Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Many antenna shops in the prefecture in Chuo Ward have good use of brand names already known throughout the country, and products bearing the name of a celebrity from the local area.

At Mie Terrace, an information dissemination center in Mie Prefecture, which is in Nihonbashi Muromachi 2-chome YUITO ANNEX, I found the product below and bought it.

"Matsusaka Beef Chips" and "Ise's Kunimitsu Tayu Arare".

The former was a familiar super-strong brand "Matsusaka beef", but when I first saw it, I felt like "Who is Mitsutayu?" It is also called "Suzuka's specialty."

From the clothes of the person printed on the bag, I noticed, "Is it Kotayu Daikokuya who was in Russia?", But in the first place, "Are you Kotayu Daikokuya from Mie Prefecture?"

Excuse me, I was from Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture.

Kotayu Daikokuya was the captain of a round boat (carriage ship) based in the port of Shiroko Ise (currently Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture) in the late Edo period.

In Tenmei 2 (1782), a boat heading for Edo drifted due to a storm and drifted ashore on Amchidka Island in the Aleutian Islands (then Russian territory). Kotayu requested to return home with an audience with Empress Eccherina II at St. Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, and returned to Nemuro Port in 1792, about nine and a half years after drifting. did.

At that time, Sadanobu Matsudaira, a senior citizen of the Shogunate, tried to negotiate with Russia using Kotayu, but Sadanobu himself lost, and was given a mansion in Edo, and as one of the few foreign observers Hoshu Katsuragawa (Tsukiji) And interacted with Dutch scholars such as Gentaku Otsuki and contributed to the development of Dutch studies.

Kotayu was invited to a party (Shingenkai) to celebrate the New Year of the Netherlands held by Gentaku Otsuki in 1795, and had a relationship with many intellectuals, including Hoshu Katsuragawa. That's right.

The picture below depicts the state of the Shingenkai at Shibarando, a private school in Gentaku Otsuki. (Shibarando Shingenkai map (part), Ichikawa-dakeyama painting)

It is said that the person in the red frame is Kotayu.

Shibarando was located in Kyobashi Mizutanicho at this time, and Kotayu himself was also involved with Chuo-ku.

While thinking about the things, "Matsusaka beef chips" and "Kotayu Arare" were delicious.

 

 

On Wednesday, April 29, I took a walk in the Gulf area.

　

Although it is not Chuo-ku, I walked the Rainbow Bridge toward Odaiba from the Shibaura Wharf side. Walking while looking at Harumi Chuo-ku on the left side.

Rainbow Bridge is a bridge that you can cross on foot. This is my first time. The sidewalk is on both sides, so of course choose the north side where Chuo-ku is located.

　

As you walk all the way along the Rainbow Bridge sidewalk, you will see a chot rest space with a photo panel of the scenery. It is often a panel with commentary as if it were on the top of the mountain.

In the photo below, the upper part is a photo panel of the scenery displayed on the sidewalk, and the lower white part allows you to see the actual scenery while comparing the scenery.

What? This panel is somewhat different when compared to the actual scenery. There are no skyscrapers that should be in Kachidoki or Harumi.

That should be the case, and this panel, probably the time the Rainbow Bridge was built, about 20 years ago, also shows the Tokyo International Trade Center in Harumi, which is not now available.

　

　

About 20 years ago, after the collapse of the bubble economy. Chuo-ku suffered from population decline due to urbanization due to high economic growth before that and the rise in the bubble era, and the population from 170,000 in 1953 decreased to nearly 70,000 in 1997. .

However, subsequent efforts have been fruitful, and recently on April 27, it was announced that it exceeded 140,000 for the first time in 51 years. The number of younger generations has increased, and the aging rate has also been the lowest in the 23 wards.

Comparing the scenery from the Rainbow Bridge about 20 years ago with the current view of high-rise apartments, I think that such an increase in the population is natural.

　

　

A large foreign passenger ship was arriving at the Harumi Passenger Terminal.

VOLENDAM is a Dutch-flagged ship with a total length of 61,214 tons and a total length of 238 meters. In terms of length alone, the length of Kachidokibashi is 246m, so it is comparable to that.

　

　

After crossing the bridge

→Pass through Odaiba,

→Passed through the construction site of Toyosu New Market

→Cross the Harumi Ohashi Bridge and enter the Harumi area of Chuo-ku.

→Take the Harumi Passenger Terminal to the Plaza Harumi.

It's a long walk of about 10km.

　

It is the Harumi area seen from the construction site of the new market in Toyosu. Construction is underway around this area with a holiday return.

However, on this day, there was a report that the plan for tourist facilities at Toyosu New Market was blank. It doesn't seem to go well, but I hope you will eventually succeed.

　

Oh, it was getting clearer and the blue sky came out.

　

We crossed Harumi Ohashi and arrived at Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal. Hey. If you look closely, it's really great. This ship.

　

Well, I'd like to ride this once.

There is also an impression that you can't taste unless you see it from nearby.

These cruise ships come to Harumi regularly, so why not check it out?

　

●Entering the Tokyo Port Passenger Ship

http://www.kouwan.metro.tokyo.jp/kanko/cruise/nyukou.html

　

Finally, let's stop by "Hot Plaza Harumi" with a high chimney. This place where I took pictures before, the scenery has changed a little bit.

