Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　In Nihonbashi Honmachi, there is a long-established Japanese paper store "Ozu Washi" that has been in business for over 360 years.
It is said that this was the first time that Ozu Seizaemon Nagahiro founded a paper wholesaler "Ozu Seizaemon Store" in Temmacho, a commercial area in Edo (current location) in 1653 in the Shoo era.

The new store, completed in 2015, is surrounded by fences like a store from the Edo period, with Japanese shop curtain at the entrance.

　
　On the first floor, there is a corner called "Washi Experience Studio" where you can experience paper making in front, and on the left hand side is a store where products using Japanese paper and Japanese paper from all over Japan are lined up.

　　

　

　The second floor is the Ozu Cultural Class and the Ozu Gallery, and the third floor is the Ozu Historical Museum and the Mini Museum, which displays the history, raw materials, manufacturing methods and production areas of Japanese paper.

　

　

　Of course, the "Ozu Historical Museum" is a collection of exhibits that introduce the history of "Ozu Washi", but it seems to be a long-established store that has been in business for more than 360 years, and the exhibits include customs of the Edo period and the lifestyle of merchants.

　

　

　　　　

　On the third floor, in addition to the Ozu Historical Museum, there is also a gallery of works made of Japanese paper and a mini-museum where you can gain knowledge about Japanese paper, which is also recommended for elementary school studentsIntangible Cultural Property during summer vacation!

　
　Mr. Banzu gave me a lot of explanations and also showed me a video recording of the process of actually making Japanese paper at the gallery.

　

　

　Also, on the first floor of the store, you can experience the original handmade Japanese paper experience even by family members, friends or one person (reservation priority).

 

　
　Japanese calligraphy, Chigiri-e, pressed flowers, seal engraving, Monochrome ink painting, colored pencil drawings, picture letters, calligraphy, incense, dynasty paper, and more. (There is also a 2-hour hands-on workshop.)

　

　Wouldn't it be fun to visit such a mini-museum with your children during summer vacation?

　
〒103-0023 3-6-2, Nihonbashihoncho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
 TEL: 03-3662-1184 FAX: 03-3663-9460
Business hours From 10:00 to 18:00 Closed: Sunday

　

 

 

　

　Tsukiji Honganji's Noryo Bon Dance Festival began on July 29.

　I'm going to the venue with a low head.

　There were many shops outside Tsukiji, and there was a line of people buying delicious food.

　Everyone seemed to be very happy. Please refer to the report of another correspondent for photos of the fun scene.

Today, I studied, so I was forced to disappear in the dark.

I'd like to know you soon.

 

 

On July 26 (Sun), I visited Hashirai for the first time.

　

At 11:00, the Nihonbashi intersection was closed from Nihonbashi Kitazume.

At 11:10, after the road sign in the center of the bridge was cleaned, the bridge was washed.

　

Most of them are deck brushes, but small children use sardines.

The gray water flowed and continued.

At the end, a ladder car was dispatched and a plate was cleaned of Nihonbashi, which was attached to the highway.

　

It was announced that 325,000 people had signed the removal of the expressway over Nihonbashi.

I hoped that this would be realized as soon as possible, and that the plate would be removed.

　

The thermometer you bring is 33 degrees!

　

Because it was a narrow place called a bridge, it looked like potato washing

About 1,300 people sweated to wash the bridge.

 

 

The bridge washing of Meibashi Nihonbashi from around 11:00 on the last Sunday of July every year (the current bridge is celebrating 104 years this year).
I participated in 7/26.

　

First of all, thank you for visiting the "Japan Road Mark" embedded in the center of the bridge.
Then a long hose was taken out from the red body of the two Nihonbashi Fire Stations, and watered (recycled water) on the bridge.
Nature-friendly soapy water to the entire bridge with a bucket. (There are about 40 members from the fire department.)
　

