Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

From March 1, 2013, two months have passed since the Suitengu Shrine in Nihonbashikakigaracho was relocated to the temporary shrine in Nihonbashihamacho (side Meijiza) 　following the rebuilding of the main shrine hall. Although it is a distance that can be reached on foot, do you know that you can use the free shuttle bus "Kohomaru" from the nearby Royal Park Hotel to Kayagu until the main shrine is completed? The service days are Dog Day and Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and weekdays. On the day of the Dog, special flights are available early on.

　In addition, "Koho Inu", which was set up in front of the left toward the precincts, is currently waiting for you near the escalator in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel (from the front entrance and left back).　

　Near the front desk, armor helmets were on display, sometimes at the time of the Dango Festival. On the first floor, which can be said to be the face of the hotel, which welcomes customers first, the gorgeous but solid decoration that changes with the season will delight users, but when there is time until the bus ride time, check out the shops and restaurants in the museum. Personally, I recommend bread and cakes that are sold only during the season on the first basement floor "Dericatessen Royal Delica".
　Some shops in the vicinity of Suitengu Shrine and Ningyocho offer products cheaper than usual only on the day of the dog, so why not buy Japanese sweets as souvenirs and return home?

　Well, I'll get on the "Kohomaru". There is only one step lower, but it is easier to ride. A video of the old Suitengu Shrine was also played inside the car. Departing from the hotel, from Suitengu Street, see off the old shrine hall on the right side of the Suitengu-mae intersection on Shin-ohashi-dori St. on Ningyocho Street and turn right at Ningyocho Intersection. Enter Koza-dori, pass the Hisamatsu Police Station on your left, turn right at the Hisamatsucho intersection and go to Kiyosubashi-dori. You will arrive at the temporary shrine in about 15 minutes. Many people came to pray for this day in Da'an, probably because of the climate exceeding 20 ° C. The timetable of the bus from the temporary palace to the hotel is posted near the entrance gate in front of the torii gate.

　If the weather is nice, it would be nice to take a walk on the nearby Hamacho Park and Sumida River Terrace by extending your legs.

The Mihara Domoto store has a good view from the coffee room on the second floor, Cafe Dolce, so we introduced it as a place to watch the Tokyo Marathon.　Sweets such as cakes are also delicious here, but bean Daifuku is famous anyway.　Today, I found a bun on a tour of Nihonbashi in the store.　Muromachi, Koamicho, Ningyocho, oyster shell town, and Yoshicho are in the middle of five. There was also a set in a box, but they retailed one by one.

This is perfect as a souvenir of Nihonbashi and Ningyocho, as well as gifts.　The shop is at the corner of Suitengu-mae intersection. Click here for the website.

http://www.miharado-honten.co.jp/

Today we meet at Ningyocho. I had the next schedule, so I could only talk about 30 minutes.　A delicious coffee shop I went with. I think this store can be introduced next time, but today I would like to introduce a nice "Torichika" side dish that my friends have received. It's in the bag.　The right is roast chicken.

The salad is made and served in silver. Isn't it very beautiful? My wife was happy and ate delicious and delicious words. Next time, let's buy it by all means!　The shop is located in front of Ningyocho Subway Station.

Hamaya, a famous restaurant in Ningyocho, famous for fukizu and Tsukudani. It is about 200m from the intersection of Suitengu toward Meijiza.

Today, I came to buy the reputation of fuki beans.

It is a tasty fuki beans that have a reputation.　It goes well with rice and tea.　Please purchase it when you go to Ningyocho.

Address: 2-15-13 Nihonbashi Ningyocho, Chuo-ku Phone: 03-3668-1886

The flower festival, the celebration of the Buddha's birth, will be held on April 8, but this year's Ningyocho Great Kannon-ji Flower Festival was held on April 6.

Before visiting in main hall, I put sweet tea on a small statue of Historical Buddha.

Today is the opening day of the main deity, so the door of the neck statue of the normally closed iron Holy Kanzeon Bodhisattva is open.

The opening day of every month was only on the 17th, but the shaking of Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the iron Buddha head with a height of 170 cm and a width of 54 cm turned 25 degrees to the right. It is said that Sekiguchi added the 11th of every month to the opening day as the "day to think about Tohoku" without returning the direction of the Buddha head.

After worshiping, you will receive an oval rice cracker of Zeitaku Senbei, draw a speed lottery, and if you win, you will receive various prizes provided by 26 famous shops in Ningyocho. Luckily, the egg ware from the bird was hit and delicious.

Even if the lottery is out, you can enjoy sweet tea and sweets in the tent below the stairs. While eating on a bench with red rugs, the character of Ningyocho, Hitonosuke, appeared and was charming.

The procession of worship grew longer and extended to the bottom of the stairs. It may take some time to visit, but how about visiting the Flower Festival, a Buddhist traditional event? 

One of the Buddhist events, the Flower Festival. Every April 8th is a day to celebrate the birth of Historical Buddha, and on the 6th, the Ningyocho Great Kannon-ji Flower Festival, hosted by the Ningyocho Shopping Street Cooperative, was held.

It started at 11:00 in the light cloudy weather, but soon there was a long line of worshipers. The stairs are main hall.

We celebrate the birth of Historical Buddha with sweet tea in ladle. It is said that sweet tea is served because nine dragons appeared in heaven at the birth of Historical Buddha and poured sweet dew. I was attending a Buddhist high school, so I remember singing and celebrating the same sweet tea at that time.
After worshiping, I received the sweets of Shigemori Eishindo with the temple newsletter and "Ningyocho Great Kannon" and the brand name. Also, I drew a speed lottery one by one, but unfortunately it was off. If you hit it, you can get a specialty of Ningyocho, such as Sokaya's rice cracker.

For worshipers, sweet tea is served as sweets placed on a small tray and sweet tea. There was a place to sit down under the stairs, and everyone was quiet for a while and left the temple.

Ningyocho's character "KING Hitonosuke", which was recently introduced on TV, was also enlivening the flower festival.♪