Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
On 20th of this month, I went to "Nihonbashi Ebisu Lecture Bettara City", which was introduced by senior correspondent Shiba Inu.
I was learning about Betara City in the official text of the Chuo-ku Tourism Certification, but
This is the first time I actually went to see it!
I read the news that a very large number of people were expected and went to the site a little earlier, and it was already crowded with many people because it was the second day of the event.



There are many stalls that are often seen at festivals.
The most crowded place was the stalls pickled in Betara.
In the first place, Betazuke is a shallow salted radish pickled on a rice koji floor.
It is a traditional food that has been eaten since the Edo period.



It seems that the fifteenth general Yoshinobu Tokugawa also liked to eat it.
When we think that we are talking about the same thing in modern times, it feels strange.
At the store, you can sample pickled vegetables, etc.
It's fun to go around multiple stores to find your favorite pickles.



When I went around the shop while actually tasting, I was worried about two things.
The first is that no shop should cut the pickles and bag them.
Even though it is soft, it is difficult to bring one radish back as it is.
I was thinking, "I'm somewhat unfriendly."
Actually, there was a great reason to give it without cutting it.
The reason for this is that "betara pickles are lucky items, so I don't cut them."
If you say that, it's a bit hard to bring it home, but I want you not to cut it!



The second is that there are "skin" and "no skin" in Betta pickles.
It's literally the difference between whether the skin is attached or not.
The one with the skin is chewy and has a texture close to Sawaan.
According to the shop, it seems that people without skin have been around since the Edo period.



And there is also a Yu-Pack service that is good for those who buy Betara pickles for adults and those who come from a distance by train!
Why don't you use it when purchasing a lot?



In the Edo period, there was a custom in which Ebisu-ko was held in front of Takarada Ebisu Shrine Gate on October 20. At an event dedicated to Ebisu, the god of commerce and agriculture, he offered lucky items to pray for thriving business.
Today, vermilion seal stamp can be held only during the New Year's Day and Betara City, so many people gather at the shrine and enjoy the atmosphere of the place while thinking, "Is it so crowded at that time?"



Also, if you jump out of the venue of Bettara City and walk around the town of Nihonbashi, you will find it.
The "He" of "Nippon Nihonbashi Karuta" depicted in the enclosure of the construction being carried out at the site of the Nittetsu Nihonbashi Building.
I realized that it was about Betara City!



Let's touch the sleeves of people who go to the city.

Because I carried it with just tying the radish with a rope, I carried it around.
It is a content that reminds me of the origin of Betazuke, which has come to be called "Betazuke" because it inadvertently scratched the clothes of other people.

For women who pass through pickle so that they don't want to keep their kimono dirty.
During the Edo period, when there was a man who was interesting and tried to put on the ground on purpose....
In today's Betara city (unfortunately?) There is no such man, but
If you missed your chance this year, why not come and play next year?


 

 

It's like autumn, isn't it?
You can feel the charm and culture of Tokyo's 150 years long night.
The event was held at Hamarikyu Garden.

　

The 300-year-old pine is lit up and lit up.
It's a great photo spot.

A photo that looks like a time slip at the booth next door
It was a good memorial for me to take a picture.

A water screen is installed in the tide pond.
Expressing the changing times
Screening of projection mapping show.

　

The garden is open to the public at night.
You can also enjoy the night view reflected on the surface of the pond.

Why don't you enjoy various autumn atmospheres?

◆Tokyo 150th Anniversary Festival
　October 26 (Fri)-28 (Sun), 2018
◆Hamarikyu Onshi Garden

 

 

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
When I went to Nihonbashi Ebisu-ko Betara City, I stopped by a long-established Edo-ya, founded in 1718, which was particularly crowded.
As written on the wall of the building, this shop deals with brushes, etc.
It is this unique appearance that catches your eye before entering the store!


　
This expresses a brush, and it is an architecture that uses the technique of artificial stone washing finish.
If you say that, it's certainly like a brush.
It is a valuable building registered in the country-registered Tangible Cultural Property.
It is also published in the official text of the Chuo-ku Tourism Certification.


　
A lot of brushes and brushes are hung from the ceiling inside the store.
From there, I got a glimpse of traditional techniques that could not be imitated with modern convenient techniques.
In addition, the warmth and taste unique to wooden architecture (built in 1924) is impressive.
　

　
In addition to brushes, toothbrushes and hairbrushes for clothes, shoes, cleaning, makeup, etc.
There are a wide variety of products, including brushes for Japanese calligraphy and brushes for painting.
Isn't it just right as a gift or a souvenir of Chuo-ku?
　

