Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Sine Patos, a movie theater that has been operating in Ginza for 25 years, closed on March 31 and has been almost two months.

After that, I visited the Miharabashi Underground Shopping Center.

The Miharabashi underground shopping mall and Sine Patos are located under Harumi-dori St., between Ginza and Higashiginza, close to the downtown area of Ginza. The movie theater was closed in March as it was demolished due to earthquake resistance. The underground shopping mall is also scheduled to be closed, so the restaurant is also in a windy light.

　

This is a space where you can enjoy Showa retro. When the river was reclaimed with debris in 1952, the place under the bridge became a shopping street under the bridge when it was originally Mihara Bridge built over Sanjuma Horikawa. What is interesting to actually go is that the bridge girder remains. By the way, it is also the oldest underground shopping mall in Japan. After closing, the oldest title will be handed over to Asakusa Underground Shopping Center.

　

In the vicinity of this underground shopping mall, there are many Showa retro atmosphere spaces, and old shops are open behind the alleys and Mihara Kokei. Ginza is true that not only old shops but also various old and new shops are excited. In the underground shopping mall, the shop was open, but it was quietly

　

　

It's lonely that it's going to disappear, but I've finished this visit by burning it firmly.

Why don't you stop by when you visit for shopping?　I have a nostalgic space.

The upper part of the photo is the bridge girder.

 

 

For me from Nagoya, it was a rule from my parents to buy gifts at Matsuzakaya. When I moved to Tokyo about 30 years ago, I was relieved that there was Matsuzakaya in Tokyo as well. However, I was worried that Ginza Matsuzakaya had been closing sales since April, so I checked it carefully.

 

Ginza Matsuzakaya opened a store in Ginza in 1924 and has been operating here for 88 years since then. However, this time the building has been rebuilt, and the store is closed until the end of June. After that, the current building seems to be demolished, but before the demolition of the building, I would like to look around every corner again.

 

　

According to the online survey, a new building will be completed by the end of 2016 and will open in 2017.

In addition, it seems that a new business model is being considered in the future, and it is not necessarily likely that the department store will resume as it is now.

Nagoya people are conservative in a sense.

Surprisingly, there is a temperament such as "I do it when I do it".

In the future, how will Ginza Matsuzakaya be reproduced?

I can't keep an eye on it.

 

 

 

A while ago, there was a graduation ceremony for the inhabitant of a ward college in Chuo-ku in March.
Attractions and exchange meetings after the ceremony were planned by the current students, so I also participated as one of the current students.

At the exchange meeting, we decided to hold a quiz tournament on Chuo-ku, and all the staff thought about the problem. I thought a lot, but there are things that were not adopted at that time, so I would like to give it to everyone on this occasion.
Well, how many answers can you answer?

　Q1:

Yamamoto-noriten is located in Nihonbashi.

It is famous for having devised "something" which was considered a souvenir of Tokyo when Emperor Meiji went to Kyoto.

What is that "thing"?
　Q2:
At present, the fish shore in Tsukiji was located in Nihonbashi from the Edo period to the Great Kanto Earthquake. To commemorate this, a monument to the birthplace of Nihonbashi Fish Market has been built at the base of Nihonbashi. Next to it, there is a statue inspired by the princess who appear in the fairy tale, assuming that all sea fish gathered.
So, what's the name of this princess?

　Q3:

At present Nihonbashi Elementary School, he was active in the Meiji Restoration.

There was a house of a famous person.

Who is this person who is famous for the bronze statue of Ueno?
　Q4:

The Kabukiza Theater, which opened on April 2, 2021.

Since it was built in 1889, it has been undergoing the Great Kanto Earthquake and other events.

It has been rebuilt several times.

What is your first term this time?
　Q5:

In Ginza 6-chome

"The fish of the time when it became a newspaper light in Takiyamamachi in Kyobashi," he said.

There is a song monument engraved.

Who is this person who continues to work as a proofreader in the Asahi Shimbun in this area called Takiyamamachi in the Meiji era, and is famous as the author of "One Handful of Sand" etc. ?
　Q6:

There are a number of department stores in Ginza.

Which department store is the oldest in this area?
　Question 7
Shimbashi Enbujo, built in 1925, was created as a place to improve the arts of Shimbashi Geisha and showcase it, using the Kyoto Kabumai Dorijo as an example.
What is the name of the performance by Shimbashi geisha, which is still held in May every year?
　Q8:
Akashicho was a foreign settlement at the beginning of the Meiji era, and there were not only dwellings but also schools and hospitals.
For this reason, many monuments are now built as the birthplace of many schools.

Among them, which school is this monument, which is designed in the shape of two leaves?
　Question 9
This relief was created in commemoration of the Dutchman Jan Jooss Ten who drifted ashore during the Edo period, who lived around here.
What is the place name around here, which is derived from the Japanese name "Yayosu" of Jan Jooss Ten?
　Question 10

Between Kachidokibashi and Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge, two old and new landmarks in Tokyo are known.

There is a spot where you can see it at the same time.

What are those two famous places?

The answer is posted on the following page, so please check it.

 

More Chuo-ku Quiz

 

　　

　　On a chilly spring day, we explored naval-related facilities around Tsukiji Market.

    The process is as follows. This time, I would like to show you the details.

           

　　　　　　  Tsukiji Market Station: Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market Tsukiji Market ... Yuonen Ruins ...

