Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

It is a collection of long-established brands in Tokyo.

　These stores were founded in the Edo period and early Meiji period, and have 53 long-established stores in Tokyo with a history of more than 300 years and over 100 years.

　All right. It was born in the Edo period when it was called a downtown area and was the busiest castle.

 

Nihonbashi Benmatsu Sohonten (1850) Founded in 1850 (1850) Japan's first folded lunch box specialty store

　　　200 years ago, it was Higuchi-ya, a restaurant started by the first Yoichi on the east bank, where the fish shore was at the time.

　　　Because men who are busy working on the riverbank often left half of rice and side dishes, Yoichi left the leftover bamboo.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　I wrapped it in my skin and gave it.

　　　This care gained a reputation, and orders to "wrap from the beginning" increased, and food was served at the time of the third generation Matsujiro.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　We folded the place and opened a folding lunch specialty store "Benmatsu".

　　　(The lunch box shop Matsujiro has become "Benmatsu")

　 　　　　　 

　　　　　　　　998.-　　　　　(Red rice ￥1,155.-)　　

The above is my recommendation.

At first, I thought that Benmatsu's lunch box was a rich taste, but I came to like Benmatsu's lunch box I bought at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store. It is a unique and delicious "Edo taste".

Benmatsu Bento's lunch is the reason for getting caught ...

The fact that it is in a wooden box is also a great appetite and I like it.

It excels in sterilizing and permeability of permeable trees.

No additives are used for cooking and preservation, and all the finished products are broken and packed.

What I am most pleased is that President Higuchi is making lunch boxes in the kitchen with his employees.

 

You can buy a lunch box at the Mitsukoshi Main Store Takashimaya Main Store Daimaru (Tokyo Station) and Nihonbashi Ben Matsumoto Store.

In addition to the eight types of lunch boxes, there are also upper lunches, and there are many other types of "folded dishes".

There are also sea bream tail and red rice.

 Lunch lunch boxes are often eaten by customers immediately, so the container is not a kyogi, so the price is low only at the head office and only at lunch time.

We recommend that you try it once.

※　The factory is scheduled to be moved near Eitai Bridge in January next year.

　　While you were busy, we spoke with President Higuchi.

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　Nihonbashihoncho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 2-4-12

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　　Rich taste of Edo Nihonbashi　　　　http://benmatsu.seesaa.net

 

 　 

 

 

 

Sunday, July 25 "Meeting for Washing Nabashi Nihonbashi" was held.
In 1968, a local volunteer launched the “Nabashi Nihonbashi Washing Association” and this event is held every year with the cooperation of many participants, including preservation associations, local town associations, local companies, and other administrative agencies.
We will temporarily stop road traffic and refine the traditional Nihonbashi area.

　　　　

Adult work is almost over, but the children are still working hard.

It is a real road sign that is in the center of the bridge and cannot be seen, but the children are polishing it well.　　　　　

Elementary school students are washing the nameplate of Nihonbashi with a deck brush under the guidance of an adult on a fire truck lift.　　

　

After finishing, water is discharged to the nameplate of Nihonbashi again.

On the top of Nihonbashi, four water trucks lined up side by side and made two round trips while spraying water on the road.

　　　

Finally, in the center of Nihonbashi, do a "traffic safety prayer" and finish everything.

 

 

In the afternoon after the rainy season, I took the "Edo Bus (Chuo-ku Community Bus)" in the afternoon.

In front of the entrance of Chuo-ku government office, two small buses, south circulation and north circulation, were lined up back and forth.

The bright red body accentuates the cuteness.

 

 

Utilizing the advantage of the first departure place, ride a 100 yen coin in a coin box into a car where no customer is yet on board.

The seat we aim for is the left end seat at the back. The last seat is about two steps high in a non-step car, so the outside view is good, the elbows are plump, and there is a modest "value".

 

There are 11 seats. I have 8 straps. The thick grip stick is also arranged for easy grabbing.

 

Almost unconscious north circulation stops at 28 locations such as Tokyo Station, Shin-Nihonbashi Station, Hamacho Station, and Suitengumae Station.