　
I purchased this toothbrush for my family, which was profitable during the period of Betara City.
The brush part has horse hair (softened, normal), pig hair (flat), normal size and large size.
It's different from familiar transparent and white brushes, and it's hard to see elsewhere.
Would you like to try out what kind of polishing it feels like?
　

　
According to the shop, the hair gradually becomes shorter while using it, but it seems that the hair gradually becomes shorter.
It seems that it lasts 3-4 months, long and half a year!
Also, "softening" can be used for gum massage.
　
This shop, which began with the first Ribei, who became a brush master of the Shogun's family in the era of the seventh shogun's family, has been in business for 300 years this year!
This wonderful tradition and technology is a treasure that we want to pass on to the future.
　
■Edoya
Address: 2-16, Nihonbashiodenmacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Business hours From 9:00 to 17:00
Regular holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
Website: http://www.nihonbashi-edoya.co.jp/
　
※This article has been approved by the person in charge of Edoya.

 

 

On the 6th floor of a complex such as the Chuo-ku Public Health Center in Akashicho, the 19th special exhibition Tokyo 150th Anniversary Western Medicine Opening in Chuo-ku" is being held at Time Dome Akashi, a local Tenmonkan in Chuo-ku.

The event will be held from Saturday, October 20 to December 16 (Sun).

From Tuesday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The museum is closed every Monday.

Looking at the exhibits at the venue, through Edo, late Tokugawa shogunate, and Meiji, I feel that Chuo-ku was truly a base for Western medicine.

During the Edo period, in Nihonbashi Honishicho 3-chome (now Nihonbashi Muromachi 4-chome), there was Nagasakiya where Mayor Dutch trading post stayed. During his stay, many people visited and exchanged information, and in Japan under the policy of isolation, this was one of the few places of exchange with Western civilization (Western medicine).

The photo below shows the explanation board of the Nagasakiya site at 4-chome Nihonbashi Muromachi.

At Akatsuki Park at Tsukiji 7-chome, there is a statue of Siebold, who has been staying in Nagasakiya with the director of the trading house.

The relationship between Siebold and Chuo-ku is that it was Tsukiji that his daughter, Rice, opened the maternity hospital.

This special exhibition also introduces Siebold and Siebold's daughter, Rice Kusumoto.

In Chuo-ku, there is also a "Dismantling Shinsho Monument", which is due to the translation of the "Dismantling Shinsho" by Ryotaku Maeno, a feudal physician at the Nakatsu clan's Nakayashiki in Tsukiji.

Hoshu Katsuragawa is one of the people who had always talked with Choichi Dutch trading post, who came to Edo.

The Katsuragawa family, a Dutch physician, has been a master of the Shogunate for generations since the first served the sixth shogun Ienobu Tokugawa.

Hoshu is the fourth generation, and the site of the mansion is located at Tsukiji 1-chome.

Hoshu studied Dutch studies with Genpaku Sugita and Ryotaku Maeno and others, and participated in the translation business of "Dismantling Shinsho" at a young age.

From the end of the Tokugawa period to the Meiji era, Chuo-ku was exactly the base of Western medicine due to the rise of Dutch studies and the influx of Western medicine to the Tsukiji settlement.

In this year's special exhibition, there are many materials on display to understand such "The Beginning of Western Medicine in Chuo-ku".

A special lecture will be held on October 27 (Saturday).

Lecturer is Tetsunori Iwashita, Professor of Toyo University.

The theme is "Western Study in late Tokugawa shogunate and Meiji and Tsukiji Katsuragawa Family, Fukuzawa Juku, Ginka Kishida".

The time is from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

In addition, we received your consent for photography and coverage at the venue.

Click here for an introduction article of "Waku Waku Dinosaur Land" held at the museum in August this year.　⇒

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It is said that "the weather of getting close to the lights" means that autumn nights are cool and long, so it is suitable for reading under the lights. There is a trace of history at the intersection of Ginza 2-chome that reminds me that it has not been around for a long time.

At the corner of the Ginza 2-chome intersection, the wall of the cartier building (Ginza Marronnier Street side) is fitted with a plate of the electric light pillar monument.

In 1882, arc lamps were lit for the first time in Japan, replacing conventional gas lamps and lamps.

At the monument, the plate depicts a lot of people gathering and looking up on the bright light. It seems that many people were surprised at the brightness.

