I like the flowers of camellia. I especially like the simple Yabu camellia. In addition, the kanji character "Tsubaki" has a large number of pictures, has a sense of dynamism, but has a sense of stability, and prefers characters. Therefore, I like the name "Hanatsubaki-dori". My blog name is from CAMellia.
The street that crosses 7-8-chome on Chuo-dori, the main street of Ginza, was named "Hanatsubaki-dori" because Izumo camellia (Japanese camellia), which was contributed by Izumo in the early Showa era, was planted as a street tree.
The pedestrian bridge over Showa-dori is equipped with an escalator and elevator. It is called "Tokimeki Bridge".
From here, when you walk toward Sotobori-dori St., you will find a statue of Hana, a ponytail girl with camellia flowers. This was set up to commemorate the maintenance of granites on the street.
A little further from here, there is a monument to the site of "Ginbari" (Ginza 7-9-11). There is a monument labeled "Former Ginbari Ruins".
Ginbari is located here from 1951 to December 29, 1990, and is said to be Japan's first chanson coffee shop. Akihiro Miwa, Masako Togawa, Tokiko Kato, Yukari Kaneko and others were produced, and Yukio Mishima, Akiyuki Nosaka, Rei Nakanishi, Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, Shuji Terayama, Junichi Nakahara and others gathered. December 29 is called "Shanson's Day" after the closing of this famous store.
When you come to Chuo-dori toward Sotobori-dori St., you will see the Tokyo Ginza Shiseido Building (Shiseido Parlour) on the left side of Sotobori-dori St. on the corner of Ginza 8chome. It is characterized by the red brick color of the outer wall. On the right hand, there is SHISEIDO THE GINZA at Ginza 7-chome 8-10, and Shiseido Ginza Head Office Building (Hanatsubaki Hall) on Namiki-dori St. (Ginza 7-5-5), and successful Inari Shrine is enshrined on the roof of the head office building (Page 55). There are three Shiseido buildings near Hanatsubaki Street.
In Ginza 7-chome, at the end of SHISEIDO THE GINZA, there is Toyo Iwaineari Shrine (Page 55 of Monoshiri Encyclopedia).
To the Sotobori-dori St., go a little right along Suzuran Street and you will find "Sushi Tsubaki" (Ginza 7-7-6), and a large camellia tree is placed at the entrance. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the inside yet, but the counter seems to be a single piece of Kiso cypress.
Ginza 7-7-11 is the Tsubakiya Coffee Shop Main Building. I sometimes use it, but there is a calm and antique atmosphere inside.
On the other side (Ginza 8-8-1), there is the CAMILLE FOURNET store. "Camille Fournet (Camille Fournet) was founded in 1945 by the harness craftsman Kammille Forne in the French/Piccardi region, which flourished with hunting and saddle making, and since 1980, it has become an integral part of the luxury watch industry."
