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Scenery of Toyomi Bridge

[TAKK...] March 18, 2013 20:12

Toyomi Bridge is the area where the Nihonbashi River and the Sumida River merge, connecting Shinkawa, Chuo-ku and Hakozaki-cho.
It's a rather short bridge, but the design that looks like a ladder is impressive.

In spring, this area is also colored with cherry blossoms.
On this day, I was able to see the flowers that bloomed earlier than the cherry blossoms nearby.

toyomi1.jpgIn the daytime, the white steel frame shines in the blue sky is beautiful.
However, the Toyomi Bridge at night is lit up and turns into a very fantastic appearance.

toyomihasi.jpgNearby is the Eitai Bridge.

eitai.jpgBoth today's Toyomi Bridge and Eitai Bridge were erected as reconstruction bridges after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
I felt that the powerful modeling and beautiful brilliance of the bridge contained the thoughts of people for reconstruction at that time.


 

 

Close to close! Sine patos

[TAKK...] March 11, 2013 14:00

[Sine Patos]
Ginza's only masterpiece theater will close at the end of March this year.
I've never been to a famous painting seat.
It's a good opportunity, so I decided to go to see "The Story of Love in Ginza".
It is also close to the glittering Ginza 4-chome intersection.

pat1.jpgThe name of the movie theater is "Sine Patos".
Seen from the outside, is it half underground? A pedestrian passage? It's like that.

pat4.jpg[Miharabashi Underground Shopping Center]
In fact, there is a movie theater in an old underground shopping mall called Miharabashi Underground Shopping Center.
The underground shopping mall crosses under Harumi-dori St., and the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line runs below.

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[Sanjuma Horikawa]
Originally, this was the place where Horikawa was thirty.
It is a river from the Kyobashi River (now near Shinkyobashi Exit) to the Shiodome River, and was named because it was about 30 spaces (about 55m).

miha.JPGSanjuma Horikawa was reclaimed in 1952, but one of the bridges over the river, the space under Mihara Bridge, was left as an underground shopping mall.
( Later, the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line will pass further down the underground shopping mall.)

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[Retro underground mall spreads out]

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[Response to Close]


[The chair shakes]
It seems that one of the three screens is operated as a masterpiece seat.
Buy tickets and get seated. It's not much different from a normal movie theater.
It became dark soon, and a trailer for a new movie was shown before the main screening.
A shooting battle took place on the screen, and a violent vibration was transmitted to the chair where I was sitting to match it.

"It's a great sense of realism.......。」

I thought it was, but vibration continued intermittently over a certain period of time.
It looks like the vibration of the train on the Hibiya Line running below.

After the movie is over, when you leave the underground shopping mall, you can see Mitsukoshi in front of you.
Retro underground shopping malls, many voices regretting closing, and vibration of trains......。
Along with the excitement of "Ginza's Love Story", memories of the impressive movie theater were also engraved on my heart.


 

 

Hamacho Suitengu (Kayagu)-Part 2

[North Yujin] March 3, 2013 09:00

On March 1st, I went to Hamacho Suitengu Shrine.

Some people were already worshiping, mixed with commuters.

It's from the outside surface, there's no information board yet.

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It is from the surface of the temple grounds to the shrine.

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I entered the prayer hall at 9 a.m.

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