Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

I went to a public bath.

I was soaked in Yuzuyu during the winter solstice and wanted to post the situation on my blog.

This winter solstice (22nd) was a weekday and I didn't leave it to me.

Since the regular holiday is Sunday and public holidays, the plan will be implemented on Saturday 26th.

There are 11 public bathhouses in Chuo-ku.

It is far from the view image of Chuo-ku, which is lined with commercial facilities, off-is buildings, and condominiums.

I am surprised that the public bath culture remains more than I imagined.

From among them, we aimed for "Konparuyu".

Being in Ginza, Hana. Founded in 1863 (Bunkyu 3) and has been continuing since the Edo period.

This was the decisive factor for my choice.

8-7-5, Ginza, Chuo-ku.

From JR Shimbashi Station, put towels and facial cleansers in a tote bag and hang around for about 5 minutes.

From Chuo-dori, which faces Hakuhinkan, is near the Imperial Palace, Kinharu Street.

Near the entrance of the street, there is a signboard for the "Kinharu Yashiki Ruins", which is the origin of the name.

In addition, the "Ginza Kinharu-dori Brick remain Monument," which conveys the history of brick streets lost in the Great Kanto Earthquake.

It's set up.

This place is the stage of the Noh Kinharu Festival, a street Noh held on August 7 every year.

There are also high-class sushi restaurants that are popular among them.

The sign of "Kinharuyu" and the large goodwill are hung, so you will be able to get there without hesitation.

Put your shoes in the shoebox and remove the wooden underfoot.

On the wall, there is a certificate of "2015, excellent sanitation facility award-winning shop".

Joint name of Chuo-ku Environmental Sanitation Association and public health center. This is an important thing.

Check the men's bath sign and go inside.

There was a stand. I can't see the other side.

Adults (12 years old or older) will pay 460 yen. Elementary school students 180 yen. 80 yen for preschoolers.

The dressing room has a high ceiling and a large fan of coffered ceiling.

This is the taste of a different space.

The locker is large and can store suits and training supplies depending on the location.

When you open the front door, you can see the magnificent red Fuji Penki picture.

After all, speaking of a public bath, it is a mountain of Fuji that draws a wide hem.

You can see the paint picture next to you on the high partition.

Mount Fuji is against the backdrop of the clear sky that embraces the sea and pine forests and sways clouds.

You can enjoy two different beautys.

Nakajima and the signature are written in the picture, and the public bath artist Morio Nakajima's

You can see that it is a work.

There are 16 karans and 16 fixed showers in the washing area.

Although it is small, the color based on white accentuates the cleanliness.

And the tile picture of red and white carp.

Many customers, come early. Ginza, the city of love. A lot of words are spoken.

Each public bath has a user's style and implicit rules that have been passed down.

Here, when you use your own tubs and chairs in the washroom and return to the dressing room.

I think I'll keep it again.

The washing area is always organized and it is a sign to use it widely.

The yellow plastic tub is made quite durable.

"Tetsu Momo" in red at the bottom. A few decades ago, "Kerolin" was the mainstream.

It was HUDSON's advertising tub for that game.

Rinse-in shampoo and body soap were provided, so bring a towel.

I think it's okay to visit. (Towels are also sold.)

Well, what is the right answer to the locker's key?

If you hang it on your right wrist, you will hear a rattle when you wash your hair.

If you look around it, if you want to attach it to your ankle, you will see the style of hanging on your left wrist.

It seems to be the most common.

A relatively vacant time zone at 16:30 on Saturday.

Soak in a bathtub at 43.3°C and feel paradise.

The dryer cost 20 yen for 3 minutes.

There were a few people who really left the store in a suit.

And conclude with bottled milk, coffee milk, or fruit milk.

No. I didn't handle it.

There are vending machines for beverages in the entrance passage.

So buy it to moisten your throat and wait for sweat on the bench.

The lady sitting next to me. After the bath, it feels good like Takuro's "Travel Inn".

"News of New Year's Holidays" was posted.

"Dec. 31 (Thursday)　　　　　　　　　　From 14:00 to 20:00

　　January 1 (holiday)　　　　　　Morning bath from 9:00 to 12:00

　　We will be closed from January 2nd (Sat) to 4th (Mon).

　　We will operate normally from January 5th (Tuesday)."

　　(Normal business hours are from 14:00 to 22:00.)

On New Year's Day, the "morning bath" in a public bath on the way home from new year worshipping may be a wonderful early year event.

