Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

A sign stands quietly in the planting of Shin-ohashi-dori St., right opposite Hamacho Building, Hamacho 2-chome, Tornale Hamacho Building. According to the description

　The Tokiwa-kai was established in 1883 in 1883 by the Hisamatsu family of Matsuyama feudal lord in Iyokuni (now Ehime Prefecture) to support the former clansman children in Tokyo.

　The Hisamatsu family set up a mansion in this area after the Meiji Restoration, and the Tokiwa-kai was set up in this mansion.

Among the 10 first payees in 1884, there was a poet Shiki Masaoka. Shiki moved to Tokyo alone from his hometown of Matsuyama in June 1883 to the student's room at Hisamatsu's house, and states that being selected as a payee the following year is one of the joys of half-life.

　Tokiwa-kai founded a dormitory at the site of Shoyo Tsubouchi in Masago-cho, Hongo in 1887, and Shiki spent his time as a student from September 1888 to the end of 24. 

This Hisamatsu residence has been met many times in the clouds above the slope of Ryotaro Shiba.

The Akiyama brothers are also from Iyomatsuyama, and when their older brother Yoshiko moved to Tokyo, they are told, "If you arrive in Tokyo, go to a mansion on the banks of Nihonbashihamacho." It is a small annex that was said to be "Hamacho's Imperial House" during the former Makuhaku period, and is still owned by the former feudal lord Hisamatsu family, and the Hisamatsu family used it as a dormitory when the former clansman moved to Tokyo and entered school.

When he moved to Tokyo, Shiki said, "As soon as he arrived, he would greet the former feudal lord residence," so he took a rickshaw from the station (Shimbashi) to Hisamatsu residence in Hamacho, Nihonbashi-ku. Yes, there is.

After this, the younger brother of the Akiyama brothers, Masayuki, also moved to Tokyo and sent youth with Shiki.

A few years later, Hekigodo Kawahigashi also moved to Tokyo to enter the dormitory of Tokiwa-kai to take the first high exam.

In 1889, Shiki was in the Tokiwa-kai dormitory in Hongo and was hit by the first sputum blood.

 

 

Four restored gas lights installed in October 1985 (1985) are lit on Ginza 3-chome "Ginza Gas Light Street". This is commemorated in 1874 (1874) that 85 gas lamps were built between Shiba Kanesugibashi and Kyobashi, illuminating Ginza [Photo 4]. In addition, a gas lamps have been restored at the site of Kyobashi (east side of Minamizume). Where did this gas come from?

Currently, there is a “founding monument” in front of the Tokyo Gas headquarters near JR Hamamatsucho Station (Photo 1). The inscription states, "... Construction of the Nigas Factory in Shiba-Hamasaki-cho, 1873 (1873) Nishite gas supply started in December 1873, Ginza Street Nigas Light ignited, Gyojin Oshite surprise no eyes (Miha) Rashimeshiha ... "

Tokyo Gas's "Gas Museum" (Kodaira City) has left a blueprint for gas streetlights from 1874 (1874) written by the French Pre-Grand, who instructed the Japanese gas business. It is a plan drawing from Kanesugibashi to Ginza / Kyobashi, as well as Kanda and Honmachidori to Asakusabashi. In Ginza, in addition to the current Chuo-dori street, gas lamps are laid on Miyuki-dori, Harumi-dori St. and Ginza Sakura-dori St. 1-chome Ginza.

At that time, the gas lamps were only burning yellow flames, and the candlelight was 40 lux, while the open flame gas lamps were 60 lux. However, it is said that in the dark, it was brighter than Japanese lantern, and a large number of spectators gathered, including high color and rareness.

For lighting, a person called `` Tenshokata '' wearing a half coat has an ignition stick made of sulfur as a fire, and lit it alone on about 50 gas lights for about an hour. It is said that He had to be erased in the morning, so he had to be a wife in order not to sleep in the morning. [Photo 3: Ginza gas lamp restoration commemorative postcard "Ginza-dori brick building" (part) Hiroshige Midai: Kyobashi Library Collection)

According to the museum, Shintomiza, built by Kanya Morita in 1878 (1878), is a modern theater that uses plenty of gas lamps and is also used for stage lighting, and it was the first nighttime performance in Tokyo.

In addition, inside the museum garden Along with gas lamps from Yokohama City, London and Paris, two gas lamps that were built in Tsukiji Akashicho and Hamarikyu are also lit. The upper firehouse part is a reproduction, but the iron pillar is said to be from that time. Certainly, the design of the pillar is different. [Photo 2: Restored gas lamps from Tsukiji Akashicho in the foreground and Hamarikyu in the back]

From the Shimbashi Station to the Ginza Brick Street, and the Tsukiji Hotel, many scenes at that time were depicted in Nishiki-e as a symbol of the nation's renewal from Edo to Tokyo. It tells the era when Chuo-ku now transformed into a modern civilization.

 

 

　Everyone, do you know where the Nihonbashi River flows from?

To visit such questions and romance, I walked from a certain point upstream to the mouth via Kanda and Ryukanbashi.

　This is an explanation of the history and origin of Ryukanbashi.

　After Ryukan Bridge, go to Tokiwa Bridge in front of the Bank of Japan, a nationally designated important cultural property.

