Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

I'm an Osaka wine importer.
I've been drinking wine several times.

It happened that there was a warehouse near my parents' house.
There is information about the warehouse sale on the net.
I was sorry that I couldn't go because I was in Tokyo (laughs).

In Tokyu Plaza, which opened in Ginza on March 31.
I went there for the first time the other day, but near the elevator.
When I found the word "Tokuoka" and looked into it, "No way?"
It was a wine shop with a wine food bar that Tokuoka is doing.

The store manager is from Osaka, so the story was bounced.♪

There are machines where you can taste wine with a prepaid card.
There were also 5 big chateaus!

 
You can choose 10ml, 30ml, and 50ml.
I'm glad that the glass is also placed for each variety.♪

10ml 900 yen for magic champbelltan.
I tried drinking 10ml 400 yen of Barololo for 50 years (*^^*)

It might be nice when you really want to taste a little bit.

And a few days later, I had four friends from the daytime (laughs).
While pinching the assortment of cheese and pickles
Glass wine was also abundant and I enjoyed it very much (*^^*)

We also sell cheese and ham!

Tokuoka's website in Tokyu Plaza Ginza

It's the first bonito season.

The first bonito fair is being held at Marugoto Kochi, an antenna shop in Kochi Prefecture facing the Sotobori-dori St. on Ginza 1-chome.

It seems that Kochi Prefecture has the largest consumption of bonito in Japan.

That's why () knows the "delicious way of eating" of bonito, so not only sashimi and tataki, but also bonito-related products such as various processed products and dashi products are sold.

From the right in the photo below, I purchased "Ginga Taste Tosa's bonito meal (only hot rice, mixed only)", "Toro bonito meal", and "Katsuo Kakunini garlic miso flavored miso".

The rice seems to be smooth.

In addition, at the restaurant "TOSA DINING Okiyaku" on the second floor, in addition to tataki baked in the store, creative dishes of Japanese and Western will appear during the period.

The event will be held from Sunday, April 24 to May 15 (Sun).

Click here for the whole Kochi "Hatsukatsuo" fair special website.　⇒

http://www.marugotokochi.com/event/katsuo/

Marronnier on Ginza Marronnier Street has begun to bloom.

I think the flowering is Benibana Tochinoki.

Benibana Tochinoki is a variety made by combining American Akabanana Tochinoki, native to North America, and Western Europe, and is more widespread in Japan than Marronnier.

Around May, a large conical inflorescence is upright at the tip of the branch, with male flowers and bisexual flower.

Marronnier's dark pink flowers, conical, make you feel the arrival of the holiday season and the outdoor season, making you feel excited.

"Edo-style Ryu Tenugui Exhibition" is being held at G.Itoya (Itoya), a long-established stationery specialty store in Ginza 2-chome.

At the venue on the first basement floor, various colorful and various patterns are displayed and sold.

It also introduces how to use tenugui to enjoy everyday life even more.

I am surprised by the variation of the towel and the wide range of usage.

I was once again impressed by the depth and playfulness of Japanese ideas and ideas that also lead to the size of the use of Furoshiki.

The period is from Thursday, April 21 to Tuesday, May 10.

By the way, Itoya-san put the word "STATIONERY" on the signboard in 1904 (Meiji 37), and it seems that it was founded in Ginza as a stationery specialty store from that time.

Since 1987, we have been using the trademark "Red Clip" as a corporate symbol.

It seems that it is also incorporated into nursing versions and original products.

Click here for the website of Itoya.　⇒

http://www.ito-ya.co.jp/

  In mid-April, we introduced the gorgeous Yae-zakura of Ginza Sakura-dori St.

From late April to early May, the American dogwood on Matsuya Street blooms. It's best to see it. (As of April 23)

　Hitotsubago on Miyuki Street, commonly known as Nanjamonja Tree, has a lot of white and neat flowers.

You can also enjoy this until the end of April. I think the place should be near Watami and Sennenkyu.

This year, we pruned, so the tree shape may be small and unsatisfactory.

I photographed the flowers of "Ichibago" in close-up.

　As the name implies, Marronnier Street is planted with Western horse chestnuts, collecting small flowers and shaped like a spindle.

Today, on April 23, some buds are opening and flowers are beginning to bloom.

From Marronnier Gate and Plantan, through Ginza Street, to Showa-dori is beautifully colored.

The best time to see it will be during the consecutive holidays from April 28 to May.　

Please enjoy before and after shopping and meals.

The other day, I introduced dogwood on Kibikicho Street as its best time to see it, but dogwood on Matsuya Street is also at its best.

In particular, you can see the map below, dogwood on the pink part of Matsuya Street.

By the way, even if dogwood is in full bloom, what looks like a petal is not a petal but a total bract, and the center mass is the inflorescence.

As for the actual flowers, inconspicuous flowers with a diameter of about 5 mm of four petals gather and bloom sequentially.

dogwood is a representative flowering tree in the United States and is distributed from Ontario, Canada to Massachusetts, Texas, and northeast Mexico in the United States.

The official Japanese name is American Yamaboshi, but another name dogwood is better known.

In 1912, the city of Tokyo presented Sakura (Yoshino cherry tree) to the United States, and in return, white flower seeds were donated by the United States in 1915.

Two years later, in 1917, red flower seeds were presented.

Every year, Golden Week comes during the flowering season of this flower, so if you look at the flowers of dogwood, you will be happy that the holiday season has come.