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Nihonbashi fire brigade maneuver competition

[Kyuta] June 26, 2012 14:00

On June 24 (Sun), a review committee for the training of the Nihonbashi fire brigade was held at Hamacho Grand. .      

A large number of people wearing matching uniforms gathered, and several portable water discharge pump trucks lined up, and I was excited to see what will begin in the future.   

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 At the judging committee, representatives of each region will use a portable pump to check the time and movement from preparing for water discharge to water discharge.

Each team started the water discharge when they thought that the hose was extended quickly with loud voices and quick movements, and I didn't know exactly who was doing what, but I was overwhelmed by the speed and coolness I'm done.

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Next, first aid training began ...

Oh, I was wearing the same uniform, but aren't everyone a woman? P1130236.JPG

There are women in the fire brigade.

 

In order to do such a reliable activity, the recruitment standards of the fire brigade were very strict, and I thought that I was training all day ...

Anyone with a healthy and enthusiasm can become a fire brigade member!

I'm training at night or on holidays when I don't have my work! That's right. 。 。

The fire brigade is not a job, isn't it?

In addition to local tofu shops and greengrocers, the Nihonbashi fire brigade also has employees of companies with offices in the Nihonbashi area.

 

While doing their own work, they also pay attention to the security of the community and spend their days training between work.

And if a fire or earthquake occurs, stop work and go to help quickly!

 

If you think that the town of Nihonbashi is protected by such reliable people, you can live with peace of mind every day.

Regarding the judging committee, the points and rankings of each team were announced, but everyone was so active that I didn't know what was wrong.

Fire brigade, please do your best in the future!

 

 

Yaesu Underground Shopping Center "Tohoku Summer Festival Exhibition" and "Large Lottery of 2012"

[TAKK...] June 25, 2012 16:08

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 At the Yaesu Underground Shopping Center, from June 20 to July 10, there are exhibitions related to festivals in each prefecture of Tohoku, introductions to recommended sightseeing spots, and events such as Sansa Odori Festival.

 In addition to shopping and eating and drinking tickets available at the Yaesu Underground Shopping Center, there is also the Summer Great raffle, which offers luxurious prizes such as accommodation tickets and art appreciation tickets for the Tohoku Festival.

 You can participate in the lottery once if you shop or eat and drink for 3000 yen.

 I won the Yae S C Award (a ticket for shopping and eating and drinking 300 yen) and a variety prize (Coca-Cola)!

 

 I would like to try it again.

 

 

 

 

Chinowa Kuguri Koami Shrine and Namishi Inari Shrine

1. June 22, 2012 08:30

From the 20th, Chinowa was set up at Koami Shrine. It is said that it will be set up until June 30, when the "Natsukoshi Great Exorcism" is held.

100_0624.JPGAs you can see, of the twice-year exorcism, New Year's Eve was called "Exorcism of New Year's Eve" and June in old calendar was literally a turning point in autumn, so it was calledNara period's Imperial Palace event. The "Chinowa" event, which is still held at many shrines, is customary to represent this "Natsukoshi Exorcism". It is said that a ring (diameter: 2-3m) that bundles "Chigaya" called "Chinowa" is displayed, and when passing through this ring, the body is cleaned and plagues and sins are exterminated. It is believed that Chinowa was the source of today's Chinowa's passing on, based on the story of "Somin Future" written in Bingo topographical record, "The fact that Somin who lent the overnight inn that Susanoo-no-Mikoto taught Chinowa to his waist will escape the plague."


In the late Edo period, "Toto Toshikiki" also "Kamimae, felicitation, and there is a Kagura box office. At the end of the gods, he overrides Chinowa, a pilgrimage. At the place that is separated by Kawabe, water is poured in a basin and compared to the Misogi River. On this day, ordinary people cut it into the form of clothing with paper, make it a stroke, and do not throw it into the river. " In addition, the answer of Mineyama territory of Tango-kuni in the "Country Customs Question Answer" during the cultural year is "Singing when purifying the ring, those who purify Natsukoshi in Minazuki are the home of a thousand years of life" "You can see the song of the right two necks and Chinowa. This is a song in the collection of books, but it is still said to sing around Chinowa.


