Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

On February 18 (Saturday), I received the Chuo-ku Tourism Certification

The venue I received was the Nihonbashi venue, the Royal Park Hotel located in 2-chome Kakigaracho, Nihonbashi.

There were two venues, and the Ginza venue was Courtyard Marriott Ginza Tobu Hotel.

For me, this is my third test.

I remember the heavy snowfall three years ago and the test start time was delayed.

The test time is 90 minutes from 10:30 to 12:00, and the number of questions is 100.

The score is scored for each question, and the pass standard is 75% or more.

The theme this time was "Kyobashi Area", where 10 questions were asked about the area around Kyobashi and Yaesu in Chuo-ku.

After the examination time is over, you will be given an answer on the way home, so you can score yourself immediately.

Unfortunately, I was mistaken when I was asked where my memory was ambiguous, but I was lucky.

Question 49: The question of asking the name of the building that contains the Currency Museum, "The Bank of Japan New Building", "The Bank of Japan Annex", and "the Bank of Japan Annex", and the results are correct. I was lucky

By the way, there was a description in the text (page 32), and I went on the way home and confirmed it.

It was so well displayed.

It seems that the announcement of acceptance was made in early March.

 

 

I went to the certification test held on February 18th. This is the 8th time I tried it. I was unable to attend the fourth session due to emergency hospitalization. This time, I was preparing for a score of 100 points, but when I came home and opened the HP after 1 o'clock and checked the answer, it was far from perfect score. I'm sorry. But as you mentioned in the questionnaire, next year we will challenge in the sense of checking various knowledge of Chuo-ku. Next time, I will walk around Chuo-ku aiming for 100 points. I think it was a very good problem, but what was the result of those who were challenged?

 

More 9th Chuo-ku Tourism Certification

 

Taimeiken is a long-established Western-style restaurant founded in 1931 in Nihonbashi 1-chome.

On the right side of the front entrance, there is a stand-up corner dedicated to ramen.

When I use the standing eating corner, I buy a meal ticket at a vending machine, but today it was during the evening, so I was able to enter from the main entrance and order ramen.

Ramen is characterized by a clear soy sauce-based soup, light and not salty.

The noodles are thin noodles.

It is full of nostalgia with red-colored charsew.

It has baked laver, green onions, thick cinnatiques, and peas.

It is a delicious ramen from a long-established Western restaurant.

Click here for the website of Taimeiken　⇒

http://www.taimeiken.co.jp/index.html

 

 

This is the rosemary sea, which covers "gifts and enjoy yourself" as a command.

　　

　

This time, Mr. Uchimura, Marketing Promotion Department, Pentel Co., Ltd., approved the publication of the article and provided images.

　

Pentel Co., Ltd., a major stationery manufacturer.

Its roots were that wholesalers of brushes, ink, and inkstones were run in Asakusa.

In 1946, he moved to the current location of Nihonbashikoamicho and established Dai Nippon stationery Co., Ltd.

In 1971, the company name was changed to Pentel Co., Ltd.

　

What is the origin of the company name Pentel?

A coined word that combines painting (drawing with paint, etc.) and pastel (solid drawing material).

It is also said to include the meaning of pen (pen), a general term for writing instruments, and the meaning of Teru (telling) in "communication / expression".

It is such a naming that expresses the establishment of a painting material manufacturer well and symbolizes the product and business content.

　

Next, Mr. Pentel's growth was the catalyst for his growth.

※　The story from here was heard by a lecturer during the “Fat Transport Guide Training” (training for boat guides) that I attended last November.

　

In 1963, Pentel autograph pen was released.

As you all know, it's still a popular product.

(Even at Rosmari's office, the red and black autograph pens are always from Pentel.)

　

However, after eight years of research, this portable aqueous mechanical pen was not sold at all in Japan at first.

　

However, the following year, this will lead to unexpected and surprising episodes.

　

One of the autograph pens distributed at trade fairs in the United States was then US President: To Lindon Johnson's hand.

President Johnson, I was impressed by the writing and decided to use this autograph pen.

The president ordered 24 dozens (288) at a time.

When this is conveyed in a magazine, orders are flooded ...

Pentel's autom Pentel became popular in the United States.

It will be very popular in Japan after this.

　

This is also a story in the United States as a pen.

　

Ink drops down to the tip of the pen due to gravity.

Therefore, ballpoint pens cannot be used in space.

NASA (Aeronautics and Space Administration) was in trouble.

There is a limelight on the autograph pen.

The pen has a structure that absorbs ink without relying on gravity.

Focusing on this, NASA has designated a mechanical pen as an official space pen that can be used even in gravity-free spaces. The pen will board the manned space flight "Jemini" from 1965 to 1966 as a writing instrument used by astronauts.

　

Presently, the autograph pen is recognized worldwide and sold all over the world.

It has been a long-selling hit product for more than 50 years since the launch of the Pentel autograph pen.

　

Pentel Co., Ltd.

7-2, Nihonbashikoamicho

Click here for the homepage of Pentel Co., Ltd. ⇒ http://www.pentel.co.jp/

 

 

There was an announcement that a nursery will be created in Mizutanibashi Park, a municipal park located between Ginza 1-chome, Chuo-dori and Showa-dori.

