Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

I can't wait for the Tokyo Marathon in winter, and I'm one of those runners.

I can't run this year after losing the lottery, but last year I was lucky enough to participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2012.

I would like to report mainly on the Chuo-ku section while delaying.

Application will be made in August of the previous year, and lottery results will be announced in October. The magnification of recent lottery seems to be quite severe. There was time since the start was confirmed, so I practiced here and there, mainly around the Sumida River Terrace. In addition, I divided the test run of the course into several times. In the last few months, I also participated in other races and started the race with the ability to run as competitive as distance.

And on the day. Fortunately, I was able to race in an environment where the weather was good and easy to run. There is no problem with your physical condition. At 9:10 in the morning, we started in Shinjuku, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The race itself went in the same way as his personal best time.

If you pass through the guard of Yurakucho at 21km, you will enter Chuo-ku. Heading to the intersection of Ginza 4-chome and heading to Nihonbashi on Chuo-dori is the most exciting area. An atmosphere that you can't taste in other marathons. Cheering does not stop even if you go from Kayabacho toward Ningyocho. Hamacho is close to my home, so it has family support. Head to Asakusabashi and go to Taito-ku once. When you come back from Asakusa again, it's more than 30 km and it gets harder and harder. Again, cheer for the family. I will do my best for the voice of the people along the road. Take the intersection of Ginza 4-chome toward Higashiginza, pass through Tsukiji, Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge, Asashio Ohashi, and go to Koto-ku. This area is 36 km.

Then it will be my last work. My feet were close to my limit and I couldn't do it, but I managed to hold it to Tokyo Big Sight and scored in 3 hours and 7 minutes. I'm happy to have a new record for the first time in a long time. It was a fun 42.195km. And one day I would like to open the 2-hour range.

The Chuo-ku section is an important section from the middle to the end, and is also a fun section. The pleasure of the scenery and the support of the roadside helped the players quite a bit. Especially when I was running in Ginza, I was impressed. I want to participate in the Tokyo Marathon again, and want to run more in Chuo-ku.

I will support you very hard this year. It's lonely that I can't run.

We would like to inform you that there will be an event to enjoy walking on the Tokyo Marathon Course again this year.　

In this event, for those who want to run but can't run, or want to walk, but in a very day ..., the course is divided into five and every Saturday from January 26 to February 23 It takes place.　The first day of January 26 is a course from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office to Iidabashi Station.　

Chuo-ku will guide you happily while visiting historic sites and famous stores on February 16 and February 23.　(In other words, we will guide you through silverware as a guide.)　

Date of implementation and course
① Saturday, January 26

Meeting place and time: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Minami observation deck 12:50, Departure at 13:00.

Co-s: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, under Shinjuku Daiguard, Hanazono-jinja Shrine, Shoin, Ichitani Hachimangu Shrine, Iidabashi Station

② Saturday, February 2
Meeting place and time: JR Iidabashi Station West Exit ticket gate 12:50, Departure at 13:00

Course: In front of Iidabashi Station, Tokyo grand shrine, Showakan, Imperial Palace Garden and Hibiya Park. 

③ Saturday, February 9
Meeting place and time: 12:50 in front of the flower bed at Hibiya Park, departing at 13:00

Co-s: Hibiya Park, Zojoji Temple, Sengakuji Temple, Other Historic Sites, Shinagawa Station

④ Saturday, February 16
Meeting place and time: Ginza 4-chome Mitsukoshi Lion Statue 12:50, Departure 13:00

Course: Visit the monuments of Ginza, historic sites of Kyobashi, famous shops in Nihonbashi, and choredo Nihonbashi, Suitengu, amazake Yokocho, Asakusabashi-Asakusa

⑤ Saturday, February 23: Morning part: Lunch at Tsukishima (own at your favorite store, paid by yourself)
Meeting place and time: Ginza 4-chome Mitsukoshi Lion Statue 10:20, Departure 10:30
Course: Ginza, Tsukiji, Tsukuda, Tsukishima (lunch)

⑥ Feb. 23 (Sat): noon part
Meeting place and time: Exit 3 of Tsukishima on the Oedo Line at 12:50, Departure at 13:00.
Course: Tsukishima, Toyosu, Tokyo Big Sight = Goal in!　

Participation is free, but you need to apply in advance.　

TCGC Tokyo Citizen Guide Club Secretariat Phone:　03-6912-1518

In Bakuro-Yokoyama Station in Nihonbashi Yokoyama, Chuo-ku, there is a shop called Sandog Inn Kobeya.

It seems that it has become a hot topic in introduction on TV and word of mouth on blogs.
This time, I visited and saw it, and had a lunch buffet.

The logo at the entrance of the store

Lunch buffet contents:
Time zone (11:00 to 14:00)
Sandwich, pizza toast pastries, etc.
+Today's soup + your favorite drink
(840 yen for adults, 420 yen for elementary school students and younger, free for children under 3 years old)
40 seats, all non-smoking

Note:

I visited on Sunday, but at 11:30 the seats were almost filled, and around 12:00 it was full, and some people lined up.
(In the Yaesu underground shopping mall in Chuo-ku, there is our Yaesu store, which seems to have a considerable line.)

It is located in the ticket gate at Exit A3 on the Toei Shinjuku Line "Bakuroyokoyama" station Asakusa Line.

Official website:
Bakuro Yokoyama Store↓
http://www.breads-studio.com/index.php/page/user/mode/bakuroyokoyama

Yaesu Store↓
http://www.breads-studio.com/index.php/page/user/mode/yaesu

　NHK's Taiga drama series "Yae no Sakura" broadcast on TV has started.

In the first part, there was a scene where my brother Kakuma Yamamoto visited Shozan Sakuma Juku in Kibiki-cho to learn Western artillery.　I would like to introduce some of the people I met during Kakuma Yamamoto's stay in Edo.

　Please see here for the explanation board of Shozan Sakuma Juku, which was introduced at the time of Ryoma Den earlier. http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/guide/spot/ginza/ginza_18.html 

At the same time, Kaishu Katsu and Sakamoto Ryoma also attended Shozan Sakuma Juku.

Kaishu Katsu later became the president of Tsukiji's warship training center.

http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/guide/spot/tsukiji/tsukiji_09.html 

http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/guide/spot/tsukiji/tsukiji_03.html

Please see here for the ruins of a prison in Temmacho, where Yoshida Shoin was trapped, dreaming of flying abroad.

http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/guide/spot/nihonbashi/nihonbashi_08.html 

Through this Taiga drama series, I would like not only to learn about the history of late Tokugawa shogunate in the Edo period, but also to think about the people of the Aizu clan who are involved in the rejection of the Emperor and the flow of defeat.　

In the Ryomaden aired a few years ago, Sakamoto Ryoma, who was from a lower-class samurai, heard that in the United States, he was able to choose the president directly in the election, and in order to realize Japan ideal for the United States, he participated in the movement if there was only a defeat in cooperation with the male clan such as Satsuma.　For more information about historical sites related to Ryoma, please refer to my blog report.

http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/2010/06/post-367.html　

 At the Fukushima Prefecture Yaesu Tourist Exchange Center, an antenna shop in Fukushima Prefecture on Sotobori-dori St., there was also a poster explaining Yae Niijima.　Please drop in.

http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/2013/01/post-1511.html