　

The number of participants is men and women of all ages, maybe about 1500, or under 36 degrees below the scorching sun, all in groups.
Wearing the "Neighborhood Association-style happi coat" in hand, using deck brushes, etc.
Goshigoshi, take a bath to the bridge!
After 12:00, a large "Nihonbashi" sign with a ladder attached to both sides of the expressway above the head from the fire truck.
It's the finale for cleaning. Thank you very much during the hot weather.
(This letter is a copy of the nameplate of the bridge pillar written by Yoshinobu Tokugawa and is lined up side by side, but the nameplate of the bridge pillar is something that Yorinaka Tsumaki, an architect and shogunate, asked for the calligraphy.)
　

　

 

 

On Sunday, July 26, Nihonbashi Bridge washing, a summer tradition of Nihonbashi, was performed. This event is held by the famous bridge "Nihonbashi" preservation society every July, and the roads are blocked for the purpose of preserving and preserving Nihonbashi, and the bridge is washed throughout the city, including local people and people working for nearby companies. Was.

Nihonbashi is the starting point of the five highways in the Edo period, and has washed the road surface, including the "Japan Road Mark" and counts 45 times this year.

 

An open ceremony was held from 11:00, followed by a “Famous Water Together” in which famous waters from all over Japan were poured into the “Japan Road Original Mark” buried in the center of the bridge roadway.

  

First of all, three water sprinklers from the Tokyo National Land Office lined up and watered the bridge road, and participants began washing the Nihonbashi Bridge.

  

The signboard of "Nihonbashi" on the Metropolitan Expressway and elevated above the bridge was polished by elementary school students in a ladder truck of the Tokyo Fire Department, and finally, at the same time, both Kitazume and Minamizume were dynamically discharged with high water pressure. Was washed away.

  

Then the watering mill drained water and finished it.

 

This time, a large number of people (about 1,800 people) participated, and for about two hours, they manually removed the dirt on the bridge for one year using deck brushes and sardines.

 

 

It's a line that I heard somewhere, but it's like I've heard somewhere.

　

Time is "Meiji", a piece by Kiyochika Kobayashi, "Shipping Bridge Daiichi Bank (Yukinaka)".

　

Just imagine it.

　

On a snowy day, a woman walking toward the bridge.

An umbrella is placed on the red belt, and the umbrella is the letters of Ginza / Kishida.

On the right hand of the woman is a willow tree.

And on the left side of the bridge is the first "Daiichi National Bank", a splendid architecture of Japanese and Western eclectic.

　

By the way, the above-mentioned Daiichi National Bank is

It is said to be the highest peak in wooden frame stone and pseudo-Western style architecture designed and constructed by Shimizu Gumi Nidai Kisuke Shimizu.

Also, isn't the letter of Kishida Ginka Kishida's Rakuzendo (Medicine Seisui)?

　　

However, today's leading role is actually the bridge of this Nishiki-e.

　

That said, as of the Heisei era, there is no longer this "sea shipping bridge" anymore.

Unfortunately, the Momijigawa River, which flows below, was reclaimed in 1962.

There are only two main pillars left.

　

When you enter Kabuto-cho from Showa-dori, you will find a parking lot underground and a highway on the ground.

It was engraved with "Kayunhashi" in a space that is too small to call it a square at the end of such a road.

The main pillars of Ishibashi exist quietly over time.

　

If you look to the right, you will find another one buried in the trees.

You can barely read "Create", "Five Years", and "Sea".　(= June 2,535 BC)

　

Beyond the narrow road, the place at the time was changed, but the bank ...

　

On the wall of the lottery counter, there is a map of the Kaedegawa period.

From left to left, you can read the history of the building of the bank.

　

As we move forward,

At the end of the day is "Nisshokan" (Eiichi Shibusawa House in the Meiji era), and on the left is "Kabuto Shrine".

If you walk to the right, you can cross the "Armor Bridge" (it was a "armor handing" until 1872).

　

You can find a signboard on your left hand after crossing the armor bridge.

"Maison Kono no Nest", the first cafe in Tokyo)

　

　

One of today! And the story flowed.

I miss the old days (?) Why don't you enjoy a walk?