Takashimaya Nihonbashi Store (National Important Cultural Property)
A large-scale department store built in the early Showa period. Orient-like motifs are scattered in the details of classical architecture. There is a cosmetic barrel tree made of terracotta around the eaves, and in the hall on the first floor, you can see a ceiling supported by marble pillars.
Well of Meisui Shirakiya (taken on November 28, 2015, the same applies hereinafter)
Tokyu Department Store (closed in January 1994), located at the corner of Nihonbashi Intersection, was named Shirakiya until 1958. Shirakiya is a large kimono shop that was founded by Omi merchant Hikotaro Omura and is on par with Echigoya. The water from the well dug by the second generation Hikotaro in 1712 is not only for nearby residents, but also widely It was sung as "Shiraki Meisui". At present, Shiraki Meisui has disappeared, but there is a monument as a historic site designated by Tokyo. (From the tourist association website)
A kite museum
The birthplace of postal mail
"Currently, the Nihonbashi Post Office is located where Ekiji and Tokyo Post Office were located when the modern postal system was launched in 1871 (1871). Ekiji is a central agency that oversees new telecommunications and postal affairs, and the postal office has been established in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto as its handling agencies. In commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the establishment of postal mail in April 1962, a monument and a bust of Mitsu Maejima (1835-1919), which started the establishment of the postal system, are provided. ]
Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Tour
Chuo-ku Board of Education
Main pillar of Shipping Bridge
Location 1-20 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku
The Shipping Bridge is a bridge that was built at the entrance where the maple river joins the Nihonbashi River. In the early Edo period, it was called Takahashi, and the mansion of Shogen Mukai Tadakatsu was placed on the bridge's Higashizume, so it was called Shogen Bridge or Pirate Bridge. The master of the ship was the navy of the Shogunate, and was also called the pirates.
The bridge was renamed the shipping bridge during the Meiji Restoration, and in the same year, it was replaced by an arched stone bridge with a length of eight (about 15 meters) and a width of six (about 11 meters). The area around the Shipping Bridge during the Civilization and enlightenment period prospered as the center of Tokyo's financial services, along with the First National Bank of Japan, which was built in Hashizume, became a new attraction in Tokyo.
Ishibashi was damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake and was replaced with an iron bridge in 1927. At this time, the main pillars of the two Ishibashi were left as a memorial. The iron bridge was removed in 1962 due to the reclamation of the Kaede River, but this main pillar is registered as a cultural property of the Chuo Ward as a modern bridge remain.
March, 1994
Chuo-ku Board of Education
