miso pickles, etc.
　・10,000 yen gift certificates for department stores and other department stores, 1,000 yen

　In addition, more than 10 kinds of sponsorship events will be held. (The timing and location of the event vary depending on each event.)

　※Schedule, time, location, etc. may change depending on various circumstances.

　　Please contact the venue / organizer in advance.

[Official Site] Chuo-ku

The new year of coffee under international agreements will be October. For this reason, it was decided in 1983 by the Japan Coffee Association to set October 1 as "Coffee Day" at the beginning of the year.

How long do you have coffee?

According to statistics from the Japan Coffee Association, the highest per capita consumption by dividing the import volume by population is 2,844 cups in Luxembourg (2010 statistics, calculated as using 10g per cup), followed by 1,212 cups in Finland, followed by European countries, followed by 340 cups that are not ranked 10th. By the way, there are 411 cups in the United States and 304 cups in U.K.
Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia are the top importers of Japan by country, with more than 60% in the three countries. I drink an average of three cups a day, so it's like Norwey, Denmark. It is the live coffee Tsukishima store that I always take care of me, who is quite addicted.

Live Coffee started in 1958 as a Toraya store as a coffee shop and a wholesaler to restaurants. Subsequently, when the company moved its headquarters to Tsukishima in 1970, retailing began. It has been open as a live coffee since 1984. There are branches in various parts of Tokyo, and you can enjoy coffee at the Tsukiji store in Chuo-ku.

The open and bright shop with glass facing Nishinaka-dori is home to coffee beans from all over the world.

It is said that he visits the production areas of raw beans such as Central and South America and Africa and purchases coffee beans from the traditional cultivation method farm without using any chemicals or chemical fertilizers (from HP). As a result of a variety of cheatings, my recent favorite is "Mokamatari" from Yemen. When the beans are ground with the sleeping eyes, the sweet scent drifts in the chitin and the coffee set is ready, it is completely awakened.

It's a coincidence. "Mocha" was shipped from here under the name of a small port town near the Red Sea in Yemen, so it was named Moka Coffee after the name of the port. After that, the loading port changed to Aden Port on the south coast, but the name remains as it is. Speaking of "Yemen, Aden," "I was twenty years old. The famous opening sentence of Paul Nizan's "Aden Arabia", which says that it was the most beautiful age of a person's life, is nostalgic for generations who were young 40-50 years ago, and may be remembered with bittersweetness.

I think it's fun to enjoy coffee on the autumn day, which will deepen every day, and think about the production areas around the world. It seems that people who drink a lot of coffee statistically have a long life.

Live Coffee Tsukishima Store: 1-9-8, Tsukishima, Chuo-ku TEL3532-1005

Business hours 8:30~19:00 Thanksgiving Sale from the 25th of every month to the end of the month