Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

■The first day festival is the festival of Inari Shrine held on the first afternoon of February. This year, February 11 was the first noon. The second afternoon festival is February twenty-third. During that time, I came to Inari in Ginza.

■Ginza 1-chome, Ko Inari Shrine
I was surprised that the location of the shrine had changed from before. Because it was located a little from Namiki-dori St., an information board was installed on Namiki-dori St.

■Ginza 3-chome Asahi Inari Shrine
This time, I also visited main hall on the roof of the Ohiro Asahi Building. During the shooting, there were two people visiting the worship hall on the first floor of the building.

■Ginza 3-chome, Hoju Inari Shrine
I was glad that there was a lantern that flourished during the Edo period (jiguchi: a folk proverb, slang, etc., with another word similar to the same sound or voice, expressing a different meaning). There were some people who came here too.

■Ginza 4-chome, Hodo Inari Shrine
The offer was supposed to be placed in the mailbox of the "Japanese syllabary" (pencil museum) on the opposite side of Inari if offertory box was not placed.

■Azuma Inari Shrine, Ginza 5-chome
The shrine is located in Miharakoji, where the atmosphere is good. There were some people who came here too.

■I photographed at the five Inari Shrines from noon on weekdays to about 2 o'clock. There were a total of four people visiting at the time of shooting. I was able to understand that Inari is rooted in the community.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　           　　　　　　　　　　　　Above

 

 

　Ko Inari Shrine on Namiki-dori St. in Ginza 1-chome.

I couldn't worship for a long time because of the rebuilding of the building.

The first day festival will be held from 2:30 pm on February 23, and you can visit as before.

The newly built building called ZY GINZA is called NEW YORKER.

An apparel store enters and sits in the alley on the left side of the store.

Please enjoy visiting the Ginza Hachicho shrine before and after shopping and meals.

 

 

 

Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, next to Tsukiji Temple.

 

There is St. Luke International Hospital in Akashicho, but in February, my family decided to be hospitalized at this hospital. This time, it is a good opportunity, but as a patient's point of view, I went around the hospital.

The building with the cross spire on the left side of the photo is the old building, the tower building on the right side is the St. Luke's Tower, and the building between these two buildings is the main building, and these three buildings are connected by corridor-like passages at the second floor level. Inpatients spend time in the main building in the middle.

 

The main building and St. Luke's Tower are relatively new buildings built in the 1990s, but the old building is based on buildings built in 1933 and is a historic building.

 

 

Also, at night, a spiral with a cross shines, making it a symbol of Akashicho.

When you come to the Akashicho area, it feels strange that it makes you feel somewhat positive, but I think that it is thanks to this building that makes such an atmosphere.

　

 

In this old building, there is an old chapel (chapel) built in 1936, but until now there was no chance to enter, so I just looked up at the chapel building from the north side of the old building.

However, this time, I was blessed with the opportunity to visit several times before surgery, the day of surgery, and the rehabilitation walking after surgery.

 

 

From the main building to the old building, we used the corridor on the second floor. As you proceed along the corridor, you will see a gallery where you can see the Toysler Memorial Hall below, and further you will reach the space on the second floor, which is the center of the old building.

Right on the right is the chapel, but the entrance is glass-covered and you can see inside from outside the chapel. Perhaps because of that, I thought it was a chapel that was easy to enter.

 　

In the past, when this old building was a ward, the patient was able to see and pray in this chapel from each floor above, and it was said that the hospital and chapel were integrated.

 

 

The inside of the chapel is a sacred space, so I couldn't take photos, but I was surprised at the high ceiling that I couldn't imagine from the exterior of the chapel.

When I sit in a chair, I look at the ceiling all the time.
The wall continues to the ceiling as if it were piled up of stones, and it is strange that it would not fall.
Gentle light shines through the tall window of the stained glass.
It is a calm space and healing space where the sound of pipe organ constantly flows in a majestic atmosphere.

 

 

When you leave the chapel, there is a chapel break space on the other side.

This place is also an old building, so the floor is Mississi-style. If you sit in a chair, you will be sleepy with a good feeling.

