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Fukutoku no Mori 1st Anniversary Commemorative Festival Sept.29th, 2017

[Silver] September 28, 2017 16:00

When I went to Fukutoku Shrine to visit, I learned about the event of this "Forest Opening 1st Anniversary Festival".

The date and time will be from 17:00 on September 29, 2017 (Friday).

The venue is Fukutoku no Mori. Admission is free, the first 300 people will be awarded a piece tag.

It is an announcement that the first 500 people will be offered free of charge "Hakkaisan" <limited to one serving per person>.

Host: Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Co., Ltd. This is Nihonbashi Muromachi Area Management, Fukutoku Shrine, Hakkaisan Co., Ltd.

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Coffee Break in Nihonbashi

[Shitamachi Tom] September 26, 2017 09:00

As the refreshing air of autumn spreads, walking around the town has become a fun season.

 

"Nihonbashi district" has been attracting attention recently. A long-standing plan to relocate the Metropolitan Expressway over the Nihonbashi River to the basement and restore the bright Nihonbashi appearance has begun, and many people are expecting it.

 

Micad (2)_R.jpgThe other day, at the request of a tourist association, I guided a high school student inspection group from China. At the lecture meeting, I listened very interestingly to the stories about the history and culture of Nihonbashi. Also, when I actually walked around the town and provided tourist information, I was asked various questions. The appeal of this area seems to be interesting to foreigners.

 

Micad (1)_R.jpgThat was the case with that day, but when I have a little time in Nihonbashi, I often visit [Mikado Coffee] using the adjustment until the meeting. It would be nice to spend a relaxing time on the second floor, but I really like the standing style on the first floor. It's a reasonable price, and I'd like a place where you can change your mind quickly.

 

It is said that [Mikado Coffee] opened in Nihonbashi in 1948 (Showa 23), but in fact, I knew earlier about the former Karuizawa store that opened in 1952 (Showa 27). The old light shop, which has been loved for a long time in the resort area, has been visited by many celebrities. John Lennon, Mrs. and Mrs. Yoko also visited. "Mocha Soft" is famous.

 

Micad (3)_R.jpgAfter that, after knowing the main store in Nihonbashi, I use it because it is a local Chuo-ku. Of course, you can also have "Mocha Soft" here. But coffee is the main one. As you value the acidity, the freshness of citrus fruits and the scent like flowers spread in your mouth.

 

It is a shop where you can easily drop in during a walk in Nihonbashi. How about a coffee break in the city?

 

 

 

Fresh wholesaler Sasagi, Nihonbashi Honmachi meat wholesaler

[Silver] September 24, 2017 09:00

 A shop I found after lunch during a walk around Nihonbashi Honishi-cho and Nihonbashi-Honmachi last month. I went there again.

The atmosphere inside the shop is wonderful.

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 This popular menu, "Lunch Steak Heavy 850 yen", was sold out. Then, I ordered "Sukiyaki set meal 1,000 yen". You're free to change rice.

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 I'm happy with the cut kelp tsukudani that will be served separately by the service. Rainy day service 100 yen discount. (The price included consumption tax.)

Lunch menu includes roast cutlet set meal, cutlet curry, shrimp cream croquette, pork saute set meal, etc. 900 yen. The only 30 meals for menchikatsu set meal was 850 yen.

(About the kanji notation of sukiyaki)

In our shop, we hope for the health and longevity of our customers, and the predecessor has been using the word "Kotobuki Kiyaki" since 1949.

 All-you-can-eat menu at night (domestic beef) Kotobuki Kiyaki / Shabu-shabu, 120-minute system, 3,300 yen, carefully selected (domestic beef) Kotobuki Kiyaki / Shabu-shabu 2,100 yen, specially selected domestic beef Kotobuki Kiyaki / Shabu-shabu 4,800 yen each is a reasonable price.

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 After all, it's a kind price just because the meat wholesaler is open. I'm going to go to dinner this time. The all-you-can-drink fee is 1,650 yen, and the special all-you-can-drink is 2,200 yen.

Regarding seats, it is said that there are many different types of seats, such as private rooms and great hall, as well as "small rise" where you can easily climb up.

Address: 4-2-3 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku Sasaki Building 2F, telephone 03-3241-5296

*All fees are as of September 19, 2017.

There was a website. Please click here for more information.

http://www.niku-sasaki.com/

 

 

Grapes, peaches, plums-Senbikiya Sohonten-

[rosemary sea] September 23, 2017 09:00

This is a rosemary sea that covers according to the concept of "gifts and enjoy yourself."

 

Senbikiya Sohonten Nihonbashi Main Store, in the autumn of fruits, we visited again in search of the taste of this season.

We interviewed Mr. Yoshida, Deputy General Manager, Sales Department, Nihonbashi Head Office, Senbikiya Sohonten Co., Ltd.

In addition, "Okayama Grape Fair" is being held here until 24th (Sun).

Grape fans, I can't overlook this fair.

