Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

There is an antenna shop "Iwate Ginza Plaza" in Iwate Prefecture, facing Harumi-dori St., diagonally in front of Kabukiza, Ginza 5-chome.

The specialty product exhibition and sales corner here has no degree of fulfillment, and once you stop by, it has a charm (magic power) that you can never get out empty of hand.

What I purchased today is the No. 1 sales volume in January 2016, "Cuted Shoulder Bacon" (pictured above, left).

It is a very popular product that uses 100% Iwate pork from 100% good taste, good price and good volume.

In the photo above, right is "Koiwai Farm's Carefully Selected Material Curry (Koiwai Beef Curry)".

By the way, the second largest sales amount is Sanriku Haibao Pickle, which is said to be a treasure trove of ingredients. Sanriku Haibao pickles, which are carefully selected from abundant seafood and cooked using the taste of the ingredients. The explanation and visuals of "Sanriku Haibao pickles" seemed to be too attractive and seem to be bought today.

Click here for the website of "Iwate Ginza Plaza"　⇒

http://www.iwate-ginpla.net/index.html

This is an exhibition where you can see all of Sanrio's popular character "Pompompurin".

It is being held at Event Square on the 8th floor of Matsuya Ginza.

The period is from Wednesday, March 9 to March 14 (Monday).

Pompompudding was a golden retriever, right?

This year marks the 20th anniversary of our birth.

At the Sanrio Character Awards in 2015, he surpassed popular characters such as Hello Kitty and My Melody, and was ranked first in the hall. Hey~

You can meet all of your favorite puddings, such as changes in design from the time of birth to the present, reproduction of pudding houses, art works, etc.

You can take photos at the venue.

After the "Pompompudding" exhibition, the "Kiki & Lara Exhibition" and "My Melody Exhibition" will be held at the same time from March 16 (Wednesday).

In both cases, until Monday, April 4

Click here for the website of Matsuya Ginza "Pompompurin" Daisuki Exhibition　⇒

http://www.matsuya.com/m_ginza/exhib_gal/details/20160309_pompompurin_8es.html

It is a long-established (established in 1956) "Kyoraku" next to Winds Ginza, along Ginza Marronnier Street, Ginza 2-chome, next to Ginza Winds Ginza.

By the way, Winds Ginza is the out-of-the-field Katsuma voting ticket sales office of the Japan Racing Association.

There is a ticketing machine right after passing through the goodwill of the store, but if you order () and give money in words, the person at the store will issue the ticket.

I ordered "Chinese soba".

It is a medium-sized noodle soy sauce ramen, and the soup has a seafood flavor.

I like this here because the texture of the menma is soft and the flavor is strong.

I'm a "Chinese soba" fan, but when I listen to the order, it seems that one tanmen is the most common.

There are a lot of regulars, and orders are passed by "anytime".

The feature of this shop is that the people in the shop feel good.

However, it seems that this shop and building will be closed temporarily on Wednesday, March 16 to rebuild the building.

Also, it is said that business will resume in the same place, but for a while I can't eat Chinese soba here.

Ginza Toshiba Building was located at the corner of Sukiyabashi intersection.

Mosaic Ginza Hankyu (formerly Sukiyabashi Hankyu) was included.

It's been nearly three and a half years since my favorite building closed.

And finally, on March 31, this month, I will be reborn.

As "Tokyu Plaza Ginza".
 

On a site of approximately 3,700 square meters, 5 floors underground and 11 floors above ground.

Of these, 13 floors will be commercial areas and 125 stores will be occupied.

The development concept is

"Creative Japan - The world will be interesting from here. "~"

It's something that I wanted to refine "Ginza-likeness".

It really gives you a sense of a new landmark suitable for Ginza.
 

And the most eye-catching thing is the exterior of the building.

Based on the concept of "light vessel", the motif is "Edo Kiriko", a traditional craft.

It is a beautiful building full of Japanese taste.
 

This "Edo Kiriko" is now one of Tokyo's most famous souvenirs.

Originally, it seems that the beginning of 1834 (Tenbo 5) was devised by Otemmacho's Biidoroya and Kubei Kagaya to sculpture on the surface of glass using Kongo sand.

 
On the 6th floor of the building and on the rooftop

"KIRIKO LOUNGE" (Chirico Lounge)

It seems that there is a public space named "KIRIKO TERRACE".

Here is also the appearance of Kiriko!

 
By the way, the pattern of Edo Kiriko is called "Uoko", and the Edo Kiriko Association has set July 5th.

It has been established as "Edo Kiriko Day".
 

I was happy because I was connected to Nanako.

I'm looking forward to the opening day.

Next to Kabukiza on Harumi-dori St., there is the Bunmeido Higashiginza store.

We have a few products that are limited to that store.

I bought this time a castella with a picture of Kabuki!

This is a castella that seems to be not sold at Kabukiza and can only be purchased here.

It has a shape close to a square and is a little small.

There are two kinds of pictures of the Kabukiza Theater building in Kumatori.

This was more gorgeous.

I don't buy it this time because I'm not good at grain bean paste.

It seems that kabuki's paintings are also limited to this store.

There is no doubt that the taste is the castella of Bunmeido.

It looks good as a souvenir for the elderly or a gift for grandpa and grandma.

I ate it for the first time in a long time, but the yellow castella dough was full of eggs and delicious.★

Ginza Bunmeido homepage

At Ginza NAGANO, an antenna shop in Nagano Prefecture along Suzuran Street, Ginza 5-chome, we participated in "Let's Learn Sanada Maru", the stage of Shinshu Ueda, "Let's Learn Sanada Maru", "I will tell you about the history and seasons"

"Sanada Maru" is NHK's Taiga drama series, which is currently being broadcast, but the main character, Nobushige Sanada (Komura) (lower photo, right) father, Masayuki Sanada (lower photo, left), built it in Shinshu Ueda Castle.

Ueda Castle is famous for the Battle of Ueda, which repelled the attack of the Tokugawa army twice in 1585 and 1600.

I participated in 30 minutes from 13:00 to 13:30 on March 5 (Sat).

The history of the Sanada clan and events in Shinshu Ueda were explained in an easy-to-understand manner in the video.

In addition, we were able to sample Ueda's specialty products and taste wine.

Click here for the location of Ginza NAGANO.

Click here for the Ginza NAGANO website.　⇒

http://www.ginza-nagano.jp/