Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

An exhibition of treasures lined with national treasures.

Rather than watching in photography, it is better to see the exhibits live.
It will be very different as an experience.

This is an exhibition case that reproduces the national treasure tea room "Nyoan".
What is the place where the "National Treasure Shino Bowl Meiuka" is combined?
I think you can feel a lot.

Not only the front, back, left and right of the bowl, but also the construction of a hill from the prospect
There is creativity and a highlight in all directions.

The box book is attached by Sekishu Katagiri.

"Yamazato's no Hanatsumichi
　"Yukifumi, here and there."

Did you look like Shino glaze as snow and flowers?
It's a wonderful song. It was on the street.

The annual "National Treasure Yukimatsu Figure Screen" is also open to the public.

Be sure to visit and see this rare national treasure.
How about it?

◆Mitsui Memorial Museum
　7th floor of Mitsui Main Building, 2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
　National Treasure Snow Pine and Animal Art
　Until Thursday, January 31, 2019

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
This time, we will take up the landfill of rivers in the final round of [Chuo-ku Tourism Certification Measures] River and Bridges.
(Click here for previous articles → (1), (2), (3))

Due to many rivers and diggings, the current Chuo-ku has been called the "city of water" since the Edo period.
However, over the years, rivers have been reclaimed, and their remnants can be known from the information boards and the remaining main pillars.
When and what was landfilled, and how the town changed?...
If you remember such things like 5W1H, you can connect events with each other in a causal relationship.
The history of the development of Chuo-ku will be easier to come to mind.


(↑ Page 1 of the countermeasure note at the time of last year's test inspection)

The events that triggered river reclamation can be broadly divided into the following four categories.
Earthquake reconstruction, war reconstruction, Tokyo Olympics, etc.

■Earthquake reconstruction
The Irifune River, the Tepposu River, and the Nishibori Ru River (Isecho Hori) were reclaimed at this early stage.

■Reconstruction of war
At that time, there were no vehicles or fuels carrying surplus soil or debris.
Therefore, rivers that are not very necessary as waterways are reclaimed with residual soil and debris to create land and create land.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's debris disposal measures were implemented to sell it and generate operating costs.
That was the landfill, and the northern half of the outer moat River and the Sanjuken River disappeared at this time.

■Tokyo Olympics (1964, 18th)
In preparation for the Olympics, highways, subways, and arterial roads were urgently developed.
Therefore, the Tsukiji River and Kaede River were reclaimed, and the capital height centered on Route 1 (4.5 km between Kyobashi and Shibaura) was constructed, and the Tsukuda River was reclaimed by the bridge of Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge (1964). Was.
However, because it was reclaimed too quickly, it was impossible to drain rainwater.
Therefore, pumping stations of the Tokyo Metropolitan Sewerage Bureau were set up in Hamacho, Nakasu, and Hakozaki-cho.

<Aside>
The torch relay course is 1.5km between Kiyosu Bridge and Kayaba Bridge.
It was 2.0 km between Kayababashi and Kajibashi.

You don't have to remember in particular about river reclamation, but you don't have to worry about it.
If you know it, you will surely enjoy walking around the town.

※In this article, we will introduce some of the reasons for this.
　If you learn the contents written here, you will not be able to pass it.
　Please include it in advance.

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
Although it has been a little vacant, it is a continuation of [Chuo-ku sightseeing certification measures] river and bridge.
(Click here for articles on rivers and bridges so far → (1) and (2))
This time, it is said that the junction of the three rivers, the bridge before and after that, and the four bridges are featured.

First of all, about the confluence of the three rivers and the bridge before and after that.
Suddenly, it's a problem!
・What is the first bridge to be built after the Nihonbashi River joins the Sumida River?
・Where is the Nihonbashi River divided into the Kamejima River near (place name)?
・What is the first bridge to be built after the Kamejima River joins the Sumida River?

I don't dare to answer this time, but those who can't answer the above problem suddenly.
Why don't you check before the test?

Next, it is said that the characteristics of the bridge 4 can be effectively remembered by actually seeing, writing (drawing)!

■Sumida River


(Even if you don't have a picture, you won the game if you can input the characteristics.)

・Ryogoku Bridge (bridged after the great fire of the Meiryaku era. At that time, "Ohashi". Origin of bridge name → (1)
・Shinohashi ("Human Helping Bridge" that saved the lives of the people of Hashigami after the Great Kanto Earthquake)
・Kiyosu Bridge (a suspension bridge in Cologne, Germany) is modeled. Origin of bridge name → (1)
・Eitai Bridge (bridge to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Tsunayoshi Tokugawa's fifth generation. Japan's first steel truss bridge as a road bridge.
　A tram was laid in 1904.
・Chuo-ohashi Bridge (between Shinkawa and Tsukuda. There is a "Messenger statue" commemorating friendship with Paris and Seine. )
・Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge (bridged in 1964 instead of Tsukuda's ferry). Tsukuda Bridge was removed due to the reclamation of the Tsukuda River. )
・Kachidokibashi (at the time of completion, it is called "the best movable bridge in the Toyo" and jumps five times a day.
　In 1905, it began with a Kachidoki handed over to commemorate the fall of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War. )
・Tsukiji Ohashi (a new bridge where Ring Route 2 passes.)

■Nihonbashi River
・Toyomi Bridge (It was also called Otome Bridge at the time of the bridge in 1698. The design looks like a ladder beside it.
　The surrounding scenery is also described in Kitahara Hakushu's "Okawa Scenic" and Kafu Nagai's "Shokutei Nijo". )
・Minato Bridge (between Shinkawa and Hakozaki. The origin of the bridge name is that it corresponds to the entrance of Edo Minato.
・Kayaba Bridge (In the past, Minamizume was the shore of Kayaba (a storage area where kaya is cut and piled up), which is the origin of the bridge name.)
・Armor Bridge (a streetcar ran in Taisho-Showa. "Maison Konosu" and "Armor handing" are required. )
・Edobashi (Edobashi Hirokoji was maintained after the great fire of the Meiryaku era. In the Edo period, small shops gathered.
・Nihonbashi (bridged in 1603. The following year, it was the starting point of Gokaido. Check the 4 Hashizume Square!
・Nishi Riverside Bridge (the stage of Kyoka Izumi's masterpiece "Nihonbashi")
・Ichiishi Bridge (bridged as a wooden bridge in the early Edo period). Check the origin of the bridge name.
・Tokiwa Bridge
・Former Joban Bridge (Tokiwabashi Gate, one of the "Edo Goguchi" leading to Edo Castle front Otemon during the Edo period.)
・Shin-Tokiwa Bridge

■Kamejima River
・Reigishi Bridge (between Kayabacho and Shinkawa. In the Edo period, it was a low-marsh area full of reeds.
・Shin-Kameshima Bridge
・Kameshima Bridge (between Hatchobori and Shinkawa. Bridge in 1699. The current bridge is from 2002.
・Takahashi
・Minami Takahashi (reused part of the former Ryogoku Bridge). As a steel-frame bridge in the Meiji period existing in Tokyo
　It's the second oldest after the old Dansho Bridge.

■Asashio Canal
・Asashio Ohashi, Asashiobashi, Harutsukibashi
・Triton Bridge (a moving path with a roof!)
・Reimei Bridge (Harumi-dori St. passes, parallel to Triton Bridge)
・Reimei Ohashi (a new bridge where Ring Route 2 passes.)
・Asashio Kobashi (approximately 113m bridge completed in 2003. Bicycles and pedestrians only.

■Other bridges
・Tsukuda Kobashi (bridged when Tsukuda Island is completed. Under the bridge, there is a large flag pillar used at the main festival of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine.
　It is buried at the bottom of the river to prevent corrosion.
・Yanagibashi (Begins with a wooden bridge built by the old town. The Eitai Bridge is modeled.
It is also described in 　Kafu Nagai's "Peony Guest" and Riichi Yokomitsu's "Crest". )
・Shipping Bridge (it was over the Kaede River). In Higashizume, there is the residence of Shogen Mukai, the head of the Edo shogunate Mifune.
It was also called 　"Shogen Bridge" or "Pirit Bridge". )

The bridges introduced this time are not all, but each bridge has interesting episodes.
When walking around the town, check the information board at the side of the bridge.
It may contain detailed information that is not available in the text, so it will be a study!

※In this article, we will introduce some of the reasons for this.
　If you learn the contents written here, you will not be able to pass it.
　Please include it in advance.

New Year's Day in the garden.

A cup of matcha at Ochiyaya in Nakajima.
Shosei confectionery has a very elegant taste.

From the stall, which is set up to protrude into the pond, the scenery unique to winter spreads out.

Snow hanging is an accent to the winter garden.

This is the Ochiyaya of Tsubame, which was specially open to the public.
The view from the top is a valuable opportunity.

The hawk flew in the sky with good luck, and it was a peaceful New Year in the pleasant sunshine.

◆Hamarikyu Onshi Garden
1-1, Hamarikyuteien, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

On New Year's Day, I went around Nihonbashi "Seven Lucky Gods". Perhaps the nature of the land, the gods of performing arts, business, fortune, and school work are in line. The biggest crowd is Suitengu. January 1 The Dog's Day and the birth rush overlap, and it seems to be very crowded. We visited the four companies that prefer elderly people.

On the left ↓ The photo shows Koami Shrine, which was enshrined about 550 years ago at the headquarters of protection against misfortune for good luck, and on the right ↓ The Chanogi Shrine, which is said to be the god of fire because there was no fire in nearby towns.

The left ↓ is "Suehiro Shrine", which has been worshiped for 400 years as a god who gives luck and avoids disasters, and the right ↓ is "Kasama Inari Shrine" Tokyo Bessha, longevity (Kotobuki Oigami), guidance, good luck God.

Last year 2018 was the year when a catastrophe struck, but what about this year? On New Year's Day, we met Yurikamome on the calm Sumida River, and at Tsukiji Honganji Temple, light was shining under the blue sky. According to the temple's manners, I visited the shrine for the first time and received a card of New Year's book [Hikari], General Manager Yasunaga.

Head to "Namishi Inari Shrine" outside Tsukiji. A god that protects the Tsukiji area as a wave-removal Inari, founded about 350 years ago, which was difficult to reclaim the entire Tsukiji area. It was a long line. It is a 15-minute walk from the Sumida River Terrace from here, founded in the Heian period, and is the god of the Kyobashi district, Gunsu Shrine. At the Asama Shrine subsidiary shrine in Fujizuka, which was said to have been a place of worship for Fuji in Edo (right ↓).

　A lot of dried persimmons are hung in front of the paper pulp hall, making it a winter tradition.　I think there are some people who feel nostalgic about their hometown.

The birthplace of "Anpo persimmon" was Yanagawa-cho, Date City, Fukushima Prefecture, and there was a panel with "Date Anpo persimmon".

And the history and the origin of the name were also described, so I will introduce it.

In summary, it is said that during the Holy Calendar period (1751-1763), a person named Nanaemon of Yanagawamachiisazawa brought and planted Hachiya persimmon trees. The persimmon was named "Shichiemon Kaki". Because the persimmon is peeled and dried in the sun, it came to be called "Amaboshigaki", and when it comes to Meiji period, "Amaboshigaki" is said to have come to be called "Anpo persimmon".　<Omitted>　"Deliciousness of nature which is finished with time and effort."　Is it located at an antenna shop in Fukushima Prefecture?　Look at "Midette"

Click here for the website of the antenna shop in Fukushima Prefecture. http://midette.com/8501/

・Closed on January 1, 2019 (Tuesday)

・Wednesday, January 2 10:30-17:30

・Thursday, January 3 10:30-17:30

・Regular sales from January 4th