 

Introducing the product immediately. This time, I'm paying attention to grapes, peaches and plums.

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Shine Muscat

In the first and second images, it looks like a dark color, but in fact it has a refreshing shade after the third.

A hybrid of Akitsu No. 21 and Hakunan. Registered varieties in 2006.

Grape with good taste with firm sweetness and refreshing muscat fragrance.

It is scheduled to be sold until the end of October.

"It's a grape that can be eaten with no seeds.

It has a strong sweetness and has become the most popular and mainstream grapes now.

Currently, we are available under the Shine Muscat brand of Okayama Prefecture called "Hareo". "

 

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"It is a variety that is attracting attention overseas.

In the last four or five years, the amount of exports has increased, and after the harvest has begun, we will go to export first than to export in Japan, so when shipping starts, it is difficult to buy it because it is difficult to buy it It is a form that the season starts from here.

There is no problem with something like black spots because sugar is collected. "

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The food lipo of the Rosmari family. "It has a good texture. It's very sweet and delicious. I don't care even if I eat the skin."

Rosmary. "The advice from Mr. Yoshida is" You can eat at room temperature at any time. "

I was skeptical that I didn't have to cool down, but it was very sweet and delicious."

 

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Premium peach

In addition to sweetness, the color and shape are good, and you can enjoy the rich taste and aroma of peaches from grains.

After ripening at room temperature, when the blue taste is removed and the whole becomes softer, it is time to eat.

Please take this product with a little chill.

"We sell only those with a sugar content of 14 degrees or more on average, with a sugar content of 14 degrees or more on average.

It will be an item that can be sold with more confidence.

The production area used to be Kagawa, and now Yamanashi.

I think this is at least as long as this month."

 

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The food lipo of the Rosmari family. "It has a deep sweetness. The flesh is solid. Anyway, it's very delicious."

Rosmary. "I received a lecture from Mr. Yoshida about eating this time and purchased it.

If you want to eat in 2 days. Look over, please.

- "This is at room temperature for a day, and please put it in the refrigerator for another day."

That's why I had my family eat it.

I think it was the best choice for eating. Mr. Yoshida, I am very grateful."

 

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Premium peach and yellow peach

The beautiful skin with light yellow and slightly red, and the tight pulp with good texture are rich flavor.

Save at room temperature, hold it with your palms, and when it becomes softer throughout, eat it.

Please take this product with a little chill.

"The peach season is from late June to mid-August. The amount of yellow peach is increasing in September.

The production area starts from Yamanashi, Yamanashi is from August until the end of August, and from September it is from Okayama. "

 

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Ruby romance

Born in Ishikawa Prefecture.

"This grape is characterized by the size of grains and the weight of tufts.

Okayama Prefecture is promoting it grandly, and I think it is well recognized.

Red grapes basically have a strong sweetness, so they have little sour or astringency.

There are no seeds, but the skin is a little thicker. But the fruit and skin are easily peeled off."

 

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Suiho

Born from the crossing of Pione and Centennial. Registered varieties in 1996.

There are no seeds, and the flesh covered with thin pericarp has a chewy texture.

Grape that combines good sweetness and aroma, refreshing aftertaste, fresh and high-quality taste.

"Many grapes are of the name of katakana, and there are few things that can be served in such a Japanese feeling."

 

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Pione

A hybrid of Kyoho and Canon Hall Muscat.

The grains and bunches are large, with abundant sweetness and muscat fragrance, almost seedless treatment and easy to eat.

White powder covering the grain = Bloom is evidence of freshness and deliciousness, sugar is solidified on the epidermis.

"It's a little sour. It's a grape similar to Kyoho.

I think I'm familiar with it. It's a whitish, purpleish flesh.

Until mid-November, the production volume is high, so it can be sold for a long time."

 

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Aurora black

Produced in Okayama Prefecture.

"I've been around for the past few years.

Okayama Prefecture has been working hard to make it, but since Pione has become a variety that is very easy to fall off the branches, grapes that will last longer so that they can be improved. Have you studied various things.

Pione may fall rag when you hold it.

This variety is very rare and firmly attached.

The meat quality is also tight and the grapes are delicious to eat.

Until early October.

The production is still low compared to Pione, so I want you to increase it more in the future. "

 

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Seto Giants

A crossing of guzar collar and neomuscat. Born in Okayama Prefecture.

Large jade-colored grains have no seeds and can be eaten with skin.

The crisp texture and fresh sweetness.

"It's a grape with a fresh taste.

It is also called "Momotaro Grape", but it is a not round grape with distinctive grains.

It has little sour taste and crisp texture and refreshing juicy. Until the end of November."

 

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Akihime

New varieties. Very delicious plum that can be tasted in autumn.

The big fruit, yellow pulp, is dense and juicy.

It is rich in sweetness and has moderate acidity, and you can feel rich flavor and freshness.

"We don't have much production. Moreover, the time is short.

