Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

"Isamu Sekido Photo Exhibition "PARTII" is being held at Communication Gallery Fugen on the 2nd floor of Tsukiji Garden Building, Tsukiji 1-chome.

The exhibition period is from Tuesday, January 8 to 26 (Sat).

The time is from 12:00 to 19:00 on Tuesday to Friday and from 12:00 to 17:00 on Saturday, and Sunday and Monday are closed.

Isamu Sekido's photo exhibition will be held for the third time in this gallery, following last year.

Mr. Sekido is a photographer living in Kita-Kamakura, who is currently working as a freelancer after working at the Iwanami Film Works Photography Department.

This photo exhibition was held in conjunction with the release of Sekido-san and Yukio Murata, the third generation of Kukazoen, "A lot of mysterious January issue Bonsai" (Fukuonkan Bookstore). This is a work taken by Sekido, who was fascinated by the elaborate bonsai of the current Kukazoen owner, Isamu Murata, who was fascinated by the elaborate bonsai of the current Kukazoen owner, for more than ten years.

The bonsai works on display include bonsai, such as Tang maple, Zelkova, Hitotsubatago, and Goyomatsu, which are usually associated with bonsai, as well as sweet potatoes () parsley () chocolate vine ().

However, what we have in common is "beauty", and I felt that the beauty of nature's modeling and the beauty of people's modifications were well coordinated.

This is a photo exhibition that displays works that beautifully cut out the most beautiful moments of the bonsai.

In the snapshot of the scenery of the venue I took, the beauty is not conveyed very much, so please come to the gallery and check this beauty directly with your eyes.

Regarding photography in the gallery, Mr. Sekido, who was at the gallery and the venue on the day, gave us consent.

Thank you very much

Click here for the website of Communication Gallery Fugen.　⇒

http://fugensha.jp/

　Tsukiji / Namiki Shrine has been popular as the deity of the land even after the relocation of Tsukiji Market to Toyosu.

At midnight on December 31, the new year, this year is also crowded with many new year worshipping customers.

Japanese lantern is illuminated, and in front of main hall, there is a "Chinowa" in a circle of kaya, a sacred tool for clean purification.

After the end of the year's last festival, the New Year's great exorcism ceremony, which will be held from 23:30, access to the precincts will be prohibited until 0:00 on New Year's Day, and when the new year begins, a large number of worshiper, which will be hand-made to the Chinowa, will receive the main hall's namelucky items's first 10 signs.

Every year until 15 days later, it is crowded with many new year worshipping customers.

On the 3rd, following last year's New Year's Day, we went to see a demonstration of hawk art at Hamarikyu Onshi Garden. This is held every year on the New Year because Hamarikyu was the shogun's falconry ground.

Some of the customers who wanted to do it challenged and flew to their arms properly.

Demonstration of sudden descending from the adjacent building to the prey. Last year, a lot of flying birds and crows flew around and threatened, so I fell down the tree on the way.

This year, the hawk descended in a straight line toward the prey.

There is also a store in the park, and we received "Shogun Zoni" from the Kabukiza store. He seems to reproduce the zoni eaten by the general, and his body warmed.

After preparing the stomach for the time being, go to support the Ekiden.

It seemed to pass Chuo-dori from Kyobashi to Eitai-dori St. at about 13 o'clock, so I walked to the intersection of Yaesu Street. When we arrive, there are quite a lot of supporters and brass bands from run university coming along the roadside and it is exciting. After a while, the leading runner came and cheered a lot.

It's like the last spurt, probably because the goal of Otemachi is near.

It was a day when I could enjoy the realism of life, different from watching on TV.

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
This time, we will take up the landfill of rivers in the final round of [Chuo-ku Tourism Certification Measures] River and Bridges.
(Click here for previous articles → (1), (2), (3))

Due to many rivers and diggings, the current Chuo-ku has been called the "city of water" since the Edo period.
However, over the years, rivers have been reclaimed, and their remnants can be known from the information boards and the remaining main pillars.
When and what was landfilled, and how the town changed?...
If you remember such things like 5W1H, you can connect events with each other in a causal relationship.
The history of the development of Chuo-ku will be easier to come to mind.


