Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

"Would you like to come down from the sky with a fortune?"

"If you win the lottery..."

"Sugimori Shrine" located at 1-chome, Nihonbashi Horidomecho, stopped by thinking of something like a lovely tenement house resident "Kuma-san, Yachi-an" in rakugo.

It's like a cedar forest, so in the past, cedar trees were overgrown around here.

"Tomizuka" stands on the left hand of worship hall.

When I was looking at, "Is there a connection to the lottery?"

The appearance after a long absence is a familiar grandfather who is familiar with only useless things.

 

"This is the place where lottery was held during the Edo period.

It's like the ancestor of the lottery now.

To commemorate that, a monument has been built.

 

I wonder if there was a lottery in the Edo period.

The lottery has reached its peak during the culture and Bunsei period, which is said to be the maturity of Edo culture.

It was approved by the Shogunate and said that there were more than 30 places in the Edo area alone.

I guess it's a part of public gambling.

The government's lottery has been granted permission to the shrines and shrines under the name of constructing repair costs, etc., as subsidies to temples and shrines have been reduced due to the financial deterioration of the Shogunate.

 

In the lottery performed at the precincts of the temple and shrine, a wooden tag with a number was placed in a large box, a well-wrapped one, a long handle was inserted through the hole at the top, and the wooden tag was pierced.

"Pine No. 1234" written on the wooden tag is a hit number and can be read high.

The people who gathered in the precincts swayed.

It's a scene that I sometimes see in historical dramas.

Richness is something that people of all ages dream. That's why it's also featured in rakugo and plays.

 

In particular, "Mitomi in Edo" was counted as Yushima Tenjin, Taninaka Kannoji Temple (Tennoji Temple), and Meguro Fudo.

It seems to have been very prosperous along with visiting temples and shrines.

 

What was this Sugimori Shrine?

Because it is located in a townhouse facing the main highway in Edo, people would have been able to drop in casually.

Together with Kasumori in Shimbashi and Sparrow Forest in Fukagawa (sometimes include Yanagimori Shrine), it was called "Mimori in Edo". There's no reason to do it.

Even now, it is an auspicious place where Ebisu of Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods is celebrated.

 

However, due to the overheat of the lottery, Tadakuni Mizuno of the Shogunate has been abolished or banned due to the reform of Tenpo.

 

I think it would be better to walk steadily and steadily while holding a dream.'

 

When it became a sermon story, the old man quickly left.

 

"No, sir. Even though he is not a relative, he is a noisy grandfather. "But in the light falling through the fresh green trees, he squeezes the wealth bill tightly and gives a hot gaze at the foot of the cone. I felt like I could see the figure of the common people of Edo.

 

 

 

The textbook "From Edo to Tokyo" published by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education (for Tokyo Metropolitan High School Geographical History Department, 2011 edition = left photo) already introduced on this blog (2011 edition) was sold to the public from April 27. It was created because it is important to learn modern and modern history of Japan because Japanese history will be compulsory from 2012 at Tokyo Metropolitan High School.

 

"Let's learn the history of Edo and Tokyo and make use of the wisdom of our predecessors," he edited the history from the opening of Edo to the present day, incorporating photographs and charts. It seems that this is the first time a textbook in Tokyo has been marketed, and it can be said that it is an affordable book as an introductory history or supplementary reading. As reported, there are many items related to Chuo-ku, so there are also many items related to Chuo-ku.Chuo-kuIt is also useful for learning about history and culture and visiting historical sites. A4 size color printing, 208 pages in total. Price is 640 yen. It is sold in the Tokyo Metropolitan Information Room on the third floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1.

 

 

By the way, this textbook lists the brick streets of Civilization and enlightenment and Ginza as "Ginza with Gas Lamps" (pages 58-59). Among them, there is a column (pictured right) that says "gas lights in Ginza", but this description of the textbook is published on November 24, 2009, published by Kosei on the correspondent blog of the tourist association, "Chuo-ku Here is History <15> ~ Where the gas of the Ginza gas lamps was made ~" is quite similar. Kosei went to Shibaura, Kodaira, etc., interviewed and posted articles, and the description of this textbook summarizes reference photos and pictorial drawings in addition to the quotation points of the inscription and the flow of the sentence, I am surprised that it looks very similar to the student blog post.

 

It is good that the history of Ginza Gas Light is widely known, but was it coincidence that the contents of the essay on the Kosei blog and the textbook description similar? If you are interested, please read and compare it. ●Akira Makibuchi

 

 

 

 April 26 I took a walk in Tsukiji Akashicho after a long absence.

Get off at Tsukiji Station on the Hibiya Line and start a walk. Akashi Elementary School (remodeling?) A "gas lamppost" was installed in front of the apartment near the house. From there, there was Catholic Tsukiji Church Cathedral across the road of Akashiko. The wisteria flowers and button cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

  　

 

 

It may be difficult to see because it was a little backlight, but the button cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

 

On the sidewalk in front of the cathedral, there was a monument that originated from Xiaosei Gakuen.

       

From there, we toured Time Dome Akashi (the azalea flowers were blooming beautifully on the bulletin board) and walked to Nihonbashi while looking at the explanation board of the site of Shintomi-za in front of the building of the Kyobashi Tax Office. On the way, Showa (?) Post office building with atmosphere of atmosphere, old-fashioned Tabiya building with Tabiya building, ivy (?) It was a walk of about 10,000 steps while watching the interesting buildings and flowers while watching the eco-friendly buildings covered with them.

