Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

2017 is another three days, it's a frightening time, but the entrance to the "Kusano Shizuka Exhibition", which started yesterday, is amazing people and people. It's completely out of expectation that you will be able to see it slowly at this end of the year, but I'm glad to be one of the fans. As a Japanese embroidery artist, Shizuka Kusano is actively involved in the spread of Japanese embroidery not only through solo exhibitions in Japan but also overseas through exhibitions and workshops. In this exhibition, when I borrowed the words of the person himself, "I tried to express the patterns expressed by Japanese people by embroidery. Starting with the embroidery Buddha, embroidery as a clothing culture, and embroidery as today's art are exhibited with about 200 works. "

What is eye-catching at the venue is Ecaterina with the theme of "wearing in the heart", kimono for 13 women who have a history of Marie Antoinette, Yodo-kun, Masako Hojo, Murasaki Shikibu, etc. It is certainly a work that makes you feel like this. What I was interested in was "110 traditional Japanese patterns". An ancient Japanese pattern is "made using Japanese embroidery techniques. Some of them are well known, such as Aominami, Kikuhanabishi, and Sayagata, but there are many things that do not study and do not match the name and pattern, such as basket eyes, cloud dragons, and one scale.

There are many things that you can only see in printed matter, so when you see all 110 items are manufactured and displayed using embroidery techniques, you are amazed at the fashionable design and color. The pattern itself has been around for more than 1000 years, but it still seems really amazing to give such a fresh impression even now.

As a special exhibition, "Holiday / New Year Ginza's" Wa " Tour Map" is being held at Ginza 1-chome to 8-chome shops at the same time as the exhibition. You can enjoy benefits at the store with the ticket stub of the exhibition (maps will be distributed at the venue)

This exhibition is perfect for thinking about Japanese culture in the New Year.

"Shizuka Kusano Exhibition" until January 15

Matsuya Ginza 8th floor Event Square from 10:00 to 20:00 (closed at 17:00 on the last day)

Admission fee 1,000 yen

The Asahi Building on Namiki-dori St., which was being rebuilt, was completed, and Rolex and Louis Vuitton opened sequentially from November 15th, and San Motoyama returned to make it even more fashionable. We are looking forward to opening the Hyatt Hotel Chain Hyatt St Rick Ginza on January 22 next year from the 3rd to the 12th floor. I hear it's 164 rooms. The song monument of Takuboku Ishikawa, which I was worried about, was also in the original place. Something safe. As you know, the location of this Asahi Building is the place where the Asahi Shimbun entered Osaka and set up the company building in 1888 (1888). The first place is Motosukiyacho 2-chome, a little far away, but two months later, it moved to Takiyamamachi (current location) and moved to Yurakucho (current location of Marion) in 1927 (1927). I was publishing a newspaper here. It is also famous for having a selling-selling writer join the company and writing it. In 1904, Futabatei Shitaku, and in 1907, Soseki Natsume joined the company. Soseki, the 150th anniversary of this year's birth, was a lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University before joining Asahi. "I quit teaching at Teidai and joined a newspaper company" seems to have caused a great sensation at that time. Tokyo Imperial University lecturer's salary is 800 yen per year, while Asahi's monthly salary is 200 yen, so it was about tripled, so it was like Soseki's 40-year-old brilliant traveryu. The first novel that I moved to Asahi and published is "Gobijingusa". The critic, Toyotaka Komiya, wrote the following: "The fact that Soseki quit college and joined a newspaper company was a major sensation at that time. It is said that Soseki will finally write "Ago Bijingus" this time, so Mitsukoshi will sell "Ago Bijingus yukata". Gyokudo sells "gobijin grass rings". The newspaper salesman at the station said, "Asahi Shimbun" and called "Asahi Shimbun" and made a big fuss in the world. "

Two years after Soseki, Takuboku Ishikawa joined the company as a proofreader in 1909 (1909). The monthly salary was 25 yen, and the following year he was recognized for his talent and became the winner of the Asahi Kadan. Prices in the Meiji 40s are about 20,000 times in modern times ("Meiji Gold Account" Hirofumi Yamamoto), so Soseki's annual salary is about 48 million yen and Takuboku's about 6 million yen. By the way, Futabatei Shikuro is half that of Soseki. When you look at the new building, be sure to take a look at Takuboku's poetry monument on the road side.

Takuboku Ishikawa Song Monument "The Isogashi Fish of the Time of the Light of the Newspaper Light in Takiyamamachi, Kyobashi"

Ginza 6-6-7 (Namiki-dori St.)

On the day when the memorial ceremony of the third generation of Koryoya was held in Asakusa, I saw the three parts. I couldn't make a reservation two days ago, but I got a relatively good seat, so is it bad to enter? I was a little worried (although it's not something I'm worried about), but I'm somewhat relieved to see the "Oiri" bill makes me laugh. Certainly, there is almost no vacant seat in the eyes of the first floor. In the third part, both "Mother of the eyelid" and "Yang Guihime" are Tamasaburo's opponent. "Mother of the eyelids" is Shin Hasegawa's new Kabuki, and Nakazari is a Kabuki person so much as I wonder when it was when it was talked about as "Kabuki actors." "Yang Gui" is written by Yumakura Taku for Tamasaburo. While the beauty of Tamasaburo-san is so vigorous, the curtain will start. ・・・・

If it is a three-part system, the last three part will start at 18:30, and at this time, even those who return to work can see it somehow. It seems that there are many young people because of their minds. Some are Ainosuke's "real story" and Matsu Midori's "Tsuchigu", and the second part is Nakasha's "Rakuda" Matsu Midori's "Ranpeimono crazy". Since the performance time is about two and a half hours, I think that even those who say "Kabuki is so tired ..." can easily watch it. The New Year is also a busy time, but how about relaxing in a play during a busy time?

Senakiraku will be held on the 26th

1st part 11:00 ~ 2nd part 15:00 ~ 3rd part 18:30 ~

For inquiries, please contact Ticket Hon Shochiku 0570-000-489 (10:00 to 18:00).