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[Nyan,]
October 27, 2018 18:00
On October 20, we participated in the welfare council festival held in Chiyoda-ku (ward office) next to Chuo-ku. . We had a variety of entertainment/workshops, Ultraman Seven participated in the event, opened stores in our sister cities, Tsumagoimura and Akita. In addition, various handmade foods are sold at low cost, so we were able to have a more enjoyable time than we had imagined  . The photo shows a list of food at the store. I received most kinds, and I was quite hungry.
Tsumagoi Village (a sister city of Chiyoda-ku) is cabbage. (The photo shows the cabbage of Tsumagoi Village)
All dishes and chopsticks at the store are unified and thoroughly reused. The festival in the future may be like this.
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By the way, while reflecting on that I ate a little too much, I walked to Nihonbashi via Kanda.
Yes, this time it's Betara City in Nihonbashi.
 Speaking of Bettara City, among the various theories, the name "Bettara Pickled" comes from the fact that radish is pickled with sweeteners such as koji and sugar, so it sticks on clothes . In the past, a young man shouted, "I'm swaying a radish tied to a rope while shouting, "I'm swaying it ~, I'm swaying it on the sleeves of a visitor's kimono." " There are some descriptions in this article. In a sense, it looks smiling, but personally, at that time, if you pollute your kimono, it would be harder to remove the smell and dirt more than modern times, so is it really permissible like such a junior high school student? ? I'm wondering about it. How did you actually do it?  
By the way, my aim is "with skin" and "red turnip" among pickled vegetables.
  I ate too much before coming to Betara on this day, so I didn't get much hungry, but it's fun to go around the stalls and walk around. What are you looking for? If you missed this year, it will be fixed on October 19 and 20 every year, so I hope you will incorporate it into your schedule  .
[Nyan,]
14:00 on October 1, 2018
On September 23, I participated in the Hokushin State Half Marathon, which runs from Nozawa Onsen Village, Nagano Prefecture to Iiyama City via Kijimadaira Village  . Although it is a downhill trend, such a fierce downhill is something that can never be tasted in Chuo-ku, which is flat  . The ups and downs that come after a slip that makes your feet stiff  is quite tight, and even though it is a half marathon, you can enjoy the sense of accomplishment at the goal as much as a full marathon  . *****
By the way, after the running event, the “Local Umaimo Eat Marathon     ” and “Tourist Marathon” will continue, so there is no   time to rest. I visited the Mayumi Takahashi Ningyokan in Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture, where I was concerned. (I have such a grandma-chan! ) On the way, the word "Ginza's Yanagi II" jumped into my eyes.
What? Why are you here?
I immediately came up with the relationship between Azumino and Yanagi in Nagano Prefecture, but I couldn't remember the relationship with Iiyama City.
Yes, "New correspondent Hanes" was one of the second-generation willows planted in various places nationwide, which was recently written by Imijiku.
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Near the Mayumi Takahashi Ningyokan, another Nisei willow tree and its explanatory text were installed.
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・Edmond Morrel, a foreigner who worked hard to start the railway between Yokohama Shimbashi in 1872, died from a guest death.
・Mrs. Morrel's wife, Mrs. Kino (Japanese), will follow him to the unreliable person.
・Mr. Kazuji Shiiba (Chairman of Ginza Gomon-dori) and Mr. Yasuo Katsumata (Chairman of Ginza Kinharu-dori) who have raised Ginza II.
Professor Takasuke Watanabe of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) was connected to Moril's contribution.
・Mr. Juichiro Furuta of Iiyama City taught Mr. Watanabe in detail about Mrs. KINO.
It is said that Ginza Nisei Yanagi was given to Iiyama City in the spring of 2000 AD.
・・I wonder if I was the only one who felt quite complicated  . According to the website of the Tokyo National Highway Office, the website of the Tokyo National Highway Office.
・1994 "In the Yokohama City Foreigner Cemetery, which contributed to the establishment of a railway in the Meiji era and led Ginza to the development of Ginza.
Eight Nisei and Sansei willow trees are planted in front of the grave of the British Mrs. Edmond Morel. 」
・In 1999, it is described as "Donation of eight second and third generations to Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture."
You were connected here.
From participating in the marathon event, I found a connection in Chuo-ku in unexpected places. This is also one way to enjoy  it.
[Nyan,]
September 13, 2018 12:00
I went to the "Mitsukoshi U.K. Exhibition" held at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi.
What hides this event is a repeater. 
In the past, even when I visited U.K. on a business trip, the Japanese who worked for a local corporation said, "Let's go to eat curry", "There is no good thing", "Let's make stone-yaki bibibinpa this time" I didn't introduce delicious things. When I went to U.K. with my boss at that time to remember when I was younger, I ate Japanese food in London with my boss who said, "I want to eat Japanese food," and even if I don't have a tongue, It taste s impatient that "this is done." (Unlike now, you can't easily find anything on the Internet, and recovery doesn't work.)
