Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Kachidokibashi, the closest bridge to Tokyo Bay, is located in Chuo-ku, among the bridges spanning the Sumida River flowing through Tokyo Bay. This Kachidokibashi is built between Tsukiji and Kachidoki.

This time, I photographed a houseboat against the background of Kachidokibashi (taken from the Kachidoki side).

The night view of Kachidokibashi has been selected as one of the Eight Night Views in Chuo-ku.
=> Chuo-ku Tourism Association website: http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/ohako/

On a midsummer weekend, we went to the Kyoto Pavilion on the 1st floor of the Yanmar Tokyo Building, a 1-minute walk from the Yaesu Central Exit of JR Tokyo Station.

The Kyotokan is an antenna shop opened as a base for transmitting information about Kyoto, and is a pioneer in several prefectural antenna shops in Chuo-ku.

After buying 1,000 pickles (delicious) of "Nishiri" for a limited time, looking at the hall, I found a fan that looks like summer and Kyoto-like.

The photo shows the fan of Kyo fan "Aiba" (Aiba). "Ainami" is a long-established store that has been in business for 300 years.

In addition to the practical purpose of cooling the fan, it is said that it has been used as a gift as a lucky items to decorate it and feel the coolness with the eyes, and to "cut off the demon with the wind."

The design of the watermark fan that was displayed was a long sword hoko that was at the top of the Yamahoko cruise at the Gion Festival, and its elaborate construction was truly an art craft.

This month, Kyoto is at the height of the Gion Festival. At the Kyotokan, the BGM of "Contichitin" and Gion Hayashi played, and the fragrance of the incense was free, so it felt very good.

Please refer to the website of the Kyoto Museum.　
⇒Here

Click here for the homepage of Kyo fan "Ainami" ⇒ Click here.

In addition, we received special permission and took pictures where photography was prohibited in the hall.

Thank you for your cooperation, Kyoto Pavilion m(__)m

Akimasa Elementary School, located in Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, is a historic school. In the first place, [Reishijima Hirone Elementary School], which was founded in 1876 (Meiji 9), and [Echizen Hori Hirone Elementary School], founded in 1907 (Meiji 42), became [Akimasa Hirone Elementary School] in 1927 (Showa 4). It has roots in that it was established.

The name "Akimasa" is not based on the place name, but literally named with the hope of "bright and correct".　

 In addition, the attached school building is called the so-called “Reconstruction Elementary School” and was built as a reconstruction project for the school building damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake that occurred in 1923.

It is a school building that has been popular for a long time, but in the "Chuo-ku Basic Plan 2008", the current school building will be dismantled and rebuilt from this summer as part of the three school renovation plan in the city. These initiatives have come to take place in various places and are called "renovation".

Akimasa Elementary School Renovation Plan

On this 7th (Saturday), a farewell party with the current school building was held, and it was a day to bite off the separation from the memorable school building.

This school building retains a tasteful atmosphere among the schools remaining in Chuo-ku. In particular, this area was called [Reikishi Island] in the old days, and since it was a town with the scent of Edo, it has a strong presence on the street corner that retains an old Japanese atmosphere.　

Akimasa Elementary School seems to be spending a while of goodbye in the moist air during the rainy season. The bronze statue installed in front of the school building is a work called "Symbiosis" by Takeshi Hayashi. It seems to have been made in 1996. What will happen to this statue, which has been watching the growth of children?

Two years later, the school building was reborn and a new cheer echoed in the schoolyard. From there, a new history will be spun again.

We hope that elementary schools, a place for children, who are local treasures, will become even more fulfilling facilities.　

More Akimasa Elementary School, in a New Era