Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Many people know that there is an inconspicuous post near Kyobashi of the "Ginza Birthplace" monument. I think they are taking care of the beauty of the city.

　
On the east side sidewalk of Chuo-dori, Ginza 2-chome

By the way, in Namiki-dori St., etc., it is an inconspicuous post with dark green. I don't think I've seen it in other parts of Tokyo.

Ginza 5-chome on the east side sidewalk of Namiki-dori St.

On the south side sidewalk of Miyuki Street, Ginza 6-chome

Ginza 7-chome, west sidewalk of Namiki-dori St.

The west sidewalk of Namiki-dori St., Ginza 8-chome

Also, the small post offices in the Ginza area are not on the first floor of a rental building, but on the second floor or above, so this is also a characteristic of the expensive commercial area called Ginza.

In the Edo period, there was a Nakayashiki of the Matsudaira family of the Echizen Fukui clan in the Shinkawa 1-2-chome area in Chuo-ku. The mansion faces the Sumida River, and moats were installed on the other three sides. This moat was called "Echizen moat" and became the old town name. A detailed explanation board is located in the brightened Echizenbori Children's Park, which is reopened this spring.

The revetment of this moat is masonry, with a width of 12 to 15 (about 20 to 30 m), and seems to have been used as a canal. The stones on this revetment are dug out during road construction and are displayed beside the road. It is a shape called machiishi. The surface of the stone is basically square, the back part is thin toward the tip of the square cone, and the gap is filled with stones and the like to make a retaining wall.

The following is an exhibition of Machiishi on the sidewalk in Chuo-ku.

Echizen moat trace (near Shinkawa 2-chome)

Related to Shiodome Site (Near Showa-dori, Ginza 8-chome)

Horidome River Ruins Related (Kobunacho)

These are inconspicuous exhibitions on the roadside, but are one of the fun exhibits of walking around Chuo-ku, where you can hide archeological sites such as moats and waterways from the Edo period.

Ichiishibashi (1-11 Yaesu)

According to the explanation board of the local Chuo-ku Board of Education (Chuo inhabitant's cultural property, lower left photo), the name of the bridge is derived from Shosaburo Goto, who uses the shogunate Koza in Honryoka-cho north of the bridge, and Gofukumachi south of the bridge. There is a mansion of Goto Seidensuke, a kimono shop, and it is named Goto, Goto + Goto. If there is an objection to this, it is also introduced in "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia" as follows. It is derived from the fact that this bridge was replaced with one rice stone in accordance with the Eiraku Zen sentence, which was banned in use in the early Edo period.

In addition, Minami-Hashizume has a "Ichiishibashi Lost Shirase Stone Mark" (Designated Cultural Property, Tokyo), which seems to have been crowded with many people during the Edo period. When I got lost, my parents and children sometimes lived apart for a lifetime. This stone marker is the only one from the Edo period and is regarded as a valuable historical material.
In addition, the largest skyscraper in Japan has been planned on the west side since 2020, and the demolition of existing buildings is underway. I think it will become an area that attracts the attention of many people.

The highway passes through the upper part, and the lower part of Ichiishi Bridge is low from the water surface.

Ichiishibashi, whose name is Yamibashi, is also introduced in Edo famous places such as Edo famous places. It is said that he could see eight bridges, including himself, from this Hashigami. Now Dosanbori and outer moat are buried, and the remaining four are Jobanbashi (under demolition and renovation), Ichiishibashi, Edobashi, and Nihonbashi. Dosan Bridge, Zenbe Bridge, Kaji Bridge, and Gofuku Bridge have no actual bridge, but there are some places where explanation boards are installed.

The photo on the lower left, the north side of Jobanbashi. The old Joban Bridge, which is under renovation work, is hidden by Tokiwa Bridge and cannot be seen. The photo on the right shows the Nihonbashi direction, the bridge girder of the expressway, etc. Edobashi is not visible, but Nihonbashi seems to be a little bit like that.

The lower left is the site of Dosan Bridge, and the lower right photo shows the site of Gofuku Bridge.

The photo below shows the explanation board of the blacksmith bridge.

"Regishi Island Strategies and Water Marks" (2-32-1, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku)
tide level was defined as the average tide level in Tokyo Bay (1884), and was used as a standard for zero altitudes. The altitude of the "Japan Standard", which was established in Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku in 1891, was determined by surveying from the intersection. At present, the standard tide center has been replaced by an oil pot tide center in Sagami Bay, but it is an important historical site in the history of modern surveying technology in Japan.