   

 

Spring is a season when you want to try something new. It's fun to walk around the city, but I want to deepen my knowledge a little ... I went to visit the Tokyo Stock Exchange!

While loving the cherry blossoms of "Sakura-dori St." running on the south side of Maruzen and Takashimaya ...

 

This is the main entrance. It's a magnificent building. (The entrance to the tour is opposite)

We received a brief leaflet and started the tour immediately. Take the escalator to the 2nd floor.

It was the market center that jumped into my eyes. A circular electronic bulletin board called a "chicker" has a familiar company name around. This is this! I wanted to see this! It seems that the rotation speed is faster than I expected ... If you look at it all the time, you will turn around.

You can also get off at another escalator and get closer to the market center. Everybody, I'm working very hard. I don't care about my gaze (laughs).

In the past, there was a witness place here, and people were rushing their hands ... young people today don't know such a sight!

In the mid-1990s, when the systemization progressed and the number of people was decreasing in the witness area (quoted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange hp).　　After this, the session was closed on April 30, 1999.

 

2-1 Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku Tokyo Stock Exchange http://www.tse.or.jp/index.html

Free tour is from 9:00 to 16:30 (excluding weekends and holidays, admission until 16:00)

From July 1 to September 30, the tour will be canceled due to power saving cooperation due to the earthquake. Please be careful.

 

 

 

 

 My name is Vickie, who will be working as a tourism correspondent from this year.

The main haunting area is Nihonbashi. I borrowed the name Vickie from my favorite Senbikiya!

I will do my best to make Chuo-ku even more energetic, so thank you.

 

By the way, today I would like to introduce the Mitsui Memorial Museum.

I love visiting museums. What I was looking forward to with Taro Okamoto exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and Sharaku of the National Museum was the Hokusai exhibition at the Mitsui Museum of Art.

Unfortunately, due to the effects of the earthquake, Hokusai and others in the Honolulu Museum of Art were unable to come to Japan and decided to cancel this time! The impact is surprising, isn't it?

Let's re-evaluate and enjoy the Mitsui Memorial Museum Collection Exhibition.

After all, this museum has a beautiful building itself! The Mitsui Main Building was designated as a National Important Cultural Property in 1998. The approach to the museum is set up in the adjacent Mitsui Tower, and the atrium where the light shines is so fascinating. I feel like I'm going back in time from Showa to the future.

The highlight of this time is the “Tofukumon-in entrance picture folding screen”, which will be the first appearance after the color correction (!?). Don't be reckoned with the exhibition of Hokusai's change. It is a very vivid folding screen suitable for the name of an important cultural property. The beautiful color of the red color. Please note that this becomes the display to 5/15 of the first half.

Every spring, the "Mitsui Family Hina" collection is also indispensable, but the wonderful thing about the Mitsui Museum of Art is that each of the works of art is very carefully exhibited, and it feels like you are visiting the Mitsui Family's home. It is recommended that you visit on weekdays and appreciate it carefully. And after the appreciation ... correspondent Ginzo is also recommended at Senbikiya, and be sure to enjoy mango curry!

By the way, when I asked the museum, the Hokusai exhibition will not be held this year in Tokyo, and it is undecided whether it will be held again next year or later. I'd like to see you someday.

 

2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi Mitsui Memorial Museum 7F Mitsui Main Building http://www.mitsui-museum.jp/

 

 There's a sign at the entrance.

 

 

 Behind the Mitsui Main Building. From the left, the Bank of Japan, Mitsui Tower, and Mitsui Main Building. I feel the flow of the times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Spring History Walk 2011 Ginza Course, hosted by the Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Supporter Association of the Chuo-ku Town Walking Volunteer Guide, was held from 1:00 pm on April 24 (Sun). The annual event was held on the Ginza course, following the previous Nihonbashi course (April 16).

 

The application for participation was recruited in the ward bulletin "News of the Ward", and on this day, 19 people gathered in front of Ginza 1-chome police box in Minamizume, Kyobashi. Many of the participants were residents of the ward, and some were consecutive with the Nihonbashi course. Walk along the course to the site of Shimbashi across Chuo-dori. The monuments of the birthplace of Edo Kabuki and the ruins of the Daikon River at the site of Kyobashi tell the history from Edo. The first tour of the shrine is Yuki Inari of Namiki-dori St. While walking along the alley, go to the birthplace of Ginza. After going through the gas lamp street, Hodo Inari sits behind the alley. Matsuya-dori is an unusual Asahi Inari that connects worship hall on the first floor of the building to main hall on the rooftop. Azuma Inari crosses the Mihara Bridge at the site of Sanjumabori. Heading from Chuo-dori, a pedestrian paradise, to 7-chome, there is Toyo Iwaine cargo in a narrow alley. This time, I omitted the department store, but the tour of the shrines in Ginza seems to be popular.

 

The remains of the Ginza Brick Street remain on Kinharu Street. This is where the Kinharu Yashiki is located, and the Noh Festival is held in summer. It was a 2-hour walk in Ginza that arrived at the site of Shimbashi after the site of Shibakuchi Gomon. Participants said, "I enjoyed Ginza that I didn't know." In the early summer climate, the young shoots of willows are growing day by day, and it is a perfect day for walking around the town. ●Akira Makibuchi