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"Newcomer," And Ningyocho 10 Years ⑥
~ Ningyocho depicted on the book cover ~
"Gift, and I enjoy myself" is a rosemary sea.
This time, I would like to introduce the theme of Ningyocho, which is depicted on the book cover and back cover of the novel "Newcomer", the book of the paperback book, and the back cover of the book.
・・・ First, I will introduce it from the book cover of the novel "Newcomer" book.
Keigo Higashino's novel "Newcomer" book was published in September 2009.
This is the start of the newcomer series.
The image above is the current "amazake Yokocho" intersection.
The corner on the right is Exit A2 of Ningyocho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Toei Asakusa Line.
1-17-7 Nihonbashi Ningyocho.
The one-way road from left to right is amazake Yokocho, and the one-way road from left to right is Ningyocho-dori.
The image below is what you want to compare with this angle.
You can feel the gap of more than 10 years.
The signboard in the building on the left is "SUGAYA" in the photo, but in the picture above, it is "Sugaya" and katakana notation.
However, the characters of the sign "Chitoseya" on the right building and "Tamahide" on the left are almost the same.
Cover and back cover of the book "Newcomer"
Yes, if you enlarge the picture on the cover of the book of the novel "Newcomer", you can see that the streets of the "amazake Yokocho" intersection are modeled.
By the way, the back cover is also drawn with the same composition.
・・・ So what about the cover of the "Newcomer" paperback book published in August 2013?
The model is "Geisha Shindo".
A 100m alley from Ningyocho-dori to Nihonbashi Elementary School.
This place was home to Kogiku Hanayagi, an actress from geisha training, so it was also called Kogiku-dori.
On the left side is the restaurant "Ningyocho Kikuya".
(1-5-10 Nihonbashi Ningyocho)
It became a model of the novel "Newcomer" as the restaurant "Matsuya" appearing in Chapter 2 "Ryotei Kozo".
It also became a location for the TV drama "Newcomer".
It is also one of the stores that appear in the end roll of the movie "When the Prayer Curtains Fall".
This is a poster when the novel "Newcomer" was released.
I also posted it when I introduced the house in this blog post, but I took a picture of what is stored in the house.
The upper part is a large "Geisha Shindo", and the lower part is a "amazake Yokocho" intersection like a paperback book.
Geisha Shindo is a quaint alley that is loved by many people as a shooting spot.
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・・・ Next is the cover of the Chinese version of the book.
The cover of the Chinese version of "Newcomers" is depicted in this way.
amazake Yokocho is a very narrow road.
On the right is the folk art shop "Hozukiya" in Chapter 8 "Private Shop Guests", and on the left is the rice cracker "Amara" in Chapter 1 "Daughter of Senbei Shops".
The model of "Hoozukiya" is a folk art shop "Yuma Nihonbashi".
(2-32-5 Nihonbashi Ningyocho)
And...
The model of "Amakara" is "Ningyo-cho Sokaya" of rice crackers.
(2-20-5 Nihonbashi Ningyocho)
You are drawing two stores in amazake Yokocho, but in fact there is the same line in front of Yuma and Sokaya.
The picture draws it like a shop opposite.
Both "Sokaya" and "Yuma" are locations for the TV drama "Newcomer".
Kusakaya also appeared in the end roll of the movie "When the Prayer curtain descends".
And several times on this blog, "Sokaya", "Yuma", "Kikuya", and "Rozumari articles.
In addition to these three stores, Ningyocho has many model stores and location locations for "newcomers".
・・In this way, Ningyocho is a town where the world of "newcomers" spreads.