Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

We strolled around the Sumida River Ohashi in late November, when the footsteps of the night became earlier.

It was neither hot nor cold, and I had to go to a pleasant night.

Enchanted by the illuminated Christmas version of the Royal Park Hotel on the way from Sumida River Ohashi toward Suitengu!

　I got home with a soft and dreamy feeling.

　Eitai Bridge

　Kiyosu Bridge

　Royal Park Hotel

 

 

 

In the Yaesu Underground Shopping Center, as "White Christmas", the entire white illumination using white LEDs is developed, and the main Avenue is colored with illumination arches and white trees.



Period November 14 (Wednesday) - December 25 (Tuesday)
Location: Yaesu Underground Shopping Center [Main Avenue] and others
Contents
■White Tree-With Thoughts for Reconstruction-
　You can get a Christmas bell for Great East Japan Earthquake's reconstruction support activities.
Decorate the bell to the "white tree". The tree is completed with the feeling of support.
　
■Hokkaido Snow and Ice Festival
　Introducing the winter festivals representing Hokkaido with panels and videos.

■2012 White Christmas Great raffle
　Lottery once for shopping, eating and drinking 3,000 yen at each shop.
(Some stores are excluded.)

In the large lottery, the chance to win luxurious prizes such as Hokkaido pair trips and art museum appreciation tickets!
Thank you for the participation prize mask!
How many times can I draw if I hold a year-end party in the Yaesu Underground Shopping Center? !

 

 

 From November 3rd, Harumi Triton Square has been illuminated with blue-based illuminations again this year. (until December 25)

This year, lighting starts to coincide with the Harumi Flower Festival 2012.

Focusing on the "water terrace", you can enjoy fantastic LED illuminations of dolphins and light objects of sea friends with the motif of the sea.

Three dolphins emerge above the front pool and two dolphins emerge in the side pool, and the surrounding trees are lit up in blue and white light.

The trees at "entrance" and "cherry blossom promenade" are decorated with golden and white glowing light.

 

           

           

             

 

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

How about cherry blossom viewing in the fallen leaves?　This year, the cherry blossoms at St. Luke Hospital also bloomed in October. It started out in late October and is now in full bloom. As it is, it will continue to bloom until around March.

October cherry blossoms do not blossom like Yoshino cherry tree. The shape and color of the petals are just cherry blossoms, but the petals are small and the number of bloomings is not large. If you don't watch it carefully, you'll miss it.

Last year, I found the October cherry blossoms quietly blooming next to the Toysler Memorial Hall in St. Luke Hospital. It's just the opposite side of the photo. It melted into the sky in the back and I didn't notice it at first, but if you look closely, it is cherry blossoms. I thought that it would bloom crazy in such a season, but it seems to be a very kind of cherry tree called October cherry tree.

The Toysler Memorial Hall is a building that makes you feel nostalgic somewhere that seems to appear in the anime directed by Hayao Miyazaki. There is a murmuring around it. It is on the display version that it is drained to secure medical water when the water is cut off. Western-style buildings and clear streams of the early Showa era, and unseasonal cherry blossoms in the grove of St. Luke Hospital. It is a space where you can relax a little.

There are also two cherry blossoms on the Sumida River side of St. Luke's Tower. This is a cherry blossom viewing spot where many Yoshino cherry tree trees are planted and many people visit in spring. The October cherry blossoms, which bloom quietly while the cherry blossoms turn red, create a kind of mysterious world.

 

 

 As the cold in the morning and evening increases day by day, the street trees in the ward begin to change color, and ginkgo here at Hamacho Park is at its best.

Ginkgo is heavily used as a street tree because of the beauty of yellow leaves along with the green season and its strong in pruning.

As for the origin of the Japanese name, the common theory is that the shape of the leaves is regarded as a duck's foot: It is said to be an accent of a duck leg (Iacao).

In large trees, conical protrusions hanging from branches called air roots may occur, and are called "milk".

A scene where you can experience the deepening autumn.

The green to yellow leaves of the ginkgo at the entrance of Hamacho Park play the three colors of red, yellow, and green with the blue sky in the background, along with the autumn leaves of the large tree maple buff behind.

 

           

           

 

 

There is a white snake in the brand building on the corner where Ginza Chuo-dori and Marronnier Street intersect.

 

 

This is a luxury brand building with a motif of Serpenti (a snake in Italian) and is famous for its watches that look like snakes wrapped around their arms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To commemorate the Christmas illuminations and the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Ginza Building, it will be lit every day from 9th of this month to the beginning of the new year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From now on, Ginza will become more gorgeous with illuminations toward the end of the year.