In order to purify the filth of the body for half a year, write the date of birth and name on the "Katashiro" (Katashiro) at the shrine and stroke the body to the shrine. At the shrine, the "Katashiro" delivered is purified by the "Natsukoshi Grand Exorcism Ceremony" and flows it to rivers and the sea.

100_0632.JPGKoami Shrine's great exorcism is June 30. Also, at Namiwa Inari Shrine, Chinowa has already been set up since the festival in June, and the "large exorcism ceremony" is held on the first Saturday of July, this year after a large exorcism ceremony in the morning, and from the afternoon on the Sumida River wharf quay. Therefore, please pay the bill to the shrine by this "large exorcism ceremony". I want to purify the filth for half a year and welcome the next six months when I feel comfortable. Even though I'm not a pupil, I have received a fee from two companies. If the filth is too purified! What will happen?



The Japanese confectionery "Mizunazuki" is used to exorcise Natsukoshi. It is a confectionery made with red beans on a white gairo dough and a kitchen knife in a triangle. The red beans are exorcism, and the triangle shape represents ice that pays hot weather. In Kyoto, it is only available on June 30th. ・・ For some reason, this confectionery is often served in June, so I have already had it twice for my tea practice.
The photo is from "Tsukiji Takao" and seems to be making a cup of June. One is apricot pickles.

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Koami Shrine: 16-23, Nihonbashikoamicho TEL3668-1080
       5-minute walk from Ningyocho A2 Exit


Namishi Inari Shrine: 6-20-37, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku TEL3541-8451
          7-minute walk from Tsukiji Station, 5-minute walk from Tsukiji Market Station 


 

 

Mitsukoshi Theater and New School Performance

[Shitamachi Tom] June 14, 2012 12:30

As you all know, Chuo-ku also met in the center of the history of Japanese theater. [Mitsukoshi Theater] boasts a tradition alongside [Kabukiza] and [Shimbashi Enbujo] [Meijiza], which are undergoing renovation.

In front of the Mitsukoshi Theater _R.JPGLocated on the 6th floor of the Mitsukoshi Main Store in Nihonbashi, this theater feels like a "small luxury theater" rather than a large theater. According to the official website, it was opened as [Mitsukoshi Hall] in 1927 (Showa 2), and reopened under the current name after the war after closure during the war. In addition to performances of Kabuki and various theater companies, rakugo and Japanese music performances are also performed, making it a familiar theater.

Inside the Mitsukoshi Theater 1R.JPG Inside the Mitsukoshi Theater 2_R.JPGThe structure is also elaborate, and the walls made of marble and the ceiling fitted with stained glass create elegance and calmness. It makes you feel as if you were a European opera house. Various patterns are also decorated on the ceiling of the central passage, and I am impressed by the work of pre-war craftsmen without cutting. There is also a lion-like pattern inside, and it seems to represent the pride of Mitsukoshi.

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On this day, the performance of "Theatrical Company New School" "The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka" was performed. Yaeko Mizutani and Kuriko Namino, the two largest new schools, performed enthusiastically and attracted the audience at the venue.

 

Poster and Flower_R.JPGBy the way, "Theatrical Company Shinsei" is said to be the starting point of the theater company "Dainippon Soshi Improvement Theater Company", which was launched in Osaka in 1888 (Meiji 21). I guess those who are said to be a little resentment after leaving the morale asked for something new in the theater world. Somehow, it seems like a naming reminiscent of the Meiji era's advanced challenge spirit. After that, the traditional drama represented by Kabuki was compared to the "old school", and the name "new school" was given.

Therefore, the “New School” will celebrate its 125th anniversary next year. Recently, the number of promising young actors has increased, and I look forward to the development of this theater company. The current performance is open until the 23rd of this month. If you have the opportunity, please enjoy the atmosphere of the Mitsukoshi Theater and go out to the theater.

 

More Mitsukoshi Theater and New School Performance

 

"Hisaya Morishige and Kuniko Mukoda Exhibition" Held at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi

[Yotaro] June 9, 2012 08:30

IMG_0571.JPG Hisaya Morishige (1913-2009), a famous actor who won the Order of Culture and the National Honor Award, and Kuniko Mukoda (1929-1981), a scriptwriter and still very popular. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Hisaya Morishige's birth and the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Kuniko Mukoda Prize, an exhibition that traces the interaction and success of the two is being held in Nihonbashi.

