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Sukiyabashi Park in winter night

[Dimini ☆ Cricket] January 24, 2019 18:00

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It is a municipal park right next to Ginza 5-chome, Sukiyabashi intersection.

It is said that there was Sukiya Bridge, which was built for the first time in Edo Castle during the Edo period, and a stone monument to prove it stands.

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It has been renewed at the same time as Tokyu Plaza Ginza, which opened in 2016, and has become an oasis-like entity in Ginza.

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Now there are no blooming flowers and deciduous tree drops leaves and plants look lonely, but there is a lit-up tower behind the park.

"Young Clock Tower" by Taro Okamoto.

The building seen behind the tower is Yasuaki Elementary School.

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On the front of the stone monument facing Harumi-dori St. in this park, there is an inscription of "Sukiyabashi here" by playwright and lyricist Kazuo Kikuta, and on the back, the history of Sukiyabashi is described.

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Now, if you say "Your name", it is an anime (released in 2016, a feature-length animated movie directed by Makoto Shinkai), but the original () "Your name" was broadcast in the 1950s () NHK radio drama, and at that time it dominated the world.

It is Sukiyabashi that appears in important scenes (passing, reunion) in the original "Your name is" (written by Kazuo Kikuta).

It seems that there is a legend that the public bath has become empty during broadcast time.

The park that drinks in Ginza on a winter night and passes on the way to Yurakucho Station feels good.