Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Do you know "Number Bank"? When you walk around the city, have you ever thought of a bank with a numbered bank besides a familiar bank with many branches nationwide? This is what is called the so-called number bank.

I like pottery works by Hanmuko Kawakita (1878-1963), but Hanmuko Kawakita was not a professional potter, but his main business was the president of Hyakugo Bank, headquartered in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture. The Kawakita family is a base house in Tsu and has a deep connection with Chuo-ku, and as one of the Ise merchants, Yaku Kawakita in 1635 (1635) at the former Odenmacho 1-chome, known as the "cotton store" Since opening a cotton wholesaler, until the store was closed in 1938 (1938). The 105th National Bank was established in 1878 (1878), followed by the Kawakita family. After that, I moved to a general bank, and the Tokyo branch is still in the Kuroe Building in Nihonbashi.

So why did you get the number?

In 1872, the first National Bank was established based on the National Bank Ordinance, and it is the predecessor of the current Mizuho Bank. Summarizing the descriptions of Britannica and Mypedia Encyclopedia - "national" is not "national" in the sense of a bank based on national law. 153 banks were established between 1876 and 1879 at banks "accepted by the government and made with private capital", and then shifted to ordinary banks by 1899 after several amendments. ー

Numbers are in the order of authorization, not in the order of actual establishment.

Furthermore, when I talked to a friend from Takamatsu, I found that "the bank uses a Hyakujushi bank", so when I looked it up, it was next to Takashimaya, and a poster for "Udon prefecture Kagawa" was also affixed with local support. I am. It became interesting and looked up at the number bank in Chuo-ku.

The oldest bank that is still operating without changing its original name, this is the 3rd and 4th floors of the antenna shop "Bridge Niigata" at the Daishi Bank established in 1873 Niigata Bank.

In order of numbers, Juroku Bank is a bank in Gifu Prefecture, Nihonbashi Honmachi.

The 18th Bank is located on the 6th floor of Nihonbashi Plaza in Nagasaki Prefecture.

"77 Bank" is located in Miyagi Prefecture with the 77 Ginza Building ahead of Kabukiza Theater.

"82 Bank" is Nagano Prefecture, which is the number of 19 Banks and 63 Banks merged. Nihonbashi Muromachi 4-chome Muromachi 4-chome Building

It may still be overlooked due to lack of investigation, but the Kanda Festival is approaching and the city is about to be festive. How about walking around Chuo-ku like this?

The 7th Baiko Onoe 23rd Anniversary, the 17th Uzaemon Ichimura 17th Anniversary, and the 4th Bando Rakuzen family have begun the first appearance and a variety of annual Dangiku festivals have begun. . GW was also late, and I came to the Kabukiza daytime section, sweating cheerfulness reminiscent of early summer. The line of "Ichimakumi" continues to the road. I feel like I saw the tag "Click here for the last" since the new opening. You can see how popular it is. A friend from Osaka who accompanied me forgot the ticket and contacted the supporter's party in a hurry, thanked me for the smooth response, and surprised me.

In the afternoon, kyogen performed "Ishikiri Kajiwara", the ninth generation Hikosaburo Bando, Keiki Kajiwara, the first generation of his father, Rakuzen, Saburo Oba, and his younger brother, Kamezo, the new third generation, plays Goro Matano. The second act is the "Mt. Yoshino" of Kikunosuke and Ebizo who have no objections even though it is the most beautiful woman combination of today, and the last "Goro Uoya" is the hit role of Kikugoro, the liquor store Chochi Yokichi Kikugoro's grandchild, Masahide Terashima, Applauses on the flower path with Kadotaru. Applauses occur every time the dialogue is over, and when the last dialogue on the flower path is over, a voice saying "I did it well!" So Goro, who had been forbidden, started drinking (when I started drinking, I heard a voice saying, "I was waiting!") It's really real and good at getting drunk. It is a notepad (350 yen) of goods that show the name of the attack.

In the evening, kyogen's "Suga Soga face-to-face", "Kara's predecessor Hagi" and "Yayoi no Hana Asakusa Festival"

Senakiraku is on the twenty-seventh.

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