 

"I'm leaving." "I'll turn left."

"Well. What a soft voice driver?'

A gentle voice after confirming the customer's appearance.

If you are concerned about this care, the elderly who use it to go to the hospital are safe.

 

Anyway, since it's a weekday afternoon under the scorching sun, OL, who escaped the heat outside, is on a short sleep, perhaps due to work fatigue.

 

When you pass around Hamacho, you will reflexively delusion that "a woman in kimono should definitely be walking", but a sister who did not meet expectations and was sharp in walking showed up He gave me

 

The most impressive scene for me is Kiyosu Bridge, which can be seen from the middle of the intersection where you turn right. It was just a moment, but the bridge seemed to approach me, and I looked closely.

 

On the way, Tokyo Station, inhabitant of a ward center, hospital, partner company ... For me, the purpose of riding itself, I felt that the Edo bus, which has been established as a means of transportation for customers, was something valuable.

 

With a small car body, you can easily get into a narrow road, the Debu cat mark, no, and the lucky beckoning cat is cute.

There was a gentle image of the anime cat bus.

 

About 65 minutes around. It's almost the same as the time around the JR Yamanote Line.

How about traveling around Chuo-ku?

 

 

 

Go north on Yaesu Street, there is Yojuin Street (upper left photo). It connects the east and west from Sotobori-dori St. in Yaesu 1-chome to Showa-dori in Nihonbashi 3-chome. It is a road that is often overlooked because there are few road signs. Its origin is "Oman Inari Shrine" (upper right photo). Since Ieyasu's concubine, Oman, is enshrined, and the name of the temple is Yojuin, in 2004 (2004).Chuo-ku RoadThe street nickname was given.

 

Oman (1577-1653) is the mother of Ieyasu's tenth son, the founder of the Kii Tokugawa family, Yorinobu Tokugawa, and the eleventh son, the founder of the Mito Tokugawa family, Yorifusa Tokugawa. It is. Together with the Owari Tokugawa family, they became the three families. According to the historical book of the shrine, "Yusuin worshiped Nichiren sect for generations and procured goods donated to Shinto and Buddha here around Nihonbashi, and merchants who benefited from the virtue built this Inari shrine."

 

An old map of the Edo period shows that this shrine was located in Kamimaki-cho (currently Yaesu 1-chome). On the south side of Hinokimachi in Sobu village headman, the area around Gensoshitamachi. The current Oman Inari has been rebuilt beside the building, and it is a narrow place where only one person can enter, but it seems to remember the past when facing the former Edo Castle (Imperial Palace).

 

This temple is related to all of you.Sendagaya, Shibuya-kuIt's true. At Hounzan Senjuin Temple in Nichiren sect, what was located at Kii Tokugawa Yashiki in Akasaka was relocated to its current location in 1644 and opened. According to the history of the hospital, the Kii Tokugawa family and Iyosaijo Matsudaira family had a temple of 100,000 stones as a Bodaiji Temple prayer place in Edo at the request of everyone. In the magnificent Dou and garden, the "Edo Famous Zoukai" states as "Shinhigurashi no Sato", "It is a very beautiful view similar to Taninaka Nippori, and it is a great crowd of flowers that are full of flowers that are full of Yayoi. "

 

Here, people and cars pass just below the cemetery. The cemetery was planned to be cut off by the expansion of the Tokyo Olympic Road in 1964 (1964), but in order to make the most of the cemetery as it is, the lower part was dug into a cut-through tunnel, and reintermented on it. This tunnel is the Sendagaya Tunnel, which is also whispered as a "spirit spot" (lower left photo). The present main hall (lower right photo) was rebuilt in 1965 (1965), and its roof was filled with the crest of Aoi Tokugawa, a symbol of history.

 

 

 

 After the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 ... Completed in 1929 (1929) ... 7 floors above ground and 2 floors below ground.

It was built to withstand earthquakes twice as large as the Great Kanto Earthquake.

In the main building, the Chuo Mitsui Trust Bank is currently operating, and in the basement, there is still a safe that was installed as the best safe in the East at that time.

I'd like to introduce you to the luxurious safe door.

　　　

Produced by Americusler

Circular door diameter of the safe ... 250cm thickness ... 55cm　 　　Weight: It is a special steel of 50 tons.

Alloy steel with a large expansion rate is assembled in a sandwich shape to prepare for fire.

At that time, when carrying in, permission was not granted to carry on Nihonbashi (at that time wooden) due to weight restrictions, so he carried it by boat to the side of Shin-Tokiwa Bridge and transported it to the Mitsui Main Building late at night.

　　

 The above two photos were taken in attendance with the permission of the bank after explaining the circumstances.

Thank you very much for your kindness.

　　 

The outer wall is the upper part of a large colint column.

Acanthus pattern

It is a perennial shrub with white and light red flowers blooming in June and July. It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean coastal region.

It is a collint-style architecture in ancient Greece and Rome, designed for the decoration of the stigma.

　　

 

 

 

 

 

Today is Tanabata, isn't it?★

The Tanabata Sweets Fair is held in Ginza's depa basement, Mitsukoshi, Matsuya, and Matsuzakaya.

 

★Tanabata festival Warabimochi of Genkichichoan

The strips are cool and delicious~ (*^^*)
Warabi mochi is often not sweet and kinako is sweet, but it is often sweet.
Here, the rice cake itself is sweet and the kinako is not sweet.
You can cool it well and eat it smoothly (* ^^ *)

 

Add flavor with red beans and smooth rice cake with smooth rice cake.
The bamboo leaves and strips made with yokan are served.
The star shining in the night sky is expressed with gold leaf. (From the shop's website)

Genkichichoan has a Ginza main store on Ginza Street in Ginza 7-chome.
But there are also Kamakura main store and Okayama main store.
It's like a Japanese confectionery that originally originated in Okayama.

On the second floor of the Ginza Main Store, there is also a tea dormitory, Kichichoan. It's also in Ginza Matsuya.
The homepage of Genkichichoan

 

★Tanabata shrimp cracker of Katsura Shindo

Katsura Shindo is a shrimp confectionery company in Nagoya.

Seasonal products such as Setsubun, hydrangea, Valentine's Day, Summer Festival, Hinamatsuri, etc.
I'm always looking forward to it because the design is elaborate and the taste is delicious.

The biggest one of the Tanabata shrimp crackers is the lyrics of Tanabata (* ^^ *).

　

 Shrimp rice cracker with a pinkish feeling
It has the strongest flavor of shrimp and claims shrimp, but it claims to be shrimp.
After all, I like this white soft one best!

In the coming season, besides the summer festival, shrimp crackers such as playing in the water of goldfish will be sold.

　

Katsura Shindo is located in Nihonbashi, Ginza Mitsukoshi, and Matsuya Ginza.

Katsura Shindo's website

 

★Hanazono Manzu with Yoshi Nomoto Kuzuku (at the sweets fair in 2009)
My name is Tokyo famous confectionery Hanazono.
There is a main store near Hanazono-jinja Shrine in Shinjuku, and it is a long-established store that has been in business for 174 years.

It seems that "wet sweet" or "Hanazono Manzu" are classic, but it seems to be a standard thing.
At Tanabata Sweets, there is a lot of kuzu with Yoshi Nomoto Kuzu. ★I bought it because it's cute.
There was another tomato flavor, and it looked good when I bought one by one in terms of color.
I couldn't eat tomatoes, so I made them two ordinary ones (laughs).

It's delicious when cooled and eaten~
The size is just right. The crust part is plump and the inside Koshian is also good!
By the way, Kuju mochi in Kanto and Kuzu mochi in Kansai?
The manufacturing method, including the historical background, is completely different!

Hanazono Manto is located in Ginza, Mitsukoshi in Nihonbashi, and Nihonbashi Takashimaya.
Hanazono's homepage

Not only Japanese sweets but also Western sweets Tanabata sweets are available.
When you go to a department store, be sure to feel like Tanabata at the sweets section (* ^^ *)