Facing the Irifunebashi intersection at Irifune 3-chome, the monument of the birthplace of the shoe industry is built surrounded by planting.
In the inscription, it is written like this.
On March 15, 1870 (1870), Katsuzo Nishimura founded Ise Katsu / Soshokujo was the former site of 5-1 Tsukiji Irifunecho. Katsuzo grew up in the culture of the opening of the Sakura clan, and with the recommendation of Daisuke Hyobu Masujiro Omura at the time, and the support of Masanori Hottafeudal lord and Eiichi Shibusawa, he created and succeeded in creating a shoe industry. In this way, this land is the starting point of the shoe industry in Japan, so the monument remains are written here.
March 15, 1985 (1985)
Japan Shoes Federation
The title is written by Masahisa Hotta.
Masahisa Hotta is a descendant of the former Sakura feudal lord Hotta family, and has served as mayor of Sakura for four terms and 16 years.
According to the inscription, on March 15, 1870, Katsuzo Nishimura, who was a Sakura clansman, opened a factory to manufacture leather shoes.
Masujiro Omura, the founder of the Army, said "recommendation" was based on the needs of military shoes (leather shoes) suitable for Japanese people, and at that time, the Akashicho area in Tsukiji was designated as a foreign settlement, and many foreigners would have demand for shoes.
March fifteenth is "Shoes Anniversary".
Click here for a blog post that introduced the relationship between the birthplace of the shoe industry and the Sakura Domain in January last year. ⇒
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