To put it simply, I also believed in the public reputation of "U.K. has nothing good." Naoya Shiga said that there was no good thing on the inside .
I'm afraid!  A few years ago, at this U.K. exhibition, I was completely overwhelmed by the combination of scones with plenty of crotted cream and chitin and brewed tea. The first impression that is rude, such as "Do you really eat such a delicious thing?", was "delicious" enough to overturn the "common sense in me". Yes, it's simple.
So, even if you are not interested in U.K., why don't you look forward to your visit?
On the way to the special venue on the 7th floor of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Okuma, a collaboration between Dachs and Mary Sort, will welcome you. Dawn!
It's hard to understand in the picture, but it's like a brown bear in Hokkaido.
Details will be given to Mitsukoshi's special website, but the venue was also very successful.
（http://www.mitsukoshi-special.com/british/index.html）
I ate a lot of scones, and I also found something like "I like this."
Whether you like a soft bread-like texture, a good chewy texture and a sweet fragrant rich butter flavor, simple orthodox ones, figs and raisins as accents ... By all means, I hope you will find your favorite gem.
This time, I myself enjoyed various cakes such as scones (not to mention crotted cream), mamalade, carrot cake, and tea.
(After going around the venue, we held a reflection meeting with coffee and cake at Miyakoshiya coffee in Mitsukoshi, but this is not necessarily related to U.K. ... I also love the cakes and coffee here, and I always enjoy grinding the beans of this shop and enjoying it.)
By the way, when I was going around each floor of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, there was a planning corner where the concierge would help you prepare for "what if?"
The theme is "If you receive a medal / medal announcement."
I thought with a laugh, "No, I don't have such an opportunity ...", but as expected, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi is the place where you can make a plan from this perspective! I thought I went back home.
[Nyan,]
August 22, 2018 12:00
It was hotter than ever this summer. On July 23 (Monday), last month, the temperature rose to 41.1 ° C in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture. It has been updated for the first time in five years.
As a person who is hotter than one person, I sometimes find out how to get stronger against the heat, but most often there are descriptions that assume "people who do not sweat well" such as "let's sweat" There are many, and it is not helpful to me who gets my clothes wet almost every day. Even in the middle of winter, I went to work with a single shirt and amazed by Tohoku and Hokuriku workers, "Isn't it cold with such thin clothes in winter?" 。
By the way, when the heat wave was 38 degrees and 39 degrees every day in the Tokai area and other places, I went to Yamanouchi Town, Nagano Prefecture (Shiga Highland). The biggest purpose is to avoid summer heat. The temperature is 15 degrees near Mt. Yokote on the prefectural border between Nagano and Gunma prefectures. In the midst of the drizzle and the wind was strong, I was able to recall the feeling that I had forgotten for a while with the natural strong air conditioning, saying, "Oh, this is cool ... " .
There is a trekking course in Yamanouchi Town (Shiga Highland), where you can choose various routes depending on your physical strength and interest. The signpost is also solid so that you don't get lost. In addition, there are a wide variety of hot springs, so you can refresh yourself with your favorite hot springs. I enjoyed the route centered on Onuma (https://www.shigakogen.gr.jp/daija/index.html), which is also famous for the legend of the Great Snake, and the road running on the rugged roads.
 (In Onuma, you can meet the clear blue color unique to an acidic lake. The autumn leaves are very beautiful in autumn, but the contrast between the deep greenery of midsummer and the indigo color is also wonderful. There are rest houses and toilets near Onuma, making it ideal as a resting place.)
 (In the 48 ponds near Onuma, you can observe vegetation unique to marshland while walking along wooden paths.)
At the rest house in Onuma, we were able to enjoy the bamboo shoot juice of the bent bamboo. This bent bamboo is a favorite of bears, and is a valuable ingredient that locals collect until they are at risk of encountering bears. It is also possible to have this root bent bamboo set meal at the drive-in of Yokoteyama, so we recommend that you taste it.
 (I bought a bottle of bent bamboo at Kumanoyu Onsen because I was selling root bent bamboo.)
And if you talk about the charm of Shinshu and activities in Shiga Highland, there is no limit, but do you know that this information is actually taught by concierge of a trip at an antenna shop?
Shiga Highland, which was featured this time, was asked in detail on the second floor of the antenna shop in Nagano Prefecture, which has been featured several times in this blog, and since then I have come to visit it every year. （https://www.ginza-nagano.jp/）
 
It is also possible to ask for knowledge of mountain climbing, gourmet, accommodation, etc. unique to local people.
