Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　Mount Fuji was registered with World Cultural Heritage at the end of June. Of course, the World Cultural Heritage includes Fuji Five Lakes, including Lake Motosuko.

　I went to "Chuo Kumin Health Village" Villa Motosu "" on the banks of Lake Motosuko with several acquaintances. I've always said that there are many places to visit, including wonderful facilities and quiet Lake Motosuko, but this time I had the opportunity to visit in early summer.

　"Villa Motosu" was reopened on March 24, 2013.

　Fujiya Hotel, which has a history of 135 years, is in charge of operation and service. We tried to taste both Japanese and Western foods at the restaurant, but I was impressed that the meal for two days and one night was a wonderful taste anyway. (The photo on the right is from the pamphlet.)

Transportation from Tokyo

・By car, get off at the Lake Kawaguchi Interchange on the Chuo Expressway, follow National Route 139, and take about 2 hours and 15 minutes from Tokyo to the hotel.　

・By train, change to the Fujikyu Line at Otsuki Station on the JR Chuo Line and get off at Kawaguchiko Station, take a local bus, get off at Motosu Entrance, and walk for 20 minutes. It's about 3 hours from Tokyo.

・There is a direct bus service from Chuo-ku. The boarding place goes around Nihonbashi, Tsukishima and Kyobashi in the ward, and departs in front of the Yaesu Fujiya Hotel near the south exit of Yaesu Station, so it is very convenient.

The fee is

Inhabitants of the ward, those outside the ward are a little higher than those working in the ward, but when we stayed, other wards also came.

The room

Japanese-style room (10 tatami mats), Japanese-Western room (6 tatami mats + 2 beds), Western-style room (2 beds), Japanese-style room "Motosu" (10 tatami mats + 8 tatami mats), Western-style room "Fuji" (2 beds + living room), Japanese-Western room There were various types such as "Sakura" (8 tatami mats + 2 beds), and I was able to rest widely and relax slowly.

In addition, there are two wonderful cottages in the forest, one with a capacity of 10 people, with a bath, toilet, kitchen and terrace, and barbecue facilities.

　

　

The area around the restaurant was large, large, transparent glass, and anyway, the fresh green forest shines beautifully, and I was able to feel really refreshing and refreshing.

When I went around the hall, I found tennis courts, parking lots, training rooms, lounges and audio rooms, great hall and training rooms, large public bath and family bath as well as cycling bicycles.

large public bath was not natural hot spring, but the large glass windows of the large public bath showed a beautiful fresh green forest, and I felt refreshed early in the morning.

From the courtyard, a Western-style hotel was beautifully shining on the lawn.

In the early morning, we took a walk around Lake Motosuko. It was a wonderful lake, combined with the depth and transparency of 138 meters, one of the best in Japan. Mount Fuji on the back of the 1,000 yen bill nodded the scenery from the north shore of Lake Motosuko.

　

In addition, advance reservations are required, but it seems that there is a tour of the Nature Guide for a fee. The contents of the guide include around Lake Motosu, the sea of trees in Aokigahara, and visiting historical sites related to the Takeda Shingen of Fengrin Volcano.

We had a dedicated microbus available at the hotel, and on the day of arrival, we toured "Fuji Kachoen" in Asagiri Highland, Fujinomiya City, the western foot of Mount Fuji. In addition to 1,300 begonia plants, a stunning large greenhouse with many flowers and 39 kinds of owl earthworms from around the world welcomed us. There were many highlights, and the tour time told by the driver was not enough.

　

　

The next day, we visited "Saiko Iyashi no Sato". It was an experience-based facility that recreates the rural scenery that can be called "hometown of Japan".

　

It seems that there are still many attractions around the hotel. Why don't you use this wonderful inhabitant of a ward health village in Chuo-ku?

　

For details on the use of facilities, please contact us.

