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Tokyo Kosoku Doro-Part 3 Hair Salon Ginza Matsunaga and the phantom town name "Ginza Nishi" ~

[Nojinya] Nov. 3, 2015 12:00

I'm going to the barber shop that I always go to because my hair is growing soon. The location is "Ginza Ins 3" which I introduced in my blog before. 。 。

Yes, it is a shopping street under Tokyo Kosoku Doro that goes around Ginza. This is unique in terms of shopping streets under the highway, but the tenants inside also have attractive shops such as "Japone (/archive/2015/08/post-2652.html)" introduced last time. This time, I would like to talk about the barber shop in Ginza Ins 3 and the phantom town name "Ginza Nishi 1-chome" as the third installment of "Tokyo Kosoku Doro".

 

Open the glass door at the entrance of Ginza Inns 3 above Ginza 1-chome Station on the subway Yurakucho Line and enter inside. When you go through the side of a tailor with the atmosphere of Showa and enter the back, you will see a rotating pole with red, white, and blue stripes. Matsunaga1.jpgThe name of the shop is "Ginza Matsunaga Yurakucho Store". Some of you may have questions after reading so far, so please give me a little supplementary explanation. This is the Yurakucho store, but the place is in Chuo-ku. Ginza Ins 3, where the Ginza Matsunaga Yurakucho store is located, is located just above the border between Chuo-ku and Chiyoda-ku because it was originally built by reclaiming the outer moat (river). In fact, because the administrative divisions are unclear, it is still an unusual address called "Ginza Nishi 1-chome 2nd place (Saki)". Currently, the display of residences in the Ginza district is integrated into Ginza 1-8 chome, but these were once divided into place names such as Ginza Nishi, Ginza, and Ginza Higashi (formerly Kibikicho). Matsunaga3.JPG[Source:: From wikipedia, "New and Old Town Name Comparison Map before and after the Earthquake Reconstruction (Ginza District)"
 

The place name Ginza Nishi 1-chome was originally Minami Konya-cho, from the west side of Ginza Gaslight Street to Sotobori-dori St. in Ginza 1-chome. When it was the name of Nishikonyamachi, it was changed to Ginza Nishi 1-chome in 1930, and it was integrated into Ginza 1-chome due to the change of residence display in 1968, and it became Ginza 1-chome. As a result, the name of Ginza Nishi 1-chome seemed to have disappeared, but thanks to Tokyo Kosoku Doro, it has remained exceptional until now.

 

I will return to the story of Ginza Matsunaga. When you open the door and enter inside, it turns around and is a clean and stylish space separated by wood grain-tone partitions under bright lighting. Because I'm close to the company, I go here regularly, but there are many options, as well as the hairdresser's promise cut, shampoo, shaving, and shoulder fir. Not only high technology, but also polite and friendly response is very comfortable and you can enjoy a blissful time. The photo is Mr. Ozawa, a stylist who always takes care of me.Matsunaga2.jpg

Ginza Matsunaga has been 47 years since it opened in Ginza in 1968, as the name suggests. Currently, there are 18 stores in addition to 3 stores in the Ginza area. It is a global barber shop that expands overseas and supports the lives of Japanese people who work hard in Germany and Vietnam.

The Yurakucho store is located in a convenient place to stop by on the way back from the silver bra, but this is also close to the office district and it is quite crowded in the evening, so it may be better to make a reservation in advance.

 

[Hair Salon Ginza Matsunaga Yurakucho Store]

〒104-0061 Ginza-Nishi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Ginza-Nishi 1-chome, Ginza Ins 3 1F

(Now Exit 1 of Ginza 1-chome Station on the Yurakucho Line)

TEL: 03-3567-3887

Business hours 1030-2000 (until 1900 on weekends and holidays)