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[Shitamachi Tom]
December 29, 2011 08:30
There's a little more this year. It's time to look back on the year.
I like the busy preparations for the New Year, and I like to take a break while watching the sunset sky of New Year's Eve.
And the pleasure of New Year's Eve is "New Year's Eve Soba".
In the first place, I love soba, and if I don't eat it for a while, I miss it as sexy, but New Year's Eve soba can give another real pleasure. It has a unique taste because there is no feeling of chopping the reflection of the year gradually on the chest and the feeling of excitement waiting while waiting for the new year approaches.
Of course, it is good to enjoy soba at each home, but it is also good to get a certain taste at your favorite shop.
There are many famous soba shops in Chuo-ku, but this time, let's visit the soba shops around Nihonbashi Muromachi 4-chome to Nihonbashi Honishicho 4-chome. 
  There is a street on the way from Shin-Nihonbashi Station to Kanda Station.
There are a lot of soba shops and ramen shops, and it is a fun area for noodle lovers. There are many long-established stores, chain stores, and unique stores with many fans.
One of the most typical examples is the Muromachi Sandbox. It is a long-established store that is popular among sandbox-style shops. I also visit occasionally when I walk around Nihonbashi. The inside of the store is quite large, but it is always crowded with many customers.
 Let's take a look at the history of soba in Edo just in case. Originally, it seems that soba was eaten like "soba scratching", but it is said that "soba cutting" began to spread around the end of the Sengoku period. It is said that soba shops began to be built in the town of Edo around the end of the 17th century. And it seems that it spread throughout the town of Edo in no time.
By the way, it is said that the name "sandbox" originated from the fact that there was a delicious soba shop near the place where construction sand was originally placed at the time of the construction of Osaka Castle, and it came to be called "sandbox". I am. Later, "Sandbox" advanced to Edo, and "Yabu Soba" was born from that trend. In addition, there is a flow of soba shops originating in Shinshu, which means that this is connected to the current "Sarashina" system.
By the way, it is strange that Osaka, the birthplace of the sandbox, currently has no sandbox headwater, and there are quite a few shops called Sarashina.
 Soba often appears in Edo Rakugo. I remember what the deceased predecessor, Bunji Katsura, was saying before his birth. "Edo kid tee doesn't mean eating soba. Soba enjoys the throat, so it's true that "Taguru" is true. It was said that it was a wildfire to use toothpicks after eating at a soba shop. "
Well, I just want to eat it as I like, but I'm looking forward to seeing the delicious "New Year's Soba" even though it doesn't suit me.
We hope everyone will enjoy the New Year's Eve food event. And please have a good year. I look forward to seeing you again next year.
[North Yujin]
December 27, 2011 08:30
Japanese lantern of "Kanga New Year" is lined up on Ningyocho Street, and preparations are being made for the New Year.
The lanterns are lit from the evening.
Looking at Japanese lantern, I saw the word "Kirin's Wings Released January 28".
On the information board in the middle of Ningyocho-dori, posters were affixed alongside the guidance of new year worshipping in Daikanonji Temple.
I found it on the subway train.
According to TOPICS, which is listed in the quarterly magazine "Nihonbashi Ningyocho Winter Issue VOL122" published by the Ningyocho Shopping Street Cooperative, Japan
Following the TV drama "Newcomer" set in Ningyocho, the latest work of the Kyoichiro Kaga series "Kirin no Tsubasa" is finally turned into a movie! Saturday, January 28, 2012 National Toho Road Show
――The story is staged in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. <Kirin Statue with wings> The man died underneath,,
Shooting, shooting in Nihonbashi Ningyocho
Appearance: Hiroshi Abe Yui Aragaki Junpei Mizobata Kiichi Nakai et al.
Original: Keigo Higashino (published by Kodansha)
Director: Hiroyasu Doi
I'm introducing it.
This is an image of the book and the introduction page of the town magazine.
The Ozu Washi store sells a set of 10-color paper cranes for paper cranes.
[Yurikamome]
December 22, 2011 13:00
This is a press photo exhibition taken by news photographers of the Tokyo Photographer Association (Newspaper, Communications, and Broadcasting (NHK) companies). It was an annual event that looked back on 2011 and celebrated the 52nd photo exhibition.
 This year's work was a painful and sad event in major earthquake, mainly in the Tohoku region, and the unprecedented great disaster hit by the tsunami.
The horror of the tsunami ...
Looking at each one, there are things close to my chest, but there were many photos of bright smiles during the reconstruction.
The moment of the women's soccer World Cup "Nadeshiko Champion" and the appearance of women's figure skating Miki Ando sliding on the ring with the "Hinomaru", and the smiles and innocent appearance of many children were well photographed .
The momentary truth that revives the excitement ...
I recommend that you take a look.
This photo exhibition: It is free in Tokyo, but it will be charged next year in Yokohama.
[Shitamachi Tom]
December 21, 2011 08:30
From the last time, we started a series introducing episodes of railways in Chuo-ku. In addition to railway fans, I would like to touch on the appeal of railways that have supported Japan's development as infrastructure.
 The "railway carriage" introduced last time has been replaced with a tram due to difficulties in maintaining the track and measures against horse manure. In 1903 (Meiji 36), streetcars began running in Shimbashi-Shinagawa and Sukiyabashi-Kanda Bridge. Trains came to the current Chuo-ku.