 [Hisaya Morishige and Kuniko Mukoda Exhibition]

  Wednesday, June 6 → 18th (Mon) 

  Gallery on the 7th floor of the new building of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store

  Admission fee: 800 yen for general and university students

 

IMG_0566.JPG Hisaya Morishige, who fulfilled his 96-year-old natural life in 2009, and Kuniko Mukoda, who was scattered in a Taiwanese aircraft accident at the age of 51. In the fall of 1959, Kuniko Mukoda, who wrote the script for Shigeru Mori's radio program "My wife's hand is as it", was recognized by Shigeru Mori, and after that he was assigned to screenplay a radio and television program that he appeared, and his talent blossomed. , "The grandchildren of the Seven", "Dain's flowers", "Time", and "Kintaro Terauchi". "I'm a Zub's amateur today because Fudoshi or Tsutsugi suddenly borrowed a yokozuna's chest and bumped into it" ("Hisaya Morishige"), she thanks. Shigeru Mori, who lamented her sudden death, offered a phrase in front of the grave on the third anniversary. 

 "Flower savory flowers with a scent of flowers."

 

 Both of them were born and raised, and have no connection with Chuo-ku, but Kuniko Mukoda was an editor of a movie magazine before aspiring to become a scenario writer, and the publisher, Ochisha, who had been in office for nine years, was in Edobashi. The first essay collection of 1978, "My Father's Apology Letter", 24 editions (the right hand could not be used due to the sequelae of breast cancer surgery, it was written with the left hand) were published in "Ginza Hundred Points". In addition, she was told that the four brothers and sisters were born unintentionally thanks to the bills of Suitengu, and left an essay `` Visit the remnants of Edo in Ningyocho '' that spelled out the charm of Ningyocho He gave me

 

IMG_0565.JPG It has nothing to do with Chuo-ku, but one serpent here. Hisaya Morishige settled in Setagaya shortly after the war, but the road from the nearest Odakyu Line Chitose-Funabashi Station to Shigeru Mori House was called "Shigeru Mori Street", but two years ago Setagaya-ku A naming ceremony was held with this common name as the official name. Shigeru Mori's residence has now been changed to a luxury condominium, but the name displayed at the entrance is "SETAGAYA TEVYE". It is named the main character of that famous stage "Violin Playing on the Roof", which boasts 900 performances.

 

[On the photo] Exhibition hall at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store

[In the photo] Tomb of Kuniko Mukoda (Tama Cemetery)

       "Hana Hiraki ..." is on the book-shaped monument on the right of the tombstone.

[Lower photo] Tomb of Hisaya Morishige (Yanaka Cemetery)

       

 

 

Kazuo Chuo-ku Confectionery Association member store sweet food tour

[Silver] June 2, 2012 08:30

The Kazuo Chuo-ku Confectionery Association has been creating a map of information in commemoration of the 120th anniversary of 2010 since the formation of the union in 1890. I found it stuck in my bag all the time and said, "This is a fun city walkrun! "And I started visiting the shop. Among the 38 member stores, like "Ginza Akebono", the Futaba family of Tsukuda 2-chome, said that the name of the store was decided in hope of a "new dawn of Japan" shortly after the war, It is fun to know the origin of the shop, such as 1868. The franchised stores include Ningyo-yaki Honpo Itakuraya, Eitaro Sohonpo, Judo, Bunmeido Nihonbashi, Mihara Domoto, Irifune Aoyagi, Nishi Hatchobori Aoyagi, Shiose Sohonke, Seigetsu Domoto, Tokyo Fugetsudo, and Ginza Matsuzaki store.

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The good thing about raw Japanese sweets is that you can enjoy beautiful and delicious with seasonal flowers and fruits. It's a bit different. It seems that this season has Japanese iris and sweetfish.

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I feel happyhappy01 when I relax at home with astringent tea. Perfect for gifts and souvenirs in Tokyo.

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This map can be purchased at each member store. Enjoy a fun and sweet tour.

In addition, a map can be obtained from the website of NPO Tokyo Chuo Net. Thank you very much, Tokyo Chuo Net. http://www.tokyochuo.net/sightseeing/wagashi/index.html

 

 
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