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Bar lupane in Ginza

[De Niro] May 31, 2016 14:00

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 For tourist information preparation and walking around the city, I went exclusively under the heavens during the daytime, but I don't know Ginza at night.


 After all, he is shy, so he lives a sober life that hardly plays at night.


 However, this year, which is celebrating its second year as a correspondent as a tourist association, I wanted to be courageous and step into the streets of the night, and sometimes write an article like a "drink log" that is not an eating log (>_<)


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© Tadahiko Hayashi (Wikipedia)



 Even if you've never read Dazai, you'll probably remember this photo alone.


 Is it still included in school textbooks?


 This place was shot by Tadahiko Hayashi, one of Japan's leading photographers, and I was drinking the other day because I was prepared to jump off the stage of Shimizu!


 This shop that Dazai drank is bar lupane in Ginza, which is still open today.


 Since it was founded in 1928, it is not as long as the so-called long-established store, but in the first place, Western-style shops called "cafe" spread, and after the Great Kanto Kanto Earthquake, Kyoka Izumi Kan Kikuchi, etc. At that time, literary writers from the time gathered, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Kafu Nagai, also seemed to have been regular. Dazai was after the war, but it has long been a famous bar nationwide among modern Japanese literature enthusiasts.


 I thought that the price would be high only for bars in Ginza, but if there was no such thing, the price would be about 5 to 6,000 yen if it was about 2-3 cups. The shop is also friendly.


 Even beginners can play with peace of mind.



 No, I can drink it.





 At that time, there were Bungeishunshusha and Asahi Shimbun in this neighborhood, where writers and magazine editors could hang out.


 According to Tadahiko Hayashi's photo book "The Age of Bunshi", Dazai, who was an up-and-coming writer at the time, was drunk.


"Hey, take a picture, too. Odasaku (Sakunosuke Oda) I haven't taken it all, but I can take it too."


 I'm crazy. Hayashi shoots while thinking, "It's a noisy drunk."


 One year later, Dazai Osamu committed suicide, and this photo was a valuable piece, attracting attention, and orders one after another, leading to Tadahiko Hayashi's success.


 In the 1960s, Bar Lupin was also attended by famous artists such as Sato Sanpei, Sakyo Komatsu, and Shinichi Hoshi.


 In this bar, the city of Ginza fosters interaction between human relationships and souls through sake and conversations that feed the hearts of literary writers and artists, and conveys its breath to many Japanese readers even today.


 I would like to share such spirituality and the rich spirit of Japanese culture to customers who visit for sightseeing ...


 While drinking whiskey in Lupine, I felt like that.


 Ginza 5-chome, just a little into the alley behind Namiki-dori St., but as you walk along Miyuki Street, you can see a sign, so you can also provide information like a "sightseeing spot" . (Opening starts at 5:00.)


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Akira Ikezawa "Ginza Ichisumi" (The publication has been approved by the painter himself)


 I'm sorry to be in good condition just because I've drunk it in Ginza (>_<)


 Because of this, I made it a valuable correspondent activity once a month, but was there any problem?




[List of past articles by De Niro full of problems]


◆ New ambitions (April 13, 2016)


◆ Delicious sightseeing (February 3, 2016)


◆ News of correspondent exchange off party! (November 16, 2015)


◆ "The Treasures of the Mitsui Family" Exhibition (November 13, 2015)


◆ Brasenta at the Manman Festival? (November 5, 2015)