Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

The story of Kyobashi. It is a continuation from the last time (Click here last time → [Kyobashi Monogatari 1]).

　　

It is the city of Kyobashi seen from Ginza. The Kyobashi River used to flow at the border between these two towns, and Kyobashi was built on it. The main pillar of the bridge built in the Meiji and Taisho eras is left as a historic site, but it is no longer difficult to imagine that era from the current cityscape.

However, the city of Kyobashi seen from Ginza was once known as a picturesque landscape. What kind of city was it? How did the cityscape be created? I would like to introduce it in several times using postcards.

　

I'm going to start talking with a single photo.

Photo provided: Chuo Ward Kyobashi Library

I see "Kyobashi" that spans the Kyobashi River from the Ginza side. At that time, in 1895, the street of Kyobashi was named "Minami Temmacho", and a huge gate temporarily stood on the south Temmacho side of the bridge. This is a triumphal gate built during the Sino-Japanese War. It seems that triumphal gates in various shapes were built all over the country to welcome the soldiers who went on the expedition.

On the other hand, "Kyobashi". The Soseki is said to be in the early Edo period, but the bridge in this era was replaced from wooden to stone by Kangoro Hashimoto, a famous mason in Higo, Kyushu in 1875. The main pillar of this bridge, which drew a stunning arch, had the traditional design of the Kyobashi giboshi.

　

Kyobashi later replaced an iron bridge in Meiji 34 (1901). It is said that the main pillars and balustrades were diverted from the previous Ishibashi, and the side of the arch was covered so that the structure inside could not be seen, and the pattern was applied.

The Japanese-style gate on the left is the Kyobashi Arc de Triomphe, which was built around 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War. The one with the Arc de Triomphe is on the Ginza side. A tram runs on the bridge, and a small boat carrying rice bales floats on the Kyobashi River.

　

This is a postcard. When the postcard was approved in 1900 (Meiji 33), the postcard became popular with the victory mood of the Russo-Japanese War. At this time, there was no radio yet, and postcards played an important role as a means of communicating information to various places. And that information has been delivered to the present at different times in the form of valuable historical materials from the early 20th century.

　

Streetcars are often reflected in postcards on Ginza Street. After replacing Kyobashi with iron, the tram began passing in Meiji 36 (1903), so postcards began at a time similar to the history of iron Kyobashi and Ginza Street tram.

　

This is a view of Ginza Street in the Arc de Triomphe from Minami Temmacho. As the flag flutters, flower trains run, and the people are rushing on the bridge. The appeal of postcards is that you can enjoy the atmosphere of the time, which cannot be learned in history textbooks.

I still have the charm of postcards. Occasionally, interesting things are shown. This is a postcard with a view of Minami Temmacho from Ginza. There is a gas lamp on the right end, and a telephone box is on the lower left.

For the first time, I learned about the phone box in an article previously reported by correspondent Hanes. Please take a look at it.

　　　　It was in Kyobashi! Japan's first street payphone　→ Here

　

By the way, this postcard is called "hand-colored postcard", which is colored by a coloring teacher on each one. I don't know if it was the real color because it's sometimes painted with the person's favorite color.

　

If you look closely at the distance in the upper right corner of the phone box, you will see the clock tower. This is Kobayashi Clock Store in Minami Temmacho. Kobayashi Clock Store is famous for its large clock tower built in Hachikan-cho (now Ginza 8-chome), and a clock tower was also built at this branch in Minami Temmacho. Kintaro Hattori, the founder of the Hattori Clock Store, saw the prosperity of this Kobayashi Clock Store, and decided to become a watch dealer.

　

The picture postcard below is probably the scenery of Minami Temmacho in the late Meiji era. On the other side of the bridge is the beer hall in Minami Temmacho, and on the far right is the main pillar of Kyobashi with the word "Kiyahashi" and something like a gas lamps.

At the current site of Kyobashi, there are two main pillars engraved with "Kiyauhashi" and "Kyobashi", but as you can see, the place where it was actually installed at that time was "Kiyauhashi" was on the right side from the Ginza side, and "Kyobashi" was on the right side just before the Minami Temmacho side.

