Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

The number of fashionable "Japanese cafes" has increased in Ginza. This shop introduced today is located in the basement of a building that goes a little toward Shimbashi along Azuma-dori, behind Matsuzakaya. The probability that people who don't know the shop will enter is quite low, but after 14:00 on Sunday when I entered with a friend I guided me, the table and counter seats are almost full. You can see how popular it is.

When you take a step forward with the smile of your husband and wife, you can see that it is not a very first shop and you can relieve tension. The owner who explains "recommended" is a good and friendly tone that is not imposing is the result of the accumulation of sales know-how in the businessman era!

Today, according to the recommendation of "businessmen", two people have "specially selected warabi mochi" and "cream anmitsu" SHARE. Both come with crude tea from Shizuoka (1,575 yen). (Incidentally, "rough tea" refers to tea that has not been refined by heating freshly picked leaves with steam, and is also called Namacha or coarse tea. I didn't know because I didn't study.)

As instructed by the master, pour it into a teapot and wait for 10 seconds and slowly pour it into the bowl, the scent of the deep tea leaves spreads in your mouth. Unexpectedly two people at the same time "delicious!" 。 The wife's handmade warabi mochi, anmitsu Shiratama, and black honey are also excellent. Even though I just had a lot of lunch, it is "Kukufuku".

In addition to the sweetness, this is the original shop, 11 kinds of cucumber sencha, gyokuro, matcha, and hojicha (both 1,470 yen to 1,680 yen with Japanese sweets), all of which are carefully selected from teahouses nationwide. It is only a specialty item that you have done. It seems that several people enjoy drinking and comparing tea in each production area. Of course, you can also purchase what you like.

It rained while relaxing with the cozyness of spending time in the tea room at a close friend's house. If you run to Matsuzakaya, you can go through the underground to the subway platform without getting wet.

Sajin: 6-11-14 Ginza, Chuo-ku Asend Ginza 6-chome B1

　　　TEL: 03-5537-1245

　　　Business hours 11:00-20:00 (Sunday holiday-18:00, Monday closed)

　　　5-minute walk from Exit A3 of Ginza Station

I visited the museum in a corner of River City in the rain afternoon.

This museum is located in River City 21, where Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) founded, "Introducing the history and culture of Ishikawajima and Tsukuda Island, which have a deep connection with the shipyard from the founding to the present."

Among the exhibited materials, there was "Yoriba Standing" (a copy of Jingu Bunko collection). As you know, it is a "Proposal for the Establishment of a People Ashoba" created by Heizo Hasegawa. Heizo Hasegawa is the most popular character of modern Japanese as a real Edo period person in Shotaro Ikenami's "Kihei Criminal Book", but according to the material, he was the first bow head in 1787 (1787), when he inherited the 1500 stone family. It is the birth of "Onihei". Recognizing the necessity of a place for rehabilitation of light criminals in the process of performing their duties, Sadanobu Matsudaira, who submitted the above proposal in 1790 and started reforming Kansei, was the centerpiece of the reform. It became. Adoption of Proposals-Immediate Execution! Reclaimed the shallows between Ishikawajima and Tsukuda Island and built a focal point for people. In 1792, he was also involved in "Hitoshoroshoba magistrate". The venue was 16,030 tsubo, where there were a coal mining plant, a paper making hut, a blacksmith hut, etc., where the detainees returned to society with skills in their hands. According to other materials, the concept of "rehabilitation of criminals" itself was very new at the time even from an international perspective. Heizo died at the age of 50 (overwork death?) He served as secretary until 1795, just before. Only debt remained after death, and the mansion that was sold was later home to Toyama's Kin, a town magistrate! ! ! Hey. By the way, the ruins of Heizo's mansion, which was 1238 tsubo, seem to have a monument next to Kikukawa Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.

The history of Ishikawajima is derived from the fact that Hachizaemon Ishikawa, a shogunate shipman, worshiped an uninhabited island at the mouth of the Sumida River in 1626 (1626) and made it a site. In the old days, it was called Armor Island, Morishima, etc., but it was later called Ishikawajima. Since it was relocated in 1792, the entire Ishikawajima became a site for people's accession. (IHI materials)

Now, a monument imitating the Ishikawajima Lighthouse created by Jungen Shimizu, a magistrate in 1866, stands at the trace, and there is an explanatory board indicating the trace of a human footing place nearby.

Ishikawajima Museum: 1-11-8, Tsukuda, Chuo-ku, Pier West Square 1F

　　　Opening day: Wednesday / Saturday 10:00-12:00, 13:00^17:00

　　　TEL: 5548-2571

Today, I would like to introduce the place to meet for a slightly fashionable adult.

CINQ was founded in 1975 and is located in a convenient location directly connected to the subway exit, but it is a surprisingly unknown location. As the name suggests, it is located in the basement of a brick building with COACH on the 1st floor at Ginza 5-chome corner.
The bar corner in front of the entrance is a calm interior that makes you feel a little U.K. style. There are 15 kinds of wines (from 750 yen) including sparkling wines that can be ordered by glass. It is a little early on the full-fledged Ginza night, and it is a little luxurious time to spend the time at dusk while tilting the glass.

"What shall I do?" If you get lost, consult with the gentle manager Kobayashi, who is also a sommelier.

Yes, lunch has been revived recently. The daily pasta lunch is 800 yen with a mini salad and drink. It's worth it from the location.

Of course, you can enjoy not only aperiif but also post-meal sake, so how about the popular menu of sake and shime, "Bried Onigiri soup tailoring" (520 yen)?

CINQ: Directly connected to Exit B6 of B1 Subway Building B1 5-4-3 Ginza, Chuo-ku

　　　　Bar: From 17:00 to 23:00 (22:00 last order)

ＴＥＬ： 3573-5796　http://www.ginza-cinq.com/

      

On the 6th, theater noon. Because it is a valley of GW, it is relatively relaxed, about 80% of the entrance. In March, four days after the transfer, vacant seats were conspicuous, but in April it recovered to about 70%. I feel relieved that "daily life" has come back little by little.

This month's afternoon performance is through "Enemies Tenshi Chaya Ju".

It is Uri for Koshiro to play two roles, Motoemon Adachi and Saburoemon Toma, both in the first role. It is said that these two roles alone have been played since the fourth generation Tomoemon Otani played during the Tenpo era. Kabuki Kyogen originally has many enemy opponents, but this year is particularly noticeable.

In February, Shochiku-za was caught in the catch of "day and night revenge", and the national government in March was "Picture Book Law Qu" (It was canceled from the 15th due to the effects of the earthquake) And this month's performance in Tenka Chaya Ju Tokyo has been performed for the first time in 10 years since the national government in 2001. It is based on the theme of the enemy attack that actually occurred in Tengachaya in Osaka during the Edo period, and it can be wondered what the good people of the enemy attack will return more and more and encounter the defeat. There are many "returns" in which bad people change and become good people, but it is rare that the former good people, Motoemon, turns over to the bad people due to bad liquor habits. 。 Koshiro plays the charming bad guys of the weak small villain Motoemon and the enemy Saburoemon in plenty of time that he can not seem to be the first role. I recommend it.

"Today's noon Kyogen is cut off,"