Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　Nihonbashinakasu, like Nihonbashi Honmachi or Nihonbashi Ningyocho, does not have a "town" at the end, but it is a town name in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. There is no "Chome" in Nakashu. This is the only independent town name in the Nihonbashi area.

　

　

It seems that this Nakasu area and the other side of the Sumida River (Koto-ku) originally came and went by "Nakasu no ferry". It is now connected by Kiyosu Bridge. By the way, the names of Kiyosubashi were given from Kiyosumi-cho Fukagawa (currently Kiyosumi, Koto-ku) and Nakasucho, Nihonbashi-ku, both sides of the building at the time of construction.

　

　Nakasu used to be literally Nakasu on the Sumida River. This area was also called "Mitsumata" (Mitsumata, etc.), but there seems to be various theories about which flow I pointed to and read so. In any case, it seems that it was "Nakasu" surrounded by the Sumida River, Hakozaki River, and Hamacho River.

　The area where the Hamacho River pours into the Sumida River is called the "Hamacho Riverside", and the reclaimed reclaims the sandy reclaim leads to Hamacho, the Okawa Nakasu Shinchi is maintained, and it is called Tominagacho, and in the middle of the Edo period It seems that there was a time when it was bustling like a flower town.
　After that, it seems that he returned to the shallows full of reeds due to repeated floods, etc., but in the Meiji era, landfills were reclaimed, and Masago-za was formed, making it an entertainment district where restaurants were crowded. However, this prosperity did not last for a long time, and it is said that it declined as early as the Taisho era.

　

Nakasu in the Edo period
　

　The state of Nakasu during the Edo period can be imagined in the picture of Hiroshige Utagawa. This picture is one of Hiroshige's ten picture books depicting famous places in Edo. The lyrics in the upper right corner of the picture are written.

"North of Shinohashi, there is a teahouse in a long time ago, and its liveliness is not a fool. It's a sweeping place now, but it's a landscape of graceful snow."

I'm introducing it.

　
[Kotohiragu Shrine]
　

　Kotohiragu Shrine is located on the northwest side of Kiyosubashi Bridge. Tamagaki, which surrounds the precincts, is engraved with many names of restaurants that can sneak that it was a entertainment district.

　
[Masago-za]
　

　The stone monument at the site of the theater in Masago-za stands quietly in the planting beside the entrance of the apartment. This Masago-za is also known as a theater where Soseki Natsume's "I am Cat Deal" was adapted by Kaoru Osanai and performed as a play "cat". Next to the monument of "Masago-za Ruins", there is a stone slab written as follows in the inscription.

==================================
　　Soseki Natsume's "I'm a Cat Deal" is
　　It was adapted by Kaoru Osanai.
　　Yobee Ii and others appeared.
　　At the site of Masago-za in Nakasu, Nihonbashi-ku.
　　1906 (Meiji 39)
　　From November 3rd to 30th
　　It was performed.
　　October 2003 lucky day
　　　14th President of Waseda University
　　　　　　Takayasu Okushima

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[Mebashi]
　

　The Hakozaki River was located between the town of Nakasu and the neighboring Hamacho. It was reclaimed in 1971 (1971), and now the capital height runs above the head, so you can see the remnants of the waterway trace.
　On the Hakozaki River, there were two bridges, a man bridge and a woman bridge.
　The commemorative plate embedded at the entrance of the apartment is engraved as follows.

　

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A man

　　　　 Origin

　　　　　　　　　　 A man
　　　 It's a long time when I look at Ii Mebashi
　　　　　　　　　　　 A child who goes over and over many times
　　　 Invited by the sound of the banner of Masago-za
　　　　　　　　　　　 You don't know what you do.
　　　 The Nakasu-style flow is
　　　　　　　　　　　 A fun voice boat happened to come
　　　 Evening, the dark night is a man bridge
　　　　　　　　　　　 I don't know if I'm going to go over with you
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　From Isamu Yoshii "Okawabata"
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1927

　

　According to the 1907 edition of Tokyo Anning, Nihonbashinakasu is Hamacho 3-chome.
An urban area built in Okawa in the southeast. The first year of Yasunaga, the first year of the year, was filled with three towns.
After gaining the ground, he retired from the first year of Shiga Kansei, called Mimata Tominaga-cho, and later with Nagisa Nagisa.
No,? A reed grassland or Shiga, buried again in 1886, the current town
The name is added.
　At that time, Nakasu was a small island town, crossing the Hakozaki River between Hamacho and Hamacho.
And there were two bridges, a man bridge and a woman bridge.
　Later, in the war of Showa, Otokobashi became the only burnt female bridge, but Hakozaki
It disappeared due to river reclamation and construction of highways.
　　　　　　　　　　　　Nyobashi November 1901 Bridge
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Length 21, width 3 to 4
　　　　　　　　　　　　Expenses of 6595.70 yen
　　　　　　　　　　　　Then, in June 1929
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　Nakasu Youth Club Sho Yoshida
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Nobuaki Yoshizawa
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 All the gifts

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Ha: Do you know mo?

