Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

The cherry blossoms have passed, and the cold season has finally ended.

And he said...It is the opening of the Edo boating tour season, "Touring around the water city, Tokyo by boat"!

Edo is a water city and a prosperous town based on logistics by waterways. Currently, there are many major roads in Tokyo that were originally waterways. And in Chuo-ku, there are a number of active waterways, led by the Sumida River and Nihonbashi River. Let's go around there by boat! That's a boating tour. It's not just a boat play, but a journey through the Balibari arterial road where trade boats come and go until a little more than 100 years ago, the waterway that was the gateway. In addition to the remnants of Edo, there are many remains where the gorgeous Meiji Taisho era remains. You can see Are and Chore, which can not be seen from the ground, along with the guide's explanation.

Is there anyone who knows where it is here?...！？ (The hint is the site of a certain subway.)

Of course, I also go around the hot places now.

In Tsukiji Market...

Toyosu planned site!

There are various types of tours, so you can choose what place, how much time, and how deep you want to see according to your preference. Each tour has a professional guide, so it's very interesting.

You can also see landfills under construction in Tokyo Bay.

The boating tour is not held in winter, so the next few months will be the on-season. At that time, a wide variety of tours are held. For more information, please visit our website.

→The Association for the Creation of Water City Tokyo

When you look at Tokyo in Heisei from a spacious waterway, you can see a completely different figure. I think you can also experience the people and things from Edo to the pre-war period, the flow of culture, and how to connect with neighboring areas such as Asakusa.

It is a very fulfilling event, so please come and visit Chuo-ku from the waterway in the coming warm season.

By the way...

This is for those who say, "I like bridges rather than rivers!"

"Bridge Pocket Map" edited by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction. It is a wonderful book that covers major rivers and bridges in Tokyo.

It's like this when you open the inside.

Each one is pocket-sized, 5 books in total. The price of the box set that contains all is 800 yen. It is also sold at the Kachidokibashi Museum, located at the base of Kachidokibashi. I don't really recommend these maps.

 

 

"Chuo-ohashi Bridge" over the Sumida River. With the white and high main tower of this bridge in the background, many cherry blossoms bloomed again this year, delighting people's eyes.

　

Looking at the upper and middle sides of this bridge girder, you can see that there are unusual things that other bridges on the Sumida River do not have. The statue was given to Tokyo as a sign of friendship from Paris, France. This is the "Messenger Statue" by Osship Zackin.

　

The Seine River, which flows through Paris, France, is a friendly river on the Sumida River in Tokyo. This statue was given by Jack Sirak, the mayor of Paris at the time of the friendship.

　

In order to see this statue from the closest, you need to walk to the middle of Hashigami. However, since the statue faces the upstream of the river, I don't understand the front side of the statue, like "Why don't you turn your face?"

　

　

When I was wondering if there was a way to watch from the front side, I knew that there was a similar statue in Yamanashi Prefecture, so I came to see it during the cherry blossoms this spring.

　

　

The statue is located in Kiyoharu Art Village, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture. It is a refreshing spot where museums and architecture are dotted in the mountain village surrounded by mountains, but especially in the spring, it is famous as a place where cherry blossoms are in full bloom against Mt. Kai-komagatake in the background, attracting many tourists.

　

This Kiyoharu Art Village was built on the site of a closed school by Chozo Yoshii of "Yoshii Gallery" in Ginza 8-chome, who died last year. The fact that there are many cherry trees is the remnants of the former elementary school.

　

Actually, my home likes Yamanashi Prefecture, and it has been 15 years since I came to see the cherry blossoms and peach blossoms of Yamanashi every year. I've come to see the cherry blossoms at Kiyoharu Art Village several times, but I guess there was a messenger statue in this place ... I was surprised.

　

　

As soon as you enter the entrance of Kiyoharu Art Village, there is a building called "La Rush", and this statue stands in a way that welcomes visitors.

　

The face is flat, but it is characterized by a step on the left and right. In addition, the strength of the legs is very conveyed.

　

The left arm is turned from behind to the right shoulder,

The most impressive thing was that the right arm, which holds the sailing ship carefully on the front of the body, was very powerful.

　

The author of this statue is Osship Zackin. He is a sculptor from Russia and is active in Paris, France. It seems that he had been staying in a building called "La Rush" in Paris, where artists gather, and the reason is that there is a statue in front of "La Rush" in Kiyoharu Art Village.

　

The Messenger statue was made in 1937 and was exhibited at the Paris World Exposition that year. It seems that it was originally a wooden sculpture, and then several bronze statues were made at Kiyoharu Art Village and Chuo-ohashi Bridge.

　

　

At Chuo-ohashi Bridge on the Sumida River, there is an explanation relief for this bronze statue.

　

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"According to a guide to the World Exposition at that time, this work represents the guardian deity of France who dispatches ships overseas in search of rare wood."
And more

"The sailing ship in the statue reminds me of the sailing ship depicted on the emblem of Paris."

It's written.

　

Looking at the emblem of Paris on Wikipedia, it is true that a sailing ship with sails is drawn in the center of the emblem.

