Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

At Nihonbashi Sakura-dori St., which runs from the Yaesu Exit of Tokyo Station to Nihonbashi, illuminations are shining in the shape of cherry blossom trees along the row of cherry trees.

The pinkish white light and the yellow light of the champagne gold glow all the way to the tip of the cherry blossom branches extending from both sides, covering the street.

It's beautiful

The theme is "Sakura, Lighting / SAKURA TERRACE", and the period is from November 28 to February 14 of next year, and the time is from 16:30 to 23:00.

This season, it's easy to go out because it's cold, but if you meet such beautiful illuminations, the cold will blow away.

This is GINZA MUKU, a store that sells and sells pet supplies on the first floor of the Ginza GT Building, Ginza 2-chome.

Wow, the reservation for this Christmas cake has started

I made a reservation here.

There are a lot of other cute cakes.

Cakes are always sold in the shop.

I'm looking forward to taking it home and feeding it.

It's also compatible with cats.

In addition, we received your consent regarding photography in the store.

Click here for a blog post that introduced the store in "Wan's Christmas Preparation".　⇒

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Click here for the online shop of GINZA MUKU.　⇒

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

The autumn leaves of "living fossils" metasequoia at Akatsuki Park are wonderful.

The reason why it is called "living fossils" is that in 1941, fossil scholar Shigeru Miki used fossils from Japan as a standard specimen and founded the Metasequoia genus as a new genus of the cedar family. It was estimated that the plant in the genus metasequoia was extinct at that time in Sichuan Province, China, in 1946, it was said that it was a metasequoia was a metasequoia.

Metasequoia is deciduous tree, which turns reddish brown before it leaves fall.

Metasequoia in Akatsuki Park is so dense that it is written as "Measequoia Forest", so it is very powerful.

I didn't notice until last year, but methasequoia fruit was produced.

It seems that the Japanese name of Metasequoia is Akebono cedar, and is it related to Akebono cedar in Akatsuki Park?

Click here for a blog post that introduced the autumn leaves of Metasequoia in the park in December 2015.　⇒

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From December 4th (Tuesday) to December 22nd (Saturday), Kengo Nakamura's "Modern Lovers" exhibition and "JAPANS" exhibition are being held at the same time at the gallery, Megumi Ogita Gallery, on the first basement floor of the Ginza Otsuka Building, Ginza 2-chome, since April 2015.

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

When Nakamura's work was exhibited in this gallery before, I saw it, and the work with motifs such as the balloon of manga, the silhouette of the character, and the floor plan of the one-room apartment, I had a very fresh and unique impression and remained strong in my memory.

This exhibition, as shown on the gallery's website, says, "In the last year of Heisei, 150 years from the Meiji era, Nakamura said that he dared to think about 'modern' through 'art' of this archipelago, Through this attempt, he tried to culminate the themes he had been working on so far, and it is certainly an exhibition with a different atmosphere than before.

Nakamura said that he studied Japanese painting at university and graduate school, and at the "Modern Lovers" exhibition, works depicted in the process of reconstructing modern paintings from impressionist, mainly in Western Europe, printing them on Japanese paper, and then filling them with rock paint, the pigment of Japanese painting.

A mysterious work that is not Western painting like Western painting, not Japanese painting like Japanese painting, in a word, is it the "modern" that the author says?

Anyway, there are a number of attractive works that I want to see all the time.

It's a busy time for Shiwasu, but it's a good idea to spend a relaxing time in a quiet gallery on the first basement floor.

We recommend that you stop by and take a look.

Regarding the photography in the gallery, we received your consent and explained the purpose of this exhibition at the same time.

Thank you very much

Click here for a blog post introducing Nakamura's solo exhibition held at the gallery in April 2015.　⇒

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Click here for the website of Megumi Ogita Gallery.　⇒

http://www.megumiogita.com/

Shintomi 2-chome, the Italian restaurant of homemade pasta with a rich lunch menu and all delicious, is "Trattoria detask"

Opening hours are from Monday to Friday, lunchtime and dinnertime, and Saturday is only dinner time.

For more details, please check the website at the end.

Today, we order tomato sauce "domestic clam rosso" with pasta set.

I wanted to throw away "Various seafood Pescatore", but next time?

First, green salad

Dressing enhances your appetite.

And "Domestic clam rosso"

It has a lot of pleuri clams.

Today, we asked for 150g of ordinary prosperity, the same price was the same and 200g of large prosperity.

I enjoyed the smoothness of raw noodles, clams, and the deliciousness of tomatoes.

Anyway, this is a wide variety of pasta, all of which are delicious.

I recommend it.

Click here for a blog that introduced the store in October this year.　⇒

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Click here for the website of this shop.　⇒

http://du-task.com/

Red color unique to this season that I realized during commuting

It is the leaves of cherry blossoms in Kameibashi Park on the Tsukiji River.

In particular, one cherry leaf is red.

Yellow of ginkgo on Showa-dori

On Showa-dori, not all ginkgo trees are still yellowing.

In the first place, the leaves look green because they contain "chlorophyll", and when the sunshine hours are shorter in autumn, the chlorophyll is broken down.

And the red color of the leaves is derived from the pigment "Anthocyan", and the anthocyan does not exist in the leaves from spring to summer, but is newly created during the aging process ().

In addition, the yellow color of the leaves is the pigment "carotenoid", and carotenoid pigment-based xantfills are contained in the leaves since the young leaves, but cannot be seen from spring to summer, and the chlorophyll of the leaves is broken down in autumn. It seems to be noticeable.

Hey~

And the green willow at Ginza Yanagi-dori St.

Because of this season, I am grateful that this green color is kept as good as the cold.

That's why it was red, yellow, and green unique to this season.

By the way, it is the situation as of December 4th.