We will continue to quote from "Snow Snow".
＞... In the afternoon, four people walked around Michiaki at the end of the pond, Mitsukoshi in Nihonbashi, Yamamoto of Noriya, Owaricho's collar circle, Hiranoya, Awaya in Nishi Ginza, etc. Unfortunately, it was a day when the remaining heat returned, but it was a day to shine, so I had to rest on the seventh floor of Mitsukoshi, Jaaman, etc. In spring, with a large number of shopping packages, he began to put his head out of his luggage, and even today he was sweating all over his face and coming from the traces of the three, but all three were hanging one or two. （417）
"Owaricho's collar circle" seems to be a former Japanese clothing store. It remains as "Parien Building" (Ginza 4-6-10), and there is a sign on the 9th floor, but is there no store?
The current "Parien Building" (a building with an advertising tower of a light blue insurance company on the roof. Shooting is December 20, 2015)
"Hiranoya" was founded in 1808 (5th year of culture) and ran a sword dealer in Nihonbashi, Edo. ・・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ (However, after the Meiji Restoration), swords became no longer sold on the front signboard, so they were treated as accessories that made use of techniques such as Kanuki, small pattern, Kogai (this is called three places). ・ ・ After that, the store was moved to Hamacho and the sword props, seal baskets, rooting, and chopped tobacco were put. ・・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ As a result of the land readjustment of the burnt ruins, it became inconvenient as a store around Hamacho 1-chome, so in the spring of 1934, Ginza 8-chome (currently Kinharu Street) Moved to The old buildings that escaped the war of World War II were familiar to everyone, but due to the effects of the bubble, it became impossible to rebuild, and now it is on the 5th floor of Tsuchiya Building on Ginza 6-chome Sotobori-dori St. We operate on the floor. " It seems that they are currently dealing with bags, wallets, and rooting.
Current Hiranoya (Ginza 6-4-5)
"Awaya" seems to be currently dealing with footwear and Japanese-Western umbrellas at Ginza 6-4-15 Tony Building. According to the company's website, "In 1871, it was founded in a place called Yakancho (currently Ginza 8-chome). Since then, we have been focusing on high quality and easy-to-wear footwear. In the early Showa era, he devised a sleigh with cowhide wrapped around the core of cork and gained a good reputation. This is the prototype of the current leather sleigh.
In addition, Awaya's footwear appeared in a passage of Junichirou Tanizaki's "Snow Snow", and we have gained the patronage of many customers. "Hand-sewn sleigh", which was hand-crafted by skilled craftsmen at the time, is still sold as a main product in order to be called a craft."
This "Awaya" also appears as a souvenir of Tokyo to Etsuko when Yukiko bought footwear and returned home.
＞"Oh, thank you,"
"There's still one more thing, look below it. ── 」
"Oh, I did, this,"
So Etsuko took out the box wrapped in Awaya's paper in Ginza, but it was the red enamel sandals that came out of it.
"Oh, yes. I'm afraid I'm in Tokyo. ── 」
And while Sachiko picked it up and looked at it
"I'm going to take care of this, and wear it for the cherry blossom viewing next month."
"Oh, sir. Thank you very much, my sister," (222)
Here, "Take care of it" means "Take care of it" in the Kansai dialect. It is a typical example that is misunderstood when used in Tokyo (laughs).
