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If you want to show you around Ginza.

[Koedo Itabashi] March 4, 2019 18:00

"What's going on in Ginza now?"

"Yes, as usual, there are many inbound people.

Brands from all over the world come together, and it looks like an international city."

"I have time, but I don't go."

"Oh, now, Ginza.

Only those who know a lot of famous Ginza stores are polite.

I didn't have a chance to come for a while.'

 

The start is from the 4-chome intersection.

This is a guts point where the person who came to Tokyo renews his determination, "Okay, I'll do my best in Tokyo."

The 30-year land price announced by the NTA in July last year is 44.32 million yen per square meter of Ginza Chuo-dori. If it's a tsubo, it's just over 100 million yen.

This is the highest ever, and this location of Hatoi Domae has been the highest in Japan for 33 consecutive years.

If you line it on the floor, how many centimeters the thickness of the 10,000 yen bill will be, I think about the difficulty of paying the inheritance tax while each person.

 

Tokyo Hatoido Ginza Main Store. It's a long-established stationery store.

Refreshing fragrance of incense stick welcomes visitors.

Seasonal scent of plum and cherry blossoms, fragrance of coffee.

You can confine the scent once and take it out again.

Brushes, ink, Japanese paper crafts. I am also interested and pleased with overseas people.

"I thought it was a cookie or a sable confectionery shop." How many people were there?

 

GINZA SIX is one of the largest commercial facilities in the region, opened on April 20, 2017.

At the opening, the “Main Street” by the duet of apples and Totus Matsumoto was played gorgeously.

It's interesting to go around the shop, but let's go up to the rooftop.

Rooftop garden. While being in the middle of Ginza, a wide sky is spreading.

If you walk along the corridor, you will see the Tokyo Tower Sky Tree.

Above all, the Ginza 4-chome intersection. You can look down at the point that was up close.

Is that land un hundred million yen?

You can also visit Kakugo Inari Shrine from the Ginza Matsuzakaya period on the rooftop.

There is a good fortune as a god of fire prevention.

 

Walk along Chuo-dori toward the Ginza 7-chome intersection.

Turn right west at the corner of Shiseido Building and enter Hanatsubaki Street.

If you go along the northern sidewalk, you will find the stone pillars of Fengiwa Inari Shrine, which are likely to be overlooked.

Oh, there are many alleys where you can't see ahead.

Let's go into the alley.

There are some places where your feet are tilted, so be careful.

On the left side of the crank, a small vermilion-painted shrine hall appears.

Fengiwa Inari Shrine is located in the alley.

The dimness of the surroundings excites the atmosphere.

Kabuki's Ichikawa Hazaemon visited, and many performing arts officials came to visit.

It is a shrine that benefits from fire prevention and marriage.

Well, let's go ahead with the alley.

Oh, it's a dead end.

No, I'm going to move forward.

Let's pass through the wonder zone of Ginza, which is sometimes featured on TV.

 

This course was also popular with regulars of Ginza Shopping.

This is probably because the sense of seeing Ginza three-dimensionally leads to unexpected discoveries.

 

 

 

Not just Hinamatsuri, March third.

[Koedo Itabashi] February 21, 2019 14:00

The white wear was delivered by courier from the VOLUNTAINER office.

I feel at once, Tokyo Marathon.

White is for members of related events.

I will be in charge of the Tokyo Marathon EXPO 2019 runner reception.

Every year, I participate in volunteers on the day of the tournament, but this year I applied for a new related event.

  

"Let's participate in the Tokyo Marathon."

I applied from the first time in 2007 due to the excitement of a drinking party at the workplace, but the lottery rate for winning has increased every year.

In that case, I turned to volunteers, but when I tried it, the feeling of being involved in the tournament management was fun, and it continued like an annual event.

So I noticed that, despite being an annual event, I didn't go through the entire course as a result.

Would you like to walk through? (It's not running)

I tried to work leisurely in four days to complete the course even though it was late.

I pass by many runners who practice hard.

The final performance of the March 3rd is almost complete.

 

The marathon course has changed significantly since 2017.

Starting from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, it was up to Odaiba and Tokyo Big Sight, but the goal was on Yukiyuki Street in front of Tokyo Station.

It covers a wide range of famous places in Tokyo and is the best location to finish toward the Imperial Palace, against the backdrop of Tokyo Station Red Brick Station Building.

 

By the way, the Chuo-ku area during the course starts just before the intersection of Muromachi 4-chome on National Route 17, which passes under the viaduct of Kanda Station.

I'm going south along Chuo-dori toward Nihonbashi.

Crossing Nihonbashi, COREDO Nihonbashi-mae is the finish of the 10km course.

The full marathon will take Eitai-dori St. to Kayabacho 1-chome.

Enter Shin-ohashi-dori St. and cross the Kayaba Bridge.