 

 

More than a week before the 92nd Hakone Ekiden Main Event of New Year's Day. There is a sign saying "Notice of Traffic Regulation" on Kajibashi Street, which tells you that this will be the Hakone Ekiden course on January 3 of the New Year. On the outbound route, start in front of the Yomiuri Shimbun headquarters in Otemachi, go straight south on Hibiya Street in Chiyoda-ku, but the last 10th ward on January 3 runs in Chuo-ku. In this way, Hakone Ekiden is a big event of the New Year, but in addition to running in Chuo-ku in the last ward, this race, in fact, has a deep connection with Chuo-ku.

Currently, the start / goal point is Otemachi, where the Yomiuri Shimbun headquarters is located, but from the postwar period until 1971, the headquarters of the Yomiuri Shimbun was in Ginza (currently the place where Plantan Ginza is located), Ginza in Chuo-ku was exactly the start / goal of Hakone Ekiden.

Unfortunately, among the 21 teams participating this year, there is no university in Chuo-ku, but three of them are universities closely related to Chuo-ku in history.

One is Juntendo University. This university currently has campuses in Hongo and Sakura (Chiba Prefecture), but in 1838 (Tenpo 9), Taizen Sato founded Wada Juku in Yagenbori (currently Higashinihombashi) where he studied Dutch medicine. It is the origin.

[The Monument of the birthplace of Juntendo in Yagenbori]

 

The second school is Chuo Gakuin. This is currently headquartered in Abiko City (Chiba Prefecture), but its origin is Nihonbashi Simple Commercial Night School, which was established in Shinkawa in 1900. After that, Nihonbashi Simple Commercial Night School became a Central Commercial School and Chuo Commerce Junior College, and junior colleges were abolished in 2000, but it is Chuo Gakuin University that participated this time.

[Monument of the birthplace of Chuo Commercial School (Chuo Gakuin) in Shinkawa Park]

 

The third school is Aoyama Gakuin, who won last year. The current headquarters is also located in Shibuya, but its origins are Kogaku Gakusha, which was established in 1878 by Julius Sober in Tsukiji Akashicho. Kokyo Gakusha later merged with Azabu Women's Elementary School (later relocated to Akashicho to become a coastal girls' school) and Mikai Shin School in Yokohama Yamate, and became Aoyama Gakuin after going through Tokyo English School and Tokyo Eiwa School. [Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Land in Akashicho] Monument

 

The anchor runners who climbed Hibiya-dori, the 10th ward of the return trip on January 3, turn right at Baba Sanmon (Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku) and enter Kajibashi-dori. After crossing the Shinkansen guard and Sotobori-dori St. and entering Chuo-ku, turn left in front of Tokyo Square Garden, enter Chuo-dori, cross Nihonbashi and run through the ward at once to Tokiwa Bridge. Actually, this course was a different course until 17 years ago. In 1999, the course was changed to Kyobashi and Nihonbashi to commemorate the 88th anniversary of the Nihonbashi Bridge and the 75th Hakone Ekiden Convention. Along this line is the Meiji Seimeikan (Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku), Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo (Marunouchi), Dai-ichi Seimei Mutual Hall (Kyobashi), Meijiya (Kyobashi), Takashimaya (Nihonbashi), Mitsukoshi (Nihonbashi Muromachi), and the Bank of Japan (Honishimachi) are expected to have many traditional and beautiful buildings. It's a good course to enjoy the cityscape with support!

Last year's Hakone Ekiden has been reported in detail by correspondent Tataro Edo with photos (/archive/2015/01/post-2270.html).

 

 

Monument of the birthplace of Juntendo

Location 2-6-8, Higashi Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, 103-0004, Japan (Yagenbori Fudoin precinct)

 

[Monument of the birthplace of the Central Commercial School]

Location 1-32, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, 104-0033, Japan (in Shinkawa Park)

 

[Monument of Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Land]

Location 6-26 Akashicho, Chuo-ku, 104-0044, Japan (in front of Nichirei Akashicho Building)

 

 

I will go to Yagenbori (Higashinihombashi) for coverage of another article (the birthplace of Juntendo). Although Yagenbori is in the same Chuo Ward, it is a bit far from the house and it may be difficult to go on the subway, so I did not extend much so far, but this year there is a strong ally `` Community Cycle (CCC) '' It is safe because there is.

When I entered the side street to park my bicycle at the port of the Industrial Hall (A04), Japanese lantern was displayed and opened in a fair state, just before Yagenbori Fudoin. Yes, the annual payment year-end market, Dekoichi, was open. Of course, this is the first time that you have come to Yagenbori's year-end market, but you can see stalls selling women's clothing, shoes, bags, etc. Yokoyamacho is also nearby and is it a local character?

