Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

 One day in early April, I finished recording "I love Chuo-ku" on Chuo FM, but since there was a little time for lunch, I was worried about looking at Maruzen. On the way, when I suddenly noticed, next to the newly built Meijiya building in Kyobashi, there is a new building, Kyobashi Trust Tower, which displays "Coatyard by Marriott Tokyo Station".

Courtyard by Marriott is the name of a hotel that I often took care of, including when I was working in the United States, so I was worried and went inside. The front desk is on the 4th floor, and there is a large table in the lobby, and there are customers who operate PCs. When I talked to the woman in charge of the front desk, it was just opened on April 2nd. This slightly unusual lobby seems to be made with the image of a family atmosphere. There is a front desk on the upper floor and the guest rooms on the upper floor are often seen recently, but if you ask, this hotel has a room on the lower floor of the front. If you pay attention to it, the elevator is certainly a system that cannot be stopped on the floor without entering the key of the guest room. It's quite a novel structure. In addition, the entire hotel is non-smoking, which is rare in Japanese hotels. It's common in the United States, but it's rare in Japanese hotels.

On the first floor of this building, there is a cafe and a dining bar, which is somewhat stylish like a street corner of New York. I don't think I'll stay in Tokyo in the future, but I'd like to stop by cafes and bars during the walk.

By the way, there is also "Coatyard Marriott Ginza Tobu Hotel" in Ginza 6-chome, Chuo-ku.

When I work as a tourist guide, there are many customers who want to see the kimono, so even if I walk around the city, I'm worried about kimono and kimono accessories. One of such shops is Ginza 1-chome "Ginza Kazuha".

When I looked into the shop, the label had an English explanation, so I was more and more interested and finally went inside. The first thing I noticed was Japanese shop curtain, who dyed his family crest on Kaga Yuzen dyeing. In Kaga, on the day of the wedding, lucky items is hung at the entrance of the marriage between the Buddhas, and the bride visits the Buddhist altar before coming to the wedding.

And there are obiji, brocades in the forehead, notebooks and ribbons on the cover made in the kimono. In addition, a lot of beautiful kimonos are stored. You can also see kimonos on display on mannequins and kimonos on girders. All of them are beautiful kimonos that foreigners like.

When I visited the shop, it was said that the main thing was to collect old kimonos mainly in the Kansai area and sell them mainly to China, Europe and the United States online. The prices range from pins to sharpness, but they are sold at lower prices than expected. It has already been operating in this area for about seven years, but it is said that it will be relocated to a new office in Nihonbashi soon. This is a shop that I would like to visit with customers from overseas.