(↑ Page 1 of the countermeasure note at the time of last year's test inspection)

The events that triggered river reclamation can be broadly divided into the following four categories.
Earthquake reconstruction, war reconstruction, Tokyo Olympics, etc.

■Earthquake reconstruction
The Irifune River, the Tepposu River, and the Nishibori Ru River (Isecho Hori) were reclaimed at this early stage.

■Reconstruction of war
At that time, there were no vehicles or fuels carrying surplus soil or debris.
Therefore, rivers that are not very necessary as waterways are reclaimed with residual soil and debris to create land and create land.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's debris disposal measures were implemented to sell it and generate operating costs.
That was the landfill, and the northern half of the outer moat River and the Sanjuken River disappeared at this time.

■Tokyo Olympics (1964, 18th)
In preparation for the Olympics, highways, subways, and arterial roads were urgently developed.
Therefore, the Tsukiji River and Kaede River were reclaimed, and the capital height centered on Route 1 (4.5 km between Kyobashi and Shibaura) was constructed, and the Tsukuda River was reclaimed by the bridge of Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge (1964). Was.
However, because it was reclaimed too quickly, it was impossible to drain rainwater.
Therefore, pumping stations of the Tokyo Metropolitan Sewerage Bureau were set up in Hamacho, Nakasu, and Hakozaki-cho.

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The torch relay course is 1.5km between Kiyosu Bridge and Kayaba Bridge.
It was 2.0 km between Kayababashi and Kajibashi.

You don't have to remember in particular about river reclamation, but you don't have to worry about it.
If you know it, you will surely enjoy walking around the town.

※In this article, we will introduce some of the reasons for this.
　If you learn the contents written here, you will not be able to pass it.
　Please include it in advance.

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
Although it has been a little vacant, it is a continuation of [Chuo-ku sightseeing certification measures] river and bridge.
(Click here for articles on rivers and bridges so far → (1) and (2))
This time, it is said that the junction of the three rivers, the bridge before and after that, and the four bridges are featured.

First of all, about the confluence of the three rivers and the bridge before and after that.
Suddenly, it's a problem!
・What is the first bridge to be built after the Nihonbashi River joins the Sumida River?
・Where is the Nihonbashi River divided into the Kamejima River near (place name)?
・What is the first bridge to be built after the Kamejima River joins the Sumida River?

I don't dare to answer this time, but those who can't answer the above problem suddenly.
Why don't you check before the test?

Next, it is said that the characteristics of the bridge 4 can be effectively remembered by actually seeing, writing (drawing)!

■Sumida River


(Even if you don't have a picture, you won the game if you can input the characteristics.)

・Ryogoku Bridge (bridged after the great fire of the Meiryaku era. At that time, "Ohashi". Origin of bridge name → (1)
・Shinohashi ("Human Helping Bridge" that saved the lives of the people of Hashigami after the Great Kanto Earthquake)
・Kiyosu Bridge (a suspension bridge in Cologne, Germany) is modeled. Origin of bridge name → (1)
・Eitai Bridge (bridge to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Tsunayoshi Tokugawa's fifth generation. Japan's first steel truss bridge as a road bridge.
　A tram was laid in 1904.
・Chuo-ohashi Bridge (between Shinkawa and Tsukuda. There is a "Messenger statue" commemorating friendship with Paris and Seine. )
・Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge (bridged in 1964 instead of Tsukuda's ferry). Tsukuda Bridge was removed due to the reclamation of the Tsukuda River. )
・Kachidokibashi (at the time of completion, it is called "the best movable bridge in the Toyo" and jumps five times a day.
　In 1905, it began with a Kachidoki handed over to commemorate the fall of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War. )
・Tsukiji Ohashi (a new bridge where Ring Route 2 passes.)

