Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　From Harumi Ohashi, heading to Rinkai Park, there was a baseball field.

　Go out to the canal side and proceed along the upstream. The straight line distance is quite long.

On the other side, you can see LaLaport Toyosu's jumping bridge.

In the morning of Saturday, this place is not known yet, and the traffic is sparse.

　When you go to the station, the sky tree matches the iron bridge in the foreground and is beautiful.

　If you go to the front of Asashio Ohashi, you will see another sky tree.

　This is the Tokyo Marathon course.　

　It will be filled with many marathon runners on the afternoon of the day.

　When I headed to Harumi Intersection, Harumi Triton Square towered.

　The building consists of four buildings, W.X.Y.Z, and the Dai-ichi Life Hall, numerous shops, restaurants, and other facilities.

　Approximately 20,000 employees are working.

　There are many flowers in the square on the second floor. The Tsukishima River is beautiful through the flowerbed.

Just before heading for Kachidoki
I took the walking path of the Triton Bridge.

 

 

　

Harumi district in Chuo-ku, which is the planned site of the Olympic Village for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

On a sunny day on January 12, I went to see the current situation around Harumi 5-chome.

　

This day will be 2020 days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.

As a player village, the building where the players stay will be built during this 2020 day, but it is still a story that will be built. The current situation seems to be still in the concept stage.

　

　

It is said that this accommodation facility will be diverted as a residence after the tournament, but according to the content announced by Tokyo on December 19, two high-rise apartments will be built after the tournament, and a city with commercial facilities and schools will be built It is a magnificent plan.

　

(From the Tokyo Metropolitan Government website)

　

Speaking of the big buildings in this place now, there are high chimneys "Hot Plaza Harumi" and "Harumi Passenger Terminal".

　

　

For now, there is only a vast space around it, and looking at this space alone, it is still difficult to imagine that one city will be completed here in the future.

Various constructions have already begun in this area, so the scenery in your eyes will change every moment.

The rooftop of the Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal is a place with a good view of the Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower.

　

On the other side of the south side, there is also a new market in Toyosu under construction.

　

It is a place where you can look down on Harumi and its surroundings in the future, so I would like to visit regularly.

　

 

 

　This year's Tokyo Marathon 2015 will be held on February 22nd.

Prior to that, the marathon course was divided into five sessions, from Saturday, January 24 to February 21.

Every Saturday we visit historic sites and shop at the shopping streets of the course.

There is a fun walking event. Participation fee is free, but you need to apply in advance.

　The cost of shopping etc. is borne by the individual, but in Chuo-ku edition, you drink amazake and buy puppet ware in Ningyocho.

In Tsukishima, you can eat lunch such as monjayaki and buy long-established Japanese sweets.

　I have been participating every year since 2007. For details, please refer to the following URL.

Let's meet you on the walking tour of the Tokyo Marathon Course!

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Would you like to walk on the Tokyo Marathon Course? 
 

 Along with the "Tokyo Grand Marathon Festival 2015" to be held on February 22, 2015 (Sunday), a "walking tour" will be held guided by a guide from the Tokyo City Guide Club (TCGC).
Walk all routes while going around sightseeing points on the course (1-6), which divides six from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to the goal Tokyo Big Sight, from sightseeing spots. The required time is about 2.5 hours to 3 hours each day, and the participation fee is free. On February 22, when the marathon will be held, a tour around Kaminarimon in Senso-ji Temple (7) will be held.
The schedule will be held on the following schedule, so please specify the date and time you wish to participate before applying.
We look forward to your application.
Please click here for more information.
http://tcgc.5.pro.tok2.com/event/tokyo%20marathon2015.pdf
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 During the cold winter months, when water birds rest, they often see their heads and necks plunged into feathers on their backs.

Many birds have their head and face covered with feathers, but their beaks and eyelids have exposed skin.

If you plung your neck into the back, all exposed parts of the skin are covered with feathers, reducing the emission of body temperature.

In some cases, one leg is hiding on the feathers of the stomach by changing left and right.

The image at the beginning shows a calm afternoon during the cold and resting comfortably in the pool of the piers of Chuo-ohashi Bridge.

