Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　The current Chuo-ku was formed in 1947 by the integration of the former Nihonbashi Ward and the former Kyobashi Ward, but the Nihonbashi Ward and Kyobashi Ward were established in 1878. It seems that the planner at that time considered the names "Beijiang To-ku" and "Minamiedo-ku". In other words, it seems that the idea was to consider the area of both Nihonbashi and Kyobashi wards as "Edo" and divide it into north and south into two wards.　At the time of the establishment of Chuo-ku in 1947 (the integration of both wards), it seems that there was a plan to name "Edo-ku" or "Oedo-ku".

　This reminds me of the background that the name of the subway and Toei "Oedo Line" was decided. At the end of November 2000, as a result of the public offering, "Tokyo Loop Line" was nominated as the first candidate, but at that time, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said, "The ring line will return to the same place no matter how many times it turns," and "The majority of the votes confusing with the Yamanote Line (JR East) or the Osaka Loop Line (JR West Japan) was selected.　Initially, the committee argued that Shinjuku was not appropriate because it was outside the area of Edo, but the Transportation Bureau said that it was geographical and economical by running around the route and adding a "large" It persuaded the committee to express the cultural spread and came to the decision.

　From now on, I feel that the name of this ward may have been better around Oedo Ward than inorganic and monthly names such as "Chuo-ku".

　"Chuo-ku" seems to be located in Osaka, Kobe, Sapporo, Niigata, Fukuoka, Chiba, Kumamoto and Sagamihara in addition to Tokyo.

　I went to Harumi Wharf to see "Tokyo Minato matsuri".

The construction of Ring Route 2 is also progressing.

The area between Toranomon and Shimbashi was opened in March 2014, but in March 2016, the area between Shimbashi and Toyosu will be connected and will be fully opened.

　Harumi's landfill was completed in April 1929 as Tsukishima No. 4 (Tokyo Bay Landfill No. 4), but was scheduled to be held in 1940 (1940, Koki 2600). The purpose is to make it the main venue, and the Kachidokibashi was also built accordingly. A commemorative plate has been set up on the site of the Expo Secretariat.

　At the Tokyo Minato matsuri, the survey boat marine (Japan Coast Guard), the dredging boat marine dragon (Tokyo Port and Harbor Bureau), the training boat Kaitakamaru (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), and the escort ship Yugiri (Marine Self Defense Force) were also open to the public.

　I studied a little bit about the history of Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and learned that when the former Nihonbashi-ku and the former Kyobashi-ku were integrated in 1947, the former Nihonbashi-ku, which surpasses history and tradition, showed a sense of resistance to the integration with the new Kyobashi-ku, and I felt a great sympathy about the feelings of Nihonbashi-ko.

　According to various materials, in Nihonbashi Ward, before the war, especially before the Great Kanto Earthquake, both husbands and servants live together, and husbands line up desks at local elementary schools, etc. You seem to have a close sense of unity in the region. It seems that the son-in-law was customary, and it seems that a community similar to "Semba" in Osaka was formed.

　More than 10 years before the birth of Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Junichirou Tanizaki, who was born and raised in Nihonbashi, said, "The worst thing about the reconstruction of Nihonbashi after the Great Kanto Earthquake is the fate of Nihonbashi children. The traces of their homes are included in the sphere of influence in Kyobashi Ginza Marunouchi ... "("Omofu Tokyo" and "Chuo Koron" from January to April 1997).

In addition, Isamu Yoshii (1886-1960)

I think sorrowfulness of Nihonbashi in my own way ("until yesterday")

　I'm singing. Isamu Yoshii doesn't seem to be born or raised in Nihonbashi like Tanizaki, but it seems that he wrote a lot of songs around Nihonbashi and Nihonbashi.　And later (1938), I moved to Kansai (Kyoto). In Kansai, it seems that there was a friendship with Tanizaki and Jun Kawada. I misunderstood Isamu Yoshii as a Kansai person from the famous song, "When I sleep in the crab, Gion goes down on the pillow." It seems that the Earl came out, but he has dropped out of the prefectural government. Did the above song compare the setbacks of your life to the subsidence of the power of the Nihonbashi area?　"Until yesterday" was published in 1913.

　It would be interesting to examine the process up to the establishment of "Chuo-ku". "Chuo-ku" was formed by the integration of "Nihonbashi-ku" and "Kyobashi-ku" in 1947, but at this time, the Kyobashi-ku assembly immediately voted to integrate, but in Nihonbashi-ku It seems that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government continued to take a cautious stance from the intent of maintaining the traditional Nihonbashi common living area until midnight.

　As a result, the integration was passed by one vote, but in connection with the new ward name, "The name of the town in the area of the current Nihonbashi ward is what Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, what town, what number, and what number?" Was attached.

　Regarding the selection of the new ward name, in addition to Chuo-ku, there were plans such as "Edo, Ginza, Oedo, Nikkei". .

One of the pleasures of watching old Japanese movies is that you will be able to re-experience not only the content itself, but also the scenes of the old days reflected in it, life at that time, conversation, etc. Many of the works by Yoshio Naruse, who prefer women, especially women who live autonomously in mizusho sales, feature scenes of Chuo-ku.

Some of the silent works before the war, "Dream every night" (released in 1933), featuring a woman working in a tavern as the main character. Because it was shot on Tsukuda Island, you can see the scenery of Tsukuda Island at that time.

In addition, a work depicting a woman working in a bar in Ginza is "Ginza Makeup" (released in 1951). The main character played by Kinuyo Tanaka is that it is rented on the second floor of Shimotaya in an alley in the old-fashioned townscape of Shintomi-cho, which was still a water town where the Tsukiji River flows. In the theater program, Director Naruse wrote, "Shintomi-cho is a town that retains the old Edo atmosphere that makes you want to tilt your neck if there were such places in the city." . In 1951, Japan was still under occupation. There is a scene where Kinuyo Tanaka walks near Horikawa in Sanjuma, but the river is being reclaimed with rubble that came out during the air raid. There is still a little rubble on the side of the road. And Kinuyo Tanaka in this movie is in a kimono from beginning to end.

Since the age setting of "When a woman climbs the stairs" (published in 1960) was in the mid-1960s, Japan began to transform from post-war reconstruction to an era of high growth. At that time, "bars" were about to reach their heyday. The title "Woman" played by Hideko Takamine is a 30-year-old widow who lost his husband in a traffic accident, and is hired at a bar in Ginza to play Madame, but his parents' home is Tsukuda Island. In the scene where a sick "woman" recuperates at his parents' home, the houses of Tsukuda, the scenery of Tsukuda's ferryboat, and the Torii of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine appear. Director Naruse attended Kogakuin University in Tsukiji when he was a teenager, so he seems to have a special feeling in the vicinity of the Tsukiji River, but the Tsukiji River comes out in this work.

　One of the works in which the Tsukiji River appears is "Aki Tachinu", which was released in 1960. The two children are the protagonists, but there is a ryokan where the mother works along the Tsukiji River. There is also a scene where they go to a department store in Ginza or go to Harumi Wharf through Kachidokibashi.

(These works can be seen in the You tube.)

Until the Showa 30s, good old scenes and society, which have disappeared completely from high growth through the bubble economy period, still remained. If you look at Naruse's work, you can feel that's true.