By the way, when I looked into past photos of the two main pillars, one seemed to be the bridge year of 1901, and the other seemed to have some characters carved, but I could not decipher it.

　

After that, we entered the era of the Taisho era. This photo seems to be around Taisho 2.3 (1913.4). This is a photo of Ginza from Minami Temmacho. The building on the right side is Nissha. The current Yomiuri Shimbun was here.

Nissha had a clock tower at the end of the Meiji era, but it was removed in a few years. The city of Ginza was a place where many Meiji period and newspapers gathered, and it was also a center of information.

　

On the other hand, on the Minami Temmacho side, in 1914, a building of Toyokuni Bank Kyobashi Branch was completed on the diagonal line of the Nissha Bridge. It is around the building where the current LIXIL is built.

The design of the postcard is probably the scenery seen from the tower of the circular dome. Since this building was built in the Taisho era, the city of Minami Temmacho will blossom at a rapid pace.

　

The following year, Kyobashi was built in 1915, but there is a memorial gate on the Minami Temmacho side and a memorial tower on the Ginza side. One of the major bridges, including Kyobashi, was built with some big celebration.

This is a postcard of the Emperor Taisho's great lord (the throne and Great Thanksgiving Ceremony) was held in November. What is drawn on the stamp is the octagonal Takamikura, which is used in the throne of the throne at the time of the succession of the throne. It seems that the current Takamiza was reproduced at the time of the Emperor Taisho, and this will be used again this year.

　

Looking at Minami Temmacho from a different angle, the Toyokuni Bank is shown on the right side of the street, and the construction of a new building has begun opposite it.

This is the building of Daido Life Insurance Tokyo Branch, completed in 1916, the following year. It was called "Daido Life Building" and had a circular dome roof similar to Toyokuni Bank. After this, it will become a building that will be the face of Minami Temmacho, which creates the atmosphere of Taisho Roman. In terms of its current location, it is located on the ground floor of Tokyo Square Garden, above Central FM.

Photo provided: Chuo Ward Kyobashi Library

Is it around 1916? The bridge seen from this Daido Life Building and the cityscape of Ginza.

Minami Temmacho, where tall buildings began to be built. You will be able to get a bird's-eye view of the city of Ginza from a high place, and this kind of photo will appear in the future. In the Taisho era, Minami Temmacho began this way.

Followed.

　

 

 

Around noon, when I was walking around Ginza 1-chome, I suddenly found a shop with a mysterious store name.




The signboard says "Tsukisuso", but is it Tsukuso?　Do you think?　？ ？
Looking at the menu, it looks like a shop centered on fish, but I was curious and saw it immediately.





When you open the door of the entrance, you will find the stairs leading to the basement. It's a little steep, but there's no problem with the railings.





There was a handwritten menu on the wall. Expectations are increasing.
"Welcome," he said in a cheerful voice. Both the kitchen and the service are men only.





Inside the store, there are counter seats around the kitchen, and 13 to 14 people can sit.


There was also a small digging gotatsu-style private room depending on the location. This is large enough to accommodate up to 10 people.





From today's lunch menu, we chose "Silver stewed set meal" (1,000 yen including tax).
I've been prepared and brought to the table neatly!





In addition to the main stew, small bowls, tuna fillets, fried tofu and chikuwa stew, pickles and miso soup.
The simmering is exquisite and very delicious!


This shop is based on Toyosu Naka Wholesale "Oshin Shoten", which was founded in 1868, and just opened in late October 2018.
The signboard "Tsukisoso" came from the store name "Tsukiji no Osonori".

As expected, it was a taste that conveys the quality of fish.


The lunch menu includes not only fish dishes such as sashimi set meal, mackerel dried fish set meal, and Bansuke Hokke dried fish set meal, but also Sakurahime Tori Tang set meal.
Lunch rice is OK instead, and you can hear the customer's voice saying "Please replace me."


It's also nice that the store's Facebook has posted information about purchasing letters and menus.
https://www.facebook.com/ Tsukisso Ginza Store-2183838465223309/


There were some vacant seats when I entered the store, but it was full by the end of eating!
I'm convinced that it's a popular shop.