It goes without saying that you can buy some souvenirs you have forgotten to buy here.
[Nyan,]
July 25, 2018 18:00
Hot days continue every day. Sometimes I compare the world's highest temperature with Japanese ones, for example, Manila, Philippines.
When we know that today's minimum temperature is 25 degrees and the maximum is 30 degrees, "O ... cooler than Japan." Someday the southern country is likely to become a summer resort.
Even so, for me who is busy with heat metabolism, I jog in Tokyo, which has become a free sauna. You can run 30 km in winter, but at this time it is 10 km and hello.
Rather than sweating, the feeling that the body is melting is enough to enjoy the process of degenerating from mammal to amphibians.
The photo is not Amazon. It's a place in Tokyo.
In fact, it is the moat of the Imperial Palace. Due to eutrophication and high temperatures, the overgrowth of aquatic plants may be gaining momentum and leaving Japan.
(It is said that the moat of the Imperial Palace is also refrigerated and filtered appropriately, but the transparency differs between the Hanzomon side and the Ote-mon gate side depending on the location of the filtration device.)
Well, what to hide, I love animals, and aquatic animals have been really familiar since childhood. In the future, I was seriously worried whether to aim for the master of Kungfu or the director of the zoo.
Events and history that are full of Edo atmosphere around the Sumida River are endless, and it is natural to call itself "Mizuto Tokyo" even from the daimyo residence made by drawing water from Tamagawajosui and the cityscape of Edo. I can't enter. At the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020, the importance of transportation using waterways from Haneda Airport etc. will increase more than ever.
Oh! For that reason, although it has become better than the old days when the bad smell occurred, when traveling on a boat, I am inevitably worried about "dirty water". (Of course, there may be opinions about the large population and the large number of artifacts.)
And if you would like to see the materials that summarize the current situation of aquatic animals in Chuo-ku here, we will introduce Chuo-ku "creatures in the river".
In brackish waters where salt water is mixed, river water is divided into upper, seawater is divided into lower, and when the tide rises, seawater goes up the bottom of the river to upstream. It seems that seawater flows into the Iwabuchi sluice gate in Kita Ward on the Sumida River. Speaking of Iwabuchi sluice gate, it is 20 km north of Arakawa cycling road. The brackish water continues from the mouth of the river.
In general, brackish waters are mixed with freshwater and sea creatures, so the diversity of living things increases, but from that point of view, it is a bit disappointing that there are few creatures that can be captured. (Although there is no description on the above page, you can sometimes see mokuzu crab, which is said to be delicious because of the closeness of Shanghai crab.)
We believe that the purification of water quality and the improvement of biodiversity that can be seen will increase the value of Tokyo, and we will continue to watch it. (I would like to be involved not only in looking at it, but also in efforts to clean water.)
[Nyan,]
June 26, 2018 18:00
What would you recommend for sightseeing in Kyoto? If asked, there are too many highlights that have been elaborated from various perspectives, and I don't think it's possible to narrow down to one. Meanwhile, a major push for me is the "Kyoto Round Trail". It seems that the range is too wide and it is not squeezed at all, but this Kyoto round trail is a route that connects the low mountains from Fushimimoyama in the southeast of Kyoto to Mt. Hiei, Ohara, Kurama, Takao, Arashiyama, and Kokedera, and overlooks the city of Kyoto.
(I personally think that I can't say that I'm familiar with Kyoto without going around here.)
The problem is that there is a total length of about 83.3 km, so it is not a straight line, but if you are a physical strength group, you can go around in one day (if you have tight physical strength and time, you can descend from the mountain to the city immediately. It can be turned several times). The signposts in various places are quite kind so that you don't get lost.
The first entrance to the east side of the Kyoto round trail is that Kyoto Fushimi Taisha Shrine. It wasn't the case before, but now it's quite popular with foreigners.
"Kakugo Inari Shrine" was enshrined in 1815, recommended by Kyoto Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine.
(Of course, there are many other shrines recommended by Kyoto Fushimi Inari Taisha.)
It is said that it worships the statue of Daimyojin in Toyokawainari brought by a white fox in Negishi, and it is said that during the Great Kanto Earthquake, it protected the town from a large fire from the Nippori area.
It is now situated on the roof of GINZA SIX, which has been redeveloped.
The other day, after running at the Imperial Palace, I stopped by. Since GINZA SIX has been redeveloped by integrating the two blocks, the rooftop is quite spacious. It is the largest rooftop garden in the Ginza area, and 2,200m2, or 56% of the area of 4,000m2, is a green space.
In the morning hours, there are few people and you can enjoy the trees that change their expression quietly in each season.
This rooftop garden may be good to take a break when you are tired of shopping or tired of walking.
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