■Nihonbashi River
・Toyomi Bridge (It was also called Otome Bridge at the time of the bridge in 1698. The design looks like a ladder beside it.
　The surrounding scenery is also described in Kitahara Hakushu's "Okawa Scenic" and Kafu Nagai's "Shokutei Nijo". )
・Minato Bridge (between Shinkawa and Hakozaki. The origin of the bridge name is that it corresponds to the entrance of Edo Minato.
・Kayaba Bridge (In the past, Minamizume was the shore of Kayaba (a storage area where kaya is cut and piled up), which is the origin of the bridge name.)
・Armor Bridge (a streetcar ran in Taisho-Showa. "Maison Konosu" and "Armor handing" are required. )
・Edobashi (Edobashi Hirokoji was maintained after the great fire of the Meiryaku era. In the Edo period, small shops gathered.
・Nihonbashi (bridged in 1603. The following year, it was the starting point of Gokaido. Check the 4 Hashizume Square!
・Nishi Riverside Bridge (the stage of Kyoka Izumi's masterpiece "Nihonbashi")
・Ichiishi Bridge (bridged as a wooden bridge in the early Edo period). Check the origin of the bridge name.
・Tokiwa Bridge
・Former Joban Bridge (Tokiwabashi Gate, one of the "Edo Goguchi" leading to Edo Castle front Otemon during the Edo period.)
・Shin-Tokiwa Bridge

■Kamejima River
・Reigishi Bridge (between Kayabacho and Shinkawa. In the Edo period, it was a low-marsh area full of reeds.
・Shin-Kameshima Bridge
・Kameshima Bridge (between Hatchobori and Shinkawa. Bridge in 1699. The current bridge is from 2002.
・Takahashi
・Minami Takahashi (reused part of the former Ryogoku Bridge). As a steel-frame bridge in the Meiji period existing in Tokyo
　It's the second oldest after the old Dansho Bridge.

■Asashio Canal
・Asashio Ohashi, Asashiobashi, Harutsukibashi
・Triton Bridge (a moving path with a roof!)
・Reimei Bridge (Harumi-dori St. passes, parallel to Triton Bridge)
・Reimei Ohashi (a new bridge where Ring Route 2 passes.)
・Asashio Kobashi (approximately 113m bridge completed in 2003. Bicycles and pedestrians only.

■Other bridges
・Tsukuda Kobashi (bridged when Tsukuda Island is completed. Under the bridge, there is a large flag pillar used at the main festival of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine.
　It is buried at the bottom of the river to prevent corrosion.
・Yanagibashi (Begins with a wooden bridge built by the old town. The Eitai Bridge is modeled.
It is also described in 　Kafu Nagai's "Peony Guest" and Riichi Yokomitsu's "Crest". )
・Shipping Bridge (it was over the Kaede River). In Higashizume, there is the residence of Shogen Mukai, the head of the Edo shogunate Mifune.
It was also called 　"Shogen Bridge" or "Pirit Bridge". )

The bridges introduced this time are not all, but each bridge has interesting episodes.
When walking around the town, check the information board at the side of the bridge.
It may contain detailed information that is not available in the text, so it will be a study!

※In this article, we will introduce some of the reasons for this.
　If you learn the contents written here, you will not be able to pass it.
　Please include it in advance.

New Year's Day in the garden.

A cup of matcha at Ochiyaya in Nakajima.
Shosei confectionery has a very elegant taste.

From the stall, which is set up to protrude into the pond, the scenery unique to winter spreads out.

Snow hanging is an accent to the winter garden.

This is the Ochiyaya of Tsubame, which was specially open to the public.
The view from the top is a valuable opportunity.

The hawk flew in the sky with good luck, and it was a peaceful New Year in the pleasant sunshine.

◆Hamarikyu Onshi Garden
1-1, Hamarikyuteien, Chuo-ku, Tokyo