Official

In Edo Castle, there was a bridge called Sukiyabashi, which was built over the outer moat.

In 1958, the outer moat was buried due to the construction of the expressway, and the Sukiya Bridge itself completed its role and was demolished.

The bridge as a highway that straddles Harumi-dori St. is named "Shin Sukiya Bridge".

In addition, the following "monument" stands to indicate that there was a bridge called Sukiyabashi here.

　　~ Monument of the bridge over the outer moat ~

Sukiya Bridge was built over the outer moat of Edo Castle in the early Edo period, and the famous Minamicho magistrate's office was located on the Yurakucho side.

Since the Meiji era, it has long been known as the entrance to Ginza, and is also famous as the stage of "Your Name is" written by Kazuo Kikuta.

It was removed in 1958 following the reclamation of the outer moat.

At present, a monument stands in Sukiyabashi Park.

-From Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia - you can see by walking

Monument of Sukiyabashi

In 1629 (1629 AD), when Sukiyabashi was built for the first time as a Mitsuke of Edo Castle, it was a wooden bridge with a width of four and a length of three.

The name of the bridge is said to be due to the fact that the government's official residence of Sukiya officials of the Shogunate was outside the gate.

Mitsuke's castle gate Masugata was removed during the Meiji Restoration, and was subsequently completed by a reconstruction plan after the Taisho Earthquake. Ishibashi, which boasts modern aesthetics, has become clung around the entrance of Ginza.

In the next 30 years, the sharp increase in capital transportation further transformed this area.

An elevated road runs on the outer moat, a subway runs underground, and the bridge has disappeared, and this is a full-fledged large Ginza project.

The Society built a monument here, based on the remains of the old bridge, reminiscent of the emotional transition of Tokyo culture.

April, 1959

・・The sentence is engraved on the back.

It is located on the Harumi-dori St. side of Sukiyabashi Park.

"Kazuo Kikuta, here in Sukiyabashi,"

It is written.

Kazuo Kikuta will be described in detail in the next "Consideration Sukiyabashi Neighborhood 2".

It is a park that is located as soon as you go up to the ground from Ginza Station.

There are clock towers, monuments and trees, and you can rest on the bench.

In 2016, it was renewed more beautifully and neatly in line with the opening of "Tokyu Plaza" built next to it.

The clock tower is Taro Okamoto's work "Young Clock Tower".

It is a conical shape with a tentacles, about 8m high.

In 1966, in commemoration of the independence of the Tokyo Sukiyabashi Lions Club from the Ginza Lions Club, Taro Okamoto was asked for design.

It was produced for the purpose of "healthy development of young people."

In addition, Taro Okamoto commented in the Sukiyabashi Lions Club Memorial Magazine, "Human people originally want to live with motivation in all directions and passion. I intend to represent time beyond time, non-mechanical, human time. "

The dial of the clock is engraved with "TARO" and the inscription of Taro Okamoto.

It is an object that can be said to be a symbol of this park.

It has been restored twice in 2001 and 2011, and stands beautifully.

The image above shows the Tower of the Sun, a symbol of the "Japan World Exposition" held in Osaka in 1970.

It's also a work by Taro Okamoto.

In this work, I became famous at once.

The media exposure was quite good with me.

It's very similar to "Young Clock Tower".

In the park, there are trees such as "Starlight" from Yamamoji, Megslinoki, weeping cherry tree and dogwood, and "Venus" from dogwood.

weeping cherry tree has a plate written as follows:

A gift from the people of the United States of America to the people of Japan

Friendship Tree Friendship Blossoms 2013

Gifts from the United States to Japan

It is shown.

Since it is written as "2013", it may be 2013, but it seems that there was a "tree of friendship" before and after that.

It is written in the explanatory version as follows.

In 1912, dogwood was a tree given to Japan in 1915 in response to the donation of 3,000 cherry trees to the United States by Yukio Ozaki, then mayor of Tokyo, who donated 3,000 cherry trees to the United States.

In 2012, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the donation of Sakura and with a view to future friendly relations between Japan and the United States, the United States launched the dogwood Initiative of Friendship, in which approximately 3,000 dogwood trees are planted throughout Japan.

Sukiyabashi Park was opened in 1914.

Sukiya Bridge, which is the origin of the park's name, is a bridge built over the outer moat of Edo Castle around Kanei 6 (1629), and was replaced with a stone double arch bridge in 1929 (1929). Was

The bridge was removed due to the reclamation of the outer moat in 1959, but now Sukiyabashi Park is popular as a meeting place and resting place for many visitors to Ginza.

The project has donated 20 dogwood trees and planted trees at Sukiyabashi Park, the gateway to Ginza.

April, 2016

5-1-1, Ginza

Exit the C2 exit of Ginza Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line, Hibiya Line, and return. (Yellow part in the center)

In addition, the yellow painted part under the word "current location" is also divided into Harumi-dori St., but it is Sukiyabashi Park.

There is a statue of "Todai" and a lottery "Ginza Chance Center".