　

Toyota is committed to creating a next-generation transportation system that optimally connects personal vehicles and public transportation, and supports seamless and comfortable transportation and solving local traffic issues.

　

　　

You can easily register for use from your smartphone, get on right when you want to ride, ride as much as you need, pay for that amount, and pay for parking lots and fuel.

　

Currently, demonstration experiments are being conducted in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Tokyo, Okinawa, Okayama City, and Bangkok, Thailand. In Tokyo, in collaboration with Times Car PLUS, Chiyoda-ku, Chuo-ku, Minato-ku, Bunkyo-ku, Taito-ku, Sumida-ku, Koto-ku, and Edogawa-ku are located in about 100 stations.

　

Like the usual Times Car PLUS, it costs 206 yen in 15 minutes, but the biggest difference is that it is possible to drop off at other stations.

　

Chuo-ku has 18 stations, second to 32 locations in Koto-ku.

Tokyo Dumbo is located at Kyobashi 1-chome to Shintomi 2-chome station.

Ginza → I've been driving through the Imperial Palace.

　

Open a zipper into a single-seater EV vehicle called COMS at a dedicated station and board it.

　

　

　

　

Hold your smartphone over the right side of the seat to start the announcement and start using it.

　

　

Although it is a very small vehicle, the speed rises smoothly to 60 km / h, and there is no problem with driving in urban areas. Please note that you will not be able to enter the highway.

In addition, there is a trunk in the rear, and it seems that it can be fitted with a small carry bag.

　

　　

I think there are still some improvements, but I would like you to continue the demonstration experiment as a new foot for business and tourism in Tokyo.

　

Click here for information about Ha:mo http://www.toyota.co.jp/enn/hamo/

https://plus.timescar.jp/tcph/ For more information about Times Car PLUS, please click here.

　

 

 

　One of the best performances in my first dream is "Ichifuji, Nitaka, and San eggplant".

　At the sunny Hamarikyu, the New Year's annual event "Demonstration of Hoyojutsu" was held.

　

　The traditional techniques of the falconer were shown.

　　January 2 from 11:00 to / 14:00 to January 3 from 11:00 to / 14:00

　The person who breeds and trains falconry (hunting method of hunting wild birds and beasts with falcons) falconry is Takasho.

　The photo shows a falconer just after the hawk flew horizontally. The weight movement is dynamic...

　Numerous techniques, such as crossing (return the hawk on the tree to the fist) and transfer (fly jump the hawk to another falconer's fist).

　

　The formal dress of falconers. It's cool....

 

 

On a blog in November 2017, I introduced "Visiting the Mokutaro Kinoshita Memorial Hall (Ito City), becoming a person of Mokutaro Kinoshita". .

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This time, I would like to introduce "Enzo Ota", a four-year-old older brother of Mokutaro Kinoshita, who is famous for being in charge of the bridge of "Eitai Bridge".

He was a good brother who lived in Tokyo when he was a student.

　

After graduating from the Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Imperial University, the second son of the Ota family, Enzo, joined the Railway Work Bureau of the Ministry of Communications, and was in charge of bridge design, construction of the Boso Line and the construction of the Joetsu Shimizu Tunnel, etc. He contributed to the improvement of railway technology in a wide range of ways, including mechanization of construction and the introduction of a method for selecting routes on maps, and was called "genius engineers since the start of railways."

　

In 1923, when the Imperial City Reconstruction Institute was established to rebuild Tokyo, which was devastated by the Great Kanto Earthquake, he was appointed Director Doki and initially declined due to inexperienced fields, but his best friend Shinji Sogo (after the war, President of the Japanese National Railways at the time of the construction of the Tokaido Shinkansen). The aim was to be a "civilized city of Tokyo" with transportation networks, sanitary facilities, safety and landscape.

＊Expansion of roads, etc. in anticipation of the arrival of a car society

＊Land Readjustment

＊About 150 bridges, including those burned down by the earthquake, such as Eitai Bridge and Kiyosu Bridge, and those newly constructed.

　Listening to the opinions of artists such as younger brothers, Motaro, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and Shohachi Kimura, a bridge that takes into account the landscape.

　I went there.

　

The following figure shows the design of bridges such as Eitai Bridge and Kiyosu Bridge. All were not adopted because of the strange design.

