Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

 

 

On August 15th (Thursday), at Tsukiji Honganji Temple, the theme song dedication performance of the new Kabuki "Yinyoshi", which will be performed at Kabukiza Shinkai-ba, "September Hanagata Kabuki", was performed.

 

 

 

It was shakuhachi player Kinohachi who performed the dedication.

On the day of the event, "To the air", which was used as the theme song of "Ryoma Goes", was dedicated, and then two songs, the theme song of "Yinyoshi" and the ending theme, were dedicated.

 

 

 

After the dedication performance, the author, Baku Yumemakura and the starring Sogoro Ichikawa joined, and talked passionately about listening to the theme song and his enthusiasm for the new Kabuki.

By the way, the new Kabuki "Yinyoshi" seems to be sold out on the same day.

 

About the new Kabuki "Yinyoshi"　⇒

　http://www.kabuki-bito.jp/theaters/kabukiza/2013/09/post_64-Highlight.html

 

 

 

 

 

It has been almost five months since the Kabukiza Theater opened in a new style.

Even today, it is crowded in front of the theater with people who want to take commemorative photos as well as theater performances and try to stop by a little. I think that the effect of attracting people who have not been interested in Kabuki until now is great.

 

Speaking of play performances, lunch boxes during the intermission and meals before and after the theater are also fun. In the afternoon and evening, there are many famous restaurants in the area.

Among them, the soba noodles "Miyagino", "Sandbox" and "Kabuki soba" are very popular. In addition, the cafe "Civilization-do", the Western food "Hayakawa", the curry "Bee House", and the stew "Silver Tower" are also shops with many repeaters.

It's likely that you will spend time while you're worried at lunch. So, today I would like to introduce you to my favorite destination shop. I think many people already know it, but if you haven't experienced it, try it once.

 

The first house is a casual French shop "Purushi". It's a small shop, so it's full right away. However, the taste is guaranteed. It is a shop where you will want to visit again at night if you are satisfied with lunch. The staff of the shop is also bright and energetic. A pleasant atmosphere is spreading.

The second house is the hamburger specialty store "Gubagu". Various kinds of hamburgers are lined up on the menu and I am lost, but it's best to choose with intuition. There is also a counter-style seat, so you can easily enter by yourself. It is relatively good to rotate, so it may be an aim.

 

The third house is the ramen "La Nuil". The name and appearance of the ramen shop are not a little ramen shop, but the specialty is Tokyo ramen, which is proud of. There are a number of music-related items on the wall in the store. It has an atmosphere like a Western-style tavern, but it is a popular restaurant with many regulars.

 

One more house. We introduced it in a wonderful series of people in the city, but the shop "Yagura" where the store manager is fine and the store is lively. We are proud of yakiniku, but at lunch, there is also a sukiyaki set meal, so it is quite delicious. The seats are spacious, making it perfect for a calm meal.

 

There are still other shops I would like to introduce, but today I'm here ... In any case, the Kabukiza neighborhood is full of interesting shops. Look for your favorite shop at lunchtime and walk along the alley. I'm sure there will be a new discovery.

 

 

 

As the summer night gradually deepens, the lights of towering buildings shine.

From the valley, Bon Odori songs and flute and drum music flow.

Even if you lean out of the balcony, you can't see the venue behind the building.

Surely, local people are making a circle of dance in the schoolyard of the elementary school and the square of the temple.

When I listen to the music, the song naturally comes to my mouth.

"Hito becomes a circle, the ring becomes a flower."

Oh, this lyrics are good.

People come together to make a circle of dance and spread like flowers.

The fireworks just overlap with the appearance of a large flower opening in the night sky.

I hear that Masato Fujita's lyrics were supplemented by Tsuneharu Takida's lyrics.

 

In the year I moved to Tokyo to live a student life, I participated in the Bon Dance Workshop on what I lost.

One of the lessons at that time was "The Great Tokyo Ondo".

It is a fairly full-fledged workshop, and participants are wearing veterans and yukata.

I'm the only student.

"I'd like a streak. I'm young, so if you keep it as it is, Natori ..."

I know it's a social resignation.

 

But if you think about it, Bon Odori was close to me.

The main song of Bon Odori in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, is "Aizu Mount Bandai", which begins with a song at Enya.

Mount Bandai, which looks far away, is a "treasure mountain" that moistens the land of Aizu.

Take along with your family and friends of the children's association, and surround the towers set up on the main street of the city.

The ring spreads from the end of the street to the end, and it increases double and triple as time passes.

The choreography is simple, so even a first-time person can go half a lap and get enough summaries.

"Ohara Shosuke! Why did you kill me!"

This musical accompaniment was competing with a child dancing nearby and shouting to shout.

The Japanese lantern, which descends around the tower and every eaves of the shops, felt very bright now.

 

Well, here in Chuo-ku, the summer festival and the fireworks festival season are also Bon Odori season.

"Chut and Zhu-Chu and Chuo-ku ♪"

Oh, I'm out. Chuo-ku Ondo.

"This is the Edo Bon Dance"

I'm going to say a dance, so it's a high color.

The rhythm with Chuchu is cute, isn't it?

And the Bon Odori that will be held in the future is ...

The aim is Hamacho Park, which will be held from Friday, August 23 to 24 (Sat).

The name is "Oedo Festival Bon Dance Festival"

On the 23rd, there will be an opening parade from 17 o'clock.

