Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　Tsukiji's Namishi Inari Shrine is crowded with worshipers who go through the "Chinowa" to remove the filth of the last year toward the end of the year.

The installation of pine decorations has also been completed.

　On December 26 (Monday), the Tsukiji Outer Market was crowded with many tourists, and ordinary customers seemed to buy it.　Your customers will not be interrupted until 30 days.

Tsukiji Fish Bank also welcomes many customers, and there is pine decorations at the entrance.　The way to cut this bamboo is "small body". It can be seen that there are no injuries to customers.

The pine decoration of this soba shop is like Japanese shop curtain, with bamboo grass on both sides and tied both ends.

The state of the Ginza Capital Hotel New Building is "cut the tip of bamboo diagonally cut from the side so that there is no injury to customers. I use bamboo that looks like laughing, leaving the section at the cut.

And it is a pine decoration of Tsukiji's restaurant "Jisaku".　Here too, "We cut bamboo diagonally and cut the tip from the side. "I'm making my mouth at the knot."　By the way, would you like to cook water tonight?

This bamboo cutting method is called "sogi", leaving the mouth part and making it look like laughing. "Good luck comes to the laughing gate." I hope that the coming 2017 will be a good year for you.

I'm writing in detail in past blogs, so please refer to them. /archive/2015/01/hoel.html

I heard a familiar story from an acquaintance.　And I checked the following on Hamarikyu's website.

From here (reprinted from Hamarikyu HP)--------------------------

New Year's opening news (opening from January 2)

December 24, 2016　

"Glamorous New Year's Day in Hamarikyu Gardens"
[Notice of discontinuation of hawk surgery] A hawk dances in the sky of the New Year! Demonstration of Hoyojutsu 2nd and 3rd

※It has been canceled.
　Along with the confirmation of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Japan, we were planning to carry out "Hawk dances in the sky of the New Year! "Demonstration of hawk surgery" has been canceled.
We apologize for any inconvenience, but we appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

"Glamorous New Year's Day in Hamarikyu Gardens"　
　The Hamarikyu Onshi Garden will open the New Year from January 2, 2017, and will hold various events suitable for the New Year. Please spend your New Year's time in this garden.　

（１） Fun open space

○Date and time
Monday, January 2 and 3 (Tue) 10: 00-15: 30　※Abandoned weather

○Location
Outdoor table open space

○Contents
You can enjoy playing with wings and around spinning top.

○Participation fee
Free of charge (excluding admission fee)

○How to participate
Free participation

（２） The beginning of the year! Commemorative photo at "Tsubame no Ochiya" in connection with a bird!

○Date and time
Monday, January 2 and 3 (Tue) 10: 00-15: 30　※Cancellation of rain

○Location
Ochiyaya of Tsubame

○Contents
"Tsubame no Ochiya", which has 24 swallow nails, rises to the "upper" part, which is raised one step higher in the room, and you can enjoy a commemorative photo.

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For more information, please refer to the following website.

http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/announcement/028/detail/36190.html

　Cafe Paulista is a coffee specialty store that became the etymology of "Silver Bra", which opened before Kojunsha in December 1911.　In Brazil, people born in Rio de Janeiro are referred to as "Caryoka in the sense of Rio kid", and "People born in Sao Paulo" are called Paulista. Cafe Paulista means a coffee shop in Sao Paulo. In the Taisho era, many people visited in search of a new drink called coffee as a new culture.

　Then, among literary and Mita students, going to drink Brazilian coffee at Cafe Paulista came to be called "silver Bra", and one day it changed to "walk around Ginza".

　As I introduced before, here we will issue a "Silver Bra Certificate". This is a certificate that you drank Brazilian coffee at a cafe Paulista in Ginza, but if you open the certificate, press the certification stamp and press 10 seals, you will be free of coffee.

No matter how many books I get, I lost them, so I put them in the guide's name holder and carry them around.

　Well, you all know that on the first floor of the cafe Paulista, etching copper board (made by Colombia) depicting a farmer working in a coffee farm is displayed.　On the second floor, a variety of works are exhibited, focusing on paintings by Japanese painters living in Brazil. Please receive the leaflet of "Information on Cafe Paulista Ginza Store" and enjoy the appreciation of paintings.

We hope you all have a pleasant Christmas season and a bright and good New Year.　Silver

　Feliz Natal e Prospero Ano Novo　

　This year is only a few more, and I think that many people are preparing New Year's holidays and preparing New Year's dishes.

Eat while shopping.　Tamagoyaki is located at the top of the eating walk outside Tsukiji.

Kibun's "Tsukiji Age (Isobe)", "Tunakatsu", "Tuna Ball", and "Okonomi-age" are also popular.

