Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Go north on Yaesu Street, there is Yojuin Street (upper left photo). It connects the east and west from Sotobori-dori St. in Yaesu 1-chome to Showa-dori in Nihonbashi 3-chome. It is a road that is often overlooked because there are few road signs. Its origin is "Oman Inari Shrine" (upper right photo). Since Ieyasu's concubine, Oman, is enshrined, and the name of the temple is Yojuin, in 2004 (2004).Chuo-ku RoadThe street nickname was given.

Oman (1577-1653) is the mother of Ieyasu's tenth son, the founder of the Kii Tokugawa family, Yorinobu Tokugawa, and the eleventh son, the founder of the Mito Tokugawa family, Yorifusa Tokugawa. It is. Together with the Owari Tokugawa family, they became the three families. According to the historical book of the shrine, "Yusuin worshiped Nichiren sect for generations and procured goods donated to Shinto and Buddha here around Nihonbashi, and merchants who benefited from the virtue built this Inari shrine."

An old map of the Edo period shows that this shrine was located in Kamimaki-cho (currently Yaesu 1-chome). On the south side of Hinokimachi in Sobu village headman, the area around Gensoshitamachi. The current Oman Inari has been rebuilt beside the building, and it is a narrow place where only one person can enter, but it seems to remember the past when facing the former Edo Castle (Imperial Palace).

This temple is related to all of you.Sendagaya, Shibuya-kuIt's true. At Hounzan Senjuin Temple in Nichiren sect, what was located at Kii Tokugawa Yashiki in Akasaka was relocated to its current location in 1644 and opened. According to the history of the hospital, the Kii Tokugawa family and Iyosaijo Matsudaira family had a temple of 100,000 stones as a Bodaiji Temple prayer place in Edo at the request of everyone. In the magnificent Dou and garden, the "Edo Famous Zoukai" states as "Shinhigurashi no Sato", "It is a very beautiful view similar to Taninaka Nippori, and it is a great crowd of flowers that are full of flowers that are full of Yayoi. "

Here, people and cars pass just below the cemetery. The cemetery was planned to be cut off by the expansion of the Tokyo Olympic Road in 1964 (1964), but in order to make the most of the cemetery as it is, the lower part was dug into a cut-through tunnel, and reintermented on it. This tunnel is the Sendagaya Tunnel, which is also whispered as a "spirit spot" (lower left photo). The present main hall (lower right photo) was rebuilt in 1965 (1965), and its roof was filled with the crest of Aoi Tokugawa, a symbol of history.

On July 10 (Saturday), the “Town Walking Tour 2010” hosted by the Chuo-ku Tourism Association has finally begun. The beginning of the cultural course is "The Ningyocho Course, the stage of" Newcomers ". Visit the Nihonbashi Ningyocho Shopping Street, which appeared in the TBS series TV drama "Shinjin" (broadcast on April 4-6, 2010), and explore the location of location and the streets with a downtown atmosphere. Course guidance was conducted by a volunteer guide in Chuo-ku, "Chuo-ku Cultural Property Supporters Association". On this day, during the rainy season, the temperature was 30 ° C and the sun was strong, but the shaded breeze softens the heat. 

At 2:00 p.m. on time, 15 participants selected by lottery will depart in front of the meeting area of Suitengu shrine office. I walked to amazake Yokocho, next to the famous doll-yaki shop in line. The center is lined with stores that set the stage for dramas, such as Taiyaki, Japanese Confectionery, and Senbei. There are still many crowds, probably because of the influence of television. Participants heard a convincing conversation, "Is this store the scene?" Cross the green road of the former Hamacho River (Hamacho Riverside) and visit Kiyomasa Koji Temple in Hamacho Park. While looking at Meijiza, take Kiyosubashi-dori to Hisamatsu Police Station. It is the place where the Nihonbashi Police Station was set up in the drama.

From here, return to the south and stop by "Suehiro Shrine" (top left photo). This area was where former Yoshihara was located in the early Edo period. As soon as you walk, the houses that were burned down in the war will become a nostalgic area. On Ningyocho-dori, you can see the ruins of the Genji store known for Kabuki, the Yoseki Ningyocho Suehiro trace, and the long-established knives shop. From "Daikanonji" to a moist alley. There was a figure of participants rinsing their hands one after another in the well water of the hand pump (upper right photo). The alley where restaurants line the eaves is a stylish atmosphere unique to Ningyocho (left photo below). After going through the ruins of Saigo Takamori Yashiki, go to Koami Shrine. shrine hall, which has become a cultural property of the central ward, has a history (lower right photo). The final place is the site of Junichirou Tanizaki's Birthplace, and looks back on the footprints of a literary writer proud of Chuo-ku. I've finished a two-hour walk here.

Participants' impressions after the implementation were "fun and it was two hours in a flash." "I shop every day in Ningyocho, but I understood about this area and learned a lot." "The explanation was good," "I understood Junichirou Tanizaki well," and "I understood Junichirou Tanizaki." Both "newcomers" and "old San" enjoyed a walk in Ningyocho, and everyone was happy to say, "I want to participate in the town walking tour again."

◇For more information on the "Town Walking Tour 2010" hosted by the Chuo-ku Tourism Association, which will be held until November, please see the Chuo-ku Tourism Association website.

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