It's a chance to make a cool look with Chuchu.

 

　Let's wear a yukata!

 

 

 

 

In the alley where you can see the front of Kabukiza in Ginza 5-chome, Spanish cuisine "El Matador" has opened.

 

The first floor of the open-air style is a counter seat and a slightly elevated chair table seat, which feels like a casual bar, but if you get down underground, it is large enough to accommodate 40 people, like a dining room in a Spanish nobleman's residence.

　　

　

There are 6 types of lunch on weekdays.

There are two types of "Melosso", Valencia's representative rice dish, Kaneroni, and today's meat dish, each of which is selected.

And appetizers and bread and drinks, it's 1000 yen.

(Click the left photo to see a large image.)

The appetizer

Green salad, creamy mashed potatoes,

Maltadella ham and Spanish-style omelet

There are plenty of things.

The Spanish-style omelet was so delicious that I wanted only this one.

On this day, there were roasts of domestic pork shoulder and stewed large meatballs in Spanish style, but I chose "large clams, small pillars and tomato melosso".

It was a bit like a risotto, and there were plenty of clams and small pillars, but it was crisp and I ate in no time.

 

The staff is bright and comfortable, inside, too.

From the very cute but firm "Kyeong-chan"

"The menu says 'Exciting Chef's Cooking'," he said.

"What's exciting is 'food'? Or "Chef"? When asked, he answered, "I'm both."

 

The chef whose birthday was just on this day was a seemingly charming handsome, but I thought that there was also one side of `` exciting '', and next time I thought I would like to enjoy `` exciting chef's exciting meat dishes '' I thought.

 

　Elmatador

5-14-17, Ginza

Telephone 03 (6278) 8518

Lunch 11:55 to 14:00 (last order)

Dinner from 17:30 to 25:00 (last order)

Sunday regular holiday

 

　Business hours are subject to change, so please contact us.

 

 

 

[Beginning of August]

I received a good news.

I got a numbered ticket for the main venue of Harumi, Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival.

 

 

The Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival is one of the best fireworks festivals in Tokyo, with as many as 12,000 fireworks being launched from the sea.

Harumi The main venue is one of the best places to view under the best conditions among the many venues.

 

[8:30 on the day]

The event was officially announced on the website of Chuo-ku.

The weather forecast is "Sunny and sometimes cloudy."

It's going to be very hot. It may be the hottest summer this summer.

I'm worried about the recent frequent guerrilla downpours.

 

[Around 16:00]

Take the Edo bus to Harumi 3-chome near the venue.

There are already many people, and emergency vehicles are also located.

Somehow, it's a terrible atmosphere.

 

 

Walk for about 10 minutes and enter the venue's premises.

Pass the side of the bridge under construction and head to the main venue.

 

 

By the time this bridge is completed, what is this area like?

 

[Around 16:30]

Proceed to the baseball stadium, which is close to the launch site even in the main venue.

In the hot weather, many people were already waiting for fireworks.

 

 

Set the radio you bring to Central FM and wait for the countdown while drinking beer.

Occasionally, the cool wind blows.

 

【１８：００】

The gun roars in the sunset sky, and expectations are rising.

 

 

You can see Tokyo Tower in the distance.

 

 

【１８：５０】

The countdown finally begins.

Fireworks are launched one after another with the voice of "zero!"

From the radio, a special program for the Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival of Chuo FM was broadcast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fireworks looked so big that it looked like a star was falling.

 

[Around 20:10]

The Daika Securities Fire Festival, which was less than an hour and a half, ended in no time.

A generous applause was sent to the people of pyrotechnician who showed great fireworks and the people of Daika Securities Fire Festival.

On the way back, there was no great confusion, and many people walked in order.

 

 

 

 

　The 25th Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival was held in Harumi on August 10, when the heat was record in various parts of the Japanese Islands and exceeded 37 ° C for the first time in six years in the city center. Organized by the Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival Executive Committee, Chuo-ku, and Asahi Shimbun.

 

　Apply in advance and get an admission ticket. The venue is Harumi main venue (in Chuo-ku, Harumi second venue). The capacity is about 50,000 (Harumi No. 2 venue is about 42,000). Open at 17:00. Blue sheets were laid in several blocks throughout the venue, and each one was taking up on it. At around 17:30 when I arrived at the venue, every seat was filled with many people, but it seemed that there was still room ahead. I have a little forward in the middle.

 

　Until 18:50, the launch start time, announcements such as the availability of viewing places and explanations of fireworks were flowing in the venue. As I mentioned earlier, this venue requires an admission ticket, and the restrictions for up to two people and the opening time were fixed, so it seems that everyone was relatively quiet and waiting until the launch started I think.

　

　The launch time was approaching, and the entire venue counted down 10 seconds in advance, and colorful fireworks were launched one after another. Fireworks of the character "Yurito" with the motif of the bird Yurikamome in the capital also appeared.

All pyrotechnician's works 　from all over Japan were powerful and cheered from the whole venue. Also, when a shaku five-squat ball (diameter about 45 cm) is launched, it spreads to about 400 m above the sky, and the vibration resonates with the ground and the body, which is breathtaking.

　Approximately 12,000 fireworks colored the night sky of Tokyo Bay. The total number of spectators this year was about 680,000.

 

　It has passed the fall on the calendar, but the heat is likely to continue. However, it was a time when I could forget the heat with power and beauty.