Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　Do you know a town magazine called "Ginza Hundred Points"?
As the name suggests, it is an information magazine of Ginza published by the store association "Hundred Stores Association", which has many long-established stores in Ginza.

It was first published in 1955, and it is the oldest town magazine in Japan to become No.735 this month. (Maybe)
The name of the town magazine is "Ginza 100 Points" instead of "Ginza 100 Stores" even though it is published by the Ginza 100 Store Association!

What is different from town magazines in other regions is that "Ginza Hundred Points" has a fixed price.
That's also a pretty price of 270 yen.

　The number of copies is about 100,000, and of course, like other free papers, it is located at the storefronts of stores that are members of the Hundred Store Association and can be obtained free of charge.

However, it is surprising that there are about 1,500 people who subscribe annually for a fee (4062 yen, including shipping costs). It is said that there are many readers from Hokkaido to Okinawa and overseas.

The content is based on the current information of Ginza, but it is enough to read as a booklet, with contents not found in other town magazines, such as essays by celebrities from various fields and round-table discussions with celebrities.

　What is the content of this month's issue?
February 2016 issue (NO.735) Table of Contents

●At the beginning of the report
Run through Ginza!
 　─Enjoying the Tokyo Marathon: Yasutaka Sudo

●This month's essay
Yuzuru Sasaki, a city that goes to the camera with love
The association between Ginza and movies and words Midori Furuya
My violin life Atsuko Tenma
 
●Color
My Noodle Road Special Edition
 　─The roll of local noodles ─ Hantsu Endo

●New serialization

Asato Izumi, a hundred years old
Hundred Views Ichiriki Yamamoto
Permalink to Ginza in this world Akira Yamaguchi

●Serialization

Today, I went somewhere to Kanji Ishimaru
My Noodle Road: Ginza Hen-Hantsu Endo
Mariko Asabuki
Olympic Games and Ginza Tsuneyoshi Noji
President ON & OFF Shigemi Ishikawa
Letter from Yu Takarazuka Todoroki
Kabuki memories picture scroll Karoku Nakamura
Ginza Q & A

GINZA Seering Ginza Isehan Tanizawa
BOOK/MOVIE/Topics/Stage/Gallery/My Ginza
Mutsuro Takahashi, winner of Ginza Haiku

●Hundred-point Talk GINZA GUEST

After chasing a book with a cat, Harumin Asao
Kozaburo Arashiyama

Cover, Art Direction Craft Eving Trading Company

It's more luxurious.

All participating stores are listed on the map, so it is convenient to walk around Ginza.

A spring-like photo exhibition is being held at Canon Gallery Ginza in Ginza 3-chome.

This is a photo exhibition by photographer Ken Watanabe, "Sakura Sakura Color".

The period is from Thursday, February 25 to Wednesday, March 2.

Various expressions of Sakura are captured.

You can feel spring a little earlier.

You can take photos in the gallery.

The location is red on the map below. □It's on the frame.

Click here for the website of Canon Gallery Ginza.　⇒

http://cweb.canon.jp/gallery/schedule/ginza.html

A French friend who loved Japan who came to Tokyo on a private trip in January decided to come to Tokyo on a business trip.
Harumi's 100 yen shop (/archive/2016/01/post-2993.html), which I introduced last time, of course I would go this time again, but before that, I said I wanted to go to rotate. In France, it seems that there is a popular restaurant called Planet Sushi (http://www.planetsushi.fr/), which eats in outer space, but it seems that "I still want to go real!" Since the accommodation is Ginza, he says, "If it was 'real', it wouldn't be a Tsukiji sushi restaurant," and he wants to go to "rotating sushi". "It's a difficult request again. When I looked for it while thinking that there would be no rotating sushi in Ginza, it was somehow open in "Kirarito Ginza"! Kirarito Ginza opened in October 2014, and since I often pass along Chuo-dori in front, I knew from the signboard that there were hot restaurants such as "Ding Thailand Yutaka" in Taiwan, which is a delicious small dragon package. But this is my first experience. Take the elevator and go up to the 8th floor. The name of the shop is "Rotary Sushi Tavern Ginza Numazu Port".

