Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　In the past, Nihonbashi Ningyocho 3-chome had a vaudeville called Ningyocho Suehiro (Hiro) from the late Edo period to the Showa era.　All the audience seats were popular as rakugo fixed seats with tatami mats.
　The audience leaves their footwear at the entrance and sits in the cushion, but in the front seat of the evening, there are few visitors and spectators watching the Koza while sleeping with the cushion as pillow, and listening to rakugo while eating on-site sushi.
However, when it was time for Shinsei, Bunraku, Ensei, etc. to appear, the hall was full and TV cameras were filled with great enthusiasm.　However, it closed in January 1970 (Showa 45) due to soaring land, diversification of entertainment such as television, and a decrease in residents.
　After that, I thought that it would be difficult to manage a vaudeville in places with high land prices, such as Chuo-ku, and that it would not be possible to do new things, but in 1994, the main focus was on performances and training of traditional performing arts such as performing arts and Japanese music. "Oedo Nihonbashi-tei" opened as the first full-fledged performing arts hall.
　Nagatani Corporation, which operates real estate leasing, brokerage, and management, operates Nagatani Hall as a performing arts hall that serves as a place for performances such as rakugo, talks, Shinnai, and Gitayu, which are traditional Japanese performing arts.

　

　Edo Nihonbashi-tei is conveniently located just a few minutes from Tokyo Metro Mitsukoshimae Station and 6-7 minutes from Nihombashi Station.

 

　

　You can experience traditional performing arts such as talks and Namikyoku, Shinnai, Kouta, Nagauta, Gitayu, etc., including the "Standard Seat" of the Rakugo Arts Council (held every month from 21st to 27th).

The hall is a small hut with about 100 people even if the front of the stage is tatami mats and the back is full with chairs, but I was able to enjoy the live performance after a long absence with the enthusiasm of a young rakugo artist.

　Kido Zen depends on the performance, but about 2,000 yen, but if you pay an annual membership fee of 5,000 yen and become a member of the "Edo Performing Arts Club", in addition to "Edo Nihonbashi Tei", Edo Uenohirokoji Tei, Shinjuku Nagatani Hall, Edo Ryogokutei, etc. You can get more than 20 special offers, and most of the other performances are offered by discount tickets.
　In addition, `` Walking Rally of History and Culture Walking with Lecturer '', which includes a set of walking around the city and appreciation of vaudeville guided by a lecturer, Rakugo, talks, Namikyoku, magic to Gitayu, Hauta, Ozashiki dance There are also "Edo Performing Arts Japanese Music School" and "Edo Sumo" for sumo lovers from those who want to learn in earnest to become professionals.

　Applications for membership are accepted at the Nagatani Corporation office on the left side of the entrance.　After joining, you can also enter with the right to use immediately.

　　

　Edo Nihonbashi-tei http://ntgp.co.jp/engei/nihonbasi/index.html

　

 

 

　From Harumi Ohashi, heading to Rinkai Park, there was a baseball field.

　Go out to the canal side and proceed along the upstream. The straight line distance is quite long.

On the other side, you can see LaLaport Toyosu's jumping bridge.

In the morning of Saturday, this place is not known yet, and the traffic is sparse.

　When you go to the station, the sky tree matches the iron bridge in the foreground and is beautiful.

　If you go to the front of Asashio Ohashi, you will see another sky tree.

　This is the Tokyo Marathon course.　

　It will be filled with many marathon runners on the afternoon of the day.

　When I headed to Harumi Intersection, Harumi Triton Square towered.

　The building consists of four buildings, W.X.Y.Z, and the Dai-ichi Life Hall, numerous shops, restaurants, and other facilities.

　Approximately 20,000 employees are working.

　There are many flowers in the square on the second floor. The Tsukishima River is beautiful through the flowerbed.

Just before heading for Kachidoki
I took the walking path of the Triton Bridge.

 

 

On Saturday afternoon, I went to the "Vermeer Hikari Kingdom Exhibition 2015" held in Nihonbashi Muromachi. In this exhibition, you can see the works of Johannes Vermeer (J. Vermeer: 1632-1675), a popular 17th-century Dutch painter in Japan, but I would like to take a closer look at Vermeer's works that I saw at the State Museum of Amsterdam during my previous trip to the Netherlands.

