The popular “Town Walking Tour” sponsored by the Chuo-ku Tourism Association has entered a good spot with the arrival of autumn. On September 26, "Industrial Course / Long-established (3)" visited Edoya, Ozu Washi, and Iba Sen in Nihonbashikobunacho, facing the old Nikko Kaido. All of them are long-established long-established stores since the Edo period, and are famous stores that have inherited the goodwill to this day.
From Kodemmacho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, cross Ebisu Street and head west along Daidenma Honmachidori on the old Nikko Kaido, you will see "Edoya-san" (pictured above). Various shapes of products are hung from the ceiling in the store and are spectacular. It is said that the number of products made of materials and shapes tailored to the application is 3,000.
In front of Showa-dori, there is a building called "Ozu Washi-san" (center of the photo). The shop is currently under construction, so the shop is open on the second floor. Receive the origin and product commentary at the Ozu Historical Museum on the same floor. It is a long-established from Ise-Matsuzaka, and exhibits valuable ancient document materials that tell the history that it flourished in the former Odenmacho 1-chome (current location) since the early Edo period and developed into a large store.
If you go east toward Edobashi, you will see "Ibasen-san" (lower photo). At the entrance on the first floor, there is an inscription of the Edo fan. The pattern shines as the base of the ukiyo-e artist, Toyokuni Utagawa, etc. In the store, colorful fan fans and fans are lined up, and the special fan with Doraemon appearing in Hiroshige's picture is a gem. In some cases, foreign women were buying fans. @ Akira Makibuchi
◇The Chuo-ku Tourism Association "Town Walking Tour" is scheduled until December. There are still cultural courses and industrial courses that can be in time, so please see the Tourism Association website for details.>>Here
