Do you know where this building is located?
Today is Sunday, so I walked from the Yaesu Exit of Tokyo Station to go to a pedestrian paradise in Ginza. On the way, this is Kyobashi 2-chome on Chuo-dori. I walked for about 5 minutes. I would like to enter Ginza Street at dusk, but I still have time, so I decided to walk around the city of Kyobashi.
The building on the right is the Kyobashi Trust Tower, and on the left is the Kyobashi Edgran. The lower left is the building of Meijiya, so many people may understand it.
The cityscape of Kyobashi has changed rapidly recently. In particular, on the Tokyo Station side of Chuo-dori / Kyobashi 2-chome, I think that the heights of the four buildings facing the street have been unified, creating a beautiful cityscape. But I didn't catch up with the changing speed of the city, so I looked into it a lot.
These four buildings are "Kyobashi Trust Tower" on the right, the two in the middle are "Kyobashi Edgran", which incorporates the historic Meijiya Kyobashi Building, and the leftmost is the "Daiichi Life Building" at the intersection of Kyobashi.
In particular, Kyobashi Edgran in the middle opened in 2016, and there are many commercial facilities, and events may be held, but since there is a historic building called Meijiya, it is a facility that makes you want to relax.
There is also the Chuo-ku Tourist Information Center on the basement, so it is recommended that you take a look inside when you visit. You may find interesting spots, or you may be able to learn about the charm of the new Chuo-ku.
The Kyobashi Trust Tower on the right was completed in 2014 and includes a hotel. Historically speaking, the next building of Meijiya was completed in 1933, and at that time, a large-scale building of Chiyoda Seimei was already built at the Kyobashi Trust Tower.
By the way, the first large-scale building that was built along Chuo-dori in Kyobashi 2-chome seems to have been the "Hoshi Pharmaceutical" building built in the middle of the Taisho era in the current location of the Dai-ichi Life Building.
As you walk along Chuo-dori toward Ginza, you will reach the intersection of Kyobashi, which crosses Kajibashi Street.
Standing at the intersection with the Dai-ichi Life Building behind, the building standing in front of you is the Mutual Building 110 Tower owned by Dai-ichi Life. 110 is read as "Ichiichimaru". It was named because 2012, which was built, is the 110th anniversary of Dai-ichi Life, but it seems that the next 110 years have a thought beyond a century.
Although it is about 56m high, it is a building that makes you feel very dignified, probably because it is built at an intersection.
In this place, the first "Daiichi Mutual Hall" was built in the Taisho era. It is designed by Kingo Tatsuno, famous for the station building of Tokyo Station. The current Mutual Building 110 Tower is a third-generation building with a design reminiscent of the image of the First Mutual Building.
In the window of this tower, models and parts of the pillars of the first interchange building are displayed, so if you want to know what kind of building it was, you should take a look at it.
The building opposite the tower building is Tokyo Square Garden.
The site area is quite large and the wall is far from Chuo-dori, making it a luxurious and spacious building. I wonder if this is green! I'm so excited, so you may feel that way.
This building was built in 2012, but before that it was the place where the Kyobashi Sanchome Building, the Snake-no-Meshin Industrial Building, and the Katakura Building were built. It is surprising that the two-head buildings were designed by Togo Murano and Kunio Maekawa, respectively, but the other Katakura Building seems to have been a special building that inherits the Taisho era designs.
Now, along the Kajibashi street of this Tokyo Square Garden, a fine medalion of this Katakura Building is displayed. Behind this medalion exhibition, there is also an explanation where you can learn about the history of the Katakura Building, and you can see which part of the building the stone with this medalion and the lower pattern was located. I think it's good to look at it.
Well, when I thought it was getting cold, I approached 4 o'clock in the evening. It's getting dim, so I'll leave Kyobashi soon. This will make the city of Kyobashi a goodbye, but I went to see the night view at a later date, so if you want to see it, please click a few photos of Kyobashi.
Well, let's go into Ginza Street.
Do you know the time zone of pedestrian paradise on Ginza Street?
◎Date and time of implementation: Saturday, Sunday, Holidays
April-September: From noon to six p.m.
October-March: From noon to 5 p.m.
Winter is until 5:00 pm, so it will end in about an hour.
Now is the shortest season of the year. So the next hour will be a limited time in the year, where you can enjoy the darkening pedestrian paradise of Ginza. Combined with the Christmas atmosphere, it is a time when the city changes very beautifully.
It is a building with Bulgari and Cartier facing at the intersection of Ginza 2-chome. Originally, the building itself is beautiful Ginza-dori. During this time when windows and street lights begin to shine, the inside of the building is also reflected, and the building feels very beautiful.
As it is a precious pedestrian paradise, let's enjoy an important hour of the year walking in the middle of the road. I crossed the intersection of Ginza 4-chome and photographed it from the middle of the road. If you are not a pedestrian paradise, you will not be able to take such pictures easily. You can see Ginza Six on the left side.
Let's look back here. After all, the intersection of Ginza 4-chome can have an atmosphere. The four buildings at the intersection claim their individuality, so please take various pictures and enjoy them.
How was it? This year, Christmas Eve is a holiday, so Ginza Street is a pedestrian paradise. Please be sure to get drunk in the city of Ginza full of light in the middle of the road.
After six months, I went around Chuo-ku and returned to the intersection of Ginza 4-chome. I think I wanted to write a little better, but it was Chuo-ku that I enjoyed quite a bit.
