Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

On New Year's Day, I went around Nihonbashi "Seven Lucky Gods". Perhaps the nature of the land, the gods of performing arts, business, fortune, and school work are in line. The biggest crowd is Suitengu. January 1 The Dog's Day and the birth rush overlap, and it seems to be very crowded. We visited the four companies that prefer elderly people.

On the left ↓ The photo shows Koami Shrine, which was enshrined about 550 years ago at the headquarters of protection against misfortune for good luck, and on the right ↓ The Chanogi Shrine, which is said to be the god of fire because there was no fire in nearby towns.

The left ↓ is "Suehiro Shrine", which has been worshiped for 400 years as a god who gives luck and avoids disasters, and the right ↓ is "Kasama Inari Shrine" Tokyo Bessha, longevity (Kotobuki Oigami), guidance, good luck God.

Last year 2018 was the year when a catastrophe struck, but what about this year? On New Year's Day, we met Yurikamome on the calm Sumida River, and at Tsukiji Honganji Temple, light was shining under the blue sky. According to the temple's manners, I visited the shrine for the first time and received a card of New Year's book [Hikari], General Manager Yasunaga.

Head to "Namishi Inari Shrine" outside Tsukiji. A god that protects the Tsukiji area as a wave-removal Inari, founded about 350 years ago, which was difficult to reclaim the entire Tsukiji area. It was a long line. It is a 15-minute walk from the Sumida River Terrace from here, founded in the Heian period, and is the god of the Kyobashi district, Gunsu Shrine. At the Asama Shrine subsidiary shrine in Fujizuka, which was said to have been a place of worship for Fuji in Edo (right ↓).

 

 

The Ningyocho Shopping Street, which runs from Ningyocho Station to Suitengumae Station, is located in Ningyocho Shopping Street.
Every year, during the year-end and New Year holidays, lanterns are served along the street.

At night, the warm lanterns illuminate the streets and create a wonderful atmosphere.
Is it like an illumination that looks like a downtown area in Edo?
Ningyocho-dori is a street where you can enjoy various changes in outfits throughout the year, but I like this year-end and New Year lantern decoration best.

Lanterns line up at the entrance of "Daikanonji".

At the end of the year, Ningyocho-dori will become a “Toshinoichi” and there will be stalls selling Shinto straw festoon decorations. (Note: 2018 has already ended.)

In this season, besides Toshinoichi, you can hear the voices of the town council's `` Beware of Fire '' and the sound of claps, and `` Torichika '' and `` Torichu '' who are famous for egg grilling Many people come to make reservations, and on weekday nights, there are many people returning from the year-end party, and the city of Ningyocho is full with the end of the year. And at the beginning of the year it will be a different crowd of people in new year worshipping.

In any case, it is a season when you feel that the various activities of those who live, work, and visitors in this city are shaped like this "lively lively". I would like to work hard as a correspondent next year as a tourist association so that I can well convey the charm of Chuo-ku's “lively lively”

 

 

From December 26 to 28 in the New Year, there was a year-old market around Yagenbori fudoson in Higashinihombashi. The year-on-ichi has continued since the Edo period, and it was once called the year-on-ichi that paid since Fukagawa Hachiman, Asakusa Kannon and Yushima Tenjin and ended in Yagenbori fudoson in December. Right next to it is Ryogoku Hirokoji Temple, which was one of the best places in Edo, and in the past it seems that stalls sold New Year's goods such as Hagoita and shime decorations, but now the location of the wholesale district and winter clothes are at a reasonable price.

　

　

　

There is also a monument of the old city in the precincts of fudoson.

　

There is also a monument commemorating the birth of the talk in the same place.

　

It is said that the talk originated from Tsuji Kosha at Ryogoku Hirokoji during the Edo period, and from such a connection, on the evening of the last day of the city on the evening of the last day of the city, many lecturers gathered at the memorial service of Zhang fans used in the talk. It was done in front of the monument. After homa was cooked and read, the participants wrote the wish on the fan-shaped paper and put them in the fire of homa for the best of next year.

　

Then, in front of the gate, under the name of Tsuji Kosha, the current lecturers showed the change of Honnoji Temple and a seat of Miyamoto Musashi.

　

It was cold because it was an outdoor event, but I bought alcohol and hot drinks at the stalls and enjoyed the warmth.

Now, the talk seems to be a boom, but it has a different taste from rakugo, and there are many things that deal with historical celebrities, so it is also a study. In Yagenbori fudoson, it seems that a meeting is held about once a month. Edo Nihonbashi-tei in Nihonbashi is located in a theater where you can easily go to Chuo-ku. From New Year's Day, he will have the first meeting of the Kodan Association. Why don't you visit the entertainment hall once because it is a traditional performing art originated in Chuo-ku?

 

 

11-9 Nihonbashikoamicho This Italian is located on the first floor of The Park Rex Koamicho Building 2.

The lunch time starts at 11:30 and the dinner time starts at 17:30 and is open on Sunday too.

On the day, I entered the lunch time at 11:40, so I was able to sit right away, but at 12:00, some people waited for it to be empty.

Order Mekajiki trapanese (with Dolce Focatcher)

Trapanese is a specialty sauce of Sicily trapani, with plenty of tomatoes, basils and almonds.

In particular, this almond is fragrant and brings out the sauce.

It was 100g Namimori, 150g Nakamori, and 200g Omori. It was free to Nakamori, so I had it Nakamori.

The raw pasta is thick, solid, and it is delicious in itself.

Homemade sesame bread

Thank you for adding pasta sauce.

Dolce

The texture of ice cream with chocolate sauce is rough and fresh.

It's a delicious dessert after a delicious pasta.

The service of the shop is also meticulous, so you can spend a pleasant lunch time.

