Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　We walked around Kachidokibashi in winter morning.

At around 7 o'clock in the morning, when there were few traffic, I photographed the buildings seen from the base of the bridge.

This is a photo from Nishizume on the left bank of Sumida River.

　 To the left of Tokyo Tower, Shiodome Shiodome Shiosite right is Conrad Tokyo.

The Shiodome City Center Building looks like a rice cracker twisted.

　On the right side of the riverbank is Tsukiji Market and the parking lot building.

Gun Center Central Hospital.

　Kanji characters of "Kachidokibashi" view from the right bank Nishizume

At the place where you cross it, the hiragana notation of "Kachidokibashi" is written.　

The building on the left is Inuikatchidokivir Crestocitate Residence

　You can also see Tokyo Towers in the distance.

 

 

　I will cross the right bank Higashizume from now on.

The silhouette of Plaza Tower Kachidoki is beautiful.

 

I just looked at the downstream side from the upstream side of the bridge.

　The photo on the right shows the upper stream.

You can see St. Luke Hospital and Sumitomo Life Building.

You can see the distance from Ishikawajima Island on Tsukuda Island.

　You can look upstream from the left bank (around Tsukishima).

Just right to the right of St. Luke Hospital, you can see only the Tokyo Sky Tree spire antenna.

The photo on the left is

From the left bank Higashizume (Tsukishima), I looked at the Ginza area.

The morning sun is beautiful reflecting on the side of the building.

You can see the Tsukishima River Suimon at the left end of the photo on your right.

If you get warmer in the future, it's a great thing to walk around Kachidokibashi.

A lot of flowers begin to bloom in the plums and flower beds.

 

 

 

I can't wait for the Tokyo Marathon in winter, and I'm one of those runners.

I can't run this year after losing the lottery, but last year I was lucky enough to participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2012.

I would like to report mainly on the Chuo-ku section while delaying.

Application will be made in August of the previous year, and lottery results will be announced in October. The magnification of recent lottery seems to be quite severe. There was time since the start was confirmed, so I practiced here and there, mainly around the Sumida River Terrace. In addition, I divided the test run of the course into several times. In the last few months, I also participated in other races and started the race with the ability to run as competitive as distance.

And on the day. Fortunately, I was able to race in an environment where the weather was good and easy to run. There is no problem with your physical condition. At 9:10 in the morning, we started in Shinjuku, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The race itself went in the same way as his personal best time.

If you pass through the guard of Yurakucho at 21km, you will enter Chuo-ku. Heading to the intersection of Ginza 4-chome and heading to Nihonbashi on Chuo-dori is the most exciting area. An atmosphere that you can't taste in other marathons. Cheering does not stop even if you go from Kayabacho toward Ningyocho. Hamacho is close to my home, so it has family support. Head to Asakusabashi and go to Taito-ku once. When you come back from Asakusa again, it's more than 30 km and it gets harder and harder. Again, cheer for the family. I will do my best for the voice of the people along the road. Take the intersection of Ginza 4-chome toward Higashiginza, pass through Tsukiji, Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge, Asashio Ohashi, and go to Koto-ku. This area is 36 km.

Then it will be my last work. My feet were close to my limit and I couldn't do it, but I managed to hold it to Tokyo Big Sight and scored in 3 hours and 7 minutes. I'm happy to have a new record for the first time in a long time. It was a fun 42.195km. And one day I would like to open the 2-hour range.

The Chuo-ku section is an important section from the middle to the end, and is also a fun section. The pleasure of the scenery and the support of the roadside helped the players quite a bit. Especially when I was running in Ginza, I was impressed. I want to participate in the Tokyo Marathon again, and want to run more in Chuo-ku.

I will support you very hard this year. It's lonely that I can't run.

 

 

We would like to inform you that there will be an event to enjoy walking on the Tokyo Marathon Course again this year.　

In this event, for those who want to run but can't run, or want to walk, but in a very day ..., the course is divided into five and every Saturday from January 26 to February 23 It takes place.　The first day of January 26 is a course from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office to Iidabashi Station.　

Chuo-ku will guide you happily while visiting historic sites and famous stores on February 16 and February 23.　(In other words, we will guide you through silverware as a guide.)　

 

Date of implementation and course
① Saturday, January 26

Meeting place and time: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Minami observation deck 12:50, Departure at 13:00.

Co-s: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, under Shinjuku Daiguard, Hanazono-jinja Shrine, Shoin, Ichitani Hachimangu Shrine, Iidabashi Station

② Saturday, February 2
Meeting place and time: JR Iidabashi Station West Exit ticket gate 12:50, Departure at 13:00

Course: In front of Iidabashi Station, Tokyo grand shrine, Showakan, Imperial Palace Garden and Hibiya Park. 