                       

[Mauritz Highs Museum]　　　　　

This exhibition was planned in 2012 by Shinichi Fukuoka, a professor at Aoyama Gakuin University (molecular biology) who has also seen Vermeer's originals around the world, and then returned to Japan (Nagoya, Matsuyama, Hiroshima, Nagano, etc.) at 6-chome Ginza from January to July 2012, and then went back to 2 post 0.7 0.7 0 in 1 years.

 

[Painting Art] 

This exhibition is not a moving exhibition of Vermeer's original painting to Japan, but an appreciation of "Re Create Works". According to the commentary on the exhibition, "Re Create" is a digital analysis of the original image data provided by the "Vermeer Center" in Delft, the Netherlands, where Vermeer's hometown, and is reproduced using digital printing technology. Unlike photo reproductions, it is a special canvas with state-of-the-art digital printing, so in some cases, it is possible to faithfully reproduce the colors and textures of the time that Vermeer drew at the time, rather than the originals in museums in Hague and Amsterdam. While being fooled by "Re Create", you can see all 37 Vermeer's works at once at the exhibition in Nihonbashi Muromachi.

 

[The woman sitting in front of the Virginal]

Even though I am a Vermeer fan, I have met directly with some works in museums in Den Hague, Amsterdam, London, Washington, and New York in the past, but in fact, I would like to see all things like Mr. Fukuoka and Mr. Yuriko Kuchiki, the author of the All-Pointed Journey of Vermeer (Shueisha Shinsho) in Paris, the Netherlands, and elsewhere.

 

[A girl with pearl earrings]

In addition, Vermeer's works are owned by individuals and are not open to the public, and some of them have been stolen from museums in Boston and are still unknown, but can be seen all at this exhibition.

In addition, since it is currently displayed in separate museums, the commonality of the model of painting that can be seen by comparing and comparing paintings of the same theme at the same time, and the supporting role of people I enjoyed a luxurious appreciation opportunity, such as new discoveries about props such as world maps and musical instruments used as After the exhibition, you can receive discounts and other services by presenting an admission ticket for the exhibition at nearby COREDO (Muromachi 1-3, Nihonbashi) and Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower restaurants. I was hungry after the exhibition, so I had dinner at COREDO Muromachi 2 shop, but I hope we can report that story to you separately.

 

"The Kingdom of Vermeer Light 2015"

Location: 1F, Nihonbashi Muromachi Center Building 3-2-15, Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, 103-0022, Japan (Exit A8, Mitsukoshimae Station)

Date: 1/5 to 3/10 (closed: Monday)

Opening hours; 10：00-19：00

Admission fee: 1,000 yen for adults and 500 yen for elementary and junior high school students.

Voice guide 500 yen.

 

 

This time, we will introduce "Parent and Child Hawaiian Ritomics" held at the general sports center in Chuo-ku.

 

At the General Sports Center, various sports classes are held, such as those for adults and children, and those for moms who can participate with small children.

There are recruitment about three times a year, and applicants apply by round-trip postcard. (Everyone can apply even if they are not resident in the ward.)

 

The sports center is located in Hamacho Park. Near the station!

 

Parent-child Hawaiian rhythmic is one of such sports classes.

It seems to be popular and there are many lottery lots, but fortunately I was able to pass.

 

I'm doing it at the martial arts hall at the sports center in Hamacho. There is a nursing space inside.

 

Here, you can lend Hawaiian costumes to children, sing and dance according to the ukulele, and play rhythms with plenty of Hawaii.

  

 

In addition, it is also attractive that you can sprinkle a lot of leaves (toys) flutter, hold a large and colorful sheet together to make it fluffy, and have a dynamic play that you can not do at home.

My child usually tends to know places and shy people, but at this time he was playing happily while shouting.

  

 

Mom also performs hula dance.

Contrary to the supple movement, the legs and legs are trained unexpectedly, and the exercise effect is great.◎

 

I was worried that I would get used to it because I was shy, but the teachers were bright and kind, so I was able to enjoy it with peace of mind.

Finally, I received a wonderful handmade souvenir.

 

Even though it is spacious in Tokyo, I don't think there are many places where you can experience such an experience. After all, Chuo-ku is good~

I think the next recruitment will be around spring, but please check it out.

 

Then, at the end, let's say goodbye to Ritomic.

