Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

The cherry blossoms have passed, and the cold season has finally ended.

And he said...It is the opening of the Edo boating tour season, "Touring around the water city, Tokyo by boat"!

Edo is a water city and a prosperous town based on logistics by waterways. Currently, there are many major roads in Tokyo that were originally waterways. And in Chuo-ku, there are a number of active waterways, led by the Sumida River and Nihonbashi River. Let's go around there by boat! That's a boating tour. It's not just a boat play, but a journey through the Balibari arterial road where trade boats come and go until a little more than 100 years ago, the waterway that was the gateway. In addition to the remnants of Edo, there are many remains where the gorgeous Meiji Taisho era remains. You can see Are and Chore, which can not be seen from the ground, along with the guide's explanation.

Is there anyone who knows where it is here?...！？ (The hint is the site of a certain subway.)

Of course, I also go around the hot places now.

In Tsukiji Market...

Toyosu planned site!

There are various types of tours, so you can choose what place, how much time, and how deep you want to see according to your preference. Each tour has a professional guide, so it's very interesting.

You can also see landfills under construction in Tokyo Bay.

The boating tour is not held in winter, so the next few months will be the on-season. At that time, a wide variety of tours are held. For more information, please visit our website.

→The Association for the Creation of Water City Tokyo

When you look at Tokyo in Heisei from a spacious waterway, you can see a completely different figure. I think you can also experience the people and things from Edo to the pre-war period, the flow of culture, and how to connect with neighboring areas such as Asakusa.

It is a very fulfilling event, so please come and visit Chuo-ku from the waterway in the coming warm season.

By the way...

This is for those who say, "I like bridges rather than rivers!"

"Bridge Pocket Map" edited by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction. It is a wonderful book that covers major rivers and bridges in Tokyo.

It's like this when you open the inside.

Each one is pocket-sized, 5 books in total. The price of the box set that contains all is 800 yen. It is also sold at the Kachidokibashi Museum, located at the base of Kachidokibashi. I don't really recommend these maps.

 

 

Tsukiji River Kamei Bridge Park is located next to Kamei Bridge, which spans Tsukiji 1-chome, the Metropolitan Expressway Toshin Beltway.

Fuji of the wisteria trellis in this park is currently blooming mauve flowers.

Here, the flowers of perennial plant in Pele Near Garden will entertain us all year round, but after the cherry blossom season is over, the wisteria trellis in the same park will bloom.

By the way, there are two types of wisteria: a right winding (clockwise clockwise from the top) and a left winding. The standard Japanese name of Fuji in the right winding is "Fuji" or "Noda Fuji", and the standard Japanese name of the left winding is "Yamafuji" or "Nofuji".

Fuji in this park was labeled as Noda Fuji.

Fuji's Hanabusa sways in the refreshing breeze, and it's a really good season.

 

 

　

　　On April 19, the Tokyo Regional Meteorological Observatory announced one of the biological seasonal observation information "Noda Fuji Flowering". (Kitanomaru-koen Park)

Two days earlier than normal and one day earlier than last year.

The wisteria trellis set up on each of the "Small-shaped islands" in the middle of the "Oden Bridge" in front of the "Yon Liaokan Ruins" in the "Tide Pond" in the Hamarikyu Onshi Garden, "Oden Bridge" It began to be colored with light purple flowers.

Fuji is a vine deciduous leaf Kimoto of the legume family.

The fragrance is fragrant, the flower with the spikes hanging down is splendid, and the swaying in the wind has the taste of being described as "Fujinami".

There are Nodafuji and Yamafuji in endemic species, Japan. Generally, Fuji seems to refer to Nodafuji, but I hear that most of the park is Yamafuji.

On the wisteria trellis at the northern end of the "Oden Bridge", a rare Noda Fuji series "Yaeguro Ryuto" is planted.

Also known as "Peony Fuji".

Most of the stamens are dialectized, and it is a unique flower shape of the so-called "peony bloom".

You can enjoy it until the end of Golden Week.

 

 

It was the best season for a walk, and we went to Tsukiji River Park in Akashicho during lunch break.

Tsukiji River Park literally was a river (canal) in the Edo period, is now reclaimed, and the ground part is a park.