Chuo-ku government office area promotion section inhabitant of a ward facility person in charge (TEL: 03-3546-5623)

Or　

Chuo Ward Residents' Health Village "Villa Motosu"

218-119, Uenohara, Motosu, Fujikawaguchiko-machi, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi

TEL： 0555-87-2711 Toll-free number for applications: 0120-162312

　
Click here for pricing and detailed information.

　http://www.chuo-villamotosu.jp/　

　

※Brochures are available at Chuo-ku government office, inhabitant of a ward center, inhabitant of a ward hall, etc., so please use them.

 

 

If you go straight along Harumi-dori St. at Ginza 4-chome intersection, you will reach Kachidokibashi, completed in 1940, closest to the mouth of the Sumida River via Tsukiji. Cross the bridge and you will see Kachidoki intersection where Harumi-dori St. and Kiyosumi-dori intersect, where Kachidoki Station on the Toei Oedo Line intersect.

If you go further, you will see "Reimei Bridge". It is about 2 km from Ginza 4-chome.

When you cross this bridge, you will see a skyscraper of Harumi Triton completed in 2001 on your left and a park on your right. This park is "Daimeibashi Park" which I would like to introduce.

　

It's been half a century since I lived near Reimeibashi Park (3-1 Harumi), but after work, I sang on a bench, played with pigeons, and enjoyed lunch. . Now, Arafo's daughter is playing with friends in elementary school and falls into a shallow pond in the park's fountain (?) I had to do it. Trees were thriving on the restrooms and streets of the park, giving a slightly dim impression.

　

Over time, the overgrowth of trees, the aging of iron fences on parks and sidewalks, the aging of playground equipment in the park, and in recent years, the rapid increase in the population of the Harumi district, the practice ground for soccer, etc. Along with the relocation and merger of "Chibikko Plaza" to Harumi 2-chome, renovation work and maintenance were carried out for four months by the water and green section of Chuo-ku.

　

And in July, it was completed, and I walked around the park immediately.

The area is about 6,800 square meters, but with the combined ground of the little child square, the area was doubled, making it a spacious feeling.

Cherry blossoms were added to existing cherry trees, and plums and dogwood were planted. I'm looking forward to the cherry blossoms in full bloom in spring. In addition, although it is currently curing, there is also a lawn open space of 2,000 square meters, and it seems that it can be used for various purposes.

　

　

In April 2013, there was a press announcement that the population of Chuo-ku exceeded 130,000, but as of July 1, more than 58,000 people, more than 40%, including Harumi, are here. It is said that you live in the Tsukishima area.

(By the way, about 33,000 people in the Kyobashi area and about 40,000 people in the Nihonbashi area.)

Walking along the streets of Reimeibashi Park is full of vitality.

Compared to when I first lived, there is a sense of every other life.

　

The urgent priority policy of Chuo-ku in the 1960s was the "Resident Population Recovery Plan (Operation)" in 1997 to stop the population, which was about to fall below 70,000. Compared to about 10 years ago, the number of newborn births was around 500, but last year it exceeded 1,500. Harumi is also full of strollers and feels painfully the dashing vibrancy of young people in the child-rearing generation.

　

In order to respond to this, many ideas were felt everywhere in Reimeibashi Park.

There were many things that children would be delighted, such as playground equipment for large children, slides, sandboxes with consideration for the surrounding hygiene, and spring playground equipment as facilities.

　

A furnace-shaped bench that adults can relax, a fountain that invites coolness in summer, a solar lighting installed everywhere, a drinking fountain, a healthy playground equipment, a lawn open space, etc. A public toilet was completed.

　

It was a long-term large maintenance of about 4 months, but it felt very wide and felt that it became a bright park in Harumi, as the name of the local people at the time of 1937 (Showa 12) Was.

　

The use of neighbors, neighbors, young people, and child-rearing generations can be greatly imagined, but let's make great use of this renovated Reimeibashi Park.

Soon, I'm thinking with my grandchildren!