When you come to Ginza 1-chome, please enjoy delicious fish.


[About shops]　
Store name; Tsukiji's Osori Ginza store
Address: 1-4-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku Daiichi Nasda Building B1F
Place; 1-minute walk from Exit 3 of Ginza 1-chome Station on the Yurakucho Line, 3-minute walk from Kyobashi Exit of JR Yurakucho Station.
Phone: ０３－６２６３－０２７８
Sales; Mon-Sat, the day before the holiday from 11:00 to 14:00, 16:00 to 22:00　
https://www.facebook.com/ Tsukisso Ginza Store-2183838465223309/

 

 

This is a landscape painting exhibition by Arata Kimura, which is being held at Gallery Ginza, a gallery in Ginza 2-chome.

The theme is "Light, Impression, and Ease", and the event period is from Saturday, January 26 to February 7 (Thu).

Please note that the time is from 10 am to 6:30 pm, but the last day is until 5 pm

Mr. Kimura's exhibition at the gallery was introduced on this blog last March.

Mr. Kimura's commitment that he taught at the last time, "Draw everything from base to completion at the site" is still continuing.

The very cold winter scenery covered with snow may capture the atmosphere there just because Mr. Kimura was drawn at the scene.

I am impressed by the beauty of Japan's four seasons, the warmth of early spring, the freshness of fresh greenery, the lyrical at dusk, and the loneliness of late autumn are all incorporated into the picture.

Mr. Kimura's elaborate brushing, which does not loosen up to one of the twigs of the tree, felt a sincere approach to the work, and I was able to appreciate it really comfortably.

The venue is on both the first and second floors of Gallery Ginza.

In addition, this time, we received your consent about the photography in the gallery, and we were able to hear valuable stories from Mr. Kimura, who was in the corridor at the time of the visit, such as the origin of the title of the work I'm done

Thank you very much

Click here for a blog post that introduces the work exhibition held at the gallery last March.　⇒

/archive/2018/03/post-5022.html

Click here for the website of Gallery Ginza.　⇒

https://www.gallery-ginza.com/

 

 

Hello, this is Minato kid.

There are a variety of public things on the sidewalk. Not only town information boards and monuments, but also if you look up a little, signs, traffic lights, curve mirrors, etc. that protect the safety of pedestrians, and if you look at your feet, you will be drawn on manhole patterns and pavement tiles The pictures will catch our eyes and delight us.

Today, even in such a situation, I collected illustrations with nostalgic touches and retro ones with rare modeling.

♪　Various information boards

This is a tourist information board found on the sidewalk of Tsukuda Nakadori. Handwritten pictures and letters will be fun just by looking at them! Under the title of "Tsukuda / Tsukishima Walking Map", here we introduce Tsukuda Island is the birthplace of Tsukudani, River City 21, Ishikawajima Lighthouse Ruins, etc., and Monja Street, Tsukishima Kannon, a little further We stretch and guide Kachidokibashi.

This is the Sumida River Terrace. This panel is installed on the wall on the sidewalk at Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge. Introducing creatures gathering on the terrace, such as fish and wild birds, and how the water quality deteriorated in the 1930s improved using graphs. The graph part is open and closed.

♪　Flower bed on the sidewalk

A green plate with the word "flower azalea of the ward" stands on the flower bed on the sidewalk. It looks like it was installed in the city. It's a plate that you don't see much now, so it may be a long time ago. It is the same type, and the right is the "tree of the ward".

♪　This and so on

This mark was found on Namiki-dori St. in Ginza, which is prohibited from poisting. This is embedded in the pavement of the sidewalk. Currently, the design is different from the mark seen on the sidewalk in Chuo-ku, so it may be a long time ago.

It is a plate that calls for dog manners, often installed on pillars on the sidewalk and concrete walls. It states, "Please connect when walking" and "Let's bring back dog droppings properly."


It's a bit hard to see, but this is a sharp picture touch, saying, "Let's keep your dog connected" and "don't forget registration and vaccination."

