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.

At the special gallery space of Time Dome Akashi (Chuo Ward Local Tenmonkan) in Akashicho, a special exhibition "Sake and Archaeological Sites-From Relics Excavated in Chuo-ku" is currently being held.

The location is the 6th floor of a complex such as the Chuo-ku Public Health Center 12-1 Akashicho.

This is the building (red place) facing St. Luke Street on the map above.

In this exhibition, relics related to "sake" excavated from archeological sites from the Edo period in the city are displayed.

Many relics actually used by people of the Edo period are on display.

First of all, I am surprised by the good preservation of these exhibits.

Also, depending on the roles of "sake and carry", "warm", "tsugu", and "drink", people at the time devised and created by the people at that time, It has hardly changed, and I am surprised at that.

At the venue, not only relics, but also pictorial drawings depicting people of the Edo period drinking and making fun were also exhibited, and it was interesting to feel something that did not change at that time.

The event will be held from Saturday, February 9 to March 24 (Sun).

Time is from Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, and Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

The museum is closed every Monday, and is open if Monday is a public holiday, and the following weekday will be closed.

Admission is free.

Please drop in.

Thank you for your understanding of the photography at the venue.

Click here for the website for this exhibition.　⇒

http://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/event/culture/30minikikaku.html

At "Gallery Ginza" in Ginza 2-chome, a solo exhibition by Masato Sakuma, "Always Time in the Cat Town" is being held.

The event period is from February 11 (Mon./holiday) to February 17 (Sun).

The time is from 11am to 7pm, and the last day is until 5pm.

At this time of last year, I introduced a solo exhibition by painter and illustrator Sakuma held at the gallery.

Mr. Sakuma has been active in various fields, such as many picture books, books and magazines' drawings and illustrations, CD jackets, and advertising illustrations.

In addition, this time, it was said that he worked on the binding of a period novel, and the original picture was also exhibited, and I am surprised at the spread of Sakuma's work.

In addition, you can appreciate the original picture of the "retro modern" landscape and the "Sakuma World" where the cats drawn there are impressive.

The unique angle with a bird's-eye view of the cat's perspective, the nostalgic scenery of the city, and the impressive use of colors create a quiet space and create a safe time.

At the venue, original postcards and original tote bags are also sold.

In addition, we received special consent from the person himself regarding photography in the gallery.

Thank you very much

Click here for the website of Gallery Ginza.　⇒

https://www.gallery-ginza.com/

Click here for a blog post that introduces a solo exhibition held at the gallery last February.　⇒

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