Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　"Local Tenmonkan Supporter" has been appointed to Time Dome Akashi Local Tenmonkan from April this year.

　As a guide and explanatory staff at the local museum and the special exhibition, etc., we have been engaged in local history education, guide training, and field training forpermanent exhibition and special exhibition for a fixed period of time.

　Information on Time Dome Akashi

　Address: 12-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku Public Health Center, Chuo-ku 6th floor

　Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm

　　　　　　　　Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

　Information on permanent exhibitions　　※Usage fee 100 yen

Contents of the exhibition: Mainly divided into the following 12 themes.

①Downtown illustrations centered on Edo Castle in the late Edo period, model hanging drawings of the late Edo period, model hanging drawings of modern Chuo-ku model drawings

②Edo Kabuki relics (cut-off cards, upper bills)

③The origin of Edo Castle (bizen ware large bottle, buried basin and wooden tub, earthen fault model "Nihonbashi 1590-1868 3m")

④Nihonbashi and the fish shore (fish shore model, white fish offering box, "fish shore barn board boat picture"

⑤Merchants and craftsmen ("Heyodai Shoran", Echigoya reproduction signboard, craftsman tools)

⑥The prosperity of Dutch studies and Tsukiji Reservoir (Model Tsukiji Hotel Building, Reservoir artifact -French House - Copy of the original map of foreign settlement)

⑦Prosperity of Ginza (signboard of a store, Nishiki-e of Ginza, Ginza street brick-French style-)

⑧Literature in Chuo-ku (Shigure Hasegawa's Kimono, related literary scholars, magazines)

⑨Bridge of Sumida River (in Chuo-ku)

⑩Waterside culture of the Sumida River (Edo: Ryogoku Hirokoji, Nori Fireworks, Boating, Okawabata Ryotei, Daimyo mansion appearance, Hamarikyu, modern: Ishikawajima Shipyard, Tepposhu Outer Reservation Area, Tsukishima Birth, Great Kanto Earthquake, Kiyosu Bridge, Rivertai Bridge, Modern Kachidokibashi, Japanese Ship, 1.

⑪Phantom expo-related materials (Harumi Wharf and International Trade Fair, etc.)

⑫Ship model of Tsukuda white fish fishing and seaweed cultivation materials

　Exhibition tours, commentary, etc.

①There are a fixed period of time a year, and there are two or three supporters on Saturday and Sunday during the period.

②If you make a reservation in advance, the supporter will guide you on the day of visit.

　Reservations can be made to the Local Tenmonkan (Phone: 03-3546-5537 FAX: 03-3546-8258)

－Scheduled date of supporter commentary by future group reservation-

　　July 22, 29, 31, August 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26

※Since there are many exhibits, I think it is better to see the tour time of 30-40 minutes if possible.

　special exhibition (Special gallery space)　　※Admission free

Currently, the 7th special exhibition “Tsukiji Small Theater” is being held.

For more information, click here.

　Tsukiji Small Theater, known as the theater company of Japan's first permanent theater.

　From the start after the earthquake (June 13, 1924) to the burnout due to the war (March 10, 1945 Tokyo Air Raid), footprints in the turbulence of the theater company and theater are on display. Please take a look.

In addition, on each Saturday during period, "Chuo-ku Tenmonkan supporter" guides.

Special Exhibition Tsukiji Small Theater Exhibition

　Date: From May 23 (Sat) to July 12 (Sun), 2009

　Venue: Time Dome Akashi Special gallery space (6th floor)

On the first day of the opening of the "Tsukiji Small Theater" exhibition, I was in charge of guidance as a supporter of the local Tenmonkan.

After the Meiji era, Yoshi Hijikata and Kaoru Osanai opened the Tsukiji Small Theater in the world after the 1924 earthquake, and under national control and regulations, valuable materials such as the development and transformation calendar of modern Japanese drama can be listed, and I would like to thank all the people concerned.

　Nice to meet you. I'm Ume-san, a correspondent of the tourist association.

I would like to introduce Chuo-ku, which I like from now on, so thank you! !

By the way, the first one is "Scenery of Sumida River Terrace".

Sumida River Terrace & Chuo-ohashi Bridge seen from the vicinity of Eitai Bridge is very beautiful, so it is recommended.

By the way, it seems that many celebrities live in the high-rise apartment shown in the picture.☆

The river city area across Chuo-ohashi Bridge has a celebrity atmosphere, so be sure to visit the Sumida River Terrace.

Take a walk, too.　

We often see weeping cherry tree and weeping willows, but we think weeping ginkgo is rare.

If you stop by on the way back from the correspondent briefing, make sure that young leaves of weeping ginkgo cover the precincts.

I felt very beautiful in the blue sky.

After visiting the weeping ginkgo, you may take a walk around the Tsukiji Outer Market.

Matsuya, a long-established department store in Ginza. There are benches and tables on the rooftop, making it a spot where you can spend a relaxing time when you are tired of walking around the city or during lunch, blowing through the wind passing through the building.

By the way, on the rooftop, vegetables are grown by volunteers of Matsuya employees. Last fall, 12 kinds of summer vegetables such as mini tomatoes, bitter gourd, eggplants and cucumbers were harvested. This attempt, named the "Ginza Green Project", was started with the aim of reducing the heat island phenomenon and contributing to the Ginza Bee Project (a project to grow bees in Ginza buildings implemented by an NPO).

If you look at the small blessings of nature while feeling the pleasant breeze in the middle of the city, you will be able to experience a unique Ginza. In addition, sweets such as cakes and castella using honey from Ginza are also sold at the Japanese and Western Confectionery Section on the first basement floor of Matsuya. This is a gem of locally grown and consumed. Why don't you enjoy this as well?