It is a signboard that prohibits ball play, installed in Tsukuda Park. I like an illustration with a nostalgic feeling!

This is a precautionary note installed on the Sumida River Terrace and the protective fence. Requests to terrace users include the precautions for walking dogs, not entering the planting, and not throwing away garbage. The illustration of the dog is cute.

♪　A lot of water

It is a water supply installed in a park in the Minato area. The shape of the stump is fairy tale. The table on which children ride when drinking water is also a small stump. The iron fence part has a wooden pattern and is quite elaborate. This worried design doesn't fade over time.

It's the water supply of Tsukuda moat. The iron fence is shaped like a pigeon.

It is a water supply installed in a park in the Tsukuda area. It looks like a potted plant. There is a plate called "Please cooperate with water saving Chuo-ku". The season is coming.

♪　Astringent

It is a well found along the Shin-ohashi-dori St. The manufacturer could not be identified, but various wells can be found in various parts of Chuo-ku. Wells have trademarks and numbers, but there are so many types, so it's interesting to compare them.

This is a bulletin board on the sidewalk found in the Tsukishima area. The notice part is green board and the eaves are also wooden. Nowadays, there are not many wooden bulletin boards left. It's very valuable.

This is a public telephone installed in a park in the Minato area. The round roof is illuminated, and the door is attached to the table where the telephone is installed. Recently, the number of public telephones has decreased. The appearance feels nostalgic, but the phone inside is relatively new.

It is a stone fire prevention water tub found in each area of Chuo-ku. Fire tubs are often placed in front of the entrance of the house. A long time ago, we stored water here in case of emergency.

"When the sparks flew in the air raid, I drained water from the tub and went home so that it would not cause a fire," said a local person.

※　The fire prevention water tub I met this time contained the personal name, so I will introduce it with illustrations. Thank you for your understanding.

♪　Stylish object

It is a clock tower located on a terrace in the Nihonbashi Hakozaki area.

There's a cute object on the top. There's a small child on the helicopter.

This is a clock tower built in commemoration of the expansion and maintenance of the Sumida River Terrace when the construction of the Eidan Hanzomon Line was carried out in 2001.

♪　Flowers of local people

As an old landscape of Chuo-ku, you can see many potted plants lined up at the eaves.

In areas where private houses are dense and there is little green, it seems that it was customary to put potted plants in order to feel the flowers as close as possible. In addition to such potted plants, you can also see flower beds grown in the town council.

When you see the flowers blooming beautifully, you feel like there is a smile of people there, and we walking naturally feel fun. The sidewalk in Chuo-ku is interesting!

Correspondent Minato kid, Chuo-ku Tourism Association

No. 34 January 29, 2019

 

 

This is a rosemary sea, which directly covers "gifts and I enjoy myself."

Hakutsuru Ginza Style (HAKUTSURU GINZA STYLE), as I have explained so far, was set up for the purpose of transmitting a lifestyle with sake from Ginza here.

Since 2006, various seminars on sake have been held mainly.

Click here for past articles, "Seminar classrooms are like this" that can be imagined of classrooms.

⇒　/archive/2017/05/post-4353.html

Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. Hakutsuru Ginza Style Fukumoto also took care of this time.

This time, I would like to introduce two seminars that are currently being recruited from late February to mid-March.

Then...

<Seminar held twice that can be selected day and night>

Approach the charm of amazake!

Held on February 21 (Thursday)

　　　Lecturer: Chiya Hagiwara, Product Development Division, Hakutsuru Sake Brewery

　　　Participation fee: Lunch 2,000 yen (with amazake, dessert, tea and souvenirs)

　　　※　We don't offer alcohol in the afternoon.

　　　　　　　Night Club 4,000 yen (with amazake, sake, lunch box and souvenir)

　　　Time Daytime 14:00-15:30

　　　　　　Night Club 18:45-20:15

　　　Application deadline: Wednesday, February 6

amazake is also called "drinking infusion" because of the effect of sake lees and koji.

I approach the secret of amazake.

You can experience drinking comparison with different kinds of amazake.

