Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

There are only a few left in 2015.

The annual New Year of the Happy New Year Japanese lantern

It is a display of Ningyocho shopping street.

From the beginning of the year, visit the Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods.
Many people from afar in the neighborhood of Ningyocho.

I'll visit you.
Only at this time, at the shrine in front of the tea tree shrine
Donation of vermilion seal stamp and sale of shrine goods
Will be done.

I would like to pray with you that 2016 will be a good year.

　I went to Yagenbori Real Estate "Nen no Toshiichi".

The size of the city (Ichi) was like surrounding Fudoson all the time, and there were many local Western-style wholesalers and shoe wholesalers.

　High-grade umbrellas were also on sale.　While walking, I input the products and prices of the shop.　

But the quality is absolutely good and the price is surprisingly cheap (if you want to buy it later, it's sold out), so if you like it, I think it's good to buy it immediately.

Chindonya is also a lively and fun city with sound and color.　There were also shops such as takoyaki.

Today, I bought my own shoes, fur collar wraps, jackets for grandchildren, high-grade gentlemen's belts, etc. for gifts to my wife.

The price is about one-third of the market price, and it is the price you really serve.

Oops, you can get a ticket for Fukubiki every 1,000 yen purchase.　Here are your last good luck for the year.

＊On the last day of the 29th, the closing time varies depending on the store.　

I think the store that closes late at around 19 o'clock, but please go out early while it is very bright.

Sunday, November 1st. The whole museum 2015 will be held in Chuo-ku, and 26 correspondents of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association, including the second "Chufuchu-Ii", will board a free patrol bus. And served as a guide for the city with a microphone in one hand. On the day of the event, there were various incidents such as adjustment of the number of passengers and time adjustment of the operation interval, and heavy traffic congestion due to a demonstration march in the Ginza area, but the task of "telling customers the charm of Chuo-ku" is a great opportunity for our correspondent to show the results of our usual study.

While on a free patrol bus clockwise, depart from the bus platform in Higashinihombashi to head to the Hamacho bus platform and turn left. One of the customers said, "Is it the name of a woman by passing Miyuki?" A simple question is asked. On the road name information board outside the window, "Miyuki-dori (MIYUKI DORI)" is written, and I often hear the name "Miyuki" (although there are characters such as Miyuki and Miyuki) in the female name, popular manga There was also a protagonist!

If you examine the kanji character "Miyuki" in a dictionary, it reads "Miyuki, Goko, Gyoko" and says it has the same meaning as "Yukiyuki" in The Tale of Genji and history textbooks. If so, is this "Miyuki-dori" also the street where His Majesty the Emperor passed? However, if it is Gyoko-dori, which connects the Imperial Palace Square in Marunouchi to the front of Tokyo Station, it will be a street when you take a train from Tokyo Station. I guess, but when it comes to Higashinihombashi, it will be "a little far from the Imperial Palace, but why?"

The reason was at the Rinko Monument next to the bus stop in Higashinihombashi. Before the war, the location where Nihonbashi Junior High School is currently built was Chiyoda Hirone Elementary School (founded in 1877, closed in 1945).

[Chiyoda Hirone Elementary School in the early Showa era (from the Chuo-ku Board of Education explained version)]

In 1923, Tokyo was hit by the Great Kanto Earthquake, and many areas, including Chiyoda Hirone Elementary School, became burnt fields. Chiyoda Hirone Elementary School was completed in December 1929 with a non-combustible structure of reinforced concrete as a reconstruction elementary school through the earthquake disaster recovery project, but visited the Imperial capital where His Majesty the Emperor revived in March 1930 the following year At the time, it seems that the car was stopped near the school and the monument was stopped at the school for a break and the name of the memorial.

[Rinyuki Monument]

By the way, speaking of "MIYUKI DORI" in Chuo-ku, there is another famous "Miyuki-dori" in Ginza. While MIYUKI DORI of Higashinihombashi is kanji, it is written in hiragana, but this street that connects Shimbashi Enbujo and Hibiya Park and runs through Ginza 5-6 chome in parallel with Harumi-dori St. It was famous as a sacred place for the Miyuki tribe. Shortly before the start of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, a social phenomenon in which young people with unique fashion that slightly broke the eyebrows hang out and walked around Miyuki Street was called the "Miyuki tribe". Today, as you can see, it is gaining popularity as a gorgeous street lined with brand shops. Of course, "Miyuki-dori" in Ginza also comes from "Yuki (= Miyuki)", and this is the road that was passed when Emperor Meiji went to Naval Academy, Naval University, Hamarikyu, etc. in Tsukiji.

[Miyuki Street]

 Location From 2-2 Higashi Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku to 2-10 Higashi Nihonbashi.

[Rinyuki Monument]

Location 1-10-1, Higashi-Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, 103-0004, Japan (Nihonbashi Junior High School Hamacho Riverside Street)

[Miyuki Street]
 Location From 5-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku to 6-4 Ginza.

More than a week before the 92nd Hakone Ekiden Main Event of New Year's Day. There is a sign saying "Notice of Traffic Regulation" on Kajibashi Street, which tells you that this will be the Hakone Ekiden course on January 3 of the New Year. On the outbound route, start in front of the Yomiuri Shimbun headquarters in Otemachi, go straight south on Hibiya Street in Chiyoda-ku, but the last 10th ward on January 3 runs in Chuo-ku. In this way, Hakone Ekiden is a big event of the New Year, but in addition to running in Chuo-ku in the last ward, this race, in fact, has a deep connection with Chuo-ku.

Currently, the start / goal point is Otemachi, where the Yomiuri Shimbun headquarters is located, but from the postwar period until 1971, the headquarters of the Yomiuri Shimbun was in Ginza (currently the place where Plantan Ginza is located), Ginza in Chuo-ku was exactly the start / goal of Hakone Ekiden.

