Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

In Ginza 2-13-13, there is "Manfuku"

 

It is a long-established Chinese soba restaurant in Ginza that started with a stall in the Taisho era and set up a store in 1929.

It seems to be the second oldest Chinese soba shop in Tokyo.

I ordered Chinese soba

 

The soup that has not changed since before the war has a light soy sauce taste

It's the Chinese side of the royal road.

 

 

 

　Tokyo Art Antique 2016 will be held from April 14th to 16th.

Galeries and bone shops around Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and Ginza 1-chome will exhibit and show off a number of wonderful works of art and "good old things". You can also buy your favorite things.　

　I received a leaflet for guidance at Hase Homando on Ginza 1-chome-9-1. This shop is on the way from Ginza Cozy Corner to Kitano Construction.

　Every year, I visit the gallery that participates in this event and keep it in my eyes. I have even bought some of my favorite little ones.

What is fun is that even in shops that usually think "the threshold is high", when asked, the clerks, like curators, explain the details of the exhibits and the artist.

 

　It has become warm, so please go out to Tokyo Art Antique.

Enjoy lunch, tea and Japanese sweets and cakes, refreshment in the evening, and meals at famous shops in Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and Ginza.

For more information, please click here.

http://www.tokyoartantiques.com/

 

 

Currently, on the third floor of the Paula Ginza Building (Ginza 1-7-7) facing Chuo-dori, the "Paula Museum Annex Exhibition 2016" entitled "-Video and Mobility-" is being held.

 

This exhibition displays the works of artists that have been adopted in the past as a grant for overseas training of young artists at the Paula Art Foundation.

 

This is the ninth time, under the supervision of art critic Shunsuke Kijima, Akimoto, Shinichi Tsuchiya, Seiko Yamamoto, Yuki Hirakawa, and four young artists are on display.

The period is until April 17 (Sun). Admission is free

 

Click here for the work of Mr. Shue Akimoto

 

Here is the work of Mr. Tsuchiya Shinichi

 

Click here for the work of Seiko Yamamoto

 

Shooting in the gallery is OK unless it is strobe shooting or video shooting

Click here for the website of Paula Museum Annex　⇒

http://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/

 

 

 

From April 6 (Wednesday), various foods in Setouchi will gather at the 7th floor event venue at Ginza Mitsukoshi in Ginza 4-chome, and the "Food Setouchi Fair" will be held.

I went to noon on the first day, but it was very crowded and it was a great success.

Setouchi power, fearless

 

The period is until April 12 (Tuesday).

 

In addition, Mitsukoshi Isetan is the promotion partner of the contemporary art festival "Setouchi Triennale 2016" held on the islands of the Seto Inland Sea. On the wall of the building facing the 4th Street intersection, there is such a banner.

 

Genichiro Inokuma (from Kagawa Prefecture, photo below), one of the participating artists of Setouchi Triennale 2016, is the creator of Mitsukoshi wrapping paper "Hanahiraku", but the Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

 

The design of "Hana Hiraku", which is popular as the face of Mitsukoshi, is collaborating with various items.

 

Click here for the website of Ginza Mitsukoshi "Food Setouchi Fair"　⇒

http://www.mitsukoshiguide.jp/ginza/setouchi/

 

 

 

Mitsuaki Iwago's photo exhibition "Tsugaru no Cat" is being held at Noevia Ginza Gallery on the first floor of the Noevia Ginza headquarters building in Ginza 7-chome.

 

This is a photo exhibition of cats by Mr. Iwaai, who has been taking pictures of cats for more than 40 years.

Mr. Iwago is an animal photographer who is famous for his photo exhibition "World Cat Walk" held all over Japan.

 

As the title says "Tsugaru Cat", through the life of cats, the beautiful and harsh seasons of Tsugaru can be felt for each work, spring, summer, autumn and winter.

 

You can feel kind.

 

The period is from Monday, April 4 to July 1 (Fri).

The holding time is from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are until 5:00 pm.

 

In addition, we received your consent regarding photography at the gallery.

Click here for the website of Noevia Ginza Gallery　⇒

http://gallery.noevir.jp/

 

 

 

 

"Chuo-dori" passes through Nihonbashi, Kyobashi, and Ginza in Chuo-ku. Especially in the town of Ginza, it is commonly called "Ginza Street", and it is a central street in Japan that is not to mention.

