Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　Take the Oedo Line Tsukiji Market Station toward Hamarikyu, and you will find a "tuna monument" in front of the intersection.

　I read the inscription.

　A hydrogen bomb test was conducted at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific on March 1, 1954.

　Then, some of the tuna caught from the exposed "No. 5 Fukuryu Maru" arrived at the market, and a Tokyo inspection revealed radioactive contamination.

　The contaminated fish (sharks, tuna) were buried in this corner.

　Nearly 460 tons of contaminated fish were found in more than 850 fishing boats nationwide, and it was written that market officials and fishery officials were also hit hard, such as panic throughout Japan and no "seri" was established in Tsukiji Market. I am.

　It is written that this plate was made with donations (10 yen) from many children from all over the country so that such nuclear damage does not occur.

　The date of creation of the plate is March 1, 1999.

It's just a small monument on the back of the intersection.

Japan's first thermal power plant was located in Chuo Ward. In Nihonbashikayabacho, there is a monument to the birthplace of electric light supply (pictured). On November 21, 1887 (1887), Tokyo Electric Power Company (now Tokyo Electric Power Company) built a power plant and supplied electric lights to nearby companies.

The monument was equipped with a 30-hap horizontal steam machine with the first electric light supply using a distribution line, and operated one 20KW Edison DC generator. It is said that the electric light was supplied to Nippon Yusen Corporation and the Tokyo Post Office in 210 volt DC.

The world's first thermal power plant invented by Edison was a power supply to New York City in 1881. Six years later, the technology was introduced here in Japan. The amount of electricity generated using coal as fuel is only 1,600 incandescent light bulbs. At that time, I used electricity only for electric lights, so it seems that was enough. Moreover, since it was supplied by direct current (currently alternating), the transmission range seems to have been as narrow as a few kilometers. Looking at the old map of the Meiji era, there is a display of "light station" on this land.

Eiichi Shibusawa, a businessman who had planned the entire area as a business district, including the establishment of Daiichi National Bank since the early Meiji era, met Edison, who invented it. In 1909 (1909), a group of U.S. businessmen headed by Shibusawa visited Edison Electric Power Company.

Writer Junichirou Tanizaki wrote in his autobiography "Kids" that he lived in this area where he could hear the sound of the power plant and went to Sakamoto Elementary School. The generator was exhibited at the Science Museum in Ueno as "Edison Dynamo" was used in Japan's first commercial thermal power plant. @ Akira Makibuchi

I would like to introduce you to the "Tokyo Minatokan" where the "Onboard Guide Training Workshop", a collaboration project between Chuo-ku and Koto-ku, was held.

Tokyo Bay developed since it was once called Edo Minato, and opened as an international port in 1941, and with the passage of the times, the response from conventional ships to container ships has been successful, and Tokyo Port has the value of foreign trade container trade Has become Japan's best.

　　　　(The entrance from Sumida River to Shinkawa)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Aomi container yard)
 

The area is currently being developed as a coastal subcenter, but the hotel introduces the flow with large models and recorded photographs.

The hotel is located on the 20th floor of a building in the Aomi area, so it is not 360 degrees Celsius, but it has a very good view and you can enjoy the surrounding scenery.

Tokyo Minatokan
　　2-4-24 Aomi, Koto-ku, 20th floor of Aomi Frontier Building (Yurikamome / 1 minute Telecom Center Station)

  　TEL：　03-5500-2587　

　　Opening hours: From 9:30 to 17:00

　　Closed days:　Monday

　　Admission fee:　200 yen

Colored by numerous history, Chuo-ku encounters interesting historical sites and places related to wherever you walk. On this day, I walked around the Kyobashi area.

In recent years, redevelopment has progressed around here, and [Kyobashi Square Garden], which has a studio with [FM Chuo] closely related to sightseeing correspondents, has become a new landscape.

Near the building, the familiar "Kyobashi main pillar" is left. "Kyobashi" was built over the Kyobashi River, which was reclaimed for the construction of the Metropolitan Expressway during the previous Olympics. It has been more than half a century since the river disappeared in 1959 (Showa 34). However, if you look at this main pillar, you can remember the past.

In the past, there was a vegetable unloading area on the northwest side of the Kyobashi River, and it was very busy called [daikon riverbank]. They traded vegetables brought from rural areas near Tokyo here, and it is the prototype of the fruit and vegetable market today. In the past, a lot of suburban vegetables such as Kameido Daikon and Nerima Daikon were transported using water transportation, and it seems that they were called "daikon riverbank" from that impression.

Eventually, after the Great Kanto Earthquake, the functions of the market were passed on to Tsukiji and Kanda.

It seems that this year is the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the radish riverbank. (Because there is a theory that February is the month of birth, now is exactly that time!)

I feel the weight when I hear that it goes back to the age of the 4th shogun of Edo shogunate, Iezuna. To commemorate this, the members of the Kyobashi Daikon Riverside Association have been holding a commemorative event to distribute radish and various vegetables free of charge from two years ago in the middle of every month. February was scheduled for the 14th (Fri), but unfortunately it seems to have been canceled due to heavy snow. The next event will be held from noon on March 14 (Fri), so please visit us once.

A monument is erected on the site of [Daikon Riverside], giving you a sense of history and personality. In addition, local people plant radish in planters after this history and grow it. I look forward to being able to reproduce a small [daikon riverbank] in modern times.

Then, as an aside, a restaurant called [Manchichi], which was located in this [daikon riverbank] appears in the historical novel's monument "Kihei Criminal Book". This store, which is closed in summer, is said to have been famous for its rabbit soup. It is a well-known spot for Onihei fans.

In the Edo period, carnivores were prohibited in principle, but it is known that they were eaten in various ways. "Rabbit" was also a kind of bird, and it was an OK sign. Therefore, rabbits are counted as "one bird, two birds ..." just like birds.

The Kyobashi neighborhood walks while thinking about such things. After that, whether to head to Ginza or Nihonbashi, for me, it is also Edo's "Shimonbashi".

There is a monument of Karakuri dolls on the wall of "Ando Shihoten" on the east side of Wako Building in Ginza 4-chome.

This monument was created in the image of "heaven dojis" that bring relaxation and moisture to the street corner of Ginza and fly into the sky.

It seems that dolls in costumes, decorative tables with cloisonne, wooden gears, etc. are controlled by computers. The performance will be performed for about 5 minutes with music.
Performance time
13：30 15：30 17：30 19：30

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