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, the night market fair, which is opened by shutting out a car completely out of the road, is not uncommon, but in Tokyo (although I may not just know), it was very fresh. It's fun to walk around. The three-color lanterns are beautifully decorated, so when you look at them, it says "Daihonzan Kawasakidaishi". Yagenbori Fudoin is a temple of Shingon sect, so I looked into it while thinking that it might be a lineage of Mr. Kobo Daishi, and this is a Tokyo Betsuin of the Shingon sect Chizan School Daihonzan Kawasakidaishi Hirama-ji Temple, along with Meguro Fudo and Mejiro Fudo, it seems to be known as one of the three Edo Ofudos.

Since I'm studying hard, the ghost skin will peel off any more, so for details, a local correspondent, Tachibana's article in December last year, "Yagenbori Toshinoichi and Odekoichi (/archive / 2014/12/post-2264.html) ".

"Why is the old city opened at this time (the origin of the name of the old city of payment)" and "Why do you sell clothing and shoes here?" I am.

 

This year's old city, we are doing it until the 29th (Tuesday) this year. 

[A year old city of Yagenbori Fudoin]

Venue: Higashi-Nihonbashi 2-chome (around Yagenbori Fudoin)

Due date: December 27 (Sun)-29 (Tue)

Time: 11：00～19：00

 

 

Located in Ginza 3-chome, one street from Chuo-dori, facing Matsuya Ginza, "Nonohanaji" is a specialty store of wild grass and tea flowers.

 

The location is on the map below, red circle.

 

As I mentioned in this blog before, this shop sells flowers that are not grown in fields and greenhouses, but are blooming in fields and mountains.

 

At this time, we asked what kind of flowers could be sold for the New Year, and were told that they were many kinds of pine trees and "mochihana" placed at the entrance of the shop.

"Mochihana" is a small red and white rice cake cut on a willow branch (Is it attached?) Sir.

 

There were also red and yellow "Senryo" and pheasant's eye, like New Year's Day.

 

For the year-end and New Year holidays, the end of the year will be open until December 30, and the beginning of the year will begin on January 4.

 

In addition, we received your consent regarding photography at the store.

 

Click here for the website of "Hanaji Nono"　⇒

http://www.nonohana-tsukasa.com/

 

 

 

How many more sleeps are New Year's Day. 。 。

Blog readers, are you ready for New Year's cards? Next year is the year of the monkey. "Shin" seems to mean "the fruit will mature and become clear", and next year seems to be "the year when the results of efforts will be fruitful." I want to do my best positively.

Well, just before I went to Kyobashi for dinner with my family, I went to a post office near the restaurant to buy a plain inkjet New Year's card while talking about such things.

[Kyobashi-dori Post Office in Kyobashi]

 

There were many people at the post office seeking New Year's cards in the same way, so if you wait for your turn, the son of the "question kid" will ask simple questions as usual.

"This post office is called Kyobashi-dori, but before this, there was an absence delivery slip in my home, and it was Kyobashi Post Office that went to receive a parcel from my aunt. I know "Kyobashi-dori Post Office" in Kyobashi, but why is that (of Harumi-dori St.) not "Tsukiji Post Office" but "Kyobashi Post Office"?"

 

~ Kyobashi-dori Post Office is a post office located a little on the road opposite Tokyo Square Garden across Chuo-dori toward Showa-dori. This street is between Kajibashi Street and Kyobashi Takegashi Street, and it seems that this area was once called Guashicho, Minami Temmacho, etc., but there is no particular street name at present ~~

 

"Yes, this Kyobashi-dori Post Office means a post office in Kyobashi. I wondered if the name of the street in front of me could be called "Kyobashi Street", but it doesn't seem to be particularly named on the street. " [Goo Map near Kyobashi in Meiji period] ⇒A little north of Kyobashi in the center, "Kyobashi Post Office (the predecessor of the current Kyobashi Dori Post Office?) You can see it.

 

~-I asked the Japan Post General Affairs Department about the origin of Kyobashi-dori Post Office. Kyobashi-dori Post Office was at the beginning of Showa (1929?) It was said that it was founded, but unfortunately the origin of the name was not known at the post office. On the other hand, if you look at the old map of Meiji period (goo map old map), you can see that there was a slightly smaller post office called Kyobashi Post Office near Kitazume in Kyobashi. It's just an estimate, but this post office also started as a Kyobashi post office, but it's confusing that there are two post offices with the same name, so at the beginning of Showa (near Kyobashi) "Kyobashi-dori Post Office" Isn't it that you changed the name (if you know about this point, I would be grateful if you could tell me more, and I would like to investigate it with the question monk.) ~ [Kyobashi Post Office along Harumi-dori St.]