 Tokiwa Bridge. It is said that he went from Edo Castle to Nikko Kaido and Oshu Kaido via here.　

　Next to Tokiwa Bridge is one stone bridge with Goto and Goto. It's famous for the signs of a lost child.

　Look at the West Bank Bridge on your right and arrive at Nihonbashi. It took about two and a half hours so far.

　Where is the water of the Nihonbashi River?

　Mitsubishi Warehouse Edobashi Warehouse Building in Historic buildings, Tokyo.

　A ship relief is designed on the balustrade of Minato Bridge.

　Takao Inari Shrine with a sad history.　What's your history?

　There was also a wooden explanation board.

　The spirit of a woman, not the money.　It's Date!

　The last bridge of the Nihonbashi River, Toyomi Bridge.　Behind it, you can see Eitai Bridge.

　The water of the Nihonbashi River flows into the Sumida River and flows into Tokyo Bay and the ocean.

The Nihonbashi River has been flowing with humanity since the Edo period.

　Why don't you walk while exploring the history around you?　

 

 

 

Last time, in the secret of Mitsukoshi, I mentioned the "Mitsukoshi character" mark of the department store "Mitsukoshi", which was the first in Japan to declare a department store in 1937.

This time, it is the secret about Mitsukoshi's symbol "Lion Statue".

Manager of time, who laid the foundation for becoming a department store called Mitsukoshi from Mitsui Kimono Store: Mr. Ousuke Hibi loved lions. In 1914, when it became a new five-story reinforcing bar with a Renaissance reinforcing bar, it seems that two lion statues were set up in the hope that "Mitsukoshi" would become the king in the department store world.

From here, this is the main subject of this time ...

There are few people who know that Ousuke Hibi's son's name was "Lion" ...

By the way, the kanji is "Lion".

Now, the "Lion Statue", which is popular as a mecca for meeting in Ginza, Nihonbashi, also had such an episode.

This information can also be found in the materials of Mitsui Public Relations Committee.

The Nihonbashi Main Store is already dressed as Christmas.

If you are going out for Christmas, New Year's gifts, New Year's holidays, and New Year's holidays, and if you have the opportunity to see "Lion Statues", please remember this a little.

In addition,...

Among the "Mitsukoshi Main Store", what I like most is this stained glass sign. 

 

 

 

　The Sky Tree also reached a height of 205M on November 10.

　You can clearly see its male figure from the top of Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge.

Like a great master, a giant sliving in the chaotic ocean－－－

late Tokugawa shogunate, "Ryoma Sakamoto" is a muggy guy who ran through with a light on the eve of the Meiji Restoration

He stayed in Edo for more than three years twice in a short life, and in this Chuo-ku.

Did you know that you were improving your mind and skills?

During that time, it was blessed with good teachers and good friends, and deepened friendship became a stepping stone for future big work.

In addition, family, lover, ETC, and back story　

Chuo Kumin College-Learning Lecture "People related to Chuo-ku-ku-Chuo-ku walked by Ryoma Sakamoto"

I was drawn into my teacher's name lecture by 2 classes that only give me three times.

I was able to learn the part of Ryoma's life.

Next week, we will finally go around the land related to Ryoma in Chuo-ku.

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On November 8 (Sun), the “Autumn Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Tour” (sponsored by the Chuo-ku Board of Education) was held as a project for Tokyo Cultural Properties Week 2009. . The lecturer on this day was Tetsushi Okamoto, who appeared on the NHK TV "Bura Tamori" Ginza guide broadcast on October 22.

At 9:30 in the morning, a bus carrying 20 participants departs from the Local Tenmonkan (Time Dome Akashi) and heads to Akashi Elementary School. For today, I went up to the roof of the school building, and saw the buildings from the early days of the earthquake reconstruction project from close to me. Beyond that, you can see the cross of St. Luke's College of Nursing. In Ginza, you will see the inside of the Ginza Lion 7-chome store before opening, and it was built in the early Showa era and you will be fascinated by the interior decoration. Now we go to Sukiyabashi Park while walking across Ginza's specialty "Alley". Yasuaki Elementary School is the same earthquake reconstruction project, but it has a different style from Akashi Elementary School (photo = commentary while looking at Yasuaki Elementary School internal photos).

In the afternoon, I started walking from the Tokyo International Forum and saw the inside of the Mitsubishi No. 1 building, which was restored earlier. At the Meiji Seimeikan, you can go around the tour course and feel the "masterpiece of modern architecture". In Kyobashi, you can see the Meijiya Kyobashi Building in Designated Cultural Property, Chuo-ku from the exterior. Eventually, we arrive at the final point, Takashimaya Tokyo store. This building was registered as a National Important Cultural Property for the first time as a department store in June. It is divided into two groups and receives detailed explanations from the store concierge. The circumference looks around, there is a tour and explanation inside, and the interior surrounded by marble feels heavy. Take the elevator at the time of construction to the rooftop. I think of the famous elephant "Takako". Even now, the remnants were in the tower. Soon at 4:00 p.m., I finished a tour of cultural properties here.

A refreshing autumn day through buildings Being able to experience a part of the history and culture of Chuo-ku was largely attributable to Lecturer Okamoto's easy-to-understand, careful, and expert commentary. I would like to participate in today's cultural property tour and re-read the research work centered on the lecturer Ginza.