　The seafood skewered buffet at Tsukiji eel dining room is affordable. "Eel skewers", "Scallop skewers", "Shrimp skewers", "Squid skewers", etc. are ¥ 200 per skewers.

For shopping, we recommend every store where the high quality shines, backed by Tsukiji's "building technique", but we recommend it.

"Tokyo Fisheries" entered the alley in front of Mr. Kibun.　A reasonable size true octopus, good quality, and $1,200 is a great deal. I think that the opening of the throat and the opening of the fish such as dried flounder are also cheaper.

The street in front of "Tsukiji Sushi" is the ice head at Seven Million. The vinegared pickling of cartilage in the nose of salmon is a delicacy.)

At Aikodo, tastings of delicious silver cod and Melo are always sold, and the good taste is the best in the world. The inside of the store has so many processed fishery products that can be said to be a treasure trove of delicacies, and it also arranges local delivery.

The meat of the Oomiya Beef Store is taiko.　Steak meat and sukiyaki meat are both essential at the end of the year.

　The out-of-market market is relatively open until around 9 a.m.　After 12 o'clock, there are some shops that make it cheaper.

However, it may be out of stock, so I can't say what time is better.

Click here for the official website of Tsukiji Outer Market. http://www.tsukiji.or.jp/

　After that, please stop by Tsukiji Outer Market.

Tsukiji Fish Bank is open until 3:00 pm. It seems that there is a shop that will make it cheaper after 1 p.m.　Please refer to this article for more information about Tsukiji Fish Bank.

/archive/2016/11/1119.html

　On December 15, at the "Susumu Omura / Mieko Memorial St. Luke's Clinical Science Center"

There was an explanation of "What is sign language?"

Mr. Kumiko Asakawa (Nurse Manager, St. Luke's International University) gave an explanation.

First, let's talk in sign language together with the students! Based on the material "I experienced it for the first time by pretending to see it.

What I learned on this day is "Hello", "Thank you", "I'm sorry", "Do you have any trouble?" It is the minimum sign language necessary for daily life, "Do you want to help?"

"Eat rice + delicious" means (1) Support the bowl with your left hand, (posing with chopsticks) stretch your right index finger and middle finger sideways, and carry it from the palm of your left hand to your mouth for 2-3 floors.

②"Delicious" beats cheeks with palms.　It's just like the Italian Buono gesture.

　After that, I learned about the structure of the ears in the projector.

１） What is Sign Language?

２） The structure of the ear. What can I hear?

３） Type of hearing impairment

４） Cause of hearing impairment

５） Information obtained by the hearing impaired from sight

If you have any questions about your ears or other health, please contact us.

<Health consultation> By phone: 03-6226-6390 (Monday, Thursday, Friday), when you want to hear the story directly, there is a specialized nursing counselor, so why not ask for your convenience?　Consultations include "consultation of sudden illness and severely ill people", "consultation of mental health", "consultation of illness and dementia care for the elderly", "consultation of home medical treatment and nursing care", "consultation about cancer", " It is written on the flyer you received when you follow the consultation of your family.　Reservation priority and reception on the day are also possible.

Click here for the website. http://research.luke.ac.jp/lukeNavi/index.html

　I went to the "Satoshi Nakahachi Tenor Concert" held on December 17 in the "Yamaha Hall Concert Series".

I've bought musical instruments several times, but this is my first concert here.

　The song that Satoshi Nakahachi sang was

R.Strauss / The first station from eight songs, the eighth song, Banreisetsu. After finishing singing, he explained with a lot of humor, saying, "If I sing, it may be mistaken for folk song or enka ballad, but it's not a bunji."

R.To Arne/Cloris (the name of the woman). He explained again that it was not a black squirrel.)

In my heart, ears, belly, and five organs, the most impressive thing was F.P. Tosti / Ideal person, the ninth song A. Lara / Granada

　And although the expressions of foreign languages are direct, they talked about the beauty of the lyrics of old Japanese songs, which is sung in Hideo Kobayashi/Ochihamatsu (Japanese larch).

Listening to the expressions "My heart gets wet in the rain of the night" and "... eyes get wet" and "I see! I felt it was a beautiful Japanese language."

This song is also introduced on the Internet, so please listen to it once.

　Satoshi Nakahachi is a very strong service spirit and applauded encore after singing all 14 songs.

①Odors/the thinst hair, 2 Puccini / sings that no one should sleep,

In addition, he had a brief meeting with the piano performer Ryoko Takita, and sang the passage he sang earlier. I was so impressed that my body and mind were numb.

　The venue is covered with thick boards so that the sound effect is good. It's heavy. I wanted to go again.

Click here for the website of "Ginza Yamaha Hall". https://www.yamahaginza.com/hall/

How about participating according to your favorite music genre and singer?