Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

As you all know, there are many novels by Keigo Higashino set in Chuo-ku.

In particular, "newcomers", where Kaga detective plays an active part at Nihonbashi Station, were set in Ningyocho, and a condominium in Kodemmacho was the murder site. Also, in "Kirin's Wings", people were killed under the statue of Kirin in Nihonbashi. In the "Prayer curtain Down" released last year, in addition to Meijiza being stuck, 12 bridges spanning the Kanda River and Nihonbashi River will appear.

So I decided to walk along those 12 bridges in order and write several topics related to the bridges and the surrounding towns. This is the first step, and we will introduce a bridge that crosses the Kanda River that borders Chuo-ku.

　

The first is Yanagibashi at the entrance to the Kanda River from the Sumida River. In the novel, it was written down Yanagibashi in January on the calendar.

　There is a relief of a hairpin on the balustrade in memory of the gorgeousness of the traditional flower willow world.

 

At present, there is only one restaurant called Kameseiro.

It's left.

(This book belongs to Ikuo Hirayama.)

Here is the Committee of the Committee on the Sumo Yokozuna

Will be opened.

There are several lodgings between Asakusabashi and Asakusabashi.
A lot of houseboats are moored.

This "Komatsuya" is also a boarding house, but it is famous

It's also called Tsukudaniya.

"Suzume-yaki" that I often ate when I was a child

Isn't it coincidence?

One of the treasure chests of the treasure hunt in Chuo-ku last year (2013)

It was hidden in the side of Yanagibashi.

It is located between Asakusabashi (Chuo-ku side).

There is "Hatsune Mori Shrine" on the second floor of the building.

In addition, there is no photo, but it was Yanagibashi when the Kuju room (former Yokozuna Chiyonofuji is the current master) became independent from the Dewanoumi room in 1967 (former Yokozuna Chiyonoyama master) (It was Taito Ward side). It's an old story, but I remember going to see it when Fuji of former Yokozuna Kita (the master of Chiyonofuji) won.

 

This time, it was full of Yanagibashi alone, so after Asakusabashi, I will introduce it next time.

 

 

　From August 28 to 31, there was an event hosted by the "Tadataka Ino 200 Years Chuo-ku Festival Executive Committee". .

This is the 27th Complete Restoration Inozu National Tour Floor Exhibition.　It was a large exhibition that used the second floor venue of the Chuo Ward Sports Center full.

Tadataka Ino was born in 1745 in Kosekimura, almost in the center of Kujukuri Beach, as a child of Sadatsune Koseki and Mine, as the youngest of the three brothers. Later, after bereavement with his mother, his father, who was the son-in-law, returns to his parents' home with only his brother and sister of Tadayoshi (child name, Jiro).

When Tadayoshi was 10 years old, his father, Sadatsune Jimbo, comes to pick him up and lives with his father until the age of 17. At this time, the sake brewer in Sahara, the Ino Saburoemon family disappeared, and the widow was seeking a son-in-law at the expense of Hirayamaga, a relative of the Jinbo family and the Ino family. .

After that, he demonstrated his business talent at the Ino family and enlivened the family business's sake brewing business until the age of 49.　He retired at the age of 49, handed over his family to his son, Keikei, went to Edo to pursue astronomy and calendar, and entered Yoshitoki Takahashi, a 19-year-old Shogunate Astronomical Society.

　Despite having the resources, Tadataka Ino, who has a strong spirit of challenge, is here to demonstrate his essence.

He lived in Kuroe-cho near Fukagawa Hachimangu Shrine, went to school to Yoshitoki Takahashi of the calendar station in front of the storehouse in Asakusa, and set up a observatory at home to observe it eagerly.

When the size of the earth became a hot topic among the calendar scholars, I knew that the difference in latitude between Asakusa and Kuroe-cho was one and a half minutes, so I guess, "I'm going to measure the distance between the two points, I'll decide the distance between Asakusa and Fukagawa, but from the time of my teacher, I think I'll decide the distance between Asakusa and Fukagawa.

 

　At the age of 55, he takes a step in Ezo survey to measure the length of one latitude. On April 19, 1800, he visited Hachimangu Shrine Fukagawa and left for Ezochi via Senju-juku.

In the second survey, we measured the eastern shore of Honshu from Izu.　The results of the first and second surveys were recognized, and from the next third survey, the Shogunate announced that it would be possible to use horses for travel without rent, and the quantity was greatly increased, The village village has now received much generous assistance.　The third survey surveyed the Uetsu region, and the fourth survey surveyed the coasts of Tokai and Hokuriku, aiming to produce a whole map of East Japan.

　The following references show that the survey equipment used at this time was called "intermediate quadrant". At the venue, other surveying instruments were also exhibited. 

 

The results of the four surveys from the first to the fourth are compiled as "East half of Japan Coastal Map", which has been well received at the Shogunate, and has been overviewed by the 11th Shogun Ienari Tokugawa.

According to the 4th survey route map, at this time, the Tokaido was re-measured to Numazu, connected to the Izu Peninsula survey line in Numazu, and began coastal surveys along the Tokaido, followed by Ejiri, Miho Matsubara, Omaezaki, Atsumi Peninsula, and Chita Peninsula, and went from Atsuta to Nagoya Castle to Gifu, Okunigaki, Sekigahara, and Kinomoto from Tsuruga. At this time, I was 58 years old because it was October 7, 1803.

　After that, under the order of West Japan Survey, the 5th and 6th surveys continued. In the fifth edition, we also survey Kyoto, where the cityscape is well-equipped.

