Chuo-ku is home to many famous places, historic sites and famous shops. The streetlights that change the face with the times brightly illuminate each place and the night on the road connecting each other. In addition to the main street, you can also see original streetlights on shopping streets and historic streets.
This time, some of the streetlights illuminate the current streets of Chuo-ku are introduced with photos.
Compared to the geometric urban design streetlights on Chuo-dori, Sotobori-dori St., which intersects on it, has analog lights as motifs.
Both Heisei and Showa are streetlights with a simple design.
Harumi-dori St. can be broadly divided into two types of streetlights on the Ginza side and Tsukiji side.
There are streetlights on Yaesu Street from Tokyo Station to Aioi Bridge, and streetlights around Shimbashi Enbujo.
On the streetlights of Miyuki Street, there is a golden statue where a phoenix is about to fly off. This is related to the name "Miyuki Street". There are various theories about the name Miyuki-dori, but the following theories seem to be correct given that this road was made in the Meiji era. It is said that when Emperor Meiji went to Naval Academy or used Hamarikyu, this road was designated as a march road, so it came to be called "Miyuki-dori". It is said that gold phoenix was decorated only on the streetlights in order to show His Majesty's formal style.
Oh, the streetlights on Ginza Suzuran Street weren't square in the past? Suzuran Street extends southwest across Harumi-dori St., and Gaslight Street extends northeast. I like the streetlights on the gaslight street.
Both Sony Street and Namiki-dori St. use retro-design streetlights. That's good.
Ningyocho Street has B standing every few based on A.
On the north side of the Ningyocho intersection on Ningyocho Street is a streetlight C. From the east side of the intersection, Koza-dori in Hamacho is the streetlight on the right.
About 400 meters from Ningyocho-dori to Meijiza is amazake Yokocho. On Kuramaebashi-dori St., which passes through Chuo-ku, you can see another streetlight with a similar design.
※Next time, I will send you a "bridge streetlight". Please look forward to it!