Unfortunately, among the 21 teams participating this year, there is no university in Chuo-ku, but three of them are universities closely related to Chuo-ku in history.

One is Juntendo University. This university currently has campuses in Hongo and Sakura (Chiba Prefecture), but in 1838 (Tenpo 9), Taizen Sato founded Wada Juku in Yagenbori (currently Higashinihombashi) where he studied Dutch medicine. It is the origin.

[The Monument of the birthplace of Juntendo in Yagenbori]

The second school is Chuo Gakuin. This is currently headquartered in Abiko City (Chiba Prefecture), but its origin is Nihonbashi Simple Commercial Night School, which was established in Shinkawa in 1900. After that, Nihonbashi Simple Commercial Night School became a Central Commercial School and Chuo Commerce Junior College, and junior colleges were abolished in 2000, but it is Chuo Gakuin University that participated this time.

[Monument of the birthplace of Chuo Commercial School (Chuo Gakuin) in Shinkawa Park]

The third school is Aoyama Gakuin, who won last year. The current headquarters is also located in Shibuya, but its origins are Kogaku Gakusha, which was established in 1878 by Julius Sober in Tsukiji Akashicho. Kokyo Gakusha later merged with Azabu Women's Elementary School (later relocated to Akashicho to become a coastal girls' school) and Mikai Shin School in Yokohama Yamate, and became Aoyama Gakuin after going through Tokyo English School and Tokyo Eiwa School. [Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Land in Akashicho] Monument

The anchor runners who climbed Hibiya-dori, the 10th ward of the return trip on January 3, turn right at Baba Sanmon (Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku) and enter Kajibashi-dori. After crossing the Shinkansen guard and Sotobori-dori St. and entering Chuo-ku, turn left in front of Tokyo Square Garden, enter Chuo-dori, cross Nihonbashi and run through the ward at once to Tokiwa Bridge. Actually, this course was a different course until 17 years ago. In 1999, the course was changed to Kyobashi and Nihonbashi to commemorate the 88th anniversary of the Nihonbashi Bridge and the 75th Hakone Ekiden Convention. Along this line is the Meiji Seimeikan (Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku), Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo (Marunouchi), Dai-ichi Seimei Mutual Hall (Kyobashi), Meijiya (Kyobashi), Takashimaya (Nihonbashi), Mitsukoshi (Nihonbashi Muromachi), and the Bank of Japan (Honishimachi) are expected to have many traditional and beautiful buildings. It's a good course to enjoy the cityscape with support!

Last year's Hakone Ekiden has been reported in detail by correspondent Tataro Edo with photos (/archive/2015/01/post-2270.html).

Monument of the birthplace of Juntendo

Location 2-6-8, Higashi Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, 103-0004, Japan (Yagenbori Fudoin precinct)

[Monument of the birthplace of the Central Commercial School]

Location 1-32, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, 104-0033, Japan (in Shinkawa Park)

[Monument of Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Land]

Location 6-26 Akashicho, Chuo-ku, 104-0044, Japan (in front of Nichirei Akashicho Building)

I will go to Yagenbori (Higashinihombashi) for coverage of another article (the birthplace of Juntendo). Although Yagenbori is in the same Chuo Ward, it is a bit far from the house and it may be difficult to go on the subway, so I did not extend much so far, but this year there is a strong ally `` Community Cycle (CCC) '' It is safe because there is.

When I entered the side street to park my bicycle at the port of the Industrial Hall (A04), Japanese lantern was displayed and opened in a fair state, just before Yagenbori Fudoin. Yes, the annual payment year-end market, Dekoichi, was open. Of course, this is the first time that you have come to Yagenbori's year-end market, but you can see stalls selling women's clothing, shoes, bags, etc. Yokoyamacho is also nearby and is it a local character?

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, the night market fair, which is opened by shutting out a car completely out of the road, is not uncommon, but in Tokyo (although I may not just know), it was very fresh. It's fun to walk around. The three-color lanterns are beautifully decorated, so when you look at them, it says "Daihonzan Kawasakidaishi". Yagenbori Fudoin is a temple of Shingon sect, so I looked into it while thinking that it might be a lineage of Mr. Kobo Daishi, and this is a Tokyo Betsuin of the Shingon sect Chizan School Daihonzan Kawasakidaishi Hirama-ji Temple, along with Meguro Fudo and Mejiro Fudo, it seems to be known as one of the three Edo Ofudos.

Since I'm studying hard, the ghost skin will peel off any more, so for details, a local correspondent, Tachibana's article in December last year, "Yagenbori Toshinoichi and Odekoichi (/archive / 2014/12/post-2264.html) ".

"Why is the old city opened at this time (the origin of the name of the old city of payment)" and "Why do you sell clothing and shoes here?" I am.

This year's old city, we are doing it until the 29th (Tuesday) this year. 

[A year old city of Yagenbori Fudoin]

Venue: Higashi-Nihonbashi 2-chome (around Yagenbori Fudoin)

Due date: December 27 (Sun)-29 (Tue)

Time: 11：00～19：00

In Ningyocho Shopping Street, the annual end-of-year decoration of Ningyocho Street has begun.

This is a 330 lanterns on both sides of the shopping street about 500 meters from the Ningyocho intersection to the Suitengu-mae intersection at the time of the year-end sale, according to the year-end sale (map above, pink part), "Karakuri Ogura" is also lit up.

Toshinoichi, which sells New Year's goods such as Shinto straw festoon decorations and Kadomatsu, is available from the 25th to the 31st.

Every year, about 30 stalls line up.

Ningyocho is already in preparation for New Year's Day.