  Let's dance together♪

  Papapan ♪ Papan bread ♪ Smile ^

 

◆Chuo-ku Sports Center

   http://www.chuo-sports.jp

◆List of sports classes

   http://www.chuo-sports.jp/fleely.html

  

　

　

　
　　

 

 

I went to the cold bathing tournament at Tetsunan Inari Shrine, a New Year's tradition in Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

　

１） Date and time
It was carried out from 11:00 am to 11:35 am on Sunday, January 11, 2015.
　
２） Venue
1-6-7 Minato, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
　
３） Overview
It was started as a ritual of purification for sound health for one year.
It started in 1955 and this is the 60th time this year.
After Miyashi's exorcism, a careful preparatory exercise is carried out, and about 100 people in loincloths (for women, white clothing) enter the aquarium with ice pillars.
　
４） The significance of bathing in the cold
Every year in the beginning of the New Year, during the cold bath at the Tetsugansu Inari Shrine is a Shinto ritual that prays for sound health by bathing in cold water in front of the shrine in the New Year and performing a purification ceremony to clean the mind and body. It is a pure Japanese language that is not found in Chinese language, so it can be seen that it is a custom unique to Japan.
It is said that the 60th anniversary of the festival was revived in 2015 by local people who were saved from epidemic diseases through thin clothes and bathing in the Edo period with gratitude to guardian god.
Since it was introduced to the top in the "Water Festival" section of the Adult Metropolitan Area Walking Magazine "Walking Master Mook / Festival & Event Calendar 2009" issued by the Kotsu Shimbun in 2008, Kanto's best tradition It has gained popularity as a prestigious water festival, and the number of participants and visitors increases every year.
　
５） How to bathe in the cold
Nara period, who was born in Usa-gun, Oita Prefecture in 1862, revived the purification method of Mitake Shrine, located at the summit of Mt. Mitake (929m), Ome City, Tokyo. There are a number of schools, but there is no big difference, and the cold bathing performed at Tetsugansu Inari Shrine is also performed by the purification method of the river surface style under the guidance of the Tokyo Shrine Agency's Narinari Event Michihiko (Guman) and Naotsushi Shinoheikawa Shrine Miyaji. It is done.
　
After going out on the public road and running around the shrine, as the Tetsugunshu Hayashi played in Kagura Hall flows, they performed bird boats for preparatory exercises, entered a cool water tank with large icicles, immersed in cold water to the chest, and soaked in cold water...."I purify my mind and body while doing the soul while chanting." After the end, we will conduct a reorganization campaign with a bird boat again and finish the cold purification ceremony.
　
The Arido Okami is the gods responsible for the exorcism in Shinto.•The filth flows from the river to the sea.•Fast-opening Tobi Sales (Since on the Seabed)•It is the four gods of swallowing the filthyness), Ki Fukido (breathing in the root country), and Hasasurahiuri (the sins and filth brought into the root country and loses). It is also called the four gods of exorcism, and it is a thankful gods who release our sins and filth deep underground based on the same concept as the current waste disposal. Therefore, during the water line, he recites Arido Okami many times. Miyaji's felicitation "great exorcism Lyrics" in great exorcism in June and December recites the relay of sin and filth by the Oga and others, so I understand you are listening well.

The details are as follows.
　
1) Run around the shrine
2) Bird boat event (Torifuneiji)
3) The soul (Furitama)
4) Yuken event (Otakebigyoji)
5) Yuzume event (Okorobigyoji)
6) Kebuki event
7) Kanmisogi

Source: Information for bathing participants of the Iron Gunshu Inari Shrine Yayoikai

　

　

 

 

　On January 2, early in the New Year, I visited Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods and went to Nihonbashi Fukushimakan.

In front of the hall, you will be greeted by the character "Kibitan".

 

And two Fukumusumes rushed from Fukushima to the New Year's greeting.　Because he is a daughter of Fukushima, Fukumusume is a matter of course.

 

Fresh apples and delicious juice made with them.

 

"Akamoku Udon" is popular among women. Contains natural seaweed and is rich in dietary fiber. It smells like the beach.

Fukushima Gonbo noodles are one push!

 

And compared drinking from locally brewed sake in Fukushima. The 3 kinds of locally brewed sake drink is 500 yen.

 

 The premium set of Daiginjo sake is 700 yen for 2 kinds. Four kinds of tidbits on the right side of the photo are set for 200 yen.

"Lifetime youth" is a good naming.

 

　You can't replace it many times just because it's delicious. One person, only once a day.

There is an eat-in corner in the back, where you can enjoy popular Fukushima Gombo noodles.

　Click here for access to the museum and the latest information. http://midette.com/