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"Ginza willows" in the spring breeze Ginza willow Festival
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the administration of Chuo Ward, Yanagi was enacted in the trees of the ward in March 1987 (Showa 62), but willows in Ginza were completed in 1877 (Meiji 10). Born in "Ginza Brick Street". In 1887 (Meiji 20), they all became willows. Great earthquake, large air raids, maintenance of Ginza-dori, etc. After several changes, Nishi-Ginza-dori, Yanagi-dori St., Matsuya-dori, and Gomon-dori are revived from Heisei to Reiwa.
Large willows of Sukiyabashi Park ... It has growth and vitality. Under the sun, the willow eyebrows dancing in the spring breeze shine beautifully.
[The 13th Ginza Yanagi Festival] Please visit the Ginza official website!
○Date and time ： May 5, 2019 (Sun./holiday) 11:00-17:00 ※Partial cancellation of stormy weather
○Location ： Nishi Ginza Street, Sukiyabashi Park (2 locations)
Monument of willow in Ginza ♪ Ginza willow that is nice to plant.
Speaking of willows in Ginza, the song of "Ginza willows" released in 1932. That's right. It is a sequel to Tokyo March.
♪Ginza willow that is nice to plant. ♪ Remnants of Edo's Remnants ♪ If you blow it, it is the lyrics of the spring breeze Yaso Saijo. Under the elevated expressway, a teacher's handwritten stone monument and Ginza Yanagi Nisei are growing on the Shimbashi side.
Gomon-dori "Shiseiyanagi"
It is said that a castle gate called Shibakuchi Gomon was built along the highway in Ginza 8-chome to show the intention of the country when the special envoy of Korea entered Edo (1710). On this gate street, Wakagi, which was rooted in pruning, was planted and grown in 1985 (Showa 60), which led to the revival of willows in Ginza. Yanagi Shisei is a fine figure, but young willows on the street trees are blowing comfortably in the wind.
Yasuaki Elementary School "Ginza II's willow"
"Yasuaki Elementary School", which was graduated by literary scholar Toya Kitamura and Toson Shimazaki, opened in 1878 (Meiji 11). The current building was built in 1929 (Showa 4) and has been selected as "Historic buildings in Tokyo." In addition, emblems that have been certified by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as "Modernized Industrial Heritage" are displayed. In the playground, children's cheerful voices and carp streamers over the sky.
About 30 years have passed next to the gate? The tree of "Ginza's Yanagi Nisei" is planted, and young buds are growing from the stump of Teppen.
A row of willow trees in Ginza Yanagi-dori St.
The street leading to Chuo-ku government office at the corner of the Okinawa product shop on Nishi Ginza Street is "Ginza Yanagi-dori St." ... willow street tree. Cute green leaves are swaying on