It seems that this nursery school is scheduled to open in October 2019.

It is said that it will also have a temporary custody function for children for shoppers and tourists visiting Ginza.

In Chuo-ku, regarding the establishment of this nursery school, `` We will expand the high-quality space and high functions with relaxation and moisture appropriate for Ginza, respond to various needs, make use of good location access, and wait children The purpose is to develop a nursery school as an initiative to eliminate the problem and contribute to the enhancement of the child-raising environment. "

Below is an image of the nursery school.

The facility is a multi-story floor about the third floor, and the rooftop is open to the public as a park.

It seems that the number of child-raising households is increasing due to the development of tower apartments in the city, and it is a wonderful idea that can effectively utilize the land and solve the problem of waiting children.

 

 

The rosemary sea is a close-up of "gifts and I enjoy myself".

　　

　

Kuroeya, a long-established lacquerware company, was founded in Genroku 2 (1689), as I explained last time.

This time, I would like to talk about Mr. Kuroeya's history.

Mr. Tanaka, Managing Director of Kuroeya Co., Ltd., for permission to publish it.

　

The photo above shows Kuroeya's shop before the Great Kanto Earthquake.

　

Kuroeya's "Kuroe" is derived from Kuroe-mura, Nagusa-gun, Kii (currently Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture). Hainan City is a warm hilly area belonging to the Setouchi climate adjacent to Wakayama City, Arida City, Kinokawa City, etc.

In the first year of Shoo during the Kamakura period (1288), Buddhist monk and others who were chased from Mt. Koya-san moved to Naga-gun, Kii Province, upstream of the Kino River and built Negoro-ji Temple.

And time passed during the Warring States period, Negoro-ji rebelled against Nobunaga Oda. Nobunaga was angry and ordered Hideyoshi to burn it down Negoro-ji Temple.

Negoro, which was famous as a production area of lacquerware, and the Buddhist monk who made Negoro paint there flowed to various places, and one group went to Kuroe Village downstream. It is said that this led to the spread of lacquerware making in Kuroe Village.

　

There is a person who came from Kuroe Village to Osaka first and from there to Edo.

My first and last name is unknown, but I opened a lacquerware shop in Nihonbashi Honmachi.

This is the roots of Kuroeya.

　

Mr. Kuroeya, the management right will be transferred in 1774.

M&A I'm talking about now. The new manager is Mr. Kashiwaya, the Kashiwabara family, which has continued to date.

He did a wide range of business, mainly in kimono booth wholesalers.

In 1856, the store was moved from Honmachi to its current location, and it continues to this day.

It is also derived from the Kashiwabara family that Kuroeya's trademark is "Kashiwa".

　

At that time, he served various daimyo, Ooku, etc., and since the Meiji era, he has also served the Imperial Household Ministry. It is also listed in the 1890 edition of the famous merchant family collection "Tokyo Shopping Guide".

Previously, the first floor was a high-quality lacquerware from all over the country, and the second and third floors were a sales floor for wedding furniture and furniture.

　

The ancestor of the Kashiwabara family was retainer, the Duke of Kato Kiyomasa, and opened a kimono and booth wholesale store in Kyoto during the Kanei era (1624-1643).

In addition, as an Edo store, we decided to have a wholesaler in Honmachi, such as booth items and cotton belonging to Edo Jugumi wholesalers.

There is a mansion about 300 years ago in Gojo, Kyoto, which now originated as a Kyosho person with an Edo store. In addition, the contents of the storehouse are displayed twice a year under the name of Rakuto Shihokan. At the Museum of Kyoto in Sanjo Takakura, Kyoto, a 1/20 model of Machiya from the Edo period is displayed.

　

This is about "Street Sanken" in Nihonbashi.

From the time of Edo Genroku, there were three lacquerware shops lined up along the streets of Nihonbashi in the Meiji, Taisho era, and Showa eras.

All are large shops (Odana), "Kiya", "Kinto", and "Kuroeya". It was commonly called "Sorisanken" by fellow traders and was popular until before the war.

"Kiya" is a lacquerware shop of a branch of Kiya, just like that "Kiya no Kiya".

Unfortunately, it went out of business after the war.

"Kinto" was named "Kondo" in a combination of the name of Oomiya and Fujiemon, but was later changed to "Kinto" because it was mistaken for "Kinto".

This lacquerware shop has also been transferred and closed immediately after the war.

Kuroeya continues to adhere to the precision of lacquer crafts and tradition at the base of Nihonbashi.

The current president of Kuroeya Kashiwabara Co., Ltd. is the 12th generation company.

The lacquerware sales business, the paper sales business dealing with board paper (Itagami), and the real estate leasing business are the three pillars of the current Kashiwabara family business.

　

1-2-6 Nihonbashi Kuroeya Kokubu Building 2F

０３－３２７２－０９４８

Business hours 9:00 to 18:00

Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays

1 minute walk from Exit B9 of Tokyo Metro Nihombashi Station

　　　　　　　　3-minute walk from Exit B5 of Mitsukoshimae Station

From the bridge in Nihonbashi, it is on the second floor next to Eitaro Sohonho.

Click here for Kuroeya's website ⇒ http://www.kuroeya.com/