Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

On Sunday, July 26, Nihonbashi Bridge washing, a summer tradition of Nihonbashi, was performed. This event is held by the famous bridge "Nihonbashi" preservation society every July, and the roads are blocked for the purpose of preserving and preserving Nihonbashi, and the bridge is washed throughout the city, including local people and people working for nearby companies. Was.

Nihonbashi is the starting point of the five highways in the Edo period, and has washed the road surface, including the "Japan Road Mark" and counts 45 times this year.

An open ceremony was held from 11:00, followed by a “Famous Water Together” in which famous waters from all over Japan were poured into the “Japan Road Original Mark” buried in the center of the bridge roadway.

First of all, three water sprinklers from the Tokyo National Land Office lined up and watered the bridge road, and participants began washing the Nihonbashi Bridge.

The signboard of "Nihonbashi" on the Metropolitan Expressway and elevated above the bridge was polished by elementary school students in a ladder truck of the Tokyo Fire Department, and finally, at the same time, both Kitazume and Minamizume were dynamically discharged with high water pressure. Was washed away.

Then the watering mill drained water and finished it.

This time, a large number of people (about 1,800 people) participated, and for about two hours, they manually removed the dirt on the bridge for one year using deck brushes and sardines.

The festival of Sumiyoshi Tsukuda-jinja Shirine

The portable shrine cruise will begin on August 1 next month.　

The people of Tsukuda who came to Edo after being asked by Ieyasu Tokugawa.

Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, the hometown of those people's hearts.

The festival of Sumiyoshi Tsukuda, which is held only once every three years.

A real Edo festival that lasts for hundreds of years.

It's all the locals who dig out the pillars of the banner in the water, raise the pillars of the banner, and build the torii.

Old and young, men and women always pass each other somewhere.

I'm carrying a portable shrine over there and here.

All portable shrine in each town of the octagonal portable shrine Hon-portable shrine cruises.

Why don't you become a bearer of portable shrine and participate in the festival?

For more information, please ask each neighborhood association.

   The following article is published in the Nikkei Shimbun today (July 10).

＞Volunteers from long-established stores in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, will collaborate with Mayfair, one of London's leading commercial areas, to develop sales channels and attract tourists from this fall. Work together with Mayfair, where long-established stores are concentrated, as a "sister city" to disseminate traditional products overseas. We aim to increase the recognition of "the long-established Nihonbashi store" for foreign customers who are increasing toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and increase the number of customers.

As a commentary on 　the “Mayfair District”

＞The district is located in the City of Westminster, a special ward in central London. Close to world-famous tourist attractions such as Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, and the British Museum.
　Long-established stores such as clothing stores and jewelry stores are lined from the head office of large companies.
　There are many well-known long-established stores in Japan, such as the tailor of Saville Row, a sacred place for suits that became the etymology of suits, Henry Pool, and the shoe store George Clevery.
　It is also a luxury residential area where politicians and nobles live.

It is said that there is no problem.　"Nihonbashi" has a lot in common. I hope Nihonbashi will also be able to build more luxury condominiums and evolve as a "high-end residential area."

　　I walked around Triton Square in the morning when it rained.

　I usually walk on something fast,

　I can't see the flowers at my feet.

　But this morning, perhaps because I had a hard time yesterday.

　I wanted to see the flowers of Triton Square for a little bit.

　The colorful flowers that are slightly wet in the rain

　　　　I'm looking toward the sky.　

Purple, lavender?　Red and white ... Petunia ... The bright red canna ...

　Looking far away

A boat enters the Asashio Canal from the Tsukishima River, heads to the Tsukuda Suimon and opens the engine fully ...

　The rainy season may continue a little longer. But my heart is hale.

　Why don't you walk Triton Square after a little rain when it rains?

The colorful flowers are waiting for you.

At Koami Shrine, a large Chinowa made of a bundle of kaya is displayed from the 20th, and it is installed at the torii gate until June 30th, when the "Natsukoshi great exorcism" is held.

great exorcism is a Shinto ritual that has been handed down since ancient times, and is a traditional ritual that prays twice a year (June and November) in front of God for purifying sins and filth, purification of the mind, and reviving the soul. Also, if you put a doll (Hitogata) to the shrine with the first ho fee, you can pray in the great exorcism style.

I go through "Chinowa" to cleanse my mind and body, but this is based on thetopographical record of Bingo. At the time of this passing through Chinowa, "The person who purifies Natsukoshi of Minazuki is the life of a thousand years." On the way back, he will remove the ring kaya, which is said to exorcise evil, and leave it at the entrance.

I want to cleanse my mind and body and overcome the summer with my feelings.

　　Cross Kachidokibashi from Tsukiji and go straight to your right.　

　There is a small park.

"Kachidoki 5-chome Greenery"

　Even if you walk, you can overlook it without knowing it

　It's a really small park.　

　However, this park is also a park where people can relax and relax.

You can also see a new bridge built downstream of Kachidokibashi up close.

The right side of the opposite bank is Tsukiji Central Market. "St. Luke's Tower" far away.

On the left side of the downstream is the Hamarikyu Garden.

In the back, you can also see the skyscrapers of Shiodome.

On the afternoon of a holiday, sometimes in this small park.

Why don't you look at the distant scenery, look at the boats you come and go, and relax?

More "Kachidoki 5-chome Greenery" overlooking the Sumida River