Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

A Meiji literary writer who loved rakugo and loved Nihonbashi, a downtown area rich in Edo atmosphere.
Three monuments of Soseki Natsume have been erected in the last five or six years.

One is "Soseki's Echigo-ya" installed here in Nihonbashi Sankoshimoto store.

The feature-length series "Ago Bijingusa" serialized in the Asahi Shimbun has a great response due to its advertising effect.
Mitsukoshi releases "Ago Bijinso Yukata" associated with its name. This is a great reputation. Demand
It seems that many production did not catch up and sold a lot.

In addition, the Cored Nihonbashi (this is the site of a rival Shirakiya of Mitsukoshi) Annex Square.
Monument of "The Stage of Soseki Masterpieces".
In the youth novel "Sanshiro", he went to vaudeville to listen to the third generation Kosan, and in the excellent work "Kokoro"
It depicts a scene where the masters eat at the former gourmet town Kihara store.

In Nakasu at the base of Kiyosubashi, "The site of Masago-za, where Soseki's "cat" is performed,"
It is placed. "Cat" is, of course, a masterpiece "I am a cat."

 Professor Takayasu Okushima, the 14th President of Waseda University.
It's a great place. Soseki, a young man, was at Tokyo College of Technology (currently Waseda University).
I've been a lecturer for about three years.

The fusion of the heart of Edo and the modern thinking of the Meiji era, Chinese studies and English literature.
Soseki is color-coded in the genre of Takato school, but what is the characteristic of it?
It is hidden by the stylishness of the smell of the common people.
I may be there.

This is a continuation from the Nihonbashi Long-established Relay Tour (VOL.1).

After that, I visited the gallery, which was not on the original schedule, in a hurry.

I visited "Tsubaki Modern Gallery", which is named "Famous Gallery that can be recommended" (The works on display are for sale, so I refrained from shooting here. Therefore, there are no images.

I usually fly around the world, and the owner, who was almost always waiting, welcomed me warmly.

I also thought that "art galleries" was a place that should only be entered when purchasing paintings, etc., but the owner said, "I want to go to museums and museums more easily. It's welcome just to appreciate it. "

http://www.tsubaki-kindaig.co.jp/

Thank you very much for serving the tea on the sudden visit.

Nihonbashi Kaishin

Ise Kuwana's palace, famous for the phrase "Kuwana's grilled clams", was eaten by this "Kaishin"'s time rain boiled (Note 1).

It originated in Ise and Kuwana in 1596 (1569), and Edo was moved to Nihonbashi for 120 years.

Note 1 ・ ・ Honrai said "Shiraini", but it seems that it was named "Tsukudani" after being moved to Edo.

What surprised me was that Edo (Tokyo) is behind a shop in the middle of Nihonbashi Muromachi, and today, all products are handmade.

I listened to the explanation of craftsmanship that could not be achieved in a very day or two days, such as how much it was produced during production and how to determine when it was boiled, and sampled the freshly completed Tsukudani (dried rice with dryness) Let's meet).

Then we moved to the shop and heard the landlady's explanation.

Of course, the representative product is "Shigure Clam", but there are many other types. On this day, we had a little discount, and all the participants were shopping!

In the past, most of the things were dry in the past, but the number of sweet ones increased according to the tastes of modern people, the most popular is `` scallop red plum boiled '', and `` Omusubi kelp '' is popular with housewives It seems to be! Then, this is also a popular "Raku Ami" as a souvenir!

I don't seem to have a website. This is the address of the site where the introduction of the store or the product appears. http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/edo-noren/edo/kaishin_top.html

Next, I would like to report on the next time (VOL.3).