③ Saturday, February 9
Meeting place and time: 12:50 in front of the flower bed at Hibiya Park, departing at 13:00

Co-s: Hibiya Park, Zojoji Temple, Sengakuji Temple, Other Historic Sites, Shinagawa Station

④ Saturday, February 16
Meeting place and time: Ginza 4-chome Mitsukoshi Lion Statue 12:50, Departure 13:00

Course: Visit the monuments of Ginza, historic sites of Kyobashi, famous shops in Nihonbashi, and choredo Nihonbashi, Suitengu, amazake Yokocho, Asakusabashi-Asakusa

⑤ Saturday, February 23: Morning part: Lunch at Tsukishima (own at your favorite store, paid by yourself)
Meeting place and time: Ginza 4-chome Mitsukoshi Lion Statue 10:20, Departure 10:30
Course: Ginza, Tsukiji, Tsukuda, Tsukishima (lunch)

⑥ Feb. 23 (Sat): noon part
Meeting place and time: Exit 3 of Tsukishima on the Oedo Line at 12:50, Departure at 13:00.
Course: Tsukishima, Toyosu, Tokyo Big Sight = Goal in!　

 

Participation is free, but you need to apply in advance.　

TCGC Tokyo Citizen Guide Club Secretariat Phone:　03-6912-1518

 

 

 

A series that rediscovers the charm of Chuo-ku while strolling around temples and shrines in the city is also in the end. This time, I visited "Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine" in Tsukuda.

 

Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine has already been featured by many correspondents, and I just interviewed in the Tsukishima Seven Wonders Series last summer in Reitaisai festival. Therefore, this time, I would like to focus on the episodes around this shrine.

Tsukishima Seven Wonders-Episode 3 "Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine Festival"

The origin of Tsukuda Island is already famous, but when Ieyasu Tokugawa entered Edo, 33 fishermen from Tsukuda Island, Nishinari-gun, Settsu-kuni (currently Tsukuda, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City), along with Shinto priesthood in the same area. I inherited the place name and the faith of guardian god. It is said that the current shrine was officially enshrined on June 29, 1646 (old calendar), and since then the shrine's Reitaisai festival was held on this day. After the new calendar, festivals are held in early August, which is the date.

My uncle's family once lived in Tsukuda, Osaka, the roots of Tsukuda, Chuo-ku. I've visited several times when I was a child. Tsukuda in Osaka is a coastal area heading from the center of the city to Kobe, and I remember that there were many factories from here to Amagasaki City. Just as the Ishikawajima Shipyard was built next to Tsukuda Island in Tokyo, there are some places where the locality is similar.

National Route 2 (No. 1 Hanshin National Highway) and National Route 43 (No. 2 Hanshin National Highway) pass beside the town, and the Hanshin Namba Line also runs, making it a major transportation hub connecting Osaka and Kobe. There must have been a lot of traffic of people and boats. I think the residents were sensitive to new information and were good at business sense. I guess that the descendants emigrated to Tsukuda, now Chuo-ku, and demonstrated their sensibility and action at the beginning of the Edo period.

By the way, when you actually walk on Tsukuda Island, it is a town with a relieved atmosphere whenever you visit. First, visit "Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine". The shrine area here is never wide, but it feels like Tsukuda Island itself is with the shrine, so it can be said that it is a shrine that stands without discomfort. In the first place, Sumiyoshi is a guardian deity related to the sea and water, such as shipping and fishing, so it can be said that it is a god suitable for the area surrounded by water. The fact that the grand Torii gate in front is built facing the Sumida River is a proof that God will enter and exit by boat, and it is deeply moved by history.

The place where Tsukuda's ferry used to be was the stone monument of playwright Shuji Hojo. "If it snows, Tsukuda is an old Edo island" is also a phrase with a good taste.

The area around the back of "Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine" and crossing Tsukuda Kobashi is often used in dramas, but I also love the atmosphere of the boat pool in front of me. It is a place where you can relax when you take a walk on holidays.

There is a small hall called "Tsukudatendaiko Ikuchizoson" near here, but in an alley where no people can pass each other, a large ginkgo tree extends from the hole on the roof of Machiya to the sky It extends upward. It's a very unusual landscape, so I often decide to pass through this alley when I invited my friends to walk. Tsukuda is a great place to take a walk while walking along such alleys and back streets. However, it is necessary to take care not to disturb the lives of residents.

Nevertheless, there are few tall buildings in Tsukuda and alleys spread vertically and horizontally, so light leaks from here and there. The sorrow of the sunset is also good, and the sun of the sunrise is also good. However, because the alley is narrow, the light on a leaked day will be thinner. At this time, the position of the sun is still low and the sunset is early, so the scenery where cats are sunbathing on a not so wide sun is also wonderful.

I love Tsukuda, such a tasty town. It's a cold season, but please go out in search of warm light.

 

・・・ Tsukuda Island, where the cold and the sun are thin.

 

 

 seagulldusky thrush and other winter birds coming all the way from the northern Eurasian Continent, as well as birds coming from the mountains, can be seen in the winter.

Among them, the appearance of Japanese white-eye, where camellia flowers gather closely, is lovely.

According to the officials of the Wild Bird Society of Japan, this year is the "fond year" of winter birds.

 

　brown-eared bulbul: It's full body gray with a head. The cheeks are plain red.

　　 Starlings: The beak and feet are orange. White spot on the cheek.

　　 dusky thrush: Eyebrow spots, mottled pattern on the chest.

　　 Japanese tit: White cheeks, " tie" pattern from chest to belly.

　　 Japanese white-eye: Yellow-green. White eye rings around the eyes.

　　 Hakusekirei: Sway the tail feather up and down, alternate legs and walk quickly.

 

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