Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

It is a state of hanging pine trees at Ginza Shochiku Square (1-13-1 Tsukiji), just shortly after crossing Mannen Bridge and crossing the Metropolitan Expressway from Kabukiza.

Snow hanging is to hold branches with ropes so that tree branches do not break due to the adhesion of snow in winter, but it is famous for those from Kenrokuen in Kanazawa, snowy country.

In the snowy country, it is both practical and decoration, but in Tokyo where there is little snow, it seems that it was adopted as a decoration to add a touch to the garden, and in Chuo-ku, the suspension of snow at the Hamarikyu Onshi Garden is also held around mid-November as a winter tradition. Will be

I didn't notice until now, but there was also snow hanging in a familiar place.

There is also a bamboo planting area in this square, and one person convinced that it is "Shochiku" with pine and bamboo hanging from snow.

The red circle on the map above is Ginza Shochiku Square.

At the Maruzen Nihonbashi store, as the last event of this year, we are holding a year-end print bazaar thanks to your patronage for the year.

This is the 3rd floor gallery of the Nihonbashi store. 

The event will be held from Friday, December 25 to 31 (Thu).

It is a 7-day event that says that Maruzen's special prints will be offered at a special year-end price.

The works of prominent artists such as Hilo Yamagata, Chinami Nakajima, Kaii Higashiyama, Shiko Munakata, Matazo Kayama, Morikazu Kumagai and Koichi Nabatame were exhibited.

Click here for the Maruzen Nihonbashi store and store event website.　⇒

http://www.junkudo.co.jp/mj/store/event_detail.php?fair_id=10736

In Ningyocho Shopping Street, the annual end-of-year decoration of Ningyocho Street has begun.

This is a 330 lanterns on both sides of the shopping street about 500 meters from the Ningyocho intersection to the Suitengu-mae intersection at the time of the year-end sale, according to the year-end sale (map above, pink part), "Karakuri Ogura" is also lit up.

Toshinoichi, which sells New Year's goods such as Shinto straw festoon decorations and Kadomatsu, is available from the 25th to the 31st.

Every year, about 30 stalls line up.

Ningyocho is already in preparation for New Year's Day.

The "Naohisa Inoue Exhibition" is being held from December 23 (Wednesday / holiday) to 29 (Tuesday) at Ginza Mitsukoshi 7th floor gallery in Ginza 4-chome.

Mr. Inoue is a painter and illustrator who is famous for his background painting of Studio Ghibli's work "Early Listen" and the mural painting of the "Mitaka no Mori Ghibli Museum".

In comparison to Kenji Miyazawa's "Ihatov" (*), Inoue himself depicts a fantastic world named "Ibarad".

（＊） Ihatobe: A term coined by Miyazawa Kenji that refers to a fictional ideal home.

It is drawn into a mysterious world view with beautiful colors and a sense of gravity.

Click here for the Ginza Mitsukoshi website.　⇒

http://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/ginza/index.html

We visited Mie Terrace, an antenna shop in Mie Prefecture, which is located in the YUITO ANNEX building at 2-chome Nihonbashi Muromachi.

The decoration inside the store is already in New Year's mode.

In Mie Prefecture, there are many specialty products such as Matsusaka beef, but there was a product made from Japanese spiny lobster at the center of the product display that makes you feel the New Year.

Japanese spiny lobster is used as a New Year's decoration by putting it on the New Year's kagami mochi.

In the first place, the etymology of the name Japanese spiny lobster is based on the fact that Ise (the name of the former country including the middle and northern part of Mie Prefecture and part of Aichi Prefecture) was one of the main production areas of Japanese spiny lobster.

By the way, Japanese spiny lobster is designated as a fish in Mie Prefecture.

I bought a long-lived rice cracker

The name "longevity" is derived from the fact that Japanese spiny lobster's long beard and bent waist resemble an old man, so lucky items's delight.

Longevity rice crackers have a very fragrant shrimp flavor and are perfect for everyone to eat while watching TV on New Year's Day.

"Star Wars / Force Awakening" is currently being screened at TOHO Cinemas Nihonbashi on the 3rd floor of "Cored Muromachi 2".

This is the first of a new trilogy of the ever-event hit series "Star Wars"

It is set about 30 years after "Jedai's return".

On the day I went to see it, despite being screened () on four screens, it was literally acclaimed with "Sold out" and "Slightly remaining seats △"

I don't dare to explain the story, but it was finished with entertainment without gaps.