In addition, on the Chuo-dori side in front of the Cartier Building at this intersection, the Ginza Memorial Light was built on October 1, 1956 by the hands of related parties to commemorate "Japan's first electric streetlight construction site". Was

After that, this commemorative light has been rebuilt several times, and the current one has been restored in September of last year.

Thanks for the efforts of our predecessors, let's work on reading and reading.

 

 

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
In the middle of October, maples and maples of street trees in Chuo-ku will see if they will turn red.
I started checking on my way to work.


(Edo Momiji-dori: Nihonbashi 1-chome 18-Nihonbashi 3-chome 15)


(Kojunsha Street)

Apparently, it seems that the autumn leaves are still far away.
According to "Chuo-ku Street Trees managed by Chuo-ku" on the website of Chuo-ku.
There are 36 maple trees in the Kyobashi area, 47 in the Nihonbashi area, and 0 in the Tsukishima area.
It seems that 254 trees are planted in the Kyobashi area, 127 trees in the Nihonbashi area, and 103 maple trees in the Tsukishima area.
Because of the beautiful autumn leaves, they are street trees in all cities nationwide.

In such Chuo-ku, there is another thing related to "Momiji".
That's Momijigawa.
In Chuo-ku, there are still existing rivers such as the Sumida River and the Nihonbashi River, while many rivers have disappeared due to landfills.
The Kaede River is also one of the rivers that disappeared.



As you can see on this information board, the Kaedegawa used to be a Dansho Bridge.
This is a senior correspondent Gimney ☆Mr. Cricket is also introducing you. (For more information, see the related article.)


(Current Dansho Bridge. It was replaced in 1926 and is located slightly north of the conventional Dansho Bridge. )

This bridge is an unnamed bridge in the Kanei era, Shoo era, and Meiryaku era.
In the figure of 1700 (Genroku 13), it is described as "Togoehashi" (Togoshi Bridge) of unknown origin, and it became a bullsho bridge derived from Shimada Dansho Shosuke, who later had mansion in Hatchobori.
The street network was improved through the municipal reform project in 1913 (Daisho 2), and a new bullsho bridge was erected upstream of the bridge, and at the same time the old bullsho bridge was renamed the former bullsho bridge and survived. However, it has been abandoned due to land readjustment of the earthquake reconstruction project.

However, this bridge is Japan's first domestic bridge manufactured at the Akabane Plant of the Ministry of Construction at the request of the Tokyo Government.
In May 1929, Tokyo City decided to relocate and preserve the Hachiman Bridge at Tomioka 1-chome in May 1929.



So when I went to Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine, I crossed the old Dansho Bridge.



In fact, this bridge is also the oldest existing iron bridge in Tokyo and the second oldest in Japan!
By the way, the oldest in Japan is Ryokuchi Nishibashi (formerly Shinsaibashi) in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture.
These are introduced in the Japan Bridge Construction Association, "100-Year Bridge: Reliable Technologies for the Next Generation" (p. 17).

It is also characterized by a pin with chrysanthemum emblems reflecting the national prestige, unique to a bridge built for the first time in a government-run factory.



It is a valuable bridge in the history of modern bridges as a transitional iron bridge from the cast iron bridge to the iron bridge.
In 1989, he received the Japan Society of Civil Engineers' Honor Award from the Civil Engineers of the United States for the Wipple-type truss bridge based on the patents of American Squire-Wipple.



Old Dansho Bridge, a symbol of Civilization and enlightenment...
I was able to learn about its deep history in a place where I went a little further.
One bridge is very interesting! In Chuo-ku, which is full of such a history, Mainichi is a series of discoveries!



[Related Articles]
Dimini ☆Mr. Cricket, "Walking the ruins of Kaedegawa (1)"
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Dimini ☆Mr. Cricket, "Walking the ruins of Kaedegawa (2)"
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[References]
Chuo-ku, Board of Education, Social Affairs Division, Cultural Property Section, Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Survey Report No. 5, Bridge and Hashizume Plaza in Chuo-ku- Modern Bridge Survey-" (Chuo-ku Board of Education, Social Division, Cultural Property Section, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 1998).

[Reference Website]
Japan Bridge Construction Association "100 Years Bridge: Reliable Technologies for the Next Generation"
http://www.jasbc.or.jp/panfuretto/panfu_100year_201505.pdf
National Diet Library "National Diet Library Digital Collection" Edo Kiri-ezu Tsukiji Hachimachi Hori Nihonbashi Minami-ezu
http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1286660?tocOpened=1
Agency for Cultural Affairs "Cultural Heritage Online"
http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/121364