The Latin slogan "FLUCTUAT NEC MERGITUR" is attached. This is a word that means "tayudo not sink" or "waft but do not sink".

　

The city of Paris, like Tokyo, was once developed by water transport. Originally, this word was the word of the water transport association around Paris, expressing the strong will of the sailors.

　

"It may shake by the waves, but it never sinks."

　

Paris is a city that has been at the mercy of history such as revolutions, floods, and world wars, but it is a meaningful word that symbolizes Paris.

　

　

A messenger statue holding a sailing ship with a deep meaning.

　

If this Messenger statue contains such a message that represents the essence of Paris, would it mean that Tokyo receives an important message from Paris?

　

A message sent from Chuo-ohashi Bridge toward the upper reaches of the Sumida River by a messenger from Paris. The composition that Tokyo's historic Eitai Bridge welcomes and receives it.

Eitai Bridge continues to watch the Sumida River and has long reigned as the gate of the Sumida River in Edo and Tokyo, and is the most suitable bridge for pick-up.

There may be a reason why the Messenger statue is facing upstream, not downstream of the Sumida River.

　

　

When I was writing this article, there was news that terrorism occurred in Paris ...

The word "Don't sink." Once again, I felt it was a very meaningful word.

　

 

 

April 19 is a map day.

　

　<Bronze statue of Tadataka Ino, Koto-ku>

　

The survey journey began on April 19, 1800 old calendar leap, and it took 40,000 km and 17 years.

　Traces of Tadataka Ino, who achieved his feat, are also left in Chuo-ku.

　

I'm looking for a map. It was used to create a house and survey map, and Japan's first full-scale map based on actual measurements was completed.

　

　

At the end of Kameshima Bridge. It is the last survey site in his later years, and there is an explanation board in the place where he died.

　

To measure the same distance as around the earth when there was no modern surveying technology or means of transportation.　

It's a great thing.

Why don't you take this opportunity to feel Mr. Tadataka's feat?

◆Around Hatchobori, Nihonbashi Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

　

 

 

[Night Cherry Blossom Quiz]

Suddenly, which cherry tree is this? (The answer is the last. It is not along the Sumida River.

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Unfortunately it was raining on the weekend, but this year the cherry blossoms along the Sumida River were beautiful.

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The photo at the top is the cherry blossoms of Tokyo Square Garden. I'm taking a picture toward Ginza.

　

 

 

While some information was heard that cherry blossoms were in full bloom in Tokyo, cotton went to Onsen tour instead of cherry-blossom viewing.

　

Today, I would like to introduce Minatoyu, located just a 7-minute walk from Hatchobori Station on the Tokyo Metro, near Teppozu Inari Shrine.

Minato Yu, which was renewed in 2010, is located on the first floor of a 7-story white building. The black wall at the entrance, combined with the white of the building, has a stylish appearance.

　　

　

When you enter the entrance, there is a bright counter-type reception on the left. On the right, there is a monthly locker for regular customers. If you use it here, you can come empty-handed. I love it.

At the end of the reception, there is a space where you can relax after a bath, and there are chairs, TVs, and massage chairs (charged).

　

As you pass through the noren, a corridor that passes through the water drops of the bath appears.

The end of the corridor is the dressing room. This is also clean, and the wood grain locker (¥ 100 return type) is fashionable. The washbasin is equipped with two dryers worth 20/5 minutes. Women don't have this, don't they?

　

Finally to the bathroom

Minatoyu has two bathrooms, a modern Japanese Kuroishi type bathroom and a warm wood grain type, so you can enjoy it every week.

This time, I entered a wood-grained bathroom. The walls are wood grain, but the ceiling height and the black ceiling steam creates a fantastic atmosphere.

In addition, you can enjoy a variety of baths such as boiling water (46 ° C), jacuzzi (43 ° C), ultrasonic bath (44 ° C), and sauna.

The hot water uses soft water that has been removed from minerals (calcium, magnesium, etc.) and is gentle on the skin and has excellent heat retention and moisturizing effects. It's true that the skin is smooth.

　

　　　　Hot water　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Comfort sauna

　　

There are two types of sauna, "comfort sauna" using infrared rays (somewhat high temperature and low humidity) and "locky sauna" (somewhat low temperature and high humidity) that drops water drops on heated stones. What's nice is that there is a TV in the sauna. You can warm your body slowly while watching TV.

Next time, I would like to enter the "silk bath" and "locky sauna" in another bathroom.

　

Please drop in on the way back to the cherry blossom viewing.

1-6-2, Minato, Chuo-ku, Tokyo TEL.03-3551-0667

Open from 15:00 to 24:30 Every Saturday Closed

Bathing fee Adult 460 yen Sauna 400 yen (only sauna is not available)

　　　　　 Elementary school students 180 yen Preschool children 80 yen

Bath set (towel, body soap, rinse-in shampoo set) is sold at the front desk.

Rental bath towel (¥100)

＊There is no shampoo and body soap provided twice a month on the “Community Contact Public Bath” day.