　

This is the planned construction site of the Olympic athlete village seen from the roof of "Hot Plaza Harumi". After the Olympics, it will be a city where people live, so the population in Chuo-ku will still increase.

Oh~. Although it was quite a long distance, I was blessed with the weather and I was able to enjoy it easily.

　

Here in Harumi, the 67th Tokyo Minato matsuri will be held on May 23 and 24.

http://www.tokyoport.or.jp/minato67/index.html

　

It seems that various events are also held, so why not visit Harumi?

　

 

 

    

 

 From May 1 (Fri) to 8 (Fri) (closed on the 7th), the Tokyo Metropolitan Archives Panel Exhibition "The Age of the Yan Liao Museum-Meiji Nippon Hospitality Beginning-" is being held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government South Observation Room.

In preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the restoration of Yan Liao Museum, the first guest facility in modern Japan, is scheduled to be held at Hamarikyu Onshi Garden as a facility to entertain overseas customers. With this opportunity, the Tokyo Metropolitan Archives has once again started a survey of materials by related organizations in addition to the collections, and the exhibition of the Yong Liao Museum, which has not been elucidated until now.

　<Exhibition Composition>

　Ⅰ Ishimuro, a naval facility in Hamagoten and late Tokugawa shogunate

　Ⅱ Meiji Japan's foreign guest "Hospitality"

　Ⅲ "Hospitality" at Western-style dinner and dinner parties

　Ⅳ From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yang Liao to the Imperial Household

 

In 1866 (1866), Hamagoten was under the jurisdiction of the Shogunate Navy, and the following year, a wooden frame stone building called "Ishimuro" was built as a navy government building and training facility. In 1869 (1869), when U.K. Prince Edinburgh as a state guest, he hurriedly repaired the stone room, and the first guest facility in modern Japan, named Yan Liao Pavilion, was born. In 1870 (1870), the former Hamagoten Ichien was under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Household Ministry, but only the Yan Liao Museum is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1883 (1883), the Kannarukan was completed and the status of the front stage of the event hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was handed over, but in 1884 (1884), the first Tenran sumo wrestling was held, and for the sumo world, which had been stagnant since the Meiji era, It seems to have been handed down that it was a turning point for life. In the same year, he moved to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. It highlights the Yan Liao Pavilion, which has been widely used as a major stage for diplomatic service and as a venue for meetings, feasts and events organized by government officials until its demolition in 1890.

We look forward to the day when this Historic buildings is restored in the nationally designated special scenic spot and historic site Hamarikyu Onshi Garden.

 

      

 

 

 

Sunday brunch, a cafe on the 4th floor of Ginza Marronnier Gate.

I ate a Sunday brunch omelet.

You can choose tomato sauce or demigrass sauce.

 

 

I wonder if tomato sauce is more cute in color (laughs).

I didn't have time, so I made it 1026 yen (tax included) per item.

If you have time, a drink set is a great deal.

 

 

I wanted to eat rice on this day, so I made omelet rice.

French toast and pasta also looked delicious.

 

Sunday brunch homepage

 

 

 

   

 

 May when the wind is fragrant. We have reached a refreshing season with fresh green dazzling.

In front of the "Yon Liaokan Ruins" in the Hamarikyu Onshi Garden and the "Oden Bridge" in the "Tide Pond", the wisteria trellis of the "Small-shaped Island" in the middle of the Oden Bridge are colored with light purple flowers. You.

During this period, the fence is specially removed and released so that the wisteria trellis at the site of the Yan Liao Museum can be seen up close.

Fuji is a vine deciduous leaf Kimoto of the legume family.

The appearance of the "wisteria purple" flower spikes hanging down on the shelf is lustrous, fragrant, and the appearance of blooming in the wind swaying and blooming in the wind as described as "Fujinami" is also a moving flower , Has been popular since ancient times.

There are Nodafuji and Yamafuji in endemic species, Japan, and in general, Fuji seems to refer to Nodafuji.

　<Noda Fuji> The spikes are long, and the vine is winding (from the top) right winding.

　<Yamafuji Temple> The spikes are short, and the vine is winding (from the top) left winding.

　　　　　　　　 Also known as "Capitan (Hanami Short) Fuji"

Flower colors include white, peach, and light red color in addition to the symbol color mauve color.

In addition, "Kingsari" called "Kibanafuji" is a separate genus of the legume family, Kingsari.

 

According to the staff of the garden, most of the park is Yamafuji Temple, but the wisteria trellis at the northern end of the "Oden Bridge" is a rare Noda Fuji type "Yae Kuroryu Fuji (Yae Kokuryu Fuji) "is planted.

Also known as "Peony Fuji".

The stamen is remarkably peony, and it is said to be a unique variety that becomes "peony bloom".

 

 

One Saturday in April.

　

When riding a bicycle across Kachidokibashi, just on a small boat.

I saw a newly married couple surrounded by friends.

　

The bride was wearing a long white dress with her shoulders out.

On board, you had a glass in one hand.

　

My house faces in front of the canal, but I've never seen such a landscape before.

It is also possible to cruise the Sumida River for this purpose.

　

If I had a bouquet of flowers, I would like to throw them on the spot.

It was a wonderful sight.

　

Then a man who passed behind me was shouting, "As expected, Tokyo Yana."

When I heard that word, I felt that it was sophisticated.

　

The cherry blossoms were just blooming and it was a wonderful spring day without wind.