The charm of Ginza Street is ...

The unique feeling of air early in the morning, the enjoyment of a holiday in a pedestrian paradise, the cityscape of dazzling light at night ...

I can’t say in one word, each person.

 

However, the most attractive thing is that there are new discoveries every time you walk.

 

 

For example, the street tree on Ginza Street is such a tree, but it seems that it is intentionally suppressing its height.

There may be a reason for this, but it is at night that works ... I thought so when I walked at night.

 

Low-height street trees do not block the light of pillar-shaped streetlights and do not make shades.

Therefore, "Ginza Street at Night" is unusually bright because of street trees that do not make shades.

 

 

At Christmas time, the street trees are added further and the scenery is colored with illuminations, but even if it is not Christmas time, it is a light street where the lights of the city are very dazzling.

(2015/12/6/Winter illumination "Hikari Michi")

 

When it rains on Ginza Street at night, the light reflected on the road surface makes the city brighter at night, increasing the atmosphere.

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Even if it rains, you'll want to walk on the opposite side of Ginza Street at night.

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I walked quite a bit in the autumn of last year when it was still warm, such attractive "Night Ginza Street".

While walking many times, I have been able to find some of my favorite ways to walk in Ginza where you can enjoy the scenery of Ginza.

 

When you want to walk around the city of Ginza, it may be good to use Ginza Station or Ginza 1-chome Station to suddenly get off to the city of Ginza, but getting off at the next station and walking into the city of Ginza is another way to enjoy it.

 

 

For example, this is Ginza Street at night, which can be seen from Yurikamome Shimbashi Station (Minato-ku).

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This street, which looks strangely bright from between the buildings, is a town scenery reminiscent of Ginza. This is a view that makes you want to enter Ginza Street at night from Shimbashi.

 

 

And another way to enjoy the scenery of the city from the opposite direction of Chuo-dori. Get off at Kyobashi Station and take Exit 6 to Chuo-dori.

 

When you get out of the exit, you will see the other side and back of the road. This place where you can see the Meijiya Kyobashi Building. After taking a picture, I will walk from the town of Kyobashi toward Ginza.

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If you walk a little, there is Yoshinoya of Gyudon in this area. On the other side of the road, there is Tokyo Square Garden in Kyobashi, but you can see "Ginza Street at Night" where you walk.

(Hereinafter: October 28, 2015)

I often walked after 22:00 on my way home from work. After 22:00, the streetlights in the town of Kyobashi fall and become slightly darker.

Moreover, when the Tokyo Square Garden is not illuminated in winter, the surrounding area is not so bright, so you can feel the city of Ginza that can be seen far away.

 

The Ginza that you can see from here is like this. Under the place where the highway runs above, there was a long time ago, where "Kyobashi" was over, and the road is a little exciting.

The upper highway and the raised road below cut out the scenery of Ginza like a frame. It is a place where the "frame frame effect" is working, where the glittering scenery stands out even more.

 

The picture frame effect means that if the scenery is surrounded by something like a window frame, the visible part is restricted, the scenery of the visible part is emphasized more and the gaze is concentrated there. Therefore, it is an effect that the feeling improves.

 

In addition, the place where this Kyobashi crossed was "outside of the curve" on Chuo-dori.

Because you can't see the end of the city of Ginza, if you feel "I want to see the first", you will be drawn to the top of the curve where the bridge was located.

As you approach the top of the curve of the road, the picture of Ginza in the frame gradually becomes visible to the end of the street as if it were moving.

 

This process of gradually seeing the end of the city of Ginza is very irresistible.

 

Some people may feel as excited as when entering Disneyland.

 

 

And as a result of being smoked...

In the past, "Ginza Street at Night" can be seen from a small place where Kyobashi was built. I think it's a beautiful city scene.

This is the "outside of the curve", so it is a place where you can feel as if you are in the middle of Ginza Street.

 

 

A scene where you feel something like aspiration power that seems to be inhaled somehow.

 

The way to enjoy in the future is for each person, but it is a scenery where you feel that it is okay to be sucked up to the point where you can see it as it is.