　

＊He explained the necessity of subway 9 and contributed to the realization of the railway network.

(The railway network map shown below may be small and you may not be able to see the station name, but along with the Toden / Shosen Line (JR Yamanote Line, Chuo Line, etc.), high-speed railways (subways) such as Metro Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line are shown. Something like the Tozai Line and Hibiya Line are also drawn. )

　

Enzo designed and laid the foundation for the modern city of Tokyo, which continues to the present day.

　

Enzo devoted his heart to the reconstruction of the Imperial City, but committed suicide on March 21, 1926 in the middle of his will. It is said that it was a sudden incident due to the lack of understanding of land readjustment and the discovery of a prison case of the Reconstruction Bureau (a corruption case related to land acquisition).

He died at the young age of 45.

　

In 1931, a portrait relief was set up at Nakanoshima Park on the Aioi Bridge of Sumida River. However, since it was destroyed by the earthquake, it was relocated to Kanda Bridge Park as of 1955 (1955).

"Everywhere, the blood of the deceased will flow and the soul will continue to live in the reconstruction project, which is planned and planned without any difficulties," said Masaburo Inoue, former Railway Minister.

　

Motaro's poem in memory of his brother Enzo's death is published in the magazine "Venus" Vol. 8, No. 4 (June 1926).

　

Title "Eitai Bridge Construction"

The eternity of Kibashi, a passing day, gives me a sense of excitement, who was still a boy.

My life was sad, old, and interesting, and my parents and siblings had a heart behind the sake that they had hidden, and they looked at and stood at the bizarre Edo fantasy.

That oh, that major earthquake, a ruinful remnants, unreturned complaints.

Then, while paying attention to the white hair of the front, I looked at the construction of the roaring Shimbashi from the window of the flagship near the bridge, and thought about it.

This can't be helped, the times are changing.

I would like the basics to be scientific as early as possible, and I would like the architectural style to incorporate the classic hobby of Shoge as much as possible.

I was so excited about it.

Nevertheless, while watching the same construction, there is no hope and no excitement now, and I hear that roaring sound in the sky of Uha, and even if I go to tears.

Tokyo, which I liked so much, and Sumida, a comic story.

Life is sad, this is the fireplace of the three worlds　

－Oh terrifying legend - maybe someone thought on this bridge during the Edo era, and the same feeling springs up to me today.

The water will move into the corner, and the bridge will also grow 100 years old.

My feeling now is just the shadow of clouds on the surface of the water.

　

I wonder if wood chips standing in the water going to go (May 1926)

　

　

In any era, it is universal that there is an opinion that "I want the basics to be as scientific as modern as possible, and that the architectural style incorporates the classical hobby of Shoge as much as possible." I agree with you.

　

 

 

Crossing Showa-dori from the Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store toward the Horidome Intersection ... Nihonbashi "Kobunacho" envelops history in newness. It is said that during the Edo and Meiji eras, it was a town where textile wholesalers, fan wholesalers, and bonito wholesalers were crowded along the Higashiboriru River, which entered the Nihonbashi River. As an aside, there is a dedicated Japanese lantern Dai Japanese lantern from Kobuna Town in Asakusa Hozomon....Now it is Kofune-cho, where new buildings of long-established companies and leading companies are lined up. Restaurants and hotels are also available, making it beautiful. The main street has been unnamed for a long time, but it is said that naming is being considered. On the left and right of this street, the [Ogura Building] and [Nagase Sangyo Building], which have been rebuilt into a solid building, stand out.　

Decorating the new year! It is a long-established appearance in Kofune-cho.

　

[Ibasen]　It is a fan, fan shop with a history of more than 400 years. The interior of the store is full of ukiyo-e products. I bought a cute decorative fan with a dog pattern.

　

[Takashima Family]　It is a "eel specialty store" founded in 1875. I was impressed by the taste of protecting for more than 140 years and the hospitality of the young landlord.

　

[Higetsudo] Founded in 1877, it preserves long-established flavors such as "Kamisei confectionery", "Kuridorayaki", "Kiriyamasho", "kagami mochi" and "Red and White Manju".

　

　[Kobunacho Yakumo Shrine Tenno Festival]　

In September 2018, the festival will be held once every four years.

Kobunamachi Yakumo Shrine is one of the auxiliary shrine located on the grounds of Kanda Myojin.

It was in the early Edo period that Kofune-cho began to implement festivals.

During the festival, Kariya will be built in Horidome Children's Park and portable shrine will be built in imperial procession.

Photograph of carrying of miniature shrines, which seems to be before the war (the fine figure of his late father?) That's right.⇒⇒⇒⇒

　　

The Tenno Festival is a rough portable shrine festival by the common people, and it is said that only Kofune-cho now inherits the festival.

 

 

What is "Gairo"? In the Kanto region, Odawara's "Uiro" is historically known, but it is still vague, such as "food like Yokan" or "the name of any medicine?" . 　That should be the case, and Odawara's Gairoke continues to make sweets and medicines with the same name for generations. Gairo was the product name and the last name. In Tokasha 19's "Tokaido Naka-Kurige", there is a scene where Yajikita mistakenly eats the outside of the medicine as the outside of the confectionery and eats it with a bitter face. This gairo is the gairo of Odawara. "Is Gairo a confectionery or a mysterious medicine?"

　

If you are a Kabuki fan, you will hear that you are Toro, and one of Danjuro Ichikawa's 18th Kabuki, "Torouri", will come to your head first. This is the gairo of medicine, a specialty of Odawara in Sagami (Kanagawa Prefecture). In the Edo period, it was the Kabuki performance "Torouri" that made this medicine known to the world. When Danjuro Ichikawa, the second generation, was unable to speak well due to cough and sputum disease, and was in trouble because he couldn't stand on the stage, he took the groom and was completely relieved and returned to the stage again. It is said that he was able to do it. In order to inform people of such good medicines, with the consent of the Toro family, Danjuro's self-made `` Torouri '' was completed, and in 1718 (1718), Morita-za in Kibiki-cho (Ginza, Chuo-ku, near the back of Kabukiza) premiered. Was. 　This performance was hit hard, and later Danjuro, the seventh generation, was named "Kabuki 18th". The mouth of Gairo sales is equivalent to modern commercials.

　

"Gairo," But what is still famous is on its mouth. It is a series of fast-talking words that can be spoken smoothly because it has cured cough and sputum diseases. I would like to introduce some of them.

　

『...Armor harnesses Bugubagu, 3 Bugubagu, 6 Bugubagu, 6 Bugubagu. Chrysanthemum chestnut kukukukuri, and chrysanthemum kukukuri. Wheat garbage mugi garbage 3mugi garbage, combined with mugi garbage 6mugi garbage. Who is the Naganaginata of that Nageshi?...』。 That's why it's a dialogue that everyone has heard somewhere. The mouth of Toro sales is now used as a teaching material for vocal practice at training centers for actors, talents, and announcers.

　

　

The residence of the Goro Honke in Odawara. It's a good idea.

　

Why do you write "Gairo" and read "Uiro"? One of the ancestors of the Toro family was Chinen Yu, who had a government office called "Reibu Ingairo" in the original era of China. It is said that when the original was destroyed by the fire, he exiled to Hakata in Kyushu and claimed to be Uiro Chin. "Outside" was "Ui" in the sound of "Tang" which was the pronunciation of the original era, and can be said to be a natural process. This is the origin of "Uiro", and the name of the Chinese government has become the name of medicine and confectionery. Soki, the second generation of the Toro family, was invited to Kyoto by Yoshimitsu Ashikaga (the third general of the Muromachi Shogunate) to convey medicine from China (Mei) and devised confectionery for entertainment, It is said that he responded to the demands of the Imperial Court and samurai. The medicine was given by the Emperor of the time, "Tochinko", but since the Toro family made it, the medicine and confectionery were called Uiro in the streets. 　The fifth generation, Touemon, left his family business to his younger brother, and was invited to Odawara in the early 16th century by Soun Hojo, who boasted power in the Kanto region. The reason for this is unknown, but warload of the Warring States period and others may not have needed medicines such as the "gairo" that they can carry. The Toro family in Kyoto was cut off during the Tensho era (1573-1592), but the Toro family in Odawara remains and continues today. Many of the pastries of confectionery throughout the country were spread by craftsmen who served the gairo family in Kyoto.

　

The gairo of the medicine is a small, silver-colored round medicine. It is a popular medicine that cuts sputum and is said to be good for refreshing mouth and deodorizing, and seems to have been a universal medicine for people in the Edo period. Gairo, who resembles Morishita Jintan, is known as a specialty of Odawara-juku on the Tokaido, and many travelers bought it as a convenient way medicine. It is also popular as a souvenir, and it was a big hit during the Edo period, but in Edo it seems that it was bought at Taiwaya Kabei's store in Yokoyamacho, Ryogoku (now Nihonbashi Yokoyamacho, Chuo-ku). It was famous as a Toro stand in Edo, but unfortunately, there is no store in Yokoyamacho now.

　

You can watch the mouth of Danjuro's Gairo on Youtube, so please access the following URL and listen to it. Enjoy the smooth "mouth" judgement! I can't do it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjrZMhRTg78