Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

"Hamarikyu Onshi Garden" is a garden filled with seawater. The Shiba Rikyu Onshi Garden in the neighboring Hamamatsucho is a groundwater garden.

It was made more than 400 years ago at the time of Tokugawa's sixth shogun Ienobu Tokugawa.

We took a walk in the garden. Japanese iris is beautiful. And hydrangea is wonderful.

 

He walks leisurely in the garden, but it seems that there are 250,000 m2, but it is large and spacious.

 

Beyond the pond, you can see "Conrad Tokyo".

 

Crossing the edge of the pond, going to the dock, the dock here, and the place where the 15th Shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa fled and landed from Kyoto by boat. A ship from the Sumida River came in.

The buildings in the back are Toyomi and Kachidoki buildings.

 

Cross the pond. There is Tokyo Tower's condominium far over there.

 

To the left front of the entrance, a large pine is called the "300-year pine".

Just a nearby pine is in the middle of pruning. This big pine is also pruned and beautiful.

Please come to "Hamarikyu Garden" by all means.

 

 

 

Among those who live or work in Chuo-ku, I would like to introduce those who have met and impressed by themselves or sympathized.

This time, Mr. Masayuki Miyashita, who is the store manager at a restaurant near Higashi Ginza Station.

 

Tsukiji's [ADK Shochiku Square] has a beautiful modern form, and I really like the openness of the lobby on the first floor. The large staircase is also impressive. It's sometimes used for filming dramas.

There used to be a cinema in Shochiku, and when the Tora-san series was heyday, many cinema fans went there. It is now a building with restaurants and offices, but on the third floor there is the Shochiku Otani Library, which has valuable facilities where specialized books and materials are stored mainly in Kabuki.

 

Today, I will visit [Kushiyaki / Charcoal Yakiniku Yagura] on the second floor of this building. When you go up the escalator from the lobby on the first floor, you will see a calm entrance ahead of the spacious conductor. The moist atmosphere that makes use of the Japanese-style taste is perfect not only for business negotiations with work clients, but also for family members.

 

Mr. Miyashita, the store manager, is loved by employees as a tough and gentle leader. You are working hard to protect this store almost without a break. No matter you visit, you will never stop smiling and your personality is soft, but the appearance of shining every corner of the store and grasping the situation feels a tough professional.

 

It seems that Miyashita's inscription on the right is "No official". Everything seems to be the words of Emperor Showa, but I think the meaning is to throw away selfishness and do it for everyone. I heard that Hiroo Rikiishi, the authority of the world, had taken up it as a translation of hospitality. In any case, I realized that Mr. Miyashita is pursuing the spirit of hospitality, which is the starting point of the service industry, and thinking about how to shape it.

 

Mr. Miyashita, who saw him off to the entrance when he left the shop, gave a short but hearty greeting. Of course, I was satisfied with the meal I had, but I was convinced that it was important to have the meal in a good environment. Thank you very much for taking care of everyone in the shop.

 

 

　Walking along Ningyocho-dori in the rainy season, a morning market began on the east corner of amazake Yokocho.

I heard the rumor, but an aunt is expanding the store alone and talking with customers with a smile.

　

　The cucumber in the photo is wonderful. Cucumber full of baskets.

I tried to count the gloss of the morning picked, but I can't count how many there are. It looks very heavy if you have it. 。

　The customers are familiar, and everyone leaves the store with a word. There are lots of vegetables in my hand.

I try to take a picture of my aunt, but I can't easily cut the crowd.

 

　Looking at her aunt from a distance, she always smiles to the coming people. This woman is not just a man.

Since the store was finally vacant, go near, I squashing in and greeting with "Hello".

　

　Aunt greets with a smile saying, "Konchi is a customer, cucumber is good, 100 yen for 4 bottles, let's lose a little more ...".

 

　When I asked, I started when I was still in my twenties, saying, "I was still a punchy ... hahahahahahaha" was born in 1928.

Young people may not know, but he said that he was doing "Katsuya" at that famous Keisei Electric Railway. Stop it 20 years ago.

After that, he said he was doing a morning market here in Ningyocho. He said he brought vegetables from his house in the morning.

　

　"It's close to you here and there, it's nice," he said. Shortly after that.

　"How about tomatoes, this is another, how about?" Everyone was happy to buy. 500 yen for 4 bags.

When I heard, "I don't have any money."

"It's good, I'm a hobby," "I'm boring at home, and I'm going to talk to you here."

"Young now, I can't carry this luggage, because I got on the train many times heavier."

　In the 1940s, aunts of "Katsugiya" boarded from around Sakura, the leading car of the Keisei train at that time.

When I entered the city center, I went around to dealers from various places and sold vegetables.

 

　Now, my aunt lives in Abiko. My husband came in a light tiger until 7 o'clock in the morning, left it here, and sold until 11 o'clock.

Today's aunt, the vegetables were sold well, and only cucumbers were left, waiting for her husband to come.

　　The shop is closed once a week on rainy or bad weather days. It seems that you can't go out unless you are in good physical condition.

Shake hands with your aunt.　"I'll come again," he said, "You're well."

　

　"What's your name?"　　When asked

　"I don't have enough to give my name,"

Grandma gave me the hot youth of Showa.

 

 

 

Speaking of Kyobashi during the Edo period, it was the birthplace of Edo Kabuki, where the first Kanzaburo Nakamura raised the tower, and was bustling as a downtown area.
Today, however, large buildings are lined up, and most of the people who come and go are businessmen or OLs in ties and suits.
There were a lot of people in the daytime, but at night they disappeared, and it feels like a business district that was a bit unsavory.
However, some businessmen in suits may say that they stretched their hair and played the guitar when they were a student, or recently started "Oyaji Band" with the punch pattern they took in the past.

Music producer PaPa (Kazuo Makita) has opened a live house in Kyobashi where such people can easily drop in and relax after work.

On the day I went, an acoustic live with singer-songwriter Yoshitaka Kobayashi and Kahon's Hachiya joined.

　
Most were Kobayashi's original songs, but from songs I made during my school days to recent songs (the title is "Red-chanko soon") where my 60th birthday was visible, spelling the honest feelings I felt at that time In the lyrics, I laugh bitterly as the same generation, and nodd when I understand it.
Listening to your child when you were small, what you thought when you were caring for your mother, your favorite soccer and the sea, and comments before the song, it seems that the scene will really come up .
Mr. Kobayashi's bright and warm personality wrapped the venue in a gentle atmosphere, and it took time in no time.


Mr. Kobayashi is scheduled to appear regularly, but it seems that a variety of other performers are planned, so why not come back to work?

It was pre-opened in May and has recently started full-scale operations.
Business hours for the time being are Monday to Friday from around 17:00 to 23:00.
It seems that Saturday and Sunday are scheduled from 12:00 to 23:00.

　

　
Live Cafe FANY FANY (Panipani)

　

Kobayashi Building 1F, 1-12-7 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku
Telephone 03 (3561) 0801

 

 

　

　　We visited Nihonbashi Honmachi to visit Ozu Washi-san, a long-established Japanese paper company founded in 1653.

　　Director Matsuura of the Ozu Archives, Mr. Nakamura, in charge of the gallery and cultural classroom, responded comfortably.

　　Currently, this building is under seismic construction, so the historical archives and galleries are being reduced and exhibited.

Director

 

Inside the museum

 

Thousand boxes (used in the Edo period) If you put a thousand cars in this box, it weighs about 20 kg.

　The founder is from Ise-Matsusaka, and among his relatives, Motoori Norinaga, is also a Japanese literary scholar. However, in 1929, the founder of Ozu withdrew from the business. The president has been decided from among the employees.　It seems that the current manager is the 17th generation. The photo below shows the Ozu founding family tree.

  

The production areas of Japanese paper are mainly Echizen, Tosa and Mino.

　Recently, the needs of Japanese paper have become scarce, so most Japanese paper producers are their families alone.

　In the hall, a creative weden dress made of wonderful Japanese paper is displayed.

　　

 

 

　According to the investigation, it seems that something that is used as a health promotion playground equipment has been installed. This is a health promotion playground equipment in Hisamatsu Children's Park. It's a protrusion road, walking barefoot and stimulating the soles. On weekends, I see scenes that are enjoyed by parents and children.

 

 

 

 

　Bills and shoe shape are drawn on the silver plate. Stand on top of it and bend forward. Will it be on the ground? 

 

You can check the park where health promotion playground equipment is installed.