Enter Kiyosubashi-dori at Hamacho Nakanohashi Intersection, go north through Kiyosugi-dori, and cross Asakusabashi.

Beyond that is the Taito-ku area. The Sumida-ku area, which turns around Kaminarimon, crosses Kuramae Bridge, and turns around Monzennakacho.

Cross Asakusabashi again and return to the Chuo-ku area.

Return the same route to Nihonbashi and take Chuo-dori toward Kyobashi and Ginza.

The area around the Nihonbashi intersection is a great support spot where you can see runners in three directions.

Turn at the Ginza 4-chome intersection to Harumi-dori St. and head toward Hibiya. The end of the Sukiyabashi intersection is the Chiyoda-ku area again.

In addition, the course will turn back near Sengakuji Temple in front of Shinagawa Station in the Minato-ku area and go north toward the finish.

 

Yes, the distance mark of "Tokyo Marathon Start" is marked on the sidewalk in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1, which is the starting point. It is the point where the gun rings and a heart-shaped confetti dances.

The distance mark is written every kilometer on a curb on the boundary between the roadway and the sidewalk.

In front of COREDO Nihonbashi, there is a "Tokyo Marathon 10km".

It seems that some people continue to take pictures with the aim of completing this distance marker.

 

Until now, we have been providing runner support such as baggage reception, water supply and lunch, and toilet guidance, but when we look over the entire course, the meaning of each activity has become clearer.

On March 3 of this year, I manage the course around Kanda.

From now on, my heart is growing.

Everyone, please stay in good shape and do your best.

 

 

National Treasure in New Year!

[Koedo Itabashi] January 19, 2019 12:00

"Yukimatsuzubibu"

It is a national treasure. His work is Oukyo Maruyama.

The six songs and one pair of folding screens are stored in the Mitsui Memorial Museum on the 7th floor of the Mitsui Main Building at 2-chome Nihonbashi Muromachi, and are usually open to the public every year in New Year.

Oimatsu with a strong trunk on the right, Wakagi on the left.

There's snow enough to turn into a branch.

The whiteness of snow shines brightly on the pine, which represents longevity and good luck.

In the air of gold mud, the rising morning light is refreshing.

The technique of drawing snow without drawing snow.

The white background of Japanese paper is left as it is, creating soft snow.

I'll be drawn in.

 

New Year's events will also be held in first full moon festival.

My grandson returns home. Hakone Ekiden. Visit Seven Lucky Gods. ・・・。

Surprisingly, time passes like flying.

In such a Mutsuzuki event, the action of "seeing national treasures" is added.

This year, we went to the Mitsui Memorial Museum.

 

About 35 years ago, I worked as a conductor at the Japanese National Railways.

The Senseki Line runs along Matsushima Bay in Miyagi Prefecture.

I saw the scenery of Matsushima wrapped in snow from the first train window that freezes in winter.

It is the snow Matsushima that was written in a song.

The world of sumi-e paintings of snow piled on trees and rocks that shape the islands.

There was no passenger yet.

This scenery is all alone.

Even though I was in the cold of freezing to the core of my body, it was impressive that the smile came out while shaking.

 

The railroad tracks are now laid away from the seaside after the earthquake.

The Yukimatsu-zu folding screen reminded me of myself in my twenties, who was celebrating the New Year while working.

 

 

I'm trying to make a problem.

[Koedo Itabashi] December 8, 2018 09:00

That's a problem.

 In the area of about 1.1 km from Ginza 1-chome to Ginza 8-chome Chuo-dori (Ginza-dori), we are replanting street trees by the end of 2018. The row of trees is about 8 meters tall, shines fresh green in spring, shades in summer, and yellow leaves in autumn. What is this tree characterized by heart-shaped leaves?

1 willow, 2 ginkgo, 3 wig, 4 poplar

 

The eleventh Chuo-ku sightseeing certification will be carried out on February 3, 2019 (Sun).

The question range is 90% from the official text and 10% for others.

So, from the topical matters, I made one problem.

It is a problem with four-selected (four-selected), marksheet method.

For the time being, you can mark all questions, so it's easy to illusion that you can do everything immediately after taking the exam.

I'm going to get it, catch it, and put it in a ston and trap.

Every time, I am splendidly immersed in the trap created by the subject.

The secretariat does not easily give correct answers to all questions.

Oh, I'm scared.

However, testing is boring even if it's too easy, and too few successful passers can hinder the operation.

If you make a problem, you will be using your wisdom to make the test more enjoyable for a long time.

I'm very happy if I find four-choice pitfalls and blurred points from the options during the exam.

Hey. I can't get it in that hand.

I'm sure you're working on the problem while smiling.

It is comfortable to talk with invisible questioners during the 90-minute test time.

You shouldn't relax until the end.

Look, there may be traps in the next question.