 

 「。 。 。 "Kyobashi Post Office" may have meant the post office of "Kyobashi Ward" when Chuo-ku was a separate ward in Kyobashi Ward and Nihonbashi Ward in the past. This post office is still a large post office that collects and distributes, but since it has long been a post office that has been the center of this area (formerly Kyobashi Ward), it may have been named Kyobashi Post Office. "

If you look at the old map of Meiji period (goo map old map), you can see the name "Kyobashi Post Office" at the current location of Tsukiji 4-chome. Looking at the map of the early Meiji era (a map of another Ministry of Home Affairs, etc.), it has not yet become a post office because it has not yet become a post office for "Navy territory" or "Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Ministry Land". ) It is presumed that the Kyobashi Post Office was established in Japan. ～～

[Goo Map near Tsukiji in Meiji period] ⇒You can see the "Kyobashi Post Office" in the center of the left. The pink land at the lower right is Tsukiji Honganji Temple, and the red line is Toden. 

 

"Hey, Kyobashi Ward is a cool name!"

"The current Chuo-ku was established in 1947, and I know that Kyobashi-ku and Nihonbashi-ku were together to form Chuo-ku. Now it is called Tokyo's 23 wards, but in the Meiji era there were 50 wards, the era of 100 wards (precisely, there were 11 and 103 small wards and called O ward small wards), the era of 15 wards, The era of the 35 wards and the number of wards have changed significantly. Kyobashi Ward and Chuo-ku were born in 1878 when they became 15 wards. "

"By the way, do you know that Chuo-ku has a deep connection with the history of postal mail in Japan? Nihonbashi was the first post office in Japan, and now it is called the Postal Services Agency at an external office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, but the Ministry of Communications, which was the source of it, was able to go to Kibikicho (now Ginza Junior High School, Ginza Post Office) in Meiji period."

 

Just because the order of waiting here came, the story ended, but his son also seemed interested in the history of Chuo-ku and mail. It seems that you will go to the Kyobashi Library and the Postal Museum in Oshiage (Sumida-ku) during the winter vacation to check various things.

 

[Kyobashi-dori Post Office]

Location 3-6-3 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, 104-0031, Japan

Phone: 03‐3561‐1086

Business hours From 9:00 to 18:00 (Saturdays and holidays)

 

[Kyobashi Post Office]

Location 4-2-2 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, 104-8799, Japan

Phone: 03‐5546‐1068

Business hours From 9:00 to 19:00 (Saturday is ~ 17:00, Sundays and holidays ~ 12:30)

 

 

It's almost New Year's Day. There are several Seven Lucky Gods tours in Tokyo, but I would like to introduce the Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods Tour (sponsored by the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store).

The faith in Seven Lucky Gods has been passed down to the Japanese for more than 500 years since the Muromachi period. It consists of the gods of Ebisu, the great power gods, Vaisravana, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Kotobuki Oigami, and Hotei. Unlike other places, Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods is made up of shrines, and it is also characterized by its shortest pilgrimage in Japan.

　　　　　

　　　　

　　

"Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods Tour" sponsored by Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store (sponsored by Nihonbashi Shichifukukai, sponsored by Chuo-ku Tourism Association, cooperation / Yamamoto-noriten, Ozu Washi) is a popular event that counts 31 times this year, and will be held from 10:30 to 14:00 (free of charge). The course (approximately 1 hour and a half) is from Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Muromachiguchi (reception desk) to Koami Shrine (Fukurokuju, Benzaiten, the god of good luck protection against misfortune) ~ Chanogi Shrine (Fukuroson / protective god against fire outbreaks) ~ Matsushima Shrine (Vaisravana / Rooster of Katsuyoshi, Motomori Yoshihara)Benzaiten. There is no rule in the order of the course.

The reason for its popularity is that the Seven Lucky Gods are compactly organized in a traditional area called Nihonbashi, where you can travel in a short time while touching the downtown atmosphere, you can get a map of the route, and it is safe for beginners because there are staff at key points, and it is safe for beginners. If you push a stamp on the participation form at Sugimori Shrine near the goal, you can see the Ema Tenugui branch of the zodiac on the zodiac on the Motomachi branch of Mitsukoshi branch of Mitsukoshi.

Why don't you take a New Year's commemorative gift and take a stroll through Nihonbashi in New Year in hope of invitation and sound health?