Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

The Kamejima River is a 1.1km long first-class river that divides from the Nihonbashi River near Kayabacho and pours into the Sumida River via the vicinity of Hatchobori.

Greening of river banks is being promoted through initiatives such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

This time, the riverbank near Hatchobori (near Takahashi) has been neatly maintained.

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[Kamejima River - Hatchobori, near Shinkawa (when Hatchobori was located)]

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[Kamejima River - Hatchobori, near Shinkawa (Heisei)]

※　The area near the red frame is maintained

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On the banks of the Kamejima River, there are very few places to get close to the river and relax, so the places that have been maintained this time are valuable.

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From the place that was developed this time, facing the Minami Takahashi area

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From Minami Takahashi, see the place that has been developed this time

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I think it is difficult to secure land, but I hope that such facilities will continue in the future.

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The eastern part of Chuo-ku faces the Port of Tokyo, but you can see the seascape mainly in the Harumi area. In particular, the Harumi Wharf area is a place where you can enjoy the atmosphere of the harbor, with large ships often berthed in front of the Rainbow Bridge. In particular, the color of the mysterious sky when the sun begins to rise early in the morning, the twilight scene dyed in the sunset, and the night view where jewels sparkle are all at once.

The hotel [Mariners Court Tokyo], located close to Harumi Wharf, is a facility related to seafarers. When you enter the stylish lobby, you will see a model of a famous merchant ship from the past. You will be wrapped in a brave feeling that the breath of the men of the sea can be conveyed. In fact, meetings and parties for marine transportation are often held. It may be a valuable place where you can feel the atmosphere of a port town in the city center of Tokyo.

When you eat at the banquet hall of this hotel, you will notice that napkins are also broken in the shape of a boat. Right next to the sea, when you meet the shape of a boat, you will be somehow invited to travel, and you will feel a little as if you were eating in the dining room of a large passenger ship.

And most of all, the charm here is the view you can see through the window at night. Various lights shining in Tokyo Port will spread romantically. It's also great to spend a night of memories with your family and loved ones!

In fact, this hotel is also used for various meetings of local residents. Meetings and parties of town associations and residents' associations, launch of festivals, study sessions on politics and economy, etc. are often held. It seems that everyone is familiar as a stylish hotel that blends well into the area.

Also, I sometimes jog around here, but I often pass by foreign tourists.

This hotel, which is built as if to watch the future development of this area, where the Olympic Village of the Tokyo Olympics will be held, may attract some attention in the future.

I think there are many people who go out to Tsukishima to enjoy Monjayaki.

"Sumida River Terrace", which is close to Nishinaka-dori, commonly known as "Monja Street", has a very beautiful night view.

There are a lot of people here and there. (Although only one ship is shown in the picture.)

You can also see St. Luke's Tower, River City 21 condominiums, Chuo-ohashi Bridge, and the Sky Tree in the distance.

The Tower of Grand Tokyo at the Yaesu Exit of Tokyo Station.

It's a building with pink lights in the middle. Do you know?

Kachidokibashi and Tokyo Tower

It's getting warmer at night, so why don't you take a walk before you return?

The Tokyo National Taxation Bureau is located at 5-chome Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, close to Tsukiji Market.

The building is new because it was relocated to Tsukiji, Chuo-ku on May 7, 2015 (Thursday).

On the premises, there is an explanatory version of "Japan Sea Map and the Birthplace of Ocean Survey", indicating that there have been an organization that conducts ocean surveys since the Meiji era.

And one more thing.

The stone-framed remain is on display.

It seems that some of the drainage channels created on the border between the flagship mansion of the Edo period and the road, which were used until the early Showa era, were relocated.

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The fringed iris flowers on the premises were just at their best.

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Sukiyabashi Park is located in the valley between Tokyu Plaza Ginza, which opened at the end of last month, and expressways.

This is a park in Chuo Ward, about 4,400 square meters facing Harumi-dori St., where the Sukiya Bridge used to be.

Sukiyabashi became famous for its radio drama "Your Name" after the war, and there is a monument "Sukiyabashi Here" by the original author Kazuo Kikuta.

It has been maintained this time and has become an oasis-like park in the city center with many plantings.

The cherry blossoms "Fugen Elephant" and "Sekiyama" in this park can still enjoy flowers.

Both are horticultural varieties of Satozakura and double-flowered.

The photo above is "Fugen Elephant" and the bottom is "Sekiyama".

　The cherry blossom season is over again this year, and we strolled around Tsukuda Park, which is entering early summer. The photo doesn't look different, but for the elderly, if you think about how many times you can see the cherry blossoms later, you can feel the taste of peanuts. (Hereinafter, photos are taken on April 13, 15:30-16:30).

　In Ishikawajima Park, a "birth memorial tree" that can be handed by Chuo-ku is planted. Anjiro Ozu's work is set in the Kansai area called "Autumn of the Kobayakawa Family", but in this last scene, while watching the smoke coming out of the brick chimney of the crematorium, Chishu Ryu and Yuko Mochizuki, Even if a person dies, a new expression will be born later, saying, "I'm deeply moved." For an old man like me, looking at such a "birth memorial tree" reminds me of this expression "senguri, senguri".

　In Tsukuda Park, cherry blossoms are almost turned into cherry blossoms.

　Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine

　Below, we look at the part that describes the front and back of the cherry blossom season in Kafu's "Shokutei Nijo".

April 4, 1918 (1918), "Han Yin Hanharu. I'm going to open it to the cherry blossoms."

　　April 16 "Half cherry blossoms at Yasukuni Shrine fall."

March 25, 1919, "Sakura blossoms in all parts of the city have already opened."

　　March 28 "... Walk the Sumizumi embankment. Cherry blossoms have already opened as dots."

　　March 30 "Look at the cherry blossoms at Tsukiji Honganji Temple. If this temple is new to Dou and has few trees on the precincts and the most scenic spots among the temples in the city, it will be extra.

　　　　　Despite coming and living in the streets, he never pulled his cane. The cherry blossoms are blooming on this day, and the sight of the precincts is compared to weekdays.

I can add 　　　　　a little sense of painting."

　　April 14 "... Watch the cherry blossoms at the night of the head of Kudansha."

　　April 17 "Walking in the afternoon. Walk through Shibakoen after Shaincho Street. The cherry blossoms are full of fresh green drops in the mountains. On the way home in front of Kabukiza Kido

　　　　　In the past, the color of the flower curtain faded, and the cherry blossoms became young shoots. The spring of the Tokyo gate is not already exhausted."

April 7, 1921 (Taisho 10 (1921) "Wind blowing crazy and rain starts in the evening." Cherry blossoms, the weather is not suitable for holiday every day. 1913 "Okubo Tayori"

　　　　　When I write, the flowers open and there are many windy days, but I don't remember anything. "

April 13, like the flowers falling and trees, the grass is like the smoke of the tree.