There is also an introduction to drinks and dessert recipes using amazake.

It will be held twice as long as you can choose from day and night.

In the afternoon, you can enjoy tasting amazake desserts, and in the evening, you can enjoy sake along with seasonal lunch.

In the daytime section, preschool children can be accompanied by advance notice.

The state-of-the-art sake brewing, described by the director of the Hakutsuru Research Office

March 14 (Thursday)

　　　Lecturer: Takahiro Akashi, General Manager, Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Research Office

　　　Participation fee: 5,000 yen (with lunch box, sake and souvenirs)

　　　Time １８：４５～２０：１５

　　　Application deadline: Wednesday, February 27

This seminar will be held by Mr. Shiratsuru's laboratory director himself.

The latest brewing research and technology development will be explained in an easy-to-understand and polite manner.

There are plenty of back stories that are hard to hear, such as the state of the laboratory and difficult stories.

You can enjoy the specialty sake with a seasonal lunch box.

Why don't you master the deep world of sake that you can't usually know?

※　In the case of a large number of applicants, a lottery will be held.

(Every seminar is popular. The probability of winning lottery is high.

For more information, please refer to the following website.

Hakutsuru Ginza style

（ＨＡＫＵＴＳＵＲＵ ＧＩＮＺＡ ＳＴＹＬＥ）

Ginza 5-12-5 Hakutsuru Building 7th floor

It's a building opposite the traffic light corner of Kabukiza.

Contact

Telephone 03-3543-0776

９：００～１２：００ ・ １３：００～１７：００

(excluding weekends and holidays)

Click here for details.

⇒　http://www.hakutsuru.co.jp/g-style/

 

 

Today, I came to the rooftop of Ginza Six.

　

After walking through the crowds of Ginza Street, when you come here, you will feel a little calm. It's also a good idea to take a leisurely tour of the rooftop and look for Tokyo Tower and Sky Tree. But there are other things I would like to see. It's the streets of Ginza. Among them, the best one is the 4-chome intersection.

Wako's clock tower is really good. However, I have the impression that the city of Ginza is more crunchy than I expected.　

　

Before Ginza Six was built, the Matsuzakaya Ginza store was located in this place. The pre-war landscape from Matsuzakaya was like this (around 1933).

Ginza is more refreshing than it is now, about 10 years after the Great Kanto Earthquake. Wako, which stands at the 4-chome intersection, was called Hattori Clock Store at this time. To the right is Ginza Mitsukoshi, and beyond the Hattori Clock Store, Kyobunkan is visible.

　

Looking at the history, these three were built in the following years.

　　　　Ginza Mitsukoshi, 1930 (1930)　

　　　　1932 Hattori Clock Store

　　　　1933, Kyobunkan

If we can go back little by little to the past, the building will disappear in a new order. This time, I would like to change my taste a little, go back in time in the past, and guide you to the time trip on Ginza Street.

　

First of all, I went back a little, but there is a building that has disappeared. Do you understand?

According to history, the Kyobunkan has disappeared. Since the Hattori Clock Store is built, it is the scenery around 1932, the year before the Kyobunkan was built.

　

The architect of the Kyobunkan is Antonin Raymond. In the city of Ginza, there were several buildings he designed, but Matsuzakaya, who is now there, also had an age of his design.

On the other hand, Hattori Clock Store. This clock tower was the second generation, and the first clock tower was built in Meiji 27 (1894). After the first generation was demolished for renovation, the Great Kanto Earthquake struck, and nine years after the earthquake, the second generation was built.

　

Let's take a look back. It is a 4-chome intersection around Showa 4 (1929).

The building of the Hattori Clock Store is gone. There is a crane across the street, so Mitsukoshi is under construction. Beyond it is Yamaguchi Bank, and the big building you can see beyond is Matsuya Ginza, a department store. You can see that Matsuya was already open at this time.

　

Let's go back further.

