Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　The Sumida River, which faces the St. Luke's Tower, commonly known as the Akashicho Riverside, is a famous spot for cherry blossom viewing.

At noon on March 30, mothers with children spread their lunch boxes and enjoyed cherry blossom viewing.

Ships traveling around the Sumida River also add pleasure to cherry blossom viewing.　Is the flowering situation of today's cherry blossoms blooming about two minutes?

　I think the cherry blossom viewing this spring will last for about a week from April 1 (Fri).

　From April 1st to 3rd will be in full bloom.　It's getting warmer, so please go out for a walk.

In the surrounding area, "Hanamo" on the sidewalk in front of "Recycle House Kazaguruma" blooms scarlet, pink, light red, and white flowers.

Please also enjoy the cherry blossoms at Tsukiji River Park and Akatsuki Park.

The 1st floor restaurant in St. Luke's Tower is quite vacant except from 12:00 to 13:00.

Takeout sushi, tonkatsu and Chinese cuisine, as well as convenience stores on the 2nd floor.

For those who want to enjoy a relaxing meal, we recommend lunch at Creston, a hotel in St. Luke's Tower.

http://www.crestonhotel.jp/ginza/

Spring is Spring!　　Spring yourself and enjoy spring.   Ginzo

　I went to Nihonbashi Nagasakikan, which opened on March 7th.　

The location is the Yanagiya Building on Eitai-dori St. in Nihonbashi, and we went to Sotobori-dori St. about two houses.

The relationship between Nagasaki and Nihonbashi continues all the time since the Nagasakiya of Nihonbashi was a place to stay for Dutch trading post Choichi in the Edo period.

When you enter the store, you will find a lot of special products from Nagasaki.

I tasted Iki's shochu.

There is a bar counter, where you can enjoy famous sake slowly here.

Click here for the website of Nihonbashi Nagasakikan. http://www.nagasakikan.jp/

　We also recommend the JF Nagasaki Prefectural Fisheries Federation Tokyo Direct Sales Office at Tsukiji Outer Market.

Here, I purchased three-piece grated fish of the seasonal fish "Aohata". I'm going to enjoy sashimi with this tonight.

And the important thing is soy sauce. "Kanro Sashimi Soy Sauce Salt Hikame" is manufactured by Choko Shoyu Co., Ltd., a soy sauce maker in Nagasaki Prefecture. It goes well with white sashimi.

If you have a banquet, please purchase fresh seasonal fish here by around noon. I'm sure you'll be pleased.

The Suitengu Shrine will finally be completed in Shin shrine hall on April 8 (2-4-1, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku).

I would have already seen the new shrine hall shining golden over the fence if I lived near you.

Since the Edo period, Suitengu has gained a deep religion from the people as a god of safe birth and child-raising, and will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Edo Transition in 2018.

The police box attached is completed in advance and has an atmosphere, and there are many cherry trees on the street in front of Suitengu Shrine (I think every year, but it remains because it is cherry blossoms) Please come to Shin shrine hall and to Suitengu Ningyocho!

And what I think these days...

There are buildings and shops that will disappear if new buildings and facilities are built, such as redevelopment of the Nihonbashi area.

It continued that the store of memories was gone.

I can't go after it's gone.

There! Please come to the temporary shrine (2-30-3 Nihonbashihamacho, Chuo-ku), which was transferred to Hamacho in March 2013.

Therefore, the photo shows not the current figure near completion, but a valuable figure under construction around November last year.

※I couldn't post the photos well. I will post it at a later date. I'm sorry.

This is a solo exhibition of "Pint Drawing" by Teruko Kudo, entitled "Scenery Hanashin-The World of Dotted Drawing" held at Gallery Ginza.

I am impressed by the vividness, brightness, and depth unique to hand-painted oil paintings created from countless points.

Dotted drawing is a technique that takes a lot of time and patience.

If you look at each work up close, it seems that the seriousness of the eyes to see the author's object can be conveyed.

"Beautiful nature ... In the days of living and being healed by the adorable flowers and small animals living there, I looked back on memories and exhibited" waterside scenery "with flowers. This is the first solo exhibition in 8 years. Nature always works with us ... I want you to feel the peace of mind in your heart, and I will guide you with all your heart. "

It is Mr. Kudo's words

Mr. Kudo's works are very bright and beautiful, as well as calm and calm works that calm your mind when you look at them.

We recommend that you take a look at the gallery Ginza directly.

The period is from Monday, March 28 to April 3 (Sun).

The two works below are masterpieces depicting the northern snow scene.

By the way, when it comes to pointing, George Sula of New impressionist France is famous.

The photo below shows Sula's masterpiece "Sunday afternoon on Grand Jat Island" (Art Institute of Chicago).

Kudo's work seemed to be different from the method of expression of Sura, and it was interesting.

In addition, we received your consent for photography in the gallery.

Click here for the website of Gallery Ginza.　⇒

http://www.rr.iij4u.or.jp/~gallery/

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The concept is "Creative Japan - the world will be interesting from here. ～」

Tokyu Plaza Ginza will open at the corner of the Ginza Sukiyabashi intersection.

The lights were already turned on to prepare for the opening.

The exterior design with the motif of Edo Kiriko is really beautiful.

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It seems that there are 11 stores that are the first in Japan.

There are also 9 stores in Tokyo for the first time, and a total of 125 stores will open! !

I'm looking forward to it!

　Shirakiya Denbei is a long-established store that manufactures and sells Edo brooms.

It was founded in Ginza in the first year of Tenpo (1830) and then moved to Kyobashi.

Of course, Zashiki brooms have existed for a long time, but it was Denbei Shirakiya who started manufacturing and selling brooms as "Edo brooms".

　Until then, palms were common as materials for parlor brooms, but `` Edo brooms '' made from grass of brooms are perfect for living in tatami mats and tenement houses. It is said that it is easy to sweep quickly without putting effort.

"Edo Houki", which was created by evolving the traditional parlor broom and pursuing a well-balanced and light broom, is selected and knitted from a natural grass called Houki Morokoshi as a raw material, but the beauty of the knitting is It is also said to be "the best of Edo".

　Using natural materials, late-night cleaning can be done easily and easily around the area, ideal for tatami mats, can be used for carpets and pet hair removal, electricity costs are not charged, static electricity is not generated, etc. Sales are growing because they want to live.

However, in order to make a high-quality broom, it takes a lot of effort to produce and sort raw materials.
First of all, according to the sense of the craftsman's hands, the grass is sorted to about 20th grade according to the criteria such as "softness, stiffness, and fineness of the grass", and even skilled craftsmen can only do 3 to 5 pieces a day with a long pattern.

 
　Therefore, the finest "Edo Houki" is very expensive (higher than Dyson's vacuum cleaner), but in the case of "Edo Houki", if you use it about "5 years", the ears will decrease due to friction, and even if the ears are cut off, the stiffness will return and usability will return, so finally you can use it at the entrance.

　Of course, there are also small brooms for desks and dining tables, and small brooms for dust-free clothes.

　 
　What is interesting is that there is a "broom for praying for safe delivery" in Japan for more than a thousand years, there is a legend that the spiritual power of Shinto and Buddha dwells in the broom, and if the pregnant woman's stomach is beaten with a new broom, it will be safe.
I think it's shabby to give gifts to those who are about to give birth....。

　
　In addition, various brooms are displayed in the gallery.

http://www.edohouki.com/
1F, Hakuden Building, 3-9-8 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Toll-free number ： (0120) 375389 (Mina Garbage Hack)
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