Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

A friend who had been visiting Japan from Xi'an has returned home after a two-week personal trip. I really wanted to send it to the airport, but I couldn't take a break from work on weekdays, so I decided to send it off to the bus stop for Narita Airport near Tokyo Station.

Access methods from Tokyo to Narita Airport include trains (Narita Express, Keisei Skyliner) and airport buses. However, since 2012, as LCC began full-scale operation in Japan, buses will be operated in addition to airport limousine buses from Hakozaki TCAT, low-cost express buses (LCBs) departing from around Tokyo Station. Today, I would like to introduce the LCB departing from Yaesu, where I interviewed my friend, and its waiting room. Two LCBs are operated from Yaesu, the gateway to our Chuo-ku. One is "THE Access Narita". It is operated by Heiwa Kotsu and JR Bus Kanto, and connects from Ginza Sukiyabashi-mae bus stop to Narita Airport via Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit JR Express Bus Terminal (Chiyoda-ku) for 1,000 yen.

The other is the Tokyo Shuttle. It is operated by Keisei Bus, and it is also 1,000 yen from Keisei Bus No. 3 bus stop (Chuo-ku) along Sotobori-dori St. (you can make advance reservations by departure or Rakuten Travel, in which case you can discount to 900 yen).

Each operates more than 50 round trips a day (3 companies have 164 round trips per day), especially since LCB2 also operates late at night for early morning flights of LCC, its convenience and low fare (about 1/3 of the limousine bus), it seems that the use of tourists not only from Japanese but also from overseas seems to be quite large. On the other hand, as the number of users increased, the ride was not a splendid bus terminal like TCAT, but it was a bit difficult to wait for the bus when the rain and wind was strong.

In response to the voices of such users, each LCB has been equipped with a bus waiting room since last year. THE Access Narita In the case of Narita, with the commencement of joint operation with JR Bus Kanto in December last year, the station bound for Narita Airport moved from the bus stop along Yaesu Street to the JR Highway Bus Terminal No. 7 bus stop, users can use the JR Highway Bus Waiting Room under the Grand Roof of Tokyo Station.

The Tokyo Shuttle also installed the Keisei Expressway Bus Lounge on the first and second floors of the Yaesu Rotary Building along the Sotobori-dori St. in July last year. The Keisei Express Bus Lounge is available from early morning until midnight. There is a bench where you can sit comfortably and wait until the bus departure time, as well as a vending machine for drinks and toilets.

LCC launches not only from overseas but also from all over Japan (Kansai, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Takamatsu, etc.) are increasing year by year, and the use of LCC via Narita Airport, where the third terminal dedicated to LCC is built, will increase in the future. Chuo-ku is directly connected to Narita by LCB, and it is likely that domestic and foreign customers will continue to visit more and more in the future. We, correspondents, want to continue to introduce secrets that will allow such customers to enjoy Chuo-ku more.

[Keisei Express Bus (Tokyo Shuttle) Lounge]

〒103-0028 Yaesu, Chuo-ku 1-7-17 Yaesu Rotary Building 1F and 2F

(From Yaesu Underground Shopping Center, exit 18 is right in front of you.)

Business hours 0400 (early morning) to 0200 (late night)

＊The Tokyo Shuttle takes you on the Sotobori-dori St. in front of the lounge (Keisei Bus Platform 3), which is about 150 meters north of the lounge (see map above).

　It was an event that widely appealed to the traditions that Ningyocho nurtured, and it was named "Tenten Festival" after the image of October 10, when it came to Suitengu, which has a deep connection with Ningyocho. Half of Ningyocho-dori St. is a pedestrian paradise, and fun events such as fortune lottery, marching parade, sale of specialty products from various places, flea markets will be held. (Honshiri Encyclopedia; Page 91)

　On October 11th (Sun), I looked at you.

　　A sightseeing ambassador in Chuo-ku was also dispatched.

　There is also an earthquake experience car.

 On October 10, the "Ohatsuho Festival" was held at Tsukiji Namiki Inari Shrine to appreciate the fruit of autumn.

After the festival was held from 9:30, worshipers were given a "Kikushu" floating in "Manzai Raku <Kiku no Shizuku>" (Kobori Sake Brewery, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture) based on the old calendar Choyo Festival (Chrysanthemum Festival and chestnut festival).

Chrysanthemum sake is a liquor that soaks the petals of chrysanthemums, and it is thought that its aroma and noble elegance will exterminate evil and extend its life. It seems to be transmitted.

The large lion, which was burned down in the late Edo period, was revived by a wood sculptor Chita Seiun, a Kaga lion head resident in Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Currently, the shrine "sacred wine" is brewed at the former Kobori Sake Brewery in Baishan City.

From 13:00, a dedication of the Shijo-ryu kitchen knife style, which judges fish without touching with bare hands, which had been held in the palace since ancient times, was held on the grounds.

By the way, this year was the same as last year, and the last year it was the "koi".

In the autumn festival Niiname-no-Matsuri, which celebrates the harvest on November 23, the Nigori sake “Koho” made from rice from the sacred rice field in Tsurugi, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture, will be served.

　The Tsukiji Outer Market Autumn Festival was held on October 10 and 11 at the Ichiba Bridge parking lot and park as a special venue.

This autumn festival is an event unique to Tsukiji, featuring seafood, mountain, and carefully cared fruits from the village collected from all over the country.

Like the Oktober Festus at the German beer festival, we drink a lot of beer and enjoy it.

This year's concept is "don't drink, don't eat, don't enjoy", and it's very powerful.

At the venue, famous stores in Chuo-ku, such as Tamahide, Koharuken, and LA BETTOLA, were opened, which was very popular with visitors.

　At the venue, it was very exciting with a beer jokk in one hand.

　There was also a tent outside the venue,

A shop for grilled swordfish with the taste of autumn, and a tsuboyaki shop opened.

　Booths of fresh fruit from the fruits and vegetables department of Chuo-ku wholesale market

　Japan Food and Bird Association's domestic chicken booth. This is safe, secure and delicious: It's sold, very popular. It was sold out at 13:00.

　It was a wonderful event where you could enjoy the fresh autumn taste delicious.

I hope that it will be held all the time next year and next year.

　Ningyocho's doll market, this year it was held for three days from October 8 to 10.

When I went up the subway Ningyocho Station, there were many tents.

　Then, when I looked at the inside of the store, the dolls that each shop boasted were sold.

Lovely rabbit dolls and ancient Japanese dolls are sold,

Here, wood grain dolls etc. were sold.

　Some stores sell heroes and tin toys that played an active part in anime movies on old TV, so I returned to childhood for a moment.

There was also a fun Daruma doll, and it was a very varied doll market.

　Next year, I wanted to take my granddaughter back and visit again.

      We looked at the Tsukiji Outer Market Autumn Festival, which is held for two days on October 10 (Sat) and October 11 (Sun). (October 10)

 　This is a tasting and food education festival held by about 300 stores participating in the Tsukiji Outer Market. (Honshiri Encyclopedia; page 78)

　On Saturday, the outside market was a lot of people.

 Namiki-jinja Shrine