Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

It is still February, but warm days continue, and early blooming kawazu-zakura (Kawazu Sakura) can be heard from everywhere.

kawazu-zakura is also blooming at Sendai Bridge Park, located at the foot of Sendai Bridge.

This is the kawazu-zakura of Sendai Bridge, which was introduced at night cherry blossoms last March.

kawazu-zakura's name comes from being discovered around 1955 in the Kawazu region of Minamiizu.

kawazu-zakura is estimated to be a natural hybrid of oshima cherry (Oshima Sakura) and Kanhizakura (Kanhizakura).

The flowers are pink or light red, with a darker pink color than Yoshino cherry tree, and a longer flowering period of one month.

In the small Sendai Bridge Park, there are also Yoko (sunlight), late blooming Fugenzo (fugen elephant), and weeping cherry tree (weeping cherry), where you can enjoy various cherry blossoms for a long time in the same park.

Click here for a blog post about kawazu-zakura on Sendai Bridge, which was introduced at night cherry blossoms last March.　⇒

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At the Megumi Ogita Gallery, a gallery on the first basement floor of the Ginza Otsuka Building, Ginza 2-chome, the 6th exhibition of works by Yoshimasa Tsuchiya is being held at the exhibition "Holiday".

The period is from Friday, February 22 to March 23 (Sat).

The time is from 11:00 to 19:00, and Sundays, Mondays and holidays are closed.

In 2016, at this gallery, I saw Tsuchiya's solo exhibition "Tree of Life" and was fascinated by his work.

In the Tree of Life, the Holy Beasts and Phantom Beasts were exhibited with divine, mysterious and mysterious vitality.

In this exhibition, works with motifs of dinosaurs, bears, giraffes, boys, etc. are exhibited.

It's so smooth that I don't think the material is wood (mainly camouflage)

However, it must be warmth and warmth that can only be produced by trees.

Deer works with transparent carved are also on display.

Tsuchiya's work is created by solid traditional techniques and unique new senses, and makes you feel fresh.

Please drop in by all means

This time, we also received special consent for photography in the gallery.

Click here for the website of Megumi Ogita Gallery.　⇒

http://www.megumiogita.com/

Click here for a blog post that introduces Tsuchiya's solo exhibition held at the gallery in 2016.　⇒

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This is Ginza Honjin Fusa, located on the first basement floor of the 27th Central Building, Ginza 2-chome.

This is a store that has already been introduced in this blog.

The place is just halfway between Chuo-ku government office and Showa-dori.

The soba is delicious, the menu is wide, and the inside of the store is quiet and relaxed, so I often use it for lunch.

Today's recommendation, I ordered a daily bowl and a stone milled soba.

Today's daily rice bowl is "Seafood Goshikidon".

I ordered a warm soba.

Goshikidon is tuna, green onion, firstburi, salmon, and whitebait. The fillet is large and fresh.

The combination of seafood bowl and delicious soba is the best.

From Monday to Friday, lunch time is from 11:30 to 14:30 and dinner time is from 17:30 to 22:00.

Saturday, Sunday and public holidays are closed.

We have lunch rotation.

Once every two years, the Chuo-ku Snow Festival, which is held as an annual winter event, was held at Akatsuki Park.

This is the 20th time.

It was Sunday, February 10 and the 11th of holiday.

This snow is provided by Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture, a friendship city in Chuo-ku, and is held every other year with the cooperation of many local people, such as the town council, the Youth Measures District Committee, and the PTA. is.

When I went to lunch on Monday, the eleventh, there was a great crowd.

There was a corner where you could play sleds and miniskies, a corner where you could ride ponies, touch rabbits and marmot, and a hot food corner.