I recommend it.

Click here for the store's website.　⇒

http://www.lottocento.tokyo/

 

 

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
The date of the Chuo-ku Tourism Examination Examination is approaching, but is your study progressing smoothly?
This time, I will introduce you to visiting historical sites in Chuo-ku, which also serves as a measure against Haiku and Kawayanagi.

■Mrs. Takeko Kujo, poetry monument
She was born in Kyoto as the second daughter of the gatekeeper of Nishi Honganji Temple and married Baron Yoshiyuki Kujo at the age of 21.
My husband has been living separately for nearly 10 years due to studying and working in the UK.
During that time, I studied Waka (Nobutsuna Sasaki), Painting (Shoen Uemura), and Ikebana (Nishikawa Ikusatei) and refined my talents.



The songbooks she left include "Kinsuzu" and "Kaosen" and the essay "Muyuka".
I would like to keep in mind the "Overy Things I'm going to be drawn from the great things" engraved on poetry monument in Tsukiji Honganji Temple.



■Kawayanagi, Mizutani Ryotei stone monument
His phrase, worried about the customs of Tsukuda Island and talked about Setsuyoshi Tadataka at home, can be seen on the grounds of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine.
"I'm a gentle and hard man,"

■Bronze bell at the time of Kokumachi
This bell was installed in Honishi-cho during the time of the second shogun Hidetada Tokugawa, informing the people of Edo Castle of the time.
Because there was Nagasakiya (Dutch trading post's post office) nearby, Kawayanagi was written....
"I can hear the bell of Kokumachi to the Netherlands."

■poetry monument Takuboku Ishikawa
He joined the Asahi Shimbun in Takiyamamachi, Kyobashi-ku (currently Ginza 6-chome).
For about three years until he died at the age of 26 due to pulmonary tuberculosis, etc., he worked as a proofreader while working as a proofreader.
"Iss of the time when I became a newspaper light in Takiyamamachi in Kyobashi"



In addition, his first songbook, "A handful of Sand," begins with "Crying up by the white sand of the shores of Kojima in Tokai and hitting crabs."

■Echigo-ya
Enomoto (Takarai), one of the Juetsu Shomon and a representative of a group called Edoza (which features a flashy phrase that reflects the Edo kid's temperament), wrote such a phrase about Echigoya. .
"Echigo-ya's sound and clothespin,"
The scene seems to suddenly come to my eyes.



It's a great deal, so let's remember the other phrases at the corner together.
(We will not explain in detail here, but we recommend that you also check the background where each phrase is written!)

"The path of the crane is as expected in the spring of the sun."
"There is no day when one bell can't be sold, spring in Edo"
"I wonder if this number of boats will be cool."

■Site of Kaikaikan
Kaikaikan, which opened in 1905, is a two-story wooden ryokan in Kappo cuisine, which was relocated from Sendai City.
At that time, this area was a scenic and quiet place with a panoramic view of Tokyo Bay, so famous cultural figures stayed there.
The following is a summary of the Kaikaikan:
"Let's see the winter sea and make the New Tsukuda Sea Water Museum wabi live."
(From Isamu Yoshii's songbook "Poison Utsugi")

■19 tombs
On the left side of his tomb (Shinenzan Toyo-in), the creator of Tokaido Naka-Kurige, is located.
The phrase of a famous dictionary is engraved.
"Goodbye to ashes with the smoke of incense stick in your spare time."



■The end of Shoin Yoshida
Despite being an excellent man who raised many of the late Tokugawa shogunate soldiers, his resignation phrase, executed in the Kodemmacho prison, is set up in Kodemmacho.
"The body is kept in the Nobe of Musashi even if it does not decay,"

■Sushi
Such a phrase was written because the hand of the craftsman holding the sushi resembles a spell of ninjutsu.
"Vinegar rice held by the body of magic" (Kawayanagi haiku collection "Shufu Yanagi Taru")

I've picked up Haiku and Kawayanagi so far.
All of them are impressive things that are memorable.
If you have a phrase you don't know, why not check it before the test?

※In this article, we will introduce some of the reasons for this.
　If you learn the contents written here, you will not be able to pass it.
　Please include it in advance.

 

 

"Heisei last ...", which I often hear at this time, is also a large-scale construction of the last bridge in Heisei. The construction of the Toyomi Bridge, which spans the Nihonbashi River between Eitai Bridge and Kiyosu Bridge. The repair and renovation of these three bridges at the same time is a sight that can only be seen now.

　

　

　

Eitai Bridge and Kiyosu Bridge are contrasting in the structure of the bridge, and their characteristics can be seen even if they are surrounded by temporary scaffolds.

　

　

Eitai Bridge against the backdrop of the Tokyo Sky Tree from Sumida River Ohashi taken several times at the same angle.

The photo shows from Chuo-ohashi Bridge, but from Sumida River Ohashi, you can see both Eitai Bridge and Kiyosu Bridge.

The Sky Tree is the world's tallest radio tower, but it incorporates traditional Japanese techniques and crafts.

　

The architectural structure is an oscillation structure like five-storied pagoda, with a core pillar at the center of the building, and the surrounding area is joined by a triangular truss structure. It is said that this triangle does not need to be so fine in terms of strength, but it seems that the design is conscious of Edo Kiriko.

In addition, the exterior is not asymmetric centered on the pillar, but asymmetric with the motif of a Japanese sword.

　

　

By the way, the construction of Toyomi Bridge repairs, reinforces and raises the bridge. It is scheduled from the beginning of this year to the end of May next year, so it is a large scale that spans the next era from Heisei.

　

　

　

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<This is a temporary bridge pedestrian / bicycle crossing here. Cars cannot pass>