Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

At lunch on a sunny and warm Friday on February 24, I went to Tsukiji Honganji's "Lunchtime Concert-2000 Winds".

Tsukiji Honganji is officially referred to as "Jodo Shinshu Honganji school Honganji Tsukiji Betsuin".

At present, the temple at Tsukiji 3-chome was originally located in Yokoyamacho near Asakusa, but after burning in Edo's kimono fire (1657), it was not allowed to rebuild it to the old land, and it was lowered as a replacement site () It was built by reclaiming the sea () of Hatchobori, mainly by believers (1679).

main hall (1934), which was rebuilt after being burned down by the Great Kanto Earthquake, has an ancient Indian style with stone appearance, but this temple has an unusual "pipe organ" in Buddhist temples.

On the last Friday of every month, a "lunchtime concert" is held by this pipe organ.

Admission is free and anyone can participate freely. The time is about 30 minutes from 12:20 to 50 minutes.

Today's performer was Tomoko Oyama.

There were three songs, including Bach and Mendels Zone, and many people listened.

At lunchtime before the weekend, the pipe organ I heard at the temple's main hall was glamorous and light, majestic and heavy, very comfortable and soothing.

The next concert will be held on March 30 (Fri), and the nearest station is a 1-minute walk from Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.

For more information, please visit the Tsukiji Honganji website ⇒ Tsukiji Honganji website

　I went out to support the runners of the Tokyo Marathon.　At the Metropolitan Takaka Kabuto-cho intersection, "Bright! The banner of Sakamoto Elementary School.　Oh! In the meantime, the first group runs through.　It is a brave figure in front of choledo Nihonbashi and Nihonbashi 3-chome.　At Yamamotoyama, take a break with delicious tea and castella set.

　Moved from Ginza to Higashiginza and performed "Gospel Tokyo" and wadaiko at Tsukuda Junior High School. Fun older brothers wearing models of Tokyo Sky Tree and Tokyo Tower run through.　Gospel Tokyo's charity concert will be held on July 14th.　If you are interested, please click on the video.

　Near the Irifunebashi intersection.　Commemorative photo with the sisters of Shintomi Town Association Shintomi wadaiko Association in the background. Hey, I'll leave you.　A large group from Irifunebashi intersection to Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge. It's the day when Tokyo became one.　

The day after tomorrow is the Tokyo Marathon. This is the 6th time of the event. I participated in the 1st and 2nd consecutive times, but since then I have lost to the high competition rate and have been dedicated to supporting Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge every year.

By the way, did you know that anyone can enter the Tokyo Marathon Expo held at Tokyo Big Sight free of charge without participating in the marathon as a runner? In fact, the Chuo-ku Tourism Association also exhibits at this Tokyo Marathon Expo every year. As I went earlier, souvenirs unique to Chuo-ku, such as seaweed from Yamamotoyama, candy from Eitaro, and Senshafuroshiki, were sold. Of course, you can also get useful information for sightseeing in Chuo-ku (I didn't have a camera, so I'm sorry that I couldn't introduce the booth of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association with photos ...).

After all, Chuo-ku occupies the longest distance of the Tokyo Marathon courses. This expo will be held tomorrow Saturday as well. If you don't participate in the marathon, please come and visit us. The booth number of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association is C-7.

If you raise money for Great East Japan Earthquake at the venue, you will receive a yellow handkerchief limited to the Tokyo Marathon.

 2/26 (Sun) I went to support the Tokyo Marathon. It's the Kayabacho intersection. It was a time when there were many citizen runners. My colleague of my company friend boyfriend her neighbor Relatives There were lots of fun support with various voices in various positions. Participation in the costume also created a fun atmosphere. The runners would have been hard, but the supporters were also passionate and it was a really fun time.

Mr. Shin Fujiwara, the second place, is 2h7m48s, will he decide to participate in the Olympics?

"The remaining 10 minutes."

The witness of the Chuo-ku Tourism Test will inform you of the time.

You can't afford it.

I used the full 90 minutes of the exam time, carefully answered the answer, and carefully filled the mark sheet check.

It's perfect if you mark two more questions.

That's right. The total number is 100, but only 99 questions are filled.

I flew the mark somewhere.

A cold one runs on the back.

Where did you make a mistake?

On the contrary, from the 100th question, we will correct the mark of the answer.

It seems to have prevented a large number of points at the last minute.

I had been drinking cold medicine for a few days, so I was sleepy and rugged during the day.

I'm going to be in the middle of the exam.

The synapses of memory are not connected.

The theme this time was "Bridge in Chuo-ku"

It should be a strike for me who loves bridges.

The problem this time is that people who actually went to the site, saw the surrounding scenery, and read the information boards, etc., have demonstrated their strengths rather than packing knowledge with text.

I read the question sentence and proceeded with the answer while remembering the towns I took a walk.

After the exam, we had a slightly luxurious lunch with a discount coupon provided by the hotel where the venue was held, and answered.

I'm making a mistake only when I read back and corrected the answer.

That's right. Intuition is also important.

But it was interesting.

I'll take the exam again next time.

The Swan Cafe Ginza store is located in Ginza 2-12-16 facing Showa-dori.

From February 13 to 25, "Strawberry Sweets Fair" will be held.　Strawberry tart, Saramange, roll cake, etc. are all delicious.

Here, we are supporting the affected areas. "Let's do our best! Fukushima, "I'll do my best! This is the support curtain of Iwate, and this also gives courage.

Another activity I'm doing is "Good luck!　It's Ibaraki. Ginzo ran in succession in December and January. "Anko Nabe" was very delicious and I ordered a substitute.　February was changed to Saturday, the third week, 2/18 (Saturday).　March is 3/10. On February 18th, "Anko Nabe" will be closed, and instead Ham Goura, a representative of B-class gourmet representative of Ibaraki, who has a reputation on TV, will participate.　"Ham-yaki" and "Pork Dock" sold by Goura Ham are also featured on TV, etc., and long lines are always formed when participating in events. In particular, "ham-yaki" is said to be very popular with its smoke scent and charcoal-grilled aroma. Well, I have to go!　For inquiries such as holding, please contact 03-5148-5860 Swan Cafe Ginza store.

For December articles, http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/2011/12/swancafe.html