Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

On October 20 and 21, "Tokyo Daichakai 2018" is being held at Hamarikyu Onshi Garden.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) have held 10 times since the first meeting in 2008 to promote Japanese traditional culture both domestically and internationally, and to pass on the underlying "heart of Japanese" to the next generation.

Various tea ceremony schools meet together, full-fledged tea ceremony (Nakajima's Ochiya / Houmetei), Nodot (3 seats around Fujimiyama), first tea ceremony experience (Hanagien), WELCOME! It is an event where people who are not familiar with the tea ceremony can easily enjoy and enjoy the deep world of tea ceremony. There is also a booth where you can experience traditional culture such as Japanese calligraphy, Kabuki Makeup, Machipalanquin, Hanado, Edo fingers, kimono dressing, etc. You can also experience the culture and performing arts of Edo and Tokyo along with the performance of Hosho-ryu Noh on a special stage.

　October 21 is the 13th Night of old calendar, which corresponds to September 13.

It is also known as "Kuriname Moon" and "Mamename Moon".

"Fifteen nights" is called "the previous month", "thirteen nights" is called "later moon", and two moons are collectively called "two nights". It is said that he hated.

Around September 13 in old calendar, the climate is generally fresh, and we have heard that there is no cloudy on the thirteenth night.

On the 21st, the Japanese Islands were widely covered with high pressures, and the fine autumn weather was calm, and the moon of "Thirteen Nights" shines above the lit-up windows of Kachidokibashi and Kachidoki skyscrapers. .

The "Thirteen Nights" is one step before the full moon.

The love of the moon with a slightly missing shape is one example of the emergence of the unique aesthetic sense of Japanese that has been handed down since ancient times.

　October 16th is Green Ribbon Day.

The Green Ribbon Campaign is a promotion activity that began in the United States in the 1980s and spread worldwide, and a green ribbon, which means growth and new life, has been selected as a symbol of message transmission.

It is said that it expresses the connection between the donor and the recipient's life, which is connected by "Gift of life" (gift of life).

With the enforcement of the Organ Transplant Law on October 16, 1997, the Green Ribbon Campaign is rolled out throughout the country as the “Organ Transplant Promotion Month” every October to understand and cooperate with transplant medicine. Spread and enlightenment activities are being carried out.

On October 16 of Green Ribbon Day, landmarks from all over the country, including Tokyo Tower, will be lit up in green, and a message of the campaign will be sent.

From the Sumida River Terrace in Kachidoki, you can see the Tokyo Tower, which shines pure green over Tsukiji Ohashi.

　On October 13, the "Hatsuho Festival" was held at Tsukiji Namishi Inari Shrine to appreciate the fruits of autumn.

Shinto ritual provides this year's rice ears from the shrine's sacred rice field (Tsurugi, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture) to God and thank them for their safe rice cultivation.

From 14:00, as part of the food education transmitted from Tsukiji, a town of food, a dedication of the Shijo-ryu kitchen knife type, which handles fish without touching with bare hands, which has been practiced in the Imperial Palace since ancient times, was held. Was.

By the way, the fish that was handled this year is "koi".

On this day and November 23, Niiname-no-Matsuri will be awarded with Chirimen Crepe's "Fruit Conkonmori" to appreciate the fruits of autumn.

In Niiname-no-Matsuri on November 23, Nigori sake's Happiness, made from rice from the shrine's sacred rice field, will be served.

　In commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the Japan-France exchange, Japan-France cooperation and numerous events are held throughout the year in a wide range of fields.

As a highlight project for the large-scale complex cultural arts event "Japonism 2018" developed mainly in Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower in Paris was dyed in Japanese colors on September 13 and 14, On September 14 and 15, Tokyo Tower was specially lit up in three colors of the French flag, but 160 years ago Osamu 18 years ago, 160 years ago, 150 years ago, the French flag.

From Chuo-ohashi Bridge to Eitai Bridge, the skeleton of the Tokyo Sky Tree, which shines gorgeously in tricolor, emerges.

　Harumi Island Triton Square 2F "i green Pocket Plaza Hana, Water, Tree" is a monthly mini-garden guided tour where you can stroll around the park with the guidance of an exclusive gardener.

This month was held on October 4th.

At "North Triton Park", the neat flower appearance of white hagi, which blooms with more than 10 white butterfly-shaped florets, creates an autumn atmosphere. In the "Green Garden", the yellow color of the Asteraceae margaret cosmos (yellow Angel) is colorful.

deciduous tree has begun to color, led by Natsuta and Hasenoki covering the walls of the Triton Parking Building, and autumn fruits are beginning to mature.

The blue-black ginbaika fruit and the Hanakaidou fruit similar to an apple with a diameter of about 1 cm (upper left image) with a long flowering pattern are impressive.

It was a plant walk where the sign of autumn gradually deepened and you could feel the changing season.