Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

At this hot summer lunch, I went for a walk and went to buy Dorayaki to eat sushi at "Funasushi" in Kofune-cho.

Since the town split in Keicho 8 (1603), it seems to be called Shimo-Funamachi, and then it has become Kofune-cho.
Despite being surrounded by a building, in a quiet appearance, we received a "lunch of lunch".
(Today there is a soft Hokkaido octopus suction cup, I eat it with yuzu.)
This luxurious time when you can get to the counter at the counter, I told the general who was busy, "On the calendar, it's still hot, even though it's early autumn." It seems that the spawning season is slow). That's right.

　
Mr. Funasushi H/P http://www.funazushi.info/

※You can see the sushi picture book by clicking. 　

Beside Horidome Park, "Kiyokazuken", such as Dorayaki, which has been popular with the common people since the end of the Tokugawa period, has not been sold out today, Anko here can not be stopped.

Kiyokazuken H/P http://seijuken.com/?page_id=13

I visited "Kobo-style Rika", a handmade typographic printing company at Muromachi 1-chome, which I learned on TV on weekends.

A small "marriage business card" is an idea, while working for the local area, I knew this place for the first time, and saw the goodness of handmade as Shimijimi, I would like to make something business card.

　※Click on the above two photos to get bigger.

Did you know that Noh plays are performed on Ginza 8-chome Kinharu-dori every evening on the evening of August 7?
This is the 31st time this year, so I've come by a little in the first half.

It begins at 6 o'clock in hope of rich harvest and world peace. In the midst of the heat, the "Kinharu Festival resting place of portable shrines" just before.
I got a seat ticket at the reception, and it has the longest history among the first four seats that have continued since the Muromachi period.
The entrance is for Noh performers and musicians of Kinharuza.

In Ginza, which is at the forefront of the gorgeousness of this era, let's keep performing arts with a tradition of 600 years only in that place.
The enthusiasm, my head drops, I support you!

Kinharu Street Official Site; http://komparu-ginza.com/

By the way, this place is behind the Hakuhinkan, yes, there is a public bath "Kinharuyu" with red carp drawn on the wall of the bathtub.
The hot water temperature is 42 degrees for Edo kid, but if it is a short time, it will be refreshing.

Last time, I wrote about Ningyocho, but I haven't written enough yet, so I'll add it.

There is a Western restaurant called "Koharuken" along the street of "Tamahide" in Oyakodon (next to Mima).

This is a restaurant started by a chef with Aritomo Yamagata of the Meiji era.

It is a very casual shop for the common people.

Last time, I had a lunch box for dinner and had it delicious at home.
　

Next, I would like to introduce the shops on the back side of "Edo Fire Flame Karakuri Ogura", "My French", and
It's Mina Fuku, a take-out shop for Odenone, reminds me of Osaka, a super common shop.
　

This time, as I walked all the way through amazake Yokomachi, I found a nostalgic candy store on the way (originally at Suitengu).
However, it has been relocated here) and Meijiza (Kabuki), which has been founded for 140 years. There
Turning the corner and walking a little bit, the long-established knife shop "Ubukeya", I like the sharpness and the file part.
I use a small nail cut.
　

Ningyocho, where many such private shops remain, has a remnants of Osaka (Shitamachi) in the early to mid-Showa period.
Perhaps there is something that reminds me of, it reacts to the trees in front of the store and the drums of fire prevention water.
(I lived in Tomishima-cho, Nishi-ku, Osaka when I was little--it seems that everything is now Kawaguchimachi.)

Finally, this Ningyocho is a city that has undergone many hardships during the Great Fire of the Meiryaku era (1657) of the Edo period.
It has a long history as a stylish downtown area such as Kabuki, which was also a entertainment for the common people, and a flower street.
I thought to convey that atmosphere, I would like to introduce a photograph of the reproduction pattern at the Edo Tokyo Museum and write a brush.

＊"Sukeroku" dressed as Danjuro Ichikawa,
＊Kabuki hut in Nakamuraza
＊A stall in Nihachi soba

 (2.8 = Jurokubun soba is less than 400 yen when converted to the current value)

The "Phiadelphia Museum of Art Ukiyo-e masterpiece exhibition" started at the Mitsui Memorial Museum until August 16.
I've been there.

 
In 1765, the mid-Edo period (1765), a color revolution occurred in Ukiyo-e, with a group led by ukiyo-e artist Harunobu Suzuki.
A new technology for multicolor printing was devised, and "Nishiki-e" was created. A work of art loved by the people
I think this is a technological advance to a more advanced level, and this is the breath of Edo people who pursue universal value more.
It makes me feel like it, and I thought that the ancient characteristics of Japanese aiming for height on that road appear.

This is an opportunity to appreciate homecoming goods from the United States, I would like to list my favorite works. In the heat and the hustle and bustle
When I lived, I felt that watching such works would be a desire for my heart.
If you like, spend a summer time with this print.
 
1."Yoshiwara Hanami" Torii Kiyocho

1785 (1785) Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1959
Exhibition period: July 22-August 16
 （Copyright © 2015 Mithui Memorial Museum All Rights Reserved.）
 
2."Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" Katsushika Hokusai

Tempo 1st ~ 3rd year (1830-32) Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Moncure Biddle in memory of Ernest Fenollosa, 1958
Exhibition period: Total period
 （Copyright © 2015 Mithui Memorial Museum All Rights Reserved.）
 
3."Edobei of the third generation Oniji Otani" Sharaku Toshusai

1794 (1794) Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White Collection, 1956
Exhibition period: Total period
 （Copyright © 2015 Mithui Memorial Museum All Rights Reserved.）

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