 

In the past, a veteran correspondent asked me to show me a notebook that I wrote over a few months to answer all questions correctly.

In that passion, I realized that I didn't work like this senior.

I thought it would be enough to have fun and participate.

From some time on, the amount to forget was overwhelmingly larger than the amount to remember.

Still, if you think something new is fun, you will come in your mind.

Let's go to the city frequently with text and sightseeing maps.

 

The answer is "Katsura" in 3.

"Flowers and storms go over, but the path for men to live ♪♪

   If you wait, you will come and the spring will come."

 

 

Interim opening of Route 2 between Toyosu and Tsukiji

[Koedo Itabashi] Nov. 5, 2018 14:00

Sunday, November fourth.

The 11th Chuo-ku Marugoto Museum 2018 was held.

A free patrol bus that runs each event venue in the city for about 100 minutes.

Many tourist correspondent members participated in the volunteer bus guide.

After the flight in charge, I also traveled to JR Station by transiting a patrol bus, but the bus I boarded was able to listen to each guide's unique Chuo-ku guide.

Everyone was well prepared and holding the microphone with their own information.

In a short time between bus stops, effectively communicate to customers.

It was very helpful.

I also wanted to provide seasonal topics, and one of the information I prepared was "provisional opening of Loop Route 2".

 

On November 4, exactly on this day, the use of the 2.8 km road between Toyosu and Tsukiji was started at 14:00. .

Toyosu Market, which started operations on October 11.

From Toyosu 6-chome, Koto-ku, it is a section that crosses Toyosu Ohashi, Harumi area, across Reimei Ohashi, Kachidoki area, and Tsukiji Ohashi and connects Tsukiji 5-chome, Chuo-ku.

Along the outer circumference of the site of the Tsukiji Market, it was provisionally opened with a detour, although it is one lane on each side.

With this provisional opening, we can expect various effects such as alleviating traffic congestion in the coastal area, improving accessibility to the city center, strengthening logistics, and multiplexing evacuation routes in the event of a disaster.

 

Tsukiji Market closed on October 6.

When moving to Toyosu, a large move of Turley (turret truck) took place on this road.

Turley is a small special vehicle, so you can drive with a normal car license.

However, since it is a vehicle with a small turn specializing in on-site transportation, it will be a scene that can no longer be seen to move large in a row along the Ohashi Bridge late at night and early in the morning.

 

"The construction of this Harumi area, where buses are running now, is being carried out at a rapid pace as an athlete village during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. At 14:00 today, the route between Toyosu and Tsukiji on Route 2 will open provisionally. Using this route, players from all over the world will fly to each competition venue with dreams and hopes. "

I'll be waiting for you.

 

 

It's easy to use. Metrolink Nihonbashi

[Koedo Itabashi] October 23, 2018 09:00

Walk. Walk. Walk all the way.

The basics of walking around the city are walking.

My basic approach to various places in Chuo-ku was to walk from each station on the Yamanote Line.

There are many subways running in the ward, but depending on the destination, you have to straddle multiple routes.

If you think, "Oh, come this way.", "Is it easier to understand if you walk?"

This summer, I had the opportunity to concentrate on using Metrolink Nihonbashi.

It's convenient. It's easy.

 

Metrolink Nihonbashi is a free fare bus that travels around the Yaesu, Nihonbashi, and Kyobashi areas.

It runs about 4 km per lap every 10 to 15 minutes.

There are 14 bus stops.

・It connects the main facilities on the east side of Tokyo Station, such as Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit, Subway Mitsukoshimae Station, Muromachi 1-chome (in front of Ninben), Nihonbashi 2-chome (in front of Takashimaya), and Kyobashi 2-chome (edgran).

It is important to note that it goes in one direction, so you want to keep the destination and bus route in advance.

There are some bus stops that are difficult for first-time people to notice.

Be especially careful on Chuo-dori, as other vehicles may be parked on the road.

 

The "Free Tour Bus" app is a great help when using it.

Put it on your smartphone and display "Metrolink Nihonbashi" from the menu.

You can see the current location of the map, route, and bus.

You can also select the bus stop notation in the app in English, Hangul, Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

If you know the current location of the bus and the estimated arrival time in real time, you can move more systematically.

 

The bus is operated by Hinomaru Motor Industry with the support of local companies.

Vehicles also have low floor, low noise and low pollution electric buses.

The stress of users when riding is also kept low.

And the ring-shaped design on the bus body depicts the "Edo Famous Picture Screen".

It is a work that vividly depicts Nihonbashi and Kyobashi during the Edo period.

It's hard to notice, but if you have the opportunity, let's check it.

 

If you use it well, you can shorten the time and expand the range of movement.

In the area around Tokyo Station, redevelopment projects are underway at various locations.

If you keep an eye on a short period of time, the landscape can change significantly.

It's fun to use the transportation that can be used easily and look at the changing city.

 

 
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