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　In "Monoshiri Encyclopedia", the following "Ginza Yanagi Monument" (8-9 Ginza) is described (page 47) for the monument of willow in Ginza.

 

  　poetry monument of "Ginza Yanagi" composed by Yaso Saijo and Shinpei Nakayama. Willows planted in the city of Ginza as street trees around 1887 became a specialty of Ginza along with the development of the city. This song, which sang the willow, dominated the whole country. To commemorate this, on April 1, 1954, the Ginza-dori Association erected this monument.

 

    However, there are two other monuments related to willow in Ginza, one of which is "Yanagi Namiki Monument" is located in Sukiyabashi Park.

 

"Symbol of Ginza Yanagi Namiki
The willow in Ginza was planted around 1877 and became a symbol of Ginza, but after three changes, it disappeared with the renovation of Ginza Street in 1968.
This time, Nishi-Ginza Street became a symbol road in Tokyo, with granite paved along with the expansion of the sidewalk as a symbol road in Tokyo, and the resurrected the symbol of Ginza by replacing a row of trees with willows.
Nishi-Ginza-dorikai hopes that this willow will will continue to be loved and loved by people for a long time and will build a monument here in Sukiyabashi Park.
November 1999: Seiichi Yanagisawa, Chairman of Nishi Ginza Street Association

 

And another "Diction from Ginza Yanagi" is located in Ginza 1-chome.

 

 

"From willow in Ginza
The willows of Ginza were planted on Ginza Street around 1887, removed in 1920, and in 1931, the willows, which became a symbol of Ginza, which was sung by many poems and became popular among people, due to the decline of the vigor, due to the major renovation of the sidewalk in 1968, the transplant was stopped.
Once again we welcome willows around this street and call them "Ginza Yanagi-dori St.", we will build a monument to convey the origin of the willows in Ginza for a long time.　　　　Ginza-dori Union Association'

 

   Regarding this "Resurrection in 1931", Kafu writes as follows:

March 25, 1932 "... On the way back, I see a notice such as "Ginza's Willow Resurrection Memorial Festival" at the entrance of Sukiyabashi Asahi Shimbun. I use the resurrection and Ifu religious language, but I look at this and I am suspicious and laughing. The disturbance of words proves the disturbance of the human mind. ・・・・」