Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

This is the pet shop "GINZA MUKU" located on the first floor of the Ginza GT Building in Ginza 2-chome.

The location is along the street from Showa-dori to Chuo-ku government office, near Miyoshi Bridge and Ginza Blossom.

When I visited the store, a new dry food product was in stock.

Dryed Sammibittz.

This is a dry dog crunch.

And it's the dry-dried chicken gizzard (gizzard) and dry-dried beef flever purchased for this purpose in my home.

I first had a gizzard at home, but I ate if it was so delicious.

All of these products are additive-free and color-free and have just been released last month and this month.

In addition, the store manager agreed with the photographing in the store.

Click here for a blog post that introduced this cold countermeasure goods in January this year.　⇒

/archive/2018/01/ginza-muku-2.html

Click here for the online shop of GINZA MUKU.　⇒

http://www.muku-online.com/

 

 

At Ginza 1-chome, a gallery facing Showa-dori, Ginza Retro Gallery MUSEE, "The World of Beautiful Plankan Beads Embroidery-Plankan Traditional Culture Spinning with the World's Smallest Beads-" is currently being held.

The building with the gallery is a retro decorative tile-mounted building with nearly 90 years old, selected as one of the Top 100 Modern Buildings in Chuo-ku.

The event will be held from Wednesday, April 25 to April 29 (Sun).

Opening hours are from 11:00 to 18:00.

Please note that the last day will be until 16:00.

In this exhibition, I first learned about the traditional culture of "Planakan culture".

Born on the Malay Peninsula around the 16th century, it is a unique culture in which cultural customs from West, China and Southeast Asia are mixed together.

One of the fines of that culture is the world's smallest glass bead embroidery, and the gallery displays a very beautiful pranakan bead shoes decorated with the bead embroidery.

These elaborately embroidered Pranakan Beads shoes are still loved in Singapore and Malaysia as shoes to wear on weddings and other "Sunny Day".

The organizer, Hiroko Tanaka, lives in Singapore and was impressed by the splendor of Pranakanbead shoes, and learned the traditional techniques of planakanbead embroidery in earnest in various parts of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Currently, she offers embroidery classes in Singapore and Tokyo, and also teaches local high school students and international students from Taiwan as an external lecturer at the Traditional Craft Program of the Department of Education of the Singapore Government.

On the first floor of the venue, about 30 pairs of works are exhibited and exhibited, and on the second floor, rare antique collections made in the 1890s, embroidery frames and beads used for production are also exhibited.

It is said that this exhibition will be held for the first time in Japan () specializing in embroidery of pranacan beads.

By all means, please feel the wonderfulness of Planakan bead embroidery directly with your eyes.

Mr. Tanaka himself gave a special understanding of the photography in the gallery, and Mr. Tanaka himself gave a friendly and polite explanation of the work and the culture of Pranakan.

Thank you very much

Click here for the website of Ginza Retro Gallery MUSEE.　⇒

http://kawasaki-brand-design.com/

 

 

A sunny lunch reminiscent of early summer, lunch on a hot day is curry.

I visited Mr. Aiman, an Indian restaurant in Hatchobori.

The address is 1-chome Irifune, very close to Sakuragawa Park in Chuo Ward, facing Shin-ohashi-dori St.

Order a curry fried rice lunch set at the counter seat on the first floor.

There is salad and soft drink, and choose Lassie.

It goes well with curry, isn't it?

Curry fried rice has a keema curry on fried rice.

It's served with boiled eggs.

The combination of fried rice and keema curry was not uncomfortable, and it was easy to eat by a collaboration of the gentle taste of fried rice itself and the spicyness of Keema curry.

You can also choose spicy, so next time I will order the hotter day.

 

 

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Film Center became the 6th National Film Archive of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo from April 1, 2014.

As the first exhibition commemorating the opening of the museum, "From the Akira Kurosawa Makita Poster Collection, which travels 20 years after the death of the National Film Archive," is currently being held.

The exhibition room on the 7th floor of the National Film Archive Main Building, facing Kyobashi 3-chome, Kajibashi Street.

"Kagemusha" East Germany version (1981)

The event period is from Tuesday, April 17 to September 23 (Sunday).

Opening hours are from 11:00 to 18:30, but entry is until 18:00.

Please note that Monday is closed and closed from August 7 (Tuesday) to 12 (Sunday) and September 4 (Tue) to 7 (Friday) during the period.

Akira Kurosawa, of course, is a film director who has a solid position in the history of film worldwide.

I love Kurosawa's work and watch all the works, but if I start talking about the theme of "Kurosawa's here is amazing", the blog will not end, so I would like to focus on introducing this poster exhibition I think

"Spider Nest Castle" Italian version [2 sheet size] (1959)

In this exhibition, from the collection of Toshifumi Makita, a researcher of Akira Kurosawa, there are many materials that show their relationship with overseas, focusing on 84 posters of Kurosawa films from 30 countries around the world.

At the venue, posters of movies from all over the world where you can truly feel "Kurosawa of the World" are displayed.

This exhibition is a valuable opportunity to see the actual thing up close.

"Heaven and Hell" U.K. Version (1963)

In front of the real poster, I was reminded of the greatness of Kurosawa that so many Kurosawa works were being screened in countries around the world.

The posters on display are wonderful, with their national character being felt, and in particular, the eight-piece "Seven Samurai" poster of 238 x 332 cm () by West Germany's famous designer Hans Hilton was Osako power.

It seems that this is the first exhibition in Japan.

"Living" Argentine Version (1950s)

Please drop in at this exhibition, which will commemorate the opening of the National Film Archive.

The photographing at the venue was specially approved for coverage, and the poster images were provided by the National Film Archive.

Thank you very much

"Red Beard" Thai version (1965)

"National Film Archive" Click here for the website of this exhibition.　⇒

http://www.momat.go.jp/fc/exhibition/kurosawaposters/

 

 

Marronnier on Ginza Marronnier Street has begun to bloom.

A cheerful day reminiscent of early summer continues, and flowers are beginning to open at a stretch.

It is characterized by a large conical inflorescence at the tip of the branch.

It's a dark pink flower

Marronnier is characterized not only by flowers but also by leaves, with 5 to 7 palm-shaped compound leaves, like hands.

Click here for a blog post that introduced Marronnier flowering last April.　⇒

/archive/2017/04/post-4277.html

 

 

I wrote in the article about the flowering of "Hitotsubatago" on Miyuki Street, which I introduced the other day, but this year, the flowering time is quite different even for the same kind of flowering trees, probably because the weather was irregular from winter to early spring. I feel like

It's dogwood on Kibikicho Street.

Even if you say Kibikicho Street, it is dogwood on the street beside Kabukiza Theater.

The white and pink of dogwood shine in the clear May sky, right?

This is the blooming dogwood on Matsuya Street.

The dogwood on Matsuya Street has branches on the side, so the whole street becomes gorgeous when full bloom.

The flower of dogwood is not the so-called petals, but the leaf called bracts, and the center mass is the real flower (inflorescence).

As for the actual flowers, inconspicuous flowers with a diameter of about 5mm with a diameter of 4 petals gather and bloom sequentially.

Click here for a blog introducing dogwood on Kiboricho Street two years ago.　⇒

/archive/2016/04/post-3271.html