The underground part is a parking lot, and the area around Irifune Bridge is a multi-purpose open space used for ballparks in Chuo-ku.

The photo below shows the corner of the Tsukiji River and the multi-purpose open space from the ground part of Tsukiji River Park.

The ground part at the back of the left is the Irifune Bridge.

The arrow on the map below is the direction of photography.

The area under the Irifune Bridge is the dog run "Wanwan Square".

It is divided into a free area and a small dog area, and the usage time is from 7:00 to 20:00.

The area is 458 square meters for the free area and 189 square meters for the small dog area.

When I went there, there were people who had dogs play in the small dog area.

It's Tsukiji River Park, where you can feel peaceful and relaxed.

 

 

Application for participation in the annual “Yuyu Course” is currently being accepted.

This is an event held at three Social Education Centers in Chuo-ku, and is a one-time course.

Voice training, bath essence making, brain training / brain activity, pilates, origami, etc. are diverse, and they can participate happily, leading to nature and health promotion.

Target person is "resident in ward 60 years or older who does not receive support, nursing care certification"

Fees are free for both tuition and teaching materials.

The application method is accepted on a first-come, first-served basis from 9:00 am on the 11th of the previous month of the desired course month at the window of the three Social Education Centers or by telephone.

It will be closed as soon as the capacity is reached.

The courses scheduled to be held by July are as follows.

By the way, as of April 19, voice training (held on April 26) and aromatherapy (held on May 11) have reached capacity, so it seems that reception has been closed.

〇 Wednesday, April 26 10:00 to 12:00

"Sing! Dance! Rejuvenate! Voice Training (Nihonbashi Social Education Center, 60 people)

(first come, first served) Applications were accepted from March 11 (Saturday), and the capacity was reached and the application was closed.

〇 Thursday, May 11 10:00 to 12:00

"Aromatherapy to Heal the Heart" (Tsukiji Social Education Center 60 people)

(first come, first served) Applications will be accepted from April 11 (Tuesday), and the capacity will be reached and the application will be closed.

Saturday, May 20 10:00 to 12:00

"Brain training in kanji" (Tsukiji Social Education Center 60 people)

(first come, first served) Applications are being accepted from April 11 (Tuesday).

Tuesday, June 6 10:00 to 12:00

"Walking and Recognition Pilates" (Tsukiji Social Education Center 60 people)

(first come, first served) Applications are scheduled to be accepted from May 11 (Thursday).

Wednesday, June 21 10:00 to 12:00

"Multi-Simultaneous Operation and Fun Brain Activity" (Tsukishima Social Education Center 60 people)

(first come, first served) Applications are scheduled to be accepted from May 11 (Thursday).

Wednesday, July 12 10:00 to 12:00

“Prevention of Undernutrition” (Nihonbashi Social Education Center, 60 participants)

(first come, first served) Applications are scheduled to be accepted from June 11 (Sun).

Friday, July 21 10:00 to 12:00

"First Origami" (Tsukiji Social Education Center, 60 people)

(first come, first served) Applications are scheduled to be accepted from June 11 (Sun).

For health promotion and purpose of life, please apply positively and participate in "Yuyu course"

Click here for the website of Chuo Ward Social Education Center　⇒

http://chuo-shakyo.shopro.co.jp/

Click here for Chuo-ku's website regarding "Yuyu Course"　⇒

http://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/kusei/kohokotyo/koho/h28/290311/04_03/index.html

 

 

Bust of Siebold

　

Siebold was a Dutch army doctor.

I was ordered to look into Japan not only for the doctor's work but also for trade with Japan. I arrived in Nagasaki in Bunsei 6 (1823). After that, he accompanied the head of Dutch trading post to Edo Sanfu, collected plants and animals on the way, and surveyed the height of the mountains. In Edo, I interacted with many doctors and scholars. At that time, we conducted an experiment with pupils. Genseki Habu heard that story, and Siebold taught me the chemical manufacturing method. The Shogun's family presented Aoi's crest clothing for the reward. Three years later, on his way home, the ship was wrecked, and a forbidden map of Japan and crest clothing were found, and after strict investigation, he was expelled from the country.

　

Siebold's daughter (Ine) also became a doctor, and a bust was built in connection with the opening of an obstetrics and gynecology department in Tsukiji.