Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　After renovation work, I went to the Edo Tokyo Museum, which was reopened in April 2018.

At the souvenir corner before entering the museum, "That? Can I buy rice cakes here if I go to Higashimukojima? Can you buy that dumpling from Kototoi Bridge here? ! The promotional video in the hall is also an interesting finish that connects the past and the present, reminiscent of "Tokyo2020".

With the expectation of such a forward swing, it is the first thing to enter the hall and greet you ... Rather than welcoming you, you cross Nihonbashi and head to the hall.

Speaking of the official characters of the Edo Tokyo Museum, "Gibo-chan" is the only one that I have been conducting research on loose characters from all over the country. In which world do you have characters with the motif of Nihonbashi's balustrade giboshi? Did the gentle character who wants to ask the person in charge for an hour get permission from Chuo-ku? I can't help but have a secret doubt.

Too much maniac ... Gibo-chan.

The permanent exhibits also have various tastes, such as "Try in the daimyo's palanquin" and "Try up the mat that raises the morale of fire extinguishing in the event of a fire" There is no. Among them, the very elaborate miniature version, "The state of the town at the time of Edo," is not fascinating for me to go to Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture to see Kaiyodo's museum.

Binoculars are also installed at hand, and I feel the pride of the exhibition that the more you expand, the more you can understand the detailed design.

There were a lot of school excursions and Oboshiki students in the hall.

"When is Edo shogunate?" "Is it 1600 years?" "Yeah,"

A conversation like that

"Two years after Ieyasu became a conquer general in 1603, Hidetada took over his job." "Oh, there was a major renovation of Edo Castle as if he was waiting for his replacement, in 1606, starting with the contract of Honmarutaka Ishigaki. "

I'm sure that the conversation will be upgraded (it's a little excited).

There was also a miniature of Mitsui Echigoya (now Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi), which flourished with no current silver price. The reason why women's gaze is gathered by wrestlers who walk gently on the road is probably due to the detailed setting that women were banned at that time.

By the way, the Edo Tokyo Museum is full of highlights. It was introduced as a spot that can be enjoyed all day as a teaching material reflecting on the history of Chuo-ku.

What is your support party? When asked, it's for me who answers "Sweet Party" with a half laugh, the biggest difficulty is that, that's why I can't buy it.

I sold only on weekdays, and on that weekday, I was hit by a large number of salaried workers from the morning, so I finally made an opportunity to open at 9 o'clock and sold out even if I went to the store at 10 o'clock .
・・Oh, that's true? No, if you make it, you can sell it, so please prepare more. That's right, salaried workers can buy them at the expense of the company, so they definitely buy them in addition. Oh, I know it!

　
However, it's good news. After the relocation, I was able to buy it on Saturday too.

Oh? Oh, I'm sorry to hear what you're talking about. It is Kiyokazu-ken, which is also famous for its exquisite dorayaki.

So, in addition to the previous weekday, on Saturday morning, you can now buy this "Kiyokazuken" dorayaki!

(The photo is an oval. It goes without saying that the camera's reflection is bad and it really looks more delicious.)

Speaking of dorayaki, it is often said that what is good or where it is the three major dorayaki ... As a granular bean paste school, here is a moist and solid azuki grain. The presence and sweetness of the grains seem to be exquisite.
(I would like you to have Doramon perform a special appearance here and ask for a food repo!)

By the way, we moved on September 30, 2017, and the place became easier to understand than before. From Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi to Choledo, you will see Kiyokazuken on your left hand side. By all means, please check the taste yourself!

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The Tokyo Marathon, which is worthy of being called the Marathon Festival, has been successfully completed.

(The newspaper advertisement after the Tokyo Marathon is aimed at runners with the motif of Packman. Tourist correspondents cannot overlook "Nihonbashi" shining in the middle. )

I myself ran for the first time this time, but the course layout running in the middle of Tokyo, support for the roadside, luxurious invited players, the scale of the Expo, the hospitality of volunteers, the clarity of water supply ... It was a wonderful tournament that was unparalleled by any other.

I think it is also very good to take new measures such as collecting clothes that runners wore to keep them warm in boxes along the road and turning them into recycling.