 

 

This chapel is held not only for those who work, learn, and patients in the hospital, but also for those outside, and regular pipe organ concerts are held.

 

This time, I also visited the concert held on the first Wednesday evening of every month, and I was able to spend a good time immersed in a good atmosphere. That day was after the day of the surgery, so it may have been felt more because of a sense of security.

 

This time, I thought it would be good to come again, not as a patient's point of view.

 

 

 

There is a traditional color called "Shimbashi-color". The dictionary says, "The name of dyeing color. Blueish light green color. Colors that became popular from Geisha in Shimbashi from the end of the Meiji era to the Taisho era ("Super Daijibayashi").

 

Shimbashi Geisha's Okiya is located on the site of Ginza Kinharu Yashiki and was called Kinharu Geisha, and is also known as "Konparuiro". At present, the street light display on Kinharu Street is colored in this Shimbashi color (above photo).

 

During the Edo period, there was the residence of the Kinharu family, one of the Noh actors Yotsuya that flourished since the Muromachi period. After the Meiji Restoration, Nihonbashi and Yanagibashi and Shimbashi were bustling as Mitsuhashi Hanamachi. At the time of the early days of modern Tokyo, new ones were preferred, and dyeing using chemical dyes was Shimbashi color. In Ginza, where Western civilizations such as Ginza brick streets and gas lamps were introduced, the feeling of high color may have been accepted freshly.

 

It is said that this color was also effectively used in beauty paintings by Japanese painter Kiyokata Kaburagi. The theme color of Shinko Yurikamome "Shimbashi Station" is "Shimbashi color" and the pattern is "Yanagi stripe" (lower photo = from Yurikamome HP). @ Akira Makibuchi

 

 

 

The bridge that appears in the novel "When the curtain of prayer goes down" is introduced in the order of the month written on the calendar in the novel, but this time around "Tokiwa Bridge" written on the calendar in April It is an introduction.

As you know, there are three bridges with the name "Tokiwa".

First of all, "Shin Tokiwa Bridge" connects Nihonbashi Motoishi-cho in Chuo-ku with Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku.

The soba shop "Muromachi Sandbox" located in Muromachi 4-chome, which goes a little from Shin-Tokiwa Bridge to Kanda, is the birthplace of Tenzaru.

Also, on the Chiyoda-ku side, the JR railway bridge spans the Nihonbashi River, and the railway bridge is marked with the emblem of Japan National Railways.

Next is "Jobanbashi". It is always written as "Iwan" instead of "board", but Tokiwa seems to have been taken from "Kanaba Wakashu", but there seems to be a story that the word stone was applied so that it did not break like a plate . It is currently under construction.

"Jobanbashi" was made of stone during the Meiji era, but the stone wall depicted in the picture above is the stone wall of the Masugata Tokiwa Bridge Gomon at the outer gate of Edo Castle heading toward Asakusa.

And it is the third "Tokiwa Bridge".

It is thought that this Tokiwa Bridge will appear in the novel.

 

 

I was practicing hard at the Tokyo Marathon, but from the second half of December, I felt sick and couldn't run as expected. I'm worried that the finish is delayed like that.

It is a course I know well, but I tried to pick it up properly both for practice and test run. Proceed to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Yasukuni Dori, and the Imperial Palace, not to Shinagawa, but to Ginza. When I wanted to take a break, I stopped by Kabukiza.

Originally, I want to run up the stairs, but I ride on an elevator to the garden. Speaking of which, recently, Kabukiza's articles have disappeared for a while, but when it opened, there were many introduction articles. That's what I remember.

It's a happy phoenix. There are phoenix tiles lined up, but only the phoenix on the left is facing the left. It's the only place in the whole.

I left, praying to run like a phoenix.

If you think about it, the area around Kabukiza is around 35 km, which is the toughest in the race, and you will not be able to run out with such a comfortable feeling. But among the courses of the Tokyo Marathon, the area from Nihonbashi to Ginza and Tsukiji is also the most exciting area. The area that excites the most difficult part may be the secret of this marathon.

My practice was distracted by this detour and ended at a public bath in Tsukiji. I can't keep it as it is.

I would like to do my best to run through like a phoenix until February 22nd.