　It doesn't seem to be much different from the map used in modern timetables.

In the sixth installment, I also work on surveying Itsukushima.

　

 

　It's a pity that everything you've introduced at this event cannot be expressed on this small blog.

"Tadataka Ino" Daisensei's vigorous curiosity and challenge spirit, I thought that I had to live happily in my future life.

I would like to express my deepest respect to the organizers and everyone who cooperated.　Thank you very much.

 

Reference: "Nationwide Survey of Tadataka Ino" Editor: Mr. Ichiro Watanabe, issuer: Tadataka Ino Study Group, Production, Contact: Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., telephone: 075-823-5151

Postscript: Tadataka Ino lived around Kamejima Bridge in the current Chuo-ku area. There is a notice board there. Please enjoy walking around the city of Chuo-ku.

 

 

 

Yumeji Takehisa, a poet painter representing Taisho Roman, was born in Okayama Prefecture on September 16, 1884 (1884). This year is 130 years. A monument to "Yumeji / Minatoya-related land" is built at the front entrance of Mizuho Trust Bank in Yaesu 1-chome.

Yumeji, who was extremely popular with his unique beauty paintings and lyric poems claimed to be Yumeji, opened his hobby shop port 130 meters west of this monument in 1914, and sold prints, envelopes, cards, postcards, Tenugui and half-collar designs. "The exhibition in which the artist himself commercialized the work and created a store that sells it, has an important significance in the history of commercial art in Japan," explains the monument. It was certainly a revolutionary and innovative idea at that time. This year, the commemorative year of the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Minatoya Esogami store in this area, a commemorative exhibition titled `` 130th Birthday Yumeji Takehisa Exhibition-Yumeji and Rotrek who lived in Belle Epoch '' will be held at each Takashimaya store I'm visiting. "We have a wide range of designs, from magazine covers and advertisements to daily necessities, and are outstanding in the world of commercial art and publishing. The two, who did not belong to the art gallery and had the sensibility to read the cutting edge of the times and raised prints and posters to independent genres, seem to be a project that contrasts the two as "an artist who symbolizes Belle Epoque" (a pamphlet for the exhibition). The monument is close to Nihonbashi Takashimaya and the monument, so please look forward to "Would you like to see it after seeing it?"

 

The 130th Birthday Yumeji Takehisa Exhibition will be held at Nihonbashi Takashimaya from September 26 to October 6.

Monument of "Yumeji / Minatoya-related land" 1-2-1 Yaesu, near the front entrance of Mizuho Trust Bank head office

 

 

 

This photo is a photo of an old postcard and shows the scenery of Nihonbashi.

I don't know when it was shot, but I feel the times.

 

It seems to capture the direction of Muromachi from the Nihonbashi area in the foreground.

The solid Nihonbashi and the stately Mitsukoshi are very impressive.

In this photo, only low buildings have been built yet.

Hot items such as "Nihonbashi COREDO Muromachi" and "YUITO" which are popular now.

NEW Nihonbashi district is also shown.

 

"Warm the deceased and know the new one."

Create a new Nihonbashi area full of entertainment day and night

Why don't you visit and enjoy it very much?

　

 

 

Recently, an explanation board for the “Isecho Hori (Nishibori Rugawa)” has been installed at Nihonbashi Kobunacho No. 1 in front of the Kobunacho Memorial Hall (left photo). The installation location was relocated to replace the "Shuuga Kishi Ruins" explanation board, which had been installed in Nihonbashi Honmachi, and the contents of the description were renewed and rebuilt.

 

 

 

This moat, which was excavated in the early Edo period, was called Isecho moat until the middle of the Meiji era, and was later called Nishiborirugawa. On the west bank, which entered the northwest of the Nihonbashi River, there was the "Yone River Bank", on the east bank, the "Kobune River Bank", and on the north side, the "Shuuga River Bank", which was bent in a key shape, close to Nihonbashi, the center of Edo. The "Edo Famous Places" depicts the late Edo period.

 

In the middle of the Meiji era, the moat on the north side was reclaimed, and after the Great Kanto Earthquake, the moat leading to the Nihonbashi River was reclaimed. The location of the explanation board (right photo: the arrow section of the Edo Kirie diagram) is near the site of Arabubashi and near the site of Yasuda Bank (later from Fuji Bank to current Mizuho Bank). @ Akira Makibuchi

 

 

 

This time, I would like to introduce the retro tofu shop "Takayanagi Tofu Shop" in Ningyocho.

I entered the alley on the way from the intersection of amazake Yokocho toward Tokyo Metro Suitengumae Station.

Founded in 1927, it is a long-established store that has been running for four generations to date.

The exterior is a retro copper-plated signboard construction (*) with a taste, and there is no plan to rebuild it at this time.

（＊） Architectural style often seen during the reconstruction period following the Great Kanto Earthquake. The feature is that the front of the building is flat, and it is finished with a copper plate from the viewpoint of fire prevention.

The tofu shop is early in the morning, and for customers who come to buy tofu for breakfast, we open a shop around 5:00 in the early morning and start making tofu. According to the shop owner, "In the past, a nearby public bath was opened around 2 o'clock in the middle of the night when the business was closed."

There are about 30 types of tofu to be sold, such as Kinu tofu, Momen tofu, fried tofu, edama tofu with green soybeans, and sesame tofu with sesame. It seems that there are many customers who want tastes that are not available at supermarkets and convenience stores.

A long-established specialty store is still alive in Chuo-ku. Why don't you enjoy the special taste of the specialty store?