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＊"Shinkozaikurenga no Michisuji" May 1927
The vertical writing of the original text was changed to horizontal writing and Chinese numerals were changed to arithmetic numerals.

　I often wonder why the street trees in Ginza should be the original willow. The street trees today must not be shabby. Yanagiho Chiba may be dirty, but even in the same winter, willow has a really good taste. You may not think it's worthy of a Western-style town, but it's not worthy of it. In particular, spring shoots are beautiful and make the town even more cheerful. In summer, the bunch is really good in green again, and I think that willow is really good anyway.

　I was 13 years old when I was 1902 or 6 years old when I was 1902. I heard a souvenir story that my father was still alive, but a while later, Meijiya and others used it at Christmas time. However, at the same time, Matsuda had been doing similar things with corners and gas lamps early on, and the neighboring factory soon imitated this. For Matsuda, Is the entrance a stone gate? There is an iron fence colored green, and at the entrance, is there a pine-shaped gas lamps illumination? And at night, he heard a sound and lit it. This was illuminated by a row of willow trees, and Ginza two years ago had a truly interesting atmosphere.

Willows in Ginza during the Showa period before the war

Matsuda restaurant in Ginza 1-chome in the Meiji period
(All illustrations are owned by Kyobashi Library) (@ AM)