Then a low-rise ballaque-style building appeared at the Hattori Clock Store. It is the scenery of the first year of Showa. This low-rise building was built after the earthquake, and it is said that Mitsukoshi was occupying and operating temporarily. After that, Mitsukoshi started building a building on the opposite side, and immediately after the Imperial Capital Reconstruction Festival in 1930, opened Ginza Mitsukoshi as a large-scale department store.

　

Let's go back to the year of the earthquake. Then the building in Matsuya turns into a steel frame.

At the bottom of the photo, it seems that the shadow of the steel frame of the Matsuzakaya building appears to be reflected, so it seems that the buildings of Matsuya and Matsuzakaya were both steel frames. Historically, the opening of each business has been completed.

　　　　December 1, 1924, Matsuzakaya

　　　　May 1, 1925 Matsuya, 1925

That's why it's a landscape around 1924. Speaking of 1924, the year after the Great Kanto Earthquake, you can see the reconstruction of buildings here and there in this landscape.

　

　

As you can see, the roof of today's Ginza Six was a place where we have been watching the reconstruction of the city of Ginza since the Great Kanto Earthquake.

　

Matsuzakaya is a large-scale department store that opened for the first time in Ginza. At that time, Ginza 6-chome was called Owaricho, and the building was built by Kunimitsu Life Insurance. Kunimitsu Life opened on the upper floor, and Matsuzakaya entered on the lower floor and set up a store.

I can't believe it now, but it's a hot topic as the first department store where you can enter the entire building foot. There is also a bustling rooftop zoo and a yellow shuttle bus from nearby stations, and with the opening of Matsuzakaya, Ginza will change from a luxury-oriented city to a city that can be enjoyed by the general public.

　

On the other hand, how was Matsuya Ginza? I can't see it a little far away, so I'll move in the air and approach it.

The flapping flag is the Matsuya mark designed from pine and crane, and the below is Ginza Street. This is the rooftop of Matsuya after completion. I look at the direction from Ginza 3-chome to 1-chome.

　

Matsuya opened in 1925, about six months after the opening of Matsuzakaya. Matsuya itself was founded in Yokohama in 1869 as Tsuruya, so this year marks the 150th anniversary of its founding. The 8-story building will be constructed by a life insurance company. However, on the way, Matsuya decided to move into the lower floor, and the design change made a large atrium. Even if you are hit by the earthquake in a steel frame, it will open 20 months later.

In particular, the interior seemed to be very luxurious, attracting many visitors to the store and exposing the topic. After this, together with Matsuzakaya, I will become a leading player in the reconstruction of Ginza.

　

If you move your eyes to Ginza Street, you will see a large building diagonally opposite. This is the main building of the Okura Gumi, which was completed as a five-story building in 1915. At the time of construction, it was the tallest building in Tokyo.

As you can see from the year it was built, this building survived the Great Kanto Earthquake. Speaking of the main building of the Okura Gumi, it is also known when the first building with arc lights was lit, but it was about 40 years ago of this landscape. The photo shows the scenery of the second generation building, the first year of Showa. The current OkuraHouse, where Cartier enters, is the fourth generation.

　

What I'm worried about is the buildings that can be seen at the "end of the corner" across Ginza Street. The cityscape with a good atmosphere that makes you feel a Taisho romance is spreading. It must be a wonderful city.

　

Let's move in the air to the rooftop of the Okura Gumi Main Building and approach a little closer.

The tall building with the "tongari roof" on the left and the "circular dome" on the right are impressive. It was the first year of Showa.

　

I'm going to enter the Taisho era in this place. It is the street at the end of the corner around Taisho 14 (1925).

What? Something has changed.

The tongari roof has been turned into a circular dome. It seems that it was not a tongari roof in the Taisho era.　The town at the end of this corner was the current Kyobashi, and at that time it was the name of Minami Temmacho. The Kyobashi River flows at the corner, and "Kyobashi" should be built on it. At this time, only a few years after the earthquake, what kind of development did the city lined with large buildings?

　

I'll do it this time. Time slip and aerial walk on Ginza Street. How was it? From next time, I would like to introduce the cityscape of this "turning corner" in chronological order. It was a prologue of "Kyobashi Monogatari".

(References are scheduled to be compiled in the epilogue.)