In that wonderful tournament, my own run is ...

This time, I ran for the 2-hour range (less than 3 hours in a full marathon is called a sub-three). This will continue to run at a speed of 14.1 km / h, 4 minutes / 13 seconds.

It's going down for a while from the first gun. Theory says, "If you fly too much here, you will come to your feet later, so keep your eyes suppressed," but even if you fly, nothing is crowded and it is difficult to proceed. Perhaps the position of the line was too behind, the pace around me was slow, and even if I pulled it out considerably, it took about 1 km 4 minutes 50 seconds. "... it's hard to rewind this delay." A weak sound looks as soon as possible.

I returned to about 1 km 4 minutes 14 seconds from the middle, but I can't get back the first delay if it is. However, considering the second half, it is dangerous to fly any more. The legs continue to be heavy. I want to respond to the support of the roadside, but I don't have much time to do it.

From the time it exceeds 30 km, more and more runners are clearly slower. I pull it out little by little, but I myself begin to cram my left calf and my left toe. Driving while searching for a position to see how your feet do not cramp.
In the last Marunouchi, the back of the thighs was cramped and stopped. A little embarrassing condition in the most gorgeous place ... (sweat).

That's why I finished in 3 hours and 9 minutes.

I was about 10 minutes behind my goal, but when I was given a medal to a volunteer at the goal, "Congratulations!", I was somewhat moved and tears came out. Because there is this, it may be that I will enter again. (Thank you very much to all the volunteers.)

Well, the Tokyo Marathon is also a great place to appeal for tourism. Some of the brochures we received are full of highlights. Just following the contents of these brochures may take about a year.

(When it comes to running, it's a bit difficult.
The Sumida River brochure is available.
We show you the best course around Chuo-ku.

In other words, this course layout looks exactly like the first blog course I took up.
That's a wonderful course.

　I think that there are many people who are impressed by the fact that when they go home on an excursion and arrive at the dissolution place without any good time, the teacher told me, "It's an excursion until I go home!"

"It's an excursion until I go home!" If a championship to say something like that would be held, for me, I have to say, "The Tokyo Marathon starts from Expo!"

A full marathon is generally said to be 3 minutes faster when weight is reduced by 1 kilogram. It's not easy to practice to shorten the time of 3 minutes in a very busy day, but what I had gastroenteritis in early February and recovered in one day, but I couldn't eat that meal I lost 2.5 kg in just one day. (Criticism as to whether you eat too much in one meal is accepted.)

"Isn't this the best time? If this can be maintained, the marathon time will be reduced by about 7 minutes by desk calculation ... "

By the way, on the 23rd (Fri), I went to the Tokyo Marathon Expo for reception. In the morning of this day, the stomach is empty once at a medical checkup and the weight is reset, and the procedure is completed two days before the expo using a leave to go to the Expo. Then, the inside of the body becomes clean, and there is no need to accept and walk around for half a day on the day before it is crowded (Saturday 24th).

"Isn't it a perfect planing?"

At the Tokyo Marathon Expo, I have participated in wonderful marathon competitions all over the country, but it is completely exceptional. I think that the position as a preparatory exercise for the Tokyo Olympics has further enhanced the level of this Expo.

(Emergency contact information registration, photo registration, installation of secure belts until the end of the tournament, etc. are strictly performed.)

(At the Tokyo Marathon level, Satomi Ishihara will support you. Gold medalist Q Takahashi also appeared.　By the way, the advertising brochure of the Okayama Marathon was handed directly by medalist Yuko Arimori, who also participated in the athletic meet in Chuo-ku. . Premium~)

　
The most important spot in the exhibition that can be said to be exactly colorful and hundreds of flowers Ryoran is ... Needless to say, the booth in Chuo-ku! (Chuo-ku Tourism Association)

(I was kind enough to take my picture, but it is subject to self-regulation due to the small appearance.

A nice smile instead

Many runners also visit Daikanonji Temple, where Idaten, which is fast-paced, but there are also goods from runners related to the Daikanonji Temple.
The towel here is the one with the Idaten, which is excellent. I'm using it now.