It can only be sold for about 2 weeks.

From about a week ago to the end of this month."

 

 

I've heard more about you...

There are many questions from customers, such as eating and cooling, and how long it lasts.

And the decisive factor is to say peaches ...

"The first is the color of the eyes you saw, and the elasticity when you hold it, and the scent.

These three are the standards.

But as with melons, I study every day."

Grape ...

"All grapes are available with a sugar content of 18 degrees.

You may have it right away.

However, it becomes sweeter if the axis inside withered black.

However, if you give a black shaft, you will lose your freshness and do not like it very much, so I will give you a blue one as much as possible, but I would like you to leave it a little and eat it. "

・・Mr. Yoshida, thank you very much for teaching me a lot.

 

Main Store on the 1st floor of Nihonbashi Main Store (Fruit and Flower Sales Department)

Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower 1F, 2-1-2 Nihonbashi Muromachi

03-3241-0877

Business hours 10:00 to 19:00

Holiday except New Year's Day

Click here for the website of Senbikiya Sohonten.

⇒  http://www.sembikiya.co.jp/

 

 

 

Caricature Grand Prix held [Yaesu Gallery Tokyo]

[Dimini ☆ Cricket] September 21, 2017 14:00

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This is "Tsuneo Sei's Caricature Grand Prix 2017".

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This is an annual open call for caricature enthusiasts from all over Japan, held at Yaesu Gallery Tokyo, an art gallery in the Yaesu Underground Shopping Center.

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There are two types, "freedom" and "problems", and this year's challenge is Shohei Otani of Nippon-Ham Fighters, "two-sword style in professional baseball world".

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This year, I felt that the materials were more attractive than usual, and the works of the free applicants were varied and powerful.

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Anyway, it's a fun caricature exhibition

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Attractive materials appear in the shogi world.

Hifmin's popularity is amazing

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There is also a corner of Tsuneo Sei's work and a corner of portraits drawn on stone.

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The event will be held from Monday, September 18 to 24 (Sun).

Please drop in by all means

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This time, the gallery and Kiyoji consented to the photography in the gallery.

Thank you very much

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Click here for a blog post of the Caricature Grand Prix, which was published as a "Notice" on September 14. ⇒

/archive/2017/09/post-4598.html

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Click here for the website of Yaesu Gallery Tokyo. ⇒

http://www.yaechika.com/gallery.php

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"Extra skill! "The best of Meiji crafts" exhibition

[Marsha Horiuchi of Edo] September 20, 2017 16:00

Works from Edo to Meiji period, which is said to be during the Industrial Revolution in Japan, along with contemporary works, are exhibited at the Mitsui Memorial Museum.

 

During the Edo period, which lasted more than 250 years, many handicrafts flourished against the daimyo, and the works began to be exported from the late Edo period to the Meiji era, and many of these crafts are famous overseas.
It delights our eyes with a wealth of themes, such as ceramics, wood carving, fangs, and free figurines (crafts where many animals are the theme and all joints move freely).

 

It seems that many of the themes of these works are familiar, and if you look at the items on display, you can see that there are many things that are familiar to you.
Japanese spiny lobster, mantis, birds, toads, cucumbers, cherry blossoms, swordfish, snakes, tomatoes, persimmons, grapes, matsutake mushrooms, etc.

 
→It is on display until December 3.

 

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1 [cloisonne] Yasuyuki Namikawa, "Butterfly with a round arabesque flower bottle"

Collection of Shimizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

 

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Yasuyuki Namikawa, "hydrangea Figure Vase"

 Collection of Shimizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

 

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3 [Uructure] Koshin Shibata's "Old Sumi-shaped Ingo"

 

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4 [Urushiko] Jitoku Akatsuka, "Fujihana Makie Bansu"

Collection of Shimizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

 

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5 [Fang Sculpture] Midoriyama Ando "Source"

 

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6 [Fang Sculpture] Midoriyama Ando “Tomato”

Collection of Shimizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

 

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7 [Wood Carving] Asahitamayama "Ginkgo Pigeon Collection"

Collection of Shimizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

 

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8 [Freedom] Yoshiyama Takase "Hizuru Suspension furnace"

 

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9 [Kanako] Mune Kondo "Inlaid Copper incense burner"

Collection of Shimizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

 

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10 [Kenko] Katsuyoshi Shoami, "Group Chicken-zu incense burner (Mantis)"

Collection of Shimizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

 

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11 [Pottery] Eriko Inazaki "Arcadia" 2016

 

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12 [Wood Sculpture] Fuyuki Maehara "One moment: Swordfish on a plate" 2014

 

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13 [Tree Carving] Ryomine Otake "Flying" 2017

 

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14 [Kenko] Kengo Takahashi "Gender as a human" 2015


  

Mitsui Memorial Museum → The nearest station is Mitsukoshimae Station on the Ginza Line.

Click here for details http://www.mitsui-museum.jp/

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