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In the back of Tsukiji Market

[kimitaku] October 17, 2012 13:30

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 Tsukiji Market has a fresh fish club and a fruit and vegetable club, and is crowded with middlemen and shoppers every day, but there are huge facilities scattered around Hamarikyu, west of them.


 Each has a lot of turrets, trucks and trucks, and before 8 o'clock in the morning, it's very crowded.


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 The scenery makes you feel like transcending human activities.

 Also, if you look closely, you can feel the human pattern in it, something like an oriental foreign country, such as wearing the crowd, while walking with hot water, you can feel the human pattern in it, something like a foreign country like .

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 If you go west on the road between the fruit and vegetable section and the fresh fish section, or follow the road along the Sumida River, the atmosphere suddenly changes from around the corner of the market building, each building, and from now on, it will be transported The fruits and vegetables and seafood are piled up with the mountains, adding color to the excitement. The image in the market will change.

 

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However, from 7:30 to 8:30, traffic is obstructed, and accidents are likely to occur, which is dangerous.

Please pay attention to that point.


<From the Tourism Association>

At the on-site market, we are requesting a tour of "small groups of 5 or less, after 9:00 am".

Basically, the market in particular is a place for business for traders, so it is not considered for general tourists. As there is a risk of accidents, etc., we ask that you observe with moderation so that you do not get in the way so that you can tour comfortably.


 

 

 

 

At the time of construction. Tokyo Station Red Brick Station Building

[Koedo Itabashi] October 13, 2012 08:30

Senior: It's finally completed. The red brick station building at Tokyo Station.

Junior: This is the news, and it's a place where salaried workers go to work after consecutive holidays.

    Seniors, I came along because they said they would have a lunch dinner, but is it a station?

    I'm not Tetsu-chan (railway enthusiast).

    But even if it is a holiday, do you have a lot of mechamecha and people?

Senior: The preservation and restoration work, which took more than five years, was over, and the grand opening was opened on October 1st.

    Everyone wants to see that figure.

Junior: Are you building at the station?

    Yeah. I wasn't very interested, but when I look at it again, it's amazing.

    The red brick station building is somewhat cool, isn't it?

Senior: The central station, Tokyo Station, opened in 1914. 1914.

    It was restored to its appearance about 100 years ago.

 

Junior: Do you have a brick for 100 years?

    The house of "three pigs" did not blow away.

Senior: The best of architectural technology at the time of the Meiji and Taisho eras was utilized.

    10,000 pine stakes are driven to form foundations, and bricks are reinforced with steel frames.

    We use materials with high strength.

    Even during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (1923), it continued to build without any fatal damage.

    The dome and the third floor were burned down in the raid of 1945 (1945) and restored to a two-story station building.

    The octagonal dome was also very good.

Junior: Did you support the building with wooden stakes?

Senior: I recreated the foundation with a new reinforced concrete.

    We installed 352 new seismic isolation devices and 158 oil dampers.

    It supports the station building with a total weight of 70,000 tons.

    Considering that the world's top-class construction has been carried out, I wonder if Japan's technological capabilities are exciting.

Junior: Something is "Trihada", isn't it?

    The numbers are too big, so it doesn't come out.

Senior: Like the structure of the foundation, the roof, walls, and every corner of the interior decoration are also used.

    It shows the heartfelt skills of many engineers and craftsmen.

    It has been handed down from generation to generation by engineers who have been built and maintained and repaired by craftsmen 100 years ago.

    Furthermore, for the next 100 years, it has been restored by the best technology today.

 

Junior: Some people look at the ceiling of the dome with binoculars.

Senior: A lot of decorative reliefs are hidden.

    It's interesting to look for it.

Junior: Do you have any recommendations for seniors?

Senior: Look around the carriage at the front entrance.

    Then, the brick wall of the Tokyo Station Gallery (Museum).

    You can see wooden bricks carbonized in the war.

Junior: Is it a brick wall?

Senior: You'd better be practical.

    Then, look around the entire station building from the surrounding buildings.

    In particular, you can create an adult scene by watching the illuminated scenery at night through the window of the restaurant.

Junior: She will be happy too.

    It's fun.

Senior: I wish I could feel the spread of the sky above the station building.

    The space that connects Miyuki Street and spreads out in front of the Imperial Palace Square.

    I think it shows the style of being the gateway to the capital Tokyo and Japan.

    It is a space filled with the thoughts of many people.

    And the construction is still going on without rest.

 

Junior: Oh, my senior, I'm hungry.

Senior: How about beef stew at the Tokyo Station Hotel in the station building?

Junior: I'm sorry. Thank you for your dinner.

     

※From the Tourism Association Secretariat

Tokyo Station itself is Chiyoda-ku, but I posted it because Yaesu underground may be Chuo-ku.

 

 

The whole view of Hamarikyu

[kimitaku] October 2, 2012 08:30

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Now I stand near the Sumida River in Tsukiji Market.
You can see Hamarikyu from the sea side.


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The detached palace from the sea, which could not be seen unless you got on a boat, has been removed from the fence due to construction in the market and floats beautifully like a remote island.


Hamarikyu is the only park in Tokyo that changes the atmosphere due to the ebb and flow of seawater. In the park, during the spring tide, there is a severe seawater flow like a river flow.


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In the park, there are many artificial hills where you can view the buildings in the Kachidoki and Toyomi districts across the Sumida River.


The dock from the Sumida River also reminds you of the dock on Kojima in Izu Nanashima.


The duck hunting ground from the Edo period remains, and the scenery of the pond from the peephole also has a taste.

Hunting practice for samurai who are unfamiliar with guns. 

 In addition, a small number of samurai did not swim, made enclosures so that they could not be seen by townspeople and other clans, and they were involved in the Suiren.

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In Baba

Many samurai who can't ride horses

It seems to have become a practice area.


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At the duck hunting ground, you can see the pond from the peephole, and the round view is also interesting.

On the way, grey heron was resting her wings.

There was a cat yawning beside him, and the heron was full of tension.