・Since there is plenty of length even when wrapped around the neck, it can also be used to prevent cold in winter.
・Because of its high water absorption, it can also be used for sweating (when professional sweating like me, ordinary quick-drying towels are too tight and quickly become tattery, but this towel is OK)
・If you wrap a towel around your head, your uncle's feeling will increase, but this cool pattern will be decided wonderfully ...

That's why the preparation at the Expo, which is also regarded as part of the race, is perfect. All you have to do is run firmly on the day. (The weight we have lost has increased by about 2 kilograms in one day. I have to eat the day before!

Do your best!　by Michika Ekino @ Tokyo Marathon Expo

　Now, as you can do anything with a smartphone, as you can copy the world on your palms.
The day when the carta, which uses the palms to be hit on tatami mats and takes the bills, is said to be a feature of winter and New Year, may be a thing of the past.

As you can see, the carta is said to be the most classic "Irohakaruta", which supports 47 characters. The contents are different in Edo, Kyoto, Osaka, Uegami, Owari, etc., and the characteristics of the region appear, and it seems that "local Karuta" also exists in various places.

Somehow, something like a new proverb, is actually a carta, and there are some things.

By the way, when it comes to Iroha's "i", Edo seems to be "a dog hits a stick", the upper part is "a little further dark", and Owari is "a little to know ten". It is interesting to read everything from familiar things to things that you do not understand how to read them.

Personally, I think the most major in the local carta is "Jomo Carta". If it is "tsu", it is called "Gunma Prefecture in the shape of crane dance". When I heard on a TV program that introduces the characteristics of the local area, "People from Gunma recites this carta" or "Reflectively lower phrases come out", I think it's just a book of local carta.

By the way, what the central inhabitants have to hold down as a local carta is

Of course! "Nihonbashi Karuta," right?

　
: The starting point of the road is Nihonbashi.
Ro: A cherry blossom boat from the banks of Hamacho where the turret is coming.
: I like the first bonito first thing and look good.

Oh, it's good, it's a maniac. There is a wonderful thing about this Karuta, but first of all, the drawing is Kunimasa Utagawa, the sixth generation.
What? Who is this national government? The sixth generation, not the fifth generation. Considering that there is a free bus with famous metrolinks in the drawing, this is based on the very recent situation, and what is the surviving person ...

　
And there is an English translation of this Nihonbashi Karuta. I'm ahead of globalization. The children can also study English with this.　

　
: The starting point of the road is Nihonbashi.
Hey you!
From centuries past,the place where all roads meet Nihonbashi.
That's right.

We also sell this Nihonbashi Karuta, of course, but it is drawn on the enclosure of the building under construction (I knew this), so it's a good idea to discover it while walking around the city.

Speaking of monuments near Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, the lion statue is famous, but most of all, my recommendation is "Kidai Shoran" in the underground concourse in front of Mitsukoshi.

This picture scroll was discovered in the attic of a relative's house by Hans Joahim Custel and his wife Inge, who were biology professors at the Free University of Berlin in Germany. The Custel and his wife are collectors of Chinese art, and they seem to have deposited this picture scroll with their own Chinese artworks at the Berlin Art Museum. Initially, this seems to have been considered to be a Chinese picture scroll, but in the early summer of 1999, Tadashi Kobayashi saw the main picture scroll taken out of the storehouse of the Berlin Orient Museum, and lived in the streets of Edo town. It is not difficult to imagine that the historical and artistically valuable main picture scrolls that were written in detail with the customs of the people who lived there.

The Kidai Shoran seems to have been described as "heaven", so it's exciting to think that there are sets such as "ground" and "people". A unique documentary painting that knows the time.

There are 1671 characters. Of these, 1,439 men, 200 women, 32 children, 20 dogs, etc. It seems that there were many men at the time of the town of Edo. The number of dogs is large, and the famous Edo specialty at the time, "Ise Family Inari Dog droppings" is also drawn firmly.

It is a must-visit spot to see expressive people like bird and animal caricatures and loose characters now, to learn about various occupations and craftsmen, and to learn about the lively breath of Edo.

Please refer to this booklet for details of Kidai Shoran. (Shogakukan)