At first glance, he seems to be facing forward, and in fact he is turning his neck almost 180 ° and resting with his beak in his back wings.

A humorous and acrobatic posture.

Occasionally, I also show the gesture of mending the back feathers.

In general, birds cannot move their eyes very much, but they have more cervical spine than mammal, which is said to be able to move their neck flexibly.

 

Although it is generally difficult to distinguish seagull species, it is relatively easy to identify the three species of seagull, commonly found in the mouth of the Sumida River.

Seglocame> Larger than crows. His legs are light red. The beak is yellow and red spots at the bottom of the beak.

<black-tailed gull> Medium-sized (crow size). The legs are yellow. The beak is yellow and red and black at the tip of the lower beak.

Squirrel> Smaller than crows. The legs are red. The beak is red and the tip is black.

 

 

 

 

　We have previously posted pine decorations for New Year's Day.

At the "pine decoration" that celebrates the New Year, "how to cut bamboo" is cut diagonally, cut flat on the nodes, and decorate bamboo bamboo grass with pine, It's different at each shop.

　When I introduced this year's "Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods Tour", a few customers asked me a question.

It seems that Kadomatsu varies from region to region.

 

First of all, as for the cut, it seems that it has been cut sideways since ancient times, but since the Warring States period, it has been cut diagonally especially in samurai. It seems that this is called "Sogi".

　In places where the tradition of Kyoto is valued, bamboo still does not cut diagonally. So, in Kyoto, there are a lot of "sunto".

In addition to these two basic cutting methods, recently, the top of the bamboo is cut sideways and used a bamboo node to leave the shape of the mouth, so that it is not dangerous.

 

This time, I photographed the pine decorations of a hotel called a Western Ryokan.

This is the Marriott Hotel "Sogi" at the Kyobashi Trust Tower.

 

Pine decoration of Ginza Kokusai Hotel.　It's a small body.

 

The pine decoration of the Ginza Grand Hotel is "Sogi".

 

The pine decoration of the Millenium Mitsui Garden Hotel, which opened in December 2014, is Sogi.

 

The pine decorations of Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Pru Mie are "Sog + Mouth"

 

The pine decoration of Courtyard Marriott Ginza Tobu Hotel is "Sunto".

 

And I went to Uchisaiwai-cho and saw the pine decorations of the oldest hotel in Japan, which celebrated its 125th anniversary this year.

This is "Sagi + Mouth" with the upper part of the bamboo flat, the nodes in the middle, and the lower part with a modest opening of the mouth.

 

 Each hotel seemed to be particular about it, and it was a very interesting exploration.

 (This is the past article.)

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  "Mini Garden Guided Tour" where you can stroll around the park with the guidance of a green advisor at Harumi Triton Square Pocket Plaza "Flowers, Water and Trees".

This month was held on January 8th.

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deciduous tree drops leaves all at once during the winter and enters dormant.

However, if you look closely, the "winter buds" swell at the tip of the branch, and you can feel the breath of life prepared for the coming spring.

On the other hand, the green of the usually plain evergreen coniferous becomes relatively noticeable.

In addition, such as Naniwazu (same as Onishibari), there are species that fall in midsummer and produce new leaves and flower buds of the next spring from autumn. (also known as Natsu Bows)

Under the cold sky, I was taught the viewing points of the winter garden.

 

☆Enjoy a dignified color

In light of this season, I picked up white ones.

From the left,cyclamen, Snowdrop, Juugatsuzakura

     

 

☆Enjoy the unique shape of evergreen coniferous trees

Even though it is evergreen, there are some species that are brownish in winter, and the colors of green vary.

From left, Montana pine, Colorado jaccin "Blue Heven", Hinoki "Nana Grassiris", Alaska cypress "Pendura", Nioihiba　　　　　

     

 

☆Enjoy twice (for example, winter lilywood)

The fruit of the lily tree is a collection of wing fruit in a pine cone shape.

The wing fruit scatters in the wind, but the central axis and the outermost wing fruit remain.

The whole Kaho looks like a flower.

The reason why it is said that "Yurinoki gives flowers twice."

During this season, you can see the tree shape well.