Tour of Japan Standard Field (Chiyoda-ku)
June 3 was one of the events related to the survey day (the survey method was promulgated on June 3, 1949), Japan's standard point and open to the public. I can't usually see the door closed, but I've seen it for the first time. It was a very interesting event lecture.

In the early Meiji era, a British-style benchmark was set up, and a method similar to an immortal character was carved into immortal objects, and heights were surveyed. In Western Europe, we heard that there were many cobblestones, and instead of digging holes on the road surface to set a benchmark, they carved symbols on the wall and set equipment on the horizontal line (nogroove). Since then, the surveying method has changed in Japan, and punctuality standards have been no longer used, and since then, it seems that the number of remaining non-textual notations has decreased due to disasters, war disasters, or burials. In Chuo-ku, the standard sign is clearly present at the bottom of the "Ichiishibashi Lost Shirase Stone Mark". (The role as a benchmark has been completed.)

In addition, the related "Japan History Origin" is located in Minato-ku. This is also an important starting point.

One corner of GSIX was a state where there were many people walking from the sidewalk of Chuo-dori to match the person in front, of course, the building was crowded and the escalator was riding in two rows. From the 6th floor to the 13th floor by elevator, and from the stairs, the shrine is located on the northeast side of the rooftop garden and you can visit it.

Kakugo Inari Shrine is one of the tours of Ginza Hatcho Shrine, and the explanation board of the local shrine has the following description.

I'm sorry

Yamago Shrine, which is now away, is now 150 years ago, and in 185, on the day of Nyorai, he is commissioned by Hongu in Fushimi, Fushimi, to serve Negishi in Edo. Since then, the people of the store have been deeply worshiped by the Edo citizen and have been the owner of the Edo store. One night in 1881, the grandfather of the shrine guardian recognized a white fox near the temple, but found that there was a volume of kakejiku's remains on the trace, and if he looked suspicious and looked into it, he would be in awe at the statue of Sanshu Toyokawadivine spirit. The shrine can be seen as a sacred selection and, especially as a god of fire prevention, saves the difficulties of local residents and reduces the number of people around the world. However, in September 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake of March 1925, There is no doubt that it can be seen in a new homeshrine hall. On February 18th, 1929, Mimi's Spring February 18th, 1929, he asked Hie-jinja Shrine Miyaji to divide divine spirit and raise it on the roof of the main building, 80 feet above ground. April 15, 1965 Magazine Matsuzakaya Ginza Store

Next to it is an explanation board that the Matsuzakaya Ginza store was here. I feel lonely for a moment when I think it's no longer here.

The explanation board at the site of Nagasakiya, a station bound for Choichi Dutch trading post, stands at 4-4-10 Nihonbashi Muromachi. It is an important historical site where many astronomers, doctors, and Dutch scholars visited and interacted with each other to learn the latest science and technology and foreign languages during the Edo period, when the isolation policy was taken. (From "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia")

The Nagasakiya building faces south on the front, and the back side (north side) is "Kakotsuki Tau Shinmichi" (Kenkyodo Shindo or Kanetsuto Tangjindo (currently Time Bell Street)). It is presumed that there was a bell tower. Maybe there was a front entrance near the position where the above explanation board stands.
"The bell of Kokumachi can be heard up to red hair (the Netherlands)."

Bronze bells of Kokumachi and preservation destinations (in Jisshi Park)

On June 14, 1859 (1859), "Is it a gunshot ship Matsumachi 2-chome (currently Minatomachi, Chuo-ku [now Akashicho? The author O'age] ) ". Shogun is the birthplace of Dutch studies in Edo. In 1771 (1771), Genpaku Sugita and Junnan Nakagawa met the residence of Ryotaku Maeno and said, "Tarher Anatomia, get on the open sea of the" rudder "to the rudder, to the rudder ship ", I couldn't stop by.

Dutch trading post's trip to Edo-Sanfu was routinely conducted once a year since 1857 (1633), and from 1790 (1790), 166 times every five years, once every four years, until 1850 (1850). In 1850, the inn stopped working, and after the relocation of the gunshot, it changed from an imported goods handling store represented by imported drugs to a store dealing with imported books, guns and other miscellaneous goods, and Nagasakiya changed from "Tang Ginsengza" to "Edo Nagasaki Kaisho". It is said that Genemon, the eleventh head of Nagasakiya, died at headquarters in 1875 (1875).
(Kazuo Katagiri's "Is Edo still a isolation?" Kikkawa Hirobunkan, Seiichi Sakauchi's "Nagasakiya Monogatari" from Ryutsu Keizai University Press)