It was Sunday evening, so there weren't many customers yet and I was able to enter right away. As you can see, the inside of the store is a bright Japanese atmosphere based on wood grain. Immediately, I go to get skipjacks and scallops flowing through the belt, but my friend seems to have studied a lot about the story as expected, and Mr. Watanabe, the store manager in front of me, horse mackerel, octopus, Thai, Tsubugai, etc. We will continue to order bitter places. By the way, Mr. Watanabe is the winner of the 2008 TV Champion Sushi Craftsman Championship, so he will judge the story skillfully, "a handful of soul". I had a cup of stomach in no time after stacking the dishes like this. When I was ready, I decided to go to Harumi's 100 yen shop together. 。 。

When I entered, there were still vacant seats, but there was a line in front of the store. It's a popular restaurant. [Rotary Sushi Tavern Ginza Numazu Port]

Location 8th floor, Kirarito Ginza 1-8-19 Ginza, Chuo-ku, 104-0061, Japan

Phone: 03-6228-7171

Business hours 11：00～23：00

At the gallery in Ginza, "Gallery Ginza" (Ginza 2-13-12), an exhibition by illustrator and caricature writer Harutoshi Handa is being held under the title of "Cheers to Stars".

The period is from Monday, February 22 to 28 (Sun).

Mr. Handa is a writer living in Kushiro in Hokkaido.

This is the 7th exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo.

Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Ken-san, Tora-san, Elvis Presley, Sean Connery, Johnny Dep, Daniel Craig (now James Bond), and in the sports world, Kei Nishikori, Shohei Otani, Ayumu Goromaru, etc. are exactly star on parade.

There was also a portrait of a star drawn only with a horizontal line (freehand) (Mr. Handa original), I was overwhelmed by the variety of techniques and expression methods, and I felt the passion of the author for a caricature that did not deform.

This is an exhibition that I would like you to see up close.

The photographing in the gallery was approved by the person himself.

Thank you very much

From February 22nd, an exhibition "Neko Rekushon", which collects ukiyo-e and scrolls from the Edo period with a cat motif, is being held at "Gharari Akikado" (Ginza 6-4-8 Sone Building 7F) facing Sotobori-dori St.

It seems that this is the first time that this gallery has held an exhibition on the theme of cats.

Currently, the "cat boom" is occurring in various genres such as blogs, posting sites, books, etc., which is why this exhibition is held.

Certainly, since last year, this blog also introduced cat events several times.

Have you come, "cat boom"

At the venue, about 20 "cat works" by Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Kiyochika Kobayashi, Tsuguji Fujita and others are exhibited and sold.

Kuniyoshi Utagawa "53 Station Okazaki"

The event will be held until the 26th (Friday).

Yoshifuji Utagawa "Shinita Cat Hot Spring"

Click here for the website of "Cat Rekushon" Gyarai Autumn Cave.　⇒

http://www.syukado.jp/feature/2016/02/cat.html

At Champagne Bar Vionis in Ginza
After drinking a delicious champagne, I happened to pass by the shop.

It is around Ginza 6-chome on the road that goes one from Sotobori-dori St. to Yasuaki Elementary School side.

 
By chance, that day was open (October 10, 2015)
We came in thinking of ordinary udon noodles. 。 。
Even though both of them were from Osaka, they didn't know the existence of Ise udon.
(My brother has lived in Mie Prefecture for more than 30 years (laughs)).

 
Ise udon seems to be selling thick noodles without stiffness.
Personally, rather than Sanuki udon, which is strong.
I prefer thin rice garden udon.
I don't care much about it.

 
After drinking, it was perfect for shime and it was delicious (* ^^*)
It's also good to eat while crushing the semi-boiled egg using the egg called Eiko.♪

Eating log page of UDON BAR Ise Monogatari