Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　On May 5th, "Spring Rose Garden" started at "Royal Room" with terrace on the 10th floor of FANCL Ginza Square (Ginza 5).

Period May 5-May 12 11:30-18:30

The rose is loved by the most people among the many flowers.

Rose Garden boasts the largest number of visitors among the “Seasonal Garden Events” currently held eight times a year. 。

The theme color of this spring, which is celebrating its 10th year, is "pink".

The fragrance and appearance are full of elegance, such as the rose "Princess Charlene de Monaco" dedicated to Princess Charlene, the Prince Aiko, who was named to celebrate the birth of His Imperial Highness Princess Aiko Keimiya.

During the period, various events are also organized, such as flower arrangement demonstrations and talk shows by flower coordinators / garden coordinators / gardeners, and after-nown live by violinists.

On the night of May 6th and 10th, a two-day limited "Rose Garden Restaurant" will open on the 10th floor where you can enjoy dinner of Ginza Mud Samurai.

　The Ginza Yanagi Festival has been held on May 5 (Children's Day) since 2006 to commemorate the fact that Nishi Ginza Street has been designated as a symbol road in Tokyo and that willows have been planted and maintained. .

The theme of this year, which is celebrating its 11th anniversary, is "hope."

At 12:00, after the opening ceremony in front of Marronnier Gate Ginza 1, the Brass Band Baton Twiler team of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Brass Band Federation march and perform on the theme of traffic safety and "hope" is a masterpiece.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

"Kitty-chan" and "Peko" also appeared on a rickshaw.

In addition, there are plenty of events in pedestrian paradise of 2-8 chome, such as "Shimbashi Geisha East", "Rickshaw Cruise", "Haven Archist in Ginza", "Kodomo Airanda-Ginza", "Welcome Ginza", etc. Will be

The day was a summer day with a maximum temperature of 25.6°C. Blessed with fine weather, it was crowded with many visitors.

　From May 3rd to 5th, Tokyo Tower is colored with "Special Light Up" limited to Golden Week for three consecutive nights.

From the top of the tower, "Diamond Ver <Rainbow>" shines in seven colors: white, yellow, green, blue, pink, and red.

Lighting is from sunset to 23:00.

I hear that the total number of lights shining from the tower to the outside is 276.

It's a look like a lot of colorful gems.

From the Sumida River Terrace in Kachidoki to the Tsukiji Market, the fantastic seven-color beautiful form that emerges in the night sky remains the same.

By the way, from 23:00 to the dawn of the next day, the standard winter version of the classic "Landmark Light" lights up with a light shining toward the tower body.

　It is said that the origin of Teppozu Inari Shrine dates back to the earth gods enshrined in Hibiya Irie in the early Heian period.

After several transitions, during the Edo period, it was enshrined at the former Inaribashi side northeast of the current location. In the first year of the Meiji era, the current shrine hall was built in 1935 after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Since then, more than 80 years have passed since the devastation of Fujizuka and the aging of shrine office have progressed.

For four days from May 2 to 5, in commemoration of the restoration of Fujizuka and the completion of the congregation hall, the Tepposhu Inari Shrine Imperial Palace in 1177 was held.

On May 3rd and 4th, the carrying of miniature shrines headquarters, which travels around 17 town councils in the shrine parishioner area, will be very exciting.

There are many spectators around the Kabukiza theater, and it is one of the highlights.

Blessed with the weather, the city of Ginza was wrapped in the heat of the bearers.

　May when the wind is fragrant. It's finally a season when the fresh greenery is dazzling.

In the Hamarikyu Onshi Garden, under the sun, the colors are slightly different, and you are fascinated by the color of the green gradation woven by the sprouting young leaves under the sunshine that increases in the sun every day.

Among them, "Japanese maple" (also known as "Iroha maple"), a fresh young leaf that has just sprouted, heard that there are about 25 trees in the park. The beauty of "" is exceptional.

When viewed through the sun's light, pale green hue overlaps, highlighting even more delicate beauty.

With the background of Ochiyaya in Nakajima, Ochiyaya in Matsu, and Ochiyaya in Tsubame, the appearance of "green red leaves" shines is a unique scene of our garden.

Every day, the refreshing light green color gradually becomes darker.

Green is a color that makes you feel the vitality, it seems to have been embraced by nature's pockets, and heals the viewer's heart.

　Of course, the carp streamer that swims magnificently in the sunny May sky in the suburbs is also attractive, but the carp streamer that rises in the open space in the city center is also a different taste.

The Dango Festival is a traditional event celebrating the growth of boys since ancient times.

There is a legend in China that "a carp that has climbed the waterfall called" Longmen "in the upper reaches of the Yellow River can become a dragon and climb to heaven." It is transmitted as a symbol of success.

In the Edo period, the common people of Edo looked like carp as a banner, and "There is nothing on the belly and chest" in view of the above origins, against the samurai whose armor was decorated in inner room and the flag was decorated outdoors. It is said that he set up a carp streamer.

A carp streamer swimming in the "Ikesu" at the atrium of Tsukuda Park.

The Tsukishima area (Tsukuda, Tsukishima, Kachidoki, Harumi), where population growth is remarkable even in Chuo-ku.

Saturday, April 29 is the first day of GW, and the park is more crowded with parents and children than ever before, and cheers are echoing.