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Ginza / Hanatsubaki Street

[CAM] October 24, 2015 14:00

 

 

 "Hanatsubaki-dori" is the street that crosses the 7-chome to 8-chome on Chuo-dori, the main street of Ginza. Izumo camellia donated by Izumo City was planted as a street tree, so it seems that the current name was given.

 

 In "Ginza Hanatsubaki-dori Official Webb", "(at the time of the founding of Edo shogunate) reclaimed the sea called "Hibiya Irie", and maintenance aimed at expanding the castle town was completed 30 years later, and Edo-yashiki, a feudal lord of various clans, was launched to be built. In this area, the Matsue clan's upper residence was built. Since the Matsue clan owned Izumo one country, it was named "Izumo-cho", and the street was also called "Izumo-dori" like the street name, and "In 1934 the origin of the street name camellia contributed. "

 

 At present, granite is laid neatly, and as a memorial to its maintenance, a statue of Hana, a ponytail girl with camellia flowers, is placed. The eight camellias contributed from Izumo are still alive and you can see beautiful red flowers from March to April. Also, dogwood in the United States is planted as a street tree. It continues to be loved as a vibrant street that attracts tourists from all over the year, regardless of men and women of all ages.

 

The back building is the Ginza Shiseido Building

 

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 Tsubakiya Coffee Shop Main Store

 

IMG_1938.JPGThe statue of the girl "Hana"

 

IMG_1942.JPGThe Showa-dori Pedestrian Bridge has an escalator.

 

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 In the past, the "Shiseido" symbol mark is called "Hanatsubaki", and the name "Tsubaki" has been often used in activities related to Shiseido. However, this symbol was discontinued in advertising in 1987, and since 1989, it has been removed from the product and its use has been limited to extremely narrow areas such as stock certificates. However, the policy has been changed since 2004. As a "Tsubaki" fan, I am happy to return to the tradition of Shiseido's policy.

 

 

 Looking at the Shiseido Group website, "Shiseido's symbol "Hanatsubaki" was designed and created by the first president Shinzo Fukuhara in 1915. Even after several fine-tunings have been made since then, Shiseido's unwavering identity has continued to this day."

 

   As a matter of fact, my blog name "CAM" is an initial letter of "Camellia".