After the merger of capital in parallel, the city of Tokyo acquired it in 1911 and restarted it as a public railway. Today's Toei Transportation is starting this year. In other words, this year marks the 100th anniversary of its opening. It has long been loved as a foot of citizens and citizens while overcoming the damage of the Great Kanto Earthquake and the war.
However, in the wave of motorization during the period of high economic growth, Toden was abolished one after another, and the area between Nihonbashi and Eitai Bridge, which remained in Chuo-ku until the end, disappeared in November 1972 (Showa 47). Many routes have been handed down to Toei buses and subways.
 Looking at the photos left in old postcards, it can be seen that the train has blended into the scenery of the town and has become a part of life. It must have been a friendly person to the people of the time.
An elderly person living nearby told me, "I went to high school on a Toden" or "I often met someone at a transfer stop." It's engraved on people's memories.
However, "trams" may be revived in Chuo-ku. The plan of the next-generation tram (LRT), which Chuo-ku started a survey this year, is attracting attention. In the future, there is a possibility that it will be laid between Ginza and Harumi. If realized, it will be a revival since Ginza disappeared in 1971 (Showa 43).
Trams are already active in many large cities such as Western Europe. It is mainly called 'tram'. Expectations are also increasing in terms of low noise, energy saving, and environmental protection.
Even in Paris, France, which I visited this summer, cool trains came and went, and it was established in the city. It was a tram that was revived in 2006 for the first time in 69 years.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Toei Transportation, I touched on the history and prospects of trams. Let's look forward to the development of public transportation that can be used easily by local people.
※Upper left of the photo "Sukiyabashi Intersection before the war" (quoted from commercial postcard)
※Photo taken by the author in the middle of the photo "Current Sukiyabashi Intersection"
※Photo "Figure near Nihonbashi" (quoted from commercial postcard)
※Photo taken by the author "Now Nihonbashi Moto"
※Photo taken by an acquaintance at the bottom left of the photo "Paris streetcar (tram)"
[Silver]
December 21, 2011 08:30
Kappo cuisine Shimamura is close to the Yaesu Exit of Tokyo Station. Founded in 1850, Kaei 3 (1850) during the Edo period.
When you enter the shop, the name is greatly introduced in the Edo restaurant numbering.
Today I came here for the specialty of this shop, "late Tokugawa shogunate Kaiseki", but I ordered the tempura set meal because it was necessary to make a reservation. Shrimp 3, kiss 1, sweet potato 1, shishi Tang 1, cooked vegetables, boiled hijiki, pickles, miso soup, and rice can be replaced for ￥1,600. Happy meal tickets  can be used, so it was very delicious. Next, I made a reservation by all means, and with my friends, sent off, and expected return. It seems that gold plate is also a specialty. Details of the shop are available.
Kappo cuisine Shimamura → http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/search/index.php/show/shop/1-33?t=1324198860
http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g202500/
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December 21, 2011 08:30
The New Year's season has been stagnant. Christmas, general cleaning and some busy days continue. How about preparing a "New Year's card" at this time when there is still a little room? Today, I would like to introduce Saruya's zodiac toothpick that is perfect for "New Year's Day".
Saruya is a member of the Toto Goodwill Association and is a long-established toothpick specialty store that was founded for more than 300 years in the first year of Hoei (1704), so I think it is necessary to introduce it, but I am familiar at the department store department store department store This is the first time I visit the store. Nihonbashikoamicho, where the shop is located, goes a little toward Ningyocho from the Edobashi intersection. A toothpick in various packages is spread day at the entrance show window in the bright store. In the back, the clerk is wrapping a lot of ordered products.
According to a guide to the shop, "Nara period and Buddhism were introduced to Japan." In the era when there was no toothbrush, he used a "total toothpick" that crushed the edges and made it look like a block. Speaking of which, one of the "Meiwa's Three Beautys" is "Yogeya Oto" behind Asakusa Kannon. A toothpick craftsman is also active as an assistant in Hatsuko Wada's popular novel series "Kuchichu Medical Keisuke Incident Book". Since the middle of the Edo period, tooth brushing with toothpicks may have spread to the common people.
The toothpick was originally applied to this character because "Yangyanagi" was mainly used as a material. It seems that the word "black letter" refers to a toothpick made of black letter trees, but it was suddenly used as toothpick = black letter. By the way, the origin of the name of the tree "black character" was "The bark of the black character tree is green black and has black spots, and it is regarded as a character and is called black characters."
Saruya's toothpick is rich in variety and gets lost. In addition to the paulownia box "Senryo Box", "Oiri", "Kumatori", and "Zodiac", there are also Tsuji occupation and familiar "black letters" and toothpicks. What I asked was the Chinese zodiac sign next year, the dragon's picture. It seems that those with zodiac signs will be lined up in stores from the beginning of November of the previous year. If you collect 12 pieces, you will have all kinds. It's a good luck and it's a little fashionable "New Year's card".
 950 yen in Chinese zodiac paulownia box For details, please visit http://www.saruya.co.jp/.
Saruya: Nihonbashikoamicho, Chuo-ku 18-10 TEL3666-3906
Business hours 09:00 ~ 18:00 (Sunday holiday)
Nearest station Ningyocho A5 Exit 5 minutes, Mitsukoshi-mae B6 Exit 5 minutes
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