Senior: It's finally completed. The red brick station building at Tokyo Station.
Junior: This is the news, and it's a place where salaried workers go to work after consecutive holidays.
Seniors, I came along because they said they would have a lunch dinner, but is it a station?
I'm not Tetsu-chan (railway enthusiast).
But even if it is a holiday, do you have a lot of mechamecha and people?
Senior: The preservation and restoration work, which took more than five years, was over, and the grand opening was opened on October 1st.
Everyone wants to see that figure.
Junior: Are you building at the station?
Yeah. I wasn't very interested, but when I look at it again, it's amazing.
The red brick station building is somewhat cool, isn't it?
Senior: The central station, Tokyo Station, opened in 1914. 1914.
It was restored to its appearance about 100 years ago.
Junior: Do you have a brick for 100 years?
The house of "three pigs" did not blow away.
Senior: The best of architectural technology at the time of the Meiji and Taisho eras was utilized.
10,000 pine stakes are driven to form foundations, and bricks are reinforced with steel frames.
We use materials with high strength.
Even during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (1923), it continued to build without any fatal damage.
The dome and the third floor were burned down in the raid of 1945 (1945) and restored to a two-story station building.
The octagonal dome was also very good.
Junior: Did you support the building with wooden stakes?
Senior: I recreated the foundation with a new reinforced concrete.
We installed 352 new seismic isolation devices and 158 oil dampers.
It supports the station building with a total weight of 70,000 tons.
Considering that the world's top-class construction has been carried out, I wonder if Japan's technological capabilities are exciting.
Junior: Something is "Trihada", isn't it?
The numbers are too big, so it doesn't come out.
Senior: Like the structure of the foundation, the roof, walls, and every corner of the interior decoration are also used.
It shows the heartfelt skills of many engineers and craftsmen.
It has been handed down from generation to generation by engineers who have been built and maintained and repaired by craftsmen 100 years ago.
Furthermore, for the next 100 years, it has been restored by the best technology today.
Junior: Some people look at the ceiling of the dome with binoculars.
Senior: A lot of decorative reliefs are hidden.
It's interesting to look for it.
Junior: Do you have any recommendations for seniors?
Senior: Look around the carriage at the front entrance.
Then, the brick wall of the Tokyo Station Gallery (Museum).
You can see wooden bricks carbonized in the war.
Junior: Is it a brick wall?
Senior: You'd better be practical.
Then, look around the entire station building from the surrounding buildings.
In particular, you can create an adult scene by watching the illuminated scenery at night through the window of the restaurant.
Junior: She will be happy too.
It's fun.
Senior: I wish I could feel the spread of the sky above the station building.
The space that connects Miyuki Street and spreads out in front of the Imperial Palace Square.
I think it shows the style of being the gateway to the capital Tokyo and Japan.
It is a space filled with the thoughts of many people.
And the construction is still going on without rest.
Junior: Oh, my senior, I'm hungry.
Senior: How about beef stew at the Tokyo Station Hotel in the station building?
Junior: I'm sorry. Thank you for your dinner.
※From the Tourism Association Secretariat
Tokyo Station itself is Chiyoda-ku, but I posted it because Yaesu underground may be Chuo-ku.
