Did you see a good first dream in 2017? This time, I would like to introduce something like New Year's Day.
In the fall of last year, when I was walking around the Tsukiji market, I found a karuta called "fish karuta" at a bookstore, but this karuta is interesting.
The Tsukiji Market opened in 1935 (Showa 10), but this Karuta was made during the time when the market opened. It seems to have been lost since then, but it was found about 20 years ago and sold as a reprint "Karuta Children Played 80 years ago".
(Released by the Okuno Karuta store in Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku).
Looking at the bills, it is very interesting because some bills reflect the world at that time.
"No": Takeshi Katsuo during the conquest
"He": The swordfish that I want to give to the soldier
In a sense, a cultural heritage where you can learn about the history of Tsukiji, such as knowing that Tsukiji Market opened in an era when wars are visible and hidden in everyday life? That's right.
There is a tag depicting a train, but at that time the train was riding the market and carrying fish. The fact that the buildings in the market today are fan-shaped is that it was necessary to take the platform as long as possible.
80 years have passed since that time. Last year, there was a fuss about the relocation of the market, but beside that, Tsukiji Fish Bank pre-opened last fall in the off-site market.
At the end of the year, I went to the Tsukiji Fish Bank. The city outside the Tsukiji area seen from the top of this building may be quite good. It's a feeling of becoming a favorite spot.
Like the usual year, the end of Tsukiji is very busy. Even after the market relocation, "Outside Market" will continue to be bustling here in Tsukiji.
The building next to the Tsukiji Fish Bank is a historic "signboard building." The old and new architecture will be next to each other.
Let's say "signboard architecture" is a wooden store building designed like a flat sign in front of the building. This building began to be built around the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Since the city of Tsukiji survived the war in Pacific War, many of these signboard architectures remain, but the number gradually decreased due to Kanji's destruction.
The godfather of this "signboard architecture" is Professor Terunobu Fujimori, an architect and architectural historian.
The teacher's lecture "History and Future of Tsukiji" held last spring. In this lecture, photos of the old streets of the Tsukiji area are projected, and the story of the teacher who has been walking around the city of Tsukiji for decades is also very impressive, and it is a great study to learn about the history of Tsukiji. Was.
Last summer, he was appointed director of the Edo Tokyo Museum in Sumida-ku, but he was also instrumental in preserving this signboard building, and when he went to `` Edo Tokyo Tatemono Garden '' in Koganei City, You can see some signboard architecture.
The Uemura House, a copper-plated signboard building in Shintomi-cho, Chuo-ku, has been relocated and preserved in a famous area where there is a building that was the motif of Ghibli anime "Spirited Away".
There is also a detailed explanation of signboard architecture at this Edo Tokyo Tatemono Garden, so if you look at the building here and study a little, then go around the city of Tsukiji, you will see a slightly different landscape.
(Miyakawa chicken egg building in Tsukiji)
The first time I learned about the teacher was the author of the book "Aventure of Architectural Detectives, Tokyo Hen" which I read when I wrote an article about the St. Luke's Chapel. It is a book written in 1986, but it has also been awarded a prize, and is sold in a lot at Edo Tokyo Tatemono Garden.
In this book, stories related to various buildings are written, and in Chuo-ku, the story of the dream city of Kabuto-cho in Eiichi Shibusawa and the building of the old building of St. Luke International Hospital and the chapel are written. . It is a book that I could read almost ignorant about architecture, so it is a book that even beginners of architecture can enjoy.
(St. Luke International Hospital, which can be seen far from the building on the Tsukiji Fish Bank)
I think there will be many people in the Tsukiji market in the future.
However, Tsukiji is not only a market, but also a city filled with the history of buildings. "After having fun at the market, go around the building" is also a different way of enjoying.
It's a good idea to go to see the building of Tsukiji Honganji from the market.
(Tsukiji Honganji, Important Cultural Property built in 1934)
I think it would be interesting to take a walk around the city around Tsukiji 6-chome while looking for signboard architecture, and go to Akashicho, where St. Luke International Hospital is located.
This building is the former building of St. Luke's International University, which was built in 1933.
In the 1990s, the tower building and new building of St. Luke's were newly built, but the hospital was relocated there, and at that time the building was partially renovated.
When you enter from the front of the building, there is a corridor leading to the chapel (chapel) on the second floor of the back.
The chapel in the back was built in 1936 and is very magnificent and wonderful, but the first floor of this old building is also interesting.
For some reason, in this corridor, even though it is a chapel, there is a fine amount like New Year's such as Daikoku and Ebisu.
That's because of the history of this building, but it's a bit wasteful to write the answer.
The book I mentioned earlier was written before the renovation of this building, so the answer is written in the book.
If you are interested, please read it.
The first floor of this old building is a place where things like the philosophy of St. Luke International Hospital are condensed, and I think it is a place that is quite impressive when I read a book.
By the way, Tsukiji Market in 2017. The timing of relocation is still undecided, so maybe the market has not moved next year's New Year.
It's a bit lonely to move, but I'm looking forward to it.
Will you be able to cross "Tsukiji Ohashi" on the Sumida River this year? A bridge that will lead to the future of Tokyo. I'd like to cross it quickly.