　　　　　　The birthplace of the Navy: The main pillar of Kaiyuki Bridge: Namishi Inari Shrine: The site of a warship training center

　　　　　　・・・ Ruins of Tsukiji Hotel Building: Monument of Naval Accounting School: Museum of Kachidokibashi

　　　　　　・・・ Kachidokibashi ・ ・ Tsukiji Outer Market ・ ・ ・ Naval Military Dormitory ・ ・ ・ Naval Medical School Remains

　　

　　Kaiyuki Bridge was built in 1927 near the mouth of the Sumida River in the former Tsukiji Kawahigashi tributary. However, the river was reclaimed in 1995, and the main body of the bridge was removed in 2002.

　　Two dark green steel main pillars and two stone main pillars standing quietly at that time. This is often overlooked, but I would like you to take a look at it slowly. Is it originally a museum?

　　Behind you can see the tooth black lion of Namishi Inari Shrine. giboshi is on the head of this lion. The mound on the right is the mound of each business in Tsukiji. There is a large ceiling lion on the camera side I'm taking.

　　And there are two pairs of water bowls beside altar on the right.

　　The Tensui bowl was dedicated by the husbands in 1838 so that the clan ship of the Owari Tokugawa family here could sail safely. It's a good idea to watch it carefully.

　　In addition, this shrine sells beautiful glass balls for 500 yen for zodiac signs. There is a small stone pillar of Earthly Branches on the right side of the picture above. There, purchase the glass balls closest to your wishes (four types of glass balls) and dedication to your zodiac statue and make a wish. The shrine asked him to take it home if he made a request, but a considerable amount of glass balls were left as they were.

　　

This is the announcement of the zodiac sign of the glass ball.

The photo part of the rabbit on the right is the stone pillar of Earthly Branches.

wish slowly enters the lower part of the stone pillar. Do you have any benefits?

From now on, I will go to the ruins of the warship training center and the ruins of the Tsukiji Hotel.

The Tsukiji parking lot (around Kachidokibashi) is the site.

There is an explanatory version at the intersection at Harumi-dori St.

An old map of the time when the warship training center was burned down is posted.

Around 1864, he moved to the adjacent Matsudaira Aki Moriyashiki. It was burned down again in Keio 2nd year.

Finally, he moved to the annex of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Hama Goden (currently Hamarikyu Onshi Garden). The Tsukiji Hotel Building opened in 1868 as a hotel for foreigners on the site.

102 guest rooms. However, it was burned down in the great fire of Ginza in 1872. I'm sorry.

 

　　　　

　　　The Naval Accounting School was established on Shiba in 1874, and the beginning of the Navy Accounting School.

　　　In 1888, on the site of Yuonen, in a corner of Tsukiji in 1932, the history of about 70 years was closed due to the dismantling of the Navy in September 1945.

　　　

　As you know, the monument of "Kachidoki no Watashi" was built in 1905 to connect Tsukiji and Tsukishima, and it is true that it commemorates the fall of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War ~~~~

   Here is the "Kachidokibashi Museum". This museum has been renovated from a substations to open Kachidokibashi.

　There are materials related to Kachidokibashi, model of bridges, design drawings of reconstructed bridges constructed after the Great Kanto Earthquake, construction photographs, and related literature. If you wish, you will be able to receive an explanation from the person in charge.

 

　Kachidokibashi is a Sogo kiln jumping bridge that was built in 1940. It was canceled on November 29, 1970 due to a decrease in operating volume. It is well known that there is a pier tour by reservation only.

 

　Stroll around Tsukiji Outer Market. Turn into a shopping tour. The state of flowers in both hands. I'm lost.

 

　　　

 

　　In 1869, a naval training center in Tsukiji (it is different from a warship training center!)

　　Founded. In 1870, it was renamed the Naval Army Dormitory. In 1888

　　To Etajima. Oh~~~~

　　The school building completed in 1871 seems to have been attracting attention. On the sea rat wall

　　clay roof tile. The sight is floating in front of you~~

　　It was later used as a Naval University. It was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake.

　　This monument was erected in 1934. Behind Tsukiji Cancer Center, high speed

　　It's next to the road. It's hard to understand.

　

　　Established a school building attached to Naval Hospital in Tsukiji in 1873.

　　　　　　　　

　　　　　Naval Medical School

　　　　　　　　

　　　　　Naval Military Medical School

　　　　　　　　

　　Closed in 1880

　　1882 Revival of the School Building of the Naval Medical Affairs Bureau in Shiba Land　　

　　　　　　　　　　

　　Renamed Naval Medical School in 1889

　　　　　　　　

　　Established a school building in Tsukiji in 1908

　　　　　　　　　

　　It was relocated due to the Great Kanto Earthquake.

　　New school building was set up at 5-chome Tsukiji in 1929

　　　　　　　　

　　　　　Closed in 1945　

　　

　Finally, take a break here　

 

 

 

 

 

Today at the tea party (lucky)

Tea and sweets for 500 yen

I'll have a lot of fun~~

 

A weak middle-aged and elderly person

It's a gathering　　　

　　Let's have a tea together.　

 

 

 A terrace along the Sumida River in Tsukuda Park, southwestern part of Chuo-ohashi Bridge. In the sunshine of May, the purple flower colors of Fuji (wisteria) and silane (purple orchid) add color to the young leaves of lush trees.

We hear that silane originally prefers sunny and moderately moist places, but it is relatively easy to grow among orchid plants because it is resistant to environmental requirements.

The leaves are wide elliptical and have many streaks in the vertical direction.

The flower color derived from the name is purple red, and several are attached to the tip of the flower stalk of 50 to 70 cm.

Recently, many color changes and change flowers have been found.

It's wonderful to grow.