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Walking around the town, encountering Edo Japanese sweets (edited by Reigishijima)

[Dharma] 09:00 on October 9, 2016

Near the current 1,2-chome Shinkawa, called by the name of "Reishijima". In the Edo period, the area was separated by the excavation of the Canal Shinkawa River, but on the banks of the river are bustling with wholesalers and white-walled sake brewery. 23 years after the war, Shinkawa was reclaimed. Here in the Shinkawa area, you will meet a shop where you can experience the history of Japanese sweets.

 

The first house is a short time after crossing the Reigishibashi from Kayabacho Station, turning left, Shinkawa 1-chome "Tagawado" with an old wooden carving sign. The inside of the store is a retro, elderly husband and gentle landlady, keeping the taste of the establishment of the late Meiji era. "Ogura Daifuku", "Barabimochi" and "Mushi Kanoko" each have the taste of a craftsman, and I feel the moderate sweetness and the old days.

Tagawa-do. JPG Tagawa-do

 

The other is a long-established store founded in Otemmacho, 1850 (1850) in Shinkawa 2-chome "Mekatei Honten". When you exit Kayabacho Station No. 1, you will find a monument to the site of the map site. Turn left toward Hatchobori and you will find the memorial for the victims of the war (large air raid) and the memorial for the victims of the Great Earthquake Fire (Kanto major earthquake). You can see Kameshima Bridge at Shin-Kameshima Bridge Hashigami. The side of the bridge is "Umekatei"....Inspired by the story of Kosai Udagawa, a Dutch scholar who returned to Nagasaki, he gave out "Amerika Manju", which is called the founder of chestnut buns, and became a big hit. The second generation founded a gong-yaki (a large dorayaki with a single Atsushi skin that integrates bean paste and skin) in the early Meiji era, and restored it again in 1998. Next, he devised "Mikasayama" of Wakakusa bean paste, and the naming is said to be Danjuro 9th. The sixth generation of the Showa period devised "Umemonaka" with three kinds of plum-shaped bean paste. It is said that they are making Kirisansho and Jiryuji only in the city of Betara. <.From the company's website, Edo Tokyo late Tokugawa shogunate Gourmet> "The first priority is to have customers enjoy a pleasant space, and it is elegant in the common people....It is a long-established store where you can taste the story of the shop as it is.

Baikatei. JPG Meikatei

 

By the way, the origin of Dorayaki was changed from "Souso ware, which opened in Kojimachi in the early Edo period, but we opened a store in late Tokugawa shogunate." <Based on the Dictionary of Things>