Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

In Chuo-ku, there is something called "Chuo-ku Four Declaration".

　(1) Heiwa, Chuo-ku City Declaration 　

　(2) Chuo-ku Declaration of Flower City 　

　(3) City of the Sun Chuo-ku Declaration 　

　(4) Clean recycling Chuo-ku Declaration

Details of each content are posted on the following site. https://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/syokai/sengen/index.html

When I went to Hamacho Park, where the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, these declarations are the objects (pictured) in the park.

I found that it was written on the side.

When you read these declarations while watching the cherry blossoms in full bloom, the weather is warm and cheerful.

Chuo-ku is a "peace city" and a "city of flowers" and "clean" in a "town of the sun"

I felt it.

You may not usually see it much, but once again the "Chuo-ku Four Declaration"

Let's try to understand it. Maybe there's a new discovery.

　Around this time, high-rise apartments were built one after another in the neighborhood where I live, and there were no vacant lots, so stray cats disappeared. One day I was called out by a woman. The woman, who had felt sympathy with stray cats for more than 20 years in the vicinity, fed by several OLs in the neighborhood, rubbed traces, and asked the veterinary clinic for care, contraception, castration, etc. of sick cats. Was one of the people who were asking. A few years ago, the cost of birth control and neutering of stray cats has been paid out in Chuo-ku.

[Photo about 10 years ago]

At present, there are 1 or 2 stray cats in Suiten Miyaura, so they seem to be careful about the health of their cats. For more than 20 years, the girl, who was a stray cat, got sick, so she has been living together in her room. My name is Nene.　

[Nene-chan]

Even if a domestic cat gets sick, the cost of treatment increases, so some people throw it away, so the heart to take care of it because it is sick has become very warm.　I saw a rat running several times a year.　I thought this was because there were fewer outside cats.

With the "Guide Map of Kazuo Confectionery Association in Chuo-ku", we are purchasing representative products of each shop.　At that time, a shop sells "broken rice crackers", and the bag says "Kusuke".

　Hey, I knew that "I call a broken rice cracker called Kusuke." Speaking of which, I remembered that I learned such a thing from Kyoba Peony.　According to the dictionary, Hisa is the same pronunciation Q.　→　　It means that one is not enough for the perfect 10, so it is called this, and it is said that it is an industry word mainly used in the rice crackers industry.　It's stylish!　

The "Guide map of Kazuo Chuo-ku Confectionery Association", which I always bring when I go out, is very useful. There are 38 merchants, so far we have visited 20 stores, put their receipts on a map, and used them as stamp cards.　It's very fun.　　How would you like to join us? In addition, the guide map of the Kazuo Confectionery Association in Chuo-ku can be obtained at the stores of each member store.　For more information, please refer to this guide from "NPO Chuo Net".　http://www.tokyochuo.net/sightseeing/wagashi/index.html

Surrounded by six ginkgo trees in the immediate vicinity of my office

In Chuo-ku, there is Ginkgo Inari Shrine, the only shrine dedicated to Hachimangu Shrine.

I was interested, and after a little research, I was able to know the following:

History: The shrine hall was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
　　　　It was in Ansei 4 (1775) that enshrined deity was enshrined in the shrine, covering the sky at that time.

　　　　There is a large ginkgo towering ginkgo, and its age was estimated to be 3 to 400 years.

　　　　It is thought that the shrine was built before that.

　　　　This ginkgo Inari Shrine is the only shrine dedicated to Hachimangu Shrine in Chuo-ku.

　　　　In the Meiji era, the literary writer Junichirou Tanizaki enjoyed once a month of the Kagura of Ginkgo Yahata Shrine.

　　　　I wrote it in "I'm a child."

Interest: Ginkgo Inari Shrine is a god of business prosperity from a nearby securities company in Kabuto-cho.

　　　　　Thank you very much.

　　　　　It is also said that there are applications for donations from companies in other prefectures.

　　　　　It is also worshiped by the residents of shrine parishioner as the god of prosperity and longevity.

　　　　　A woman living nearby visited every day from a young age to a hundred years old, so she was healthy and 103 years old.

　　　　　There is a real story that fulfills longevity.

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1-7-7 Kakigara-cho, Chuo-ku

3-minute walk from Exit 8 in front of Suitengumae Subway Hanzomon Line

　If you walk south along Kiyosubashi-dori, you will find a stylish Japanese restaurant called "Kiku no Ie" in Hisamatsucho on the right side. You can see panel photos around Hamacho on the end of the war on the side wall of this shop.

　It feels like the tragedy of air raids is left in a burnt field.

If you walk to Meijiza, you will see a small hall at the entrance to the green road to Hamacho Park in front.

　"The origin of the construction of Meiji Kannondo" is on the monument.

　main hall was built to pray for the happiness of many spirits who died in the war on March 10, 1945.

　　　　　　December, 1950

　　　　　　　Shinsaku Nitta, the applicant

Yes, it is. (New Nitta is a person who was instrumental in the revival of Meijiza.)

　Meijiza also became the evacuation site during the air raid, and many people died during the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 1945.

　The sticker shown in the back is a notice about the memorial service held at Meijiza on March 10.

　March 11 marks the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and will this be gradually weathered?