Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

From the end of February to the beginning of March this year, the Tsukishima Library Collection Exhibition was held at the Tsukishima Library, displaying materials from cultural people who are related to Tsukuda and Tsukishima. Some of them are still on display in the library, so if you missed this exhibition, please come and visit us.

 Koji Ogawa, who is famous for landscape sketching in Tokyo, including Ginza (born in Minato, boarding house in Nagaya in Tsukishima when he was a student) colored paper.

(Left) Colored paper of Mr. Kimihiko Tsukuda, who is particularly familiar to the Showa generation (last year, a long sleep at Kiboricho Hospital)

(Right) Children's library bag in Chuo-ku is with illustrations by Tsukuda (I want an adult!)

 (Left) Shinbo Minami wrote in his book, "Everyone in the Town," that he lived in Tsukishima after marriage and then moved to Harumi.

(Right) Shohachi Kimura was born in Nihonbashi. He seems to have been staying at the Kaikaikan. 

(Left) Shortly after I came to Tsukuda, I borrowed "Tsukishima Monogatari again" by Inuhiko Yomota (resident in Nagaya in Tsukishima from '88-'94) at the Tsukishima Library and was absorbed in reading. By the way, Shigeru Mizuki, the creator of the mouse man drawn on this colored paper, once lived in Tsukishima (currently Kachidoki 5-chome).

(Right) Ira Ishida's `` 4TEEN '', who has lived in Tsukishima, depicts 14-year-old boys living in Tsukishima (When I read this work at Tsukishima Library, It was just the year when the age of the boys who appeared ...)

I also borrowed and read Tsukudajima Futari Shobo by Tatsuro Dekune, a used bookstore in Tsukishima, Bungado, and worked at the Tsukishima Library.

It seems that this mini-exhibition can be seen for a while even in June. Please contact the Tsukishima Library (03-3532-4391) for the exact exhibition period. Nevertheless, thanks to the Tsukishima Library, I have read various books related to Tsukuda and Tsukishima. Thank you very much for your continued support!

The Mitsui Tower, which boasts as a landmark of Nihonbashi's so-called "Mitsui Village", is home to Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, which is famous as one of the world's leading luxury hotels.

Recently, across Nihonbashi Chuo-dori, just opposite Mitsui Tower, "Cored Muromachi" and "Nihonbashi Muromachi Nomura Building and Yuito" will welcome us with a modern look as a new face of Nihonbashi.

Even so, it seems that "smoke" is not the only thing I want to go to the top floor of Mitsui Tower, which boasts a particularly high height. The 39th floor above ground (approximately 195m height) boasts the highest height in the Nihonbashi area. On the 38th floor, there is a reception at Mandarin Oriental Tokyo.

From the entrance on the first floor of Mitsui Tower to the elevator hall dedicated to the Mandarin Hotel, we will proceed through the dim lighting while manually opening the heavy door. There are three elevators. Confirm that the reception floor is on the 38th floor on the display board and go up to the reception in the sky at once.

I was brought to the height of the 38th floor in no time, and first went around the lobby. The standing position of Mitsui Tower is built so that you can see both east and west directions directly.

Looking west from the lobby, you can see the buildings in Otemachi as close as you can pick it up, and far beyond you see the skyscrapers in Shinjuku Fukutoshin. If you go down the stairs on the west side and look under the window, you can get a bird's-eye view of the Bank's head office from directly above. As you know, from the top, it is well known that the roof of the Bank is shaped like the yen, the Japanese currency. This is the 38th floor of the Mandarin Hotel where you can see its shape clearly.

And the highlight is the spectacular view of the east side seen from the men's toilet on the 38th floor. It's a stylish toilet, as expected, Mandarin hotels around the world. There are two doors before you get to the bathroom. When you open the first door, you expect the restrooms to be lined up there, but there is another door. I wondered if there was one toilet for both men and women, and when I opened the second door, a sight that was completely glass-covered eyes spread.

This toilet faces the east side, with a full view of the rooftops of Colled Muromachi and Nihonbashi Muromachi Nomura Building Yuito below, and the eastern end of Chuo-ku, the Sumida River, which undulates like a blue dragon, and even from all over Koto-ku, all the male figures of the Sky Tree can be monopolized. There was no one in the bathroom other than me, so I thought this excitement to everyone and shy. I dropped the ter. We don't expect the restroom in the hotel to become a tourist point, but we can't recommend a toilet tour with a large group. If you have a few people, why don't you go to the restroom on the 38th floor of the Mandarin Hotel for a later school?

However, what is the structure of women's toilets?......？

Under the cherry blossoms of River City, purple orchiran (silane) quietly tells the end of spring.

Under the cherry blossoms in summer, silane is now the peak of flowers.
It is sometimes seen at the eaves of Tsukuda and Tsukishima, but this is a colony and looks like a red-purple carpet.
Please go out for the cherry blossom viewing in spring, which will be over soon.
You can also see the sky tree through the flowers.　（ｗｗ）