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[Nathaly]
Nov. 24, 2012 14:00
Last Saturday, 17th, an international exchange gathering was held at the Tsukiji Social Education Center (commonly known as Tsukiji Shakyo). The organizer is the Chuo-ku Cultural and International Exchange Promotion Association, but I was originally doing this volunteer staff, and on that day I also helped as a staff member. Until now, I've been working all the time during the holding time, so I've never experienced the events around me, but it's really fun to participate! ![happy02](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/mt/mt-static/plugins/EmoticonButton/images/emoticons/happy02.gif) From the 1st floor to the 4th floor of Tsukiji Shakyo, all reserved for this gathering! From ikebana, tea ceremony and dressing to wadaiko experience. There are few Japanese people who have experience. It's wonderful that you can experience it all at once in a day! ![shine](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/mt/mt-static/plugins/EmoticonButton/images/emoticons/shine.gif) The first floor is a wadaiko experience. The teacher will monetize everyone according to the sound of the depression drum in the example. When I asked the people who hit the drums together, I was excited, "Awesome !!"
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The second floor is a dance corner, Japanese play and foreign play, salley dressing experience, etc. From 12:00, there was a Sri Lankan dance. It seems that the dance in the photo is a dance offered to God.
![IMG_2045_R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/IMG_2045_R.JPG) From 13:00, Bon Odori. This is a participatory type, ![happy01](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/mt/mt-static/plugins/EmoticonButton/images/emoticons/happy01.gif) I danced for the first time in 20 years, but recent Bon Odori dances are "Dancing Hero"!
![IMG_2071_R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/IMG_2071_R.JPG) On the third floor, there are many corners where you can experience mainly Japanese culture, such as ikebana, tea ceremony, and furoshiki. I also experienced furoshiki wrapping, but it was not very difficult to wrap it, it was beautiful in terms of art, and I was able to feel the goodness of furoshiki again.
![IMG_2081_R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/IMG_2081_R.JPG) ![IMG_2074_R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/IMG_2074_R.JPG) ![IMG_2053_R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/IMG_2053_R.JPG) In the tea ceremony, we also had Japanese sweets in earnest and delicious tea.
On the 4th floor, disaster prevention, crime prevention corner, Sri Lanka corner, cooking corner where you can eat Sri Lanka curry and kenchin soup, and international exchange corner.
![IMG_2087_R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/IMG_2087_R.JPG)
At the disaster prevention corner, you can sample emergency food and see disaster prevention goods. ![IMG_2085_R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/IMG_2085_R.JPG) The theme was international exchange, and we also offered disaster prevention information for foreigners. This kind of approach is important.
![IMG_2086_R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/IMG_2086_R.JPG) It was a very satisfying event with all kinds of experiences in a day. The Chuo-ku Cultural and International Promotion Association holds an international exchange salon once a month for the purpose of interacting with foreigners living and working in Chuo-ku. In December, we will have international exchange while playing the New Year in Japan. It looks fun- ![good](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/mt/mt-static/plugins/EmoticonButton/images/emoticons/good.gif) For details, please see the International Exchange Salon page of the Promotion Association.
[Silver]
Nov. 13, 2012 08:30
From the SONY Building, follow Ichibankan and Nishi-Ginza-dori, and you will find a stationery store called "G.C.PRESS" just across Miyuki-dori. I haven't noticed until now, but this year marks the second anniversary of this year. If you look inside the shop for a while, there is also a notebook made of Italy, a notebook of black leather like Ginza. The price is about 7500 yen, which is reasonable. It is recommended for those who are considering a new year's notebook.
![DSC00199.jpg](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/assets_c/2012/11/DSC00199-thumb-200x150-11298.jpg)
Some celebration bags are also for celebration to foreigners. There are also nice envelopes designed with snow crystals.
![DSC00198.jpg](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/assets_c/2012/11/DSC00198-thumb-200x150-11302.jpg)
It's a small shop, so you can find good and necessary items quickly. It was a message from the store manager to feel free to drop in. Click here for more information. http://www.gc-inc.co.jp/g01.html
[Silver]
Nov. 5, 2012 21:30
On October 27, we enjoyed walking from Tsukuda to Chuo-ku. The materials at hand were leaflets for Autumn Ginza and Nihonbashi events, treasure hunts, etc. That's right! Let's go shopping today! I thought about it. At Tsukuda's Tsukudaniya "Genda Nakaya Tsukuda", a wonderful landlady greeted me with a smile today. Today, for the first time, I purchased a pine nuts called "Matsumi Raku" and Tsukudani seasoned with kelp.
![DSC00097.jpg](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/assets_c/2012/10/DSC00097-thumb-200x150-11103.jpg)
After reading the explanation board of the historic sites, we headed from Chuo-ohashi Bridge to Hatchobori. The Sumida River has a sister river tie-up with Seine. I remember the statue placed in the middle of Chuo-ohashi Bridge and the message under the personal name of Jack Sirak below it. After all, I once again thought that it was important to interact at the citizen level. Many people were taking a fun walk around Chuo-ohashi Bridge. The Tokyo Sky Tree from here is also nice to see.
![DSC00104.jpg](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/assets_c/2012/10/DSC00104-thumb-200x150-11105.jpg)
At Hatchobori, "Nishi Hatchobori Aoyagi", a member of the Kazuo Confectionery Cooperative in Chuo-ku, purchased two "Denka Nadai Kikunaka". He told us that Ginzo aims to visit all members of the Kazuo Confectionery Cooperative Association in Chuo-ku, and he told us about the characteristics and history of the member stores. A wonderful Kazuo confectionery that imitated seasonal flowers such as autumn leaves and chrysanthemums was displayed. I was told that many of the traditions and history of Kazuo confectionery in Chuo-ku dates back to the Edo period.
![DSC00109.jpg](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/assets_c/2012/10/DSC00109-thumb-200x150-11109.jpg)
Oh, I thought I had to buy a side dish for today's dinner, so I went to Nihonbashi. To the antenna shop "Yamanashi-kan" and "Oidema Yamaguchi-kan". At the Yamaguchikan, I bought Senzaki Kamaboko and tried to finish the bill, and when asked if there was a nice can badge on the collar of the cashier's sister, it was a can badge that sold a dragon. Oh? Sakamoto Ryoma and the dragon have also stayed in Shimonoseki! I didn't know it! I didn't see it at NHK's Taiga drama series, but the fun memory of Chuo-ku government office around Kyobashi Plaza and the site of Sadakichi Chiba Dojo in front of the Yaesu Exit of Tokyo Station revived. When I asked the cash register's sister, "Please!", He searched for his pockets and gave me a wonderful can badge.
That's not the case, but the investigation of the song "Shitoto Pitchan, Shito Pitchan " crossed my head. Yes, I came up with the idea of going around the bridge from Gofuku Bridge to Ichiishi Bridge, Tokiwa Bridge, Ryogoku Bridge. At the same time, a ceremony commemorating the 140th anniversary of the opening of Tokiwa Elementary School was held. Congratulations
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The nearby Kinsan Building is a building designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Historic buildings. Proceed on Edo-dori St., find cheap shoes around Kodemmacho, and buy after losing temptation. I never thought this would be today's shopping tour. I was fascinated by the design of the hairpins displayed on the red balustrade of Yanagibashi. From the explanation board of Ryogoku Hirokoji, the side of Ryogoku Bridge, while humming Yuki Saori's "Ryogoku Bridge", walking downstream along the river, a wonderful lady is reading a history explanation board.
As usual, it is a silver made with a friendly voice. We had you feel free to get to know each other, and we had a wonderful time together by eating "Hatchobori Aoyagi"'s "Senjoka Nashiro Kikunaka", which we bought earlier.
At that time, I remember the Autumn Ginza event and felt that I was pulling a small number of back hair (do you think so alone?) So I'm rushing to Higashi Nihonbashi Station on the Toei Asakusa Line, but on the way there is an event at Yagenbori Shopping Street. You can't miss this. <But this report is next time>
In Ginza, Autumn Ginza Restaurant Week is the first day of the event. In addition, I decided to apply for the “Tourist Photography Competition”, which was closed on November 9th, searched for the subject in Ginza, bought a jacket for autumn and winter, and returned home with three large paper bags on the way home . It was a fun day.![happy01](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/mt/mt-static/plugins/EmoticonButton/images/emoticons/happy01.gif)
[Shitamachi Tom]
Nov. 1, 2012 09:00
This is the third installment of a series where you can go around the sacred place of Chuo-ku and enjoy a stroll while also serving as a ginko.
This time, I changed my taste and visited [Catrick Tsukiji Church] in Akashicho.
When I visited this church on a certain autumn day, I was surrounded by green trees and showed a calm appearance.
After the Meiji Restoration, the priests who came to Japan for the mission of Christianity began renting a merchant near Inaribashi and making it a temporary church. Later, in Japan, after Nagasaki and Yokohama, the cathedral was founded in 1874.
![The front of the Tsukiji Association _R.JPG](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/%E7%AF%89%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%94%E4%BC%9A%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%A3%E9%9D%A2_R.JPG)
However, since this first cathedral was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake, the current cathedral was built again in 1927 (Showa 2). At first glance it looks like a stone, but it seems that it is actually made of wooden mortar.
It is based on the ancient Greek architectural style "Dorlia style" (also called the Doris style) found in Parthenon Shrine, and six pillars are lined up in front. According to what I heard, he referred to the [St. Magdalena Church] in Paris (in French, the Church of St. Madeleine).
Last summer, when I visited Paris, I stopped by the Church of St. Magdalena, and it looks very similar. Just like the center of Paris, we are proud to have a venerable church in Chuo-ku, the middle of Tokyo.
![The bell of Tsukiji. jpg](http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/%E7%AF%89%E5%9C%B0%E3%81%AE%E9%90%98.jpg)
Inside the church, there is a copper-made Western bell that was cast in France in 1876 (Meiji 9), and is known as "Janne Louise of Edo". The cathedral is also designated as the Historic buildings selected by Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tangible Cultural Property inhabitants of Chuo-ku along with the Western Bells.
The shadow of the cathedral stretches into the garden in a quiet atmosphere. It is a space that blends into the surrounding greenery and relaxes the mind.
By the way, if you walk a little from the church, you will find [Akatsuki Park]. This park, which is often used for local events, is also a local resting place. Seasonal flowers are planted in the park, which accents visitors and adds Aya to the scenery.
It seems that it is used not only as a place for parents and children and the elderly, but also as a place where businessmen can take a break.
Furthermore, if you walk toward Tsukiji Market, you will find a stylish shop called [Orimine Bakers]. It's my favorite bakery. It tastes with origami. There is also a wide lineup, from orthodox whole grains to confectionery breads with various ideas.
The area around Akashicho, which retains the exotic atmosphere since the Meiji era, is recommended for holiday walks. Why don't you walk slowly in the refreshing air of autumn?
Finally, today's phrase.
The autumn depth of the folds of the pillars of the cathedral
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