Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

On the opposite side of Takashi Tanaka Metal, who posted on the blog last time, there is Sasaki Shoten, famous for "Tsuya Fukin".

What I would like to introduce most at this shop is "Sasaki no Tsuya Fukin".

More than 140 years have passed since production and sales began in 1868.

It is a yellow towel cloth with a handkerchief size, but it looks like a cloth, but it is a special "excellent thing".

Tans tokonoma Difference Shelf Desk Koto Shamisen Musical Instruments Only by lightly wiping items such as ebony karaki work creates a surprising glow and feels comfortable.

If you wipe the machine made of cast and copper iron with "Tsuya Fukin", it will be beautiful because of the anti-rust effect.

There is no need to wash this cloth because it loses its potency when washed.

"Tsuyafukin" that uses nature instead of the power of chemistry　　　　¥1050 per sheet -

A female adult of Ibotaro kaigaramshi parasitic on trees such as Ibotanoki and Ratmochi lays thousands of eggs while making dark brown round shells about 1 cm. Male larvae hatched around June secrete white wax in the twigs around July and grow and wrap the twigs in a lump of white wax. It becomes an adult around September, but Ibota wax collected and refined this white wax is used for various industrial and medicinal purposes. 'Tsuyafukin' is made by soaking it in a cloth. 

It's an expensive pipe.

It reminds me of the scenes that appear in old Western paintings.　　　　

　　　　

 If you look at such a lot of pipes even if you don't smoke, you have each characteristic and interesting.

I remember the scene where my father had added a pipe even though he did not like cigarettes specially.

　 　　

　

 

　　　　　　　　　Sasaki Shoten

　　　　　　　　1-8-17, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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I found a wonderful Christmas tree wearing a silver bra.

This is a gold Christmas tree produced by Shogo Kariyazaki.

Gold Christmas tree

Height about 2.4m

　　　Pure gold approx. 12kg (total weight)

Reference price approx. 150 million yen

 A total of 50 pure gold Phalaenopsis orchids and 60 pure gold heart-shaped plates decorate the Christmas tree with pure gold leaf ribbons. The star, which is indispensable for the top of the tree, is also made of pure gold, and is a large object of about 20 cm square.

The Christmas tree shines amid the golden colored poinsettia, giving off a special shine even in the city of Ginza, which is brilliant with illuminations.

                 

              

　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　GINZA TANAKA

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　SINCE 1892

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1-7-7, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

                                          TEL ０３－３５６１－０４９１

 

 

On December 4 (Sun), the 11th Mochitsuki Tournament was held with the participation of neighborhood associations such as Ningyocho Kakigara-cho and Hakozaki-cho.

In the past, it was an event that a smaller neighborhood association went to each after the 20th, when the New Year approaches.

Why were you doing something like this? ？ ？ ？ ・・・・・・・

In the past, there were many people who could not eat rice cakes during the New Year because the difference between rich and poor was much greater than now.

Under such circumstances, rich people paid out money and made rice cakes in each town and celebrated New Year's Day.

At present, we have inherited old traditions supported by volunteers.

The equipment used in rice cake making is stored in the basement of Nihonbashi Elementary School.

 New rice is delicious, but old rice is better for rice cakes and sushi.

The mochi made by a large number of volunteers was put in a pack with yellow powder and red bean paste and distributed.

I bought a 200 yen ticket first and went with you.

There is also "Udon", and eating freshly made rice cakes and udon on the street is a sense of unity and fun.

           

You can see that the picture above is a lot of people.

 Each neighborhood association set up a tent, gathered it in one place, and the mochigome was steamed and distributed to each tent in the order that it was completed, and delicious mochi was completed at each place.

I found a little gap among a large crowd and the girls are jumping rope lively.

I felt like a festival because of the matching Happi appearance.

I was very happy to hear that the participation of young people living in apartments in such gatherings is increasing.

 

 

   In the sunny Hamarikyu, a winter tradition, snow hanging, was displayed.

It will accentuate your garden when you miss it. You will enjoy your eyes until the end of March.

This decoration cannot support the core snow and is only a decoration.

In earnest, it is "Kenroku-en Garden-style snow hanging", but the smaller one is displayed in the Shiba Rikyu Garden.

The snow hanging in Tokyo is divided into "Northern style" and "Southern style", "Koishikawa Korakuen Garden" and "Rikugi-en Garden" are northern style, and "Hamarikyu Gardens" and "Hibiya Park" are southern style.

The method of the master at that time is still handed down.　　　　　　　　　　　　

                      

The tip of the sail pillar is called Valen.

It is decorated with a hanging rope knitted.

It is a decorative snow hanging with a lot of thin ropes hanging.

 The part of the hem is called a bee, and the bee turns the rope to the tip of the bee (the frame at the tip of the bamboo) and tie the hanging rope to it.

The bamboo that runs sideways is called Kanzashi.

           

In warm regions, plants that are vulnerable to cold, such as cycad and Digo, use straw during the winter to protect trees from the cold of winter.

The contents of this photo in the garden of Hamarikyu are not cycad but bamboo on the ground and it is decorated with straw. Therefore, the name among craftsmen is to be "Obake ...".                  

                         

 

 

Matsushima-jinja Shrine: 2-15-2 Nihonbashi Ningyocho 　　

 It is a shrine that is said to be infinite treasures, fulfillment of great wishes, and spiritual experiences.

It is also included in the course of "Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods Tour" which departs Mitsukoshi Main Store on New Year's Day.

Before the Great Fire of the Meiryaku era (1657), there were many playhouses around, so it seems that there were many worshippers of puppet craftsmen, kimono merchants, Kabuki actors, and geisha.

November's "Tori no Ichi" is still a grand event, and it seems that it used to be a entertainment district in the past.

　　　　　　　　　　 　As lucky items, kumade is sold from where the eagle says "grabbing" the prey, and besides "golden mochi" and "sansho mochi" made from chestnuts are sold.

It also prevented colds in the winter.

Recently, the tag of "Ryomu" has been sold, and many young people worship.

　　　　　　 　　　　kumade has a custom to buy “Big kumade” year by year.

　　　　If one price is "San,000 yen", it is said that the price should be reduced to "20,000 yen ...".

　　　If you can buy it for "20,000 yen", don't forget to put it as "Ofuse" ...

　　　One, when kumade sells, the applause of "337 beats" occurs.

　　　I applauded with everyone, too.

　※　Once upon a time, my grandmother Chama had bought in Tori-no-ichi Fair with "kumade Kanzashi" on her hair ...

　　　A friend who went with me told me. 

　　　　　　　　　　

 

 

The changes in the four seasons in Japan are beautiful and there are a lot of interesting things.

When can I see it in Chuo-ku just like riding the summit of Mt. Fuji when the sun sets west?

Can't you see it on the same day in Chuo-ku, north and south?

It should be twice a year, but here from Kachidoki, I calculated that autumn was around November 1st and waited. On that day, there were clouds in the western sky, so I gave up, but the thickness of the cloud was thinner than it looked, and by the time I actually hanged on the summit of Fuji, it was still dazzling through the clouds, and the light was blurred in the clouds. The circle outline of the sun was not clear. It looked like Mount Fuji was erupting.　

 

And sank as if they were sucked into the crater. Along with that, the colors and patterns of the surrounding clouds changed every moment. I don't feel any movement when I'm in the middle sky, but it's amazing when the comparison target of mountains is nearby.　In about two minutes the diameter of the sun went down. 

　　　　　　　　　　 　　

Eventually, when the sunset was completely hiding behind Mount Fuji, the area near the mountain was red sunset, the top was white, and the sky was pale, and the sky was still white like daytime. The blue sky was spreading.　 It is the same as the color of the sky in the scenery of Ukiyo-e.　　　　

　　　　　　　　　 　　Spring is around February 10th.　The photo below was taken on February 9, last year.　It started sinking south from the summit a few days earlier. The clouds were dark on the next 10th, and on the 11th, I couldn't shoot due to rain in the evening. Contours and colors change depending on the darkness of clouds and the arrival of yellow sand depending on the season.　　　

                          

 

 Chuo-ku is about 5.67 km from Saemon Bridge over the Kanda River in Nihonbashibakurocho to the north to Harumi Wharf in the south. Mount Fuji is about 101 km from Chuo-ku government office. From Mount Fuji, the distance between the north and south of Chuo-ku is 3 degrees and 13 minutes' visibility.　(For units with an angle of less than one degree, minutes and seconds are used. One time is 60 minutes, one minute is 60 seconds.)

　The flat part of the summit of Fuji is about 825 meters from Mt. Shiroyama in the north to Mt. Komagatake in the south. The view angle from the flat part of this summit from Chuo-ku is about 28 minutes 07 seconds. The average distance from the earth to the sun is about 150 million kilometers. The diameter of the sun is about 1.392 million kilometers. The diameter is 31 minutes and 59 seconds. In other words, the diameter of the sun is about 14% larger than the top of the mountain.

And when the sun seems to be riding on the summit of Fuji at Harumi Wharf, when viewed from Saemon Bridge, it will shine at the same height, quite far from the summit of Fuji. I didn't think that the date was different depending on the place in Chuo-ku that you could see just riding on the summit of Fuji.

  

　　　　　　　 Looking at the sunset over Mount Fuji, the ground was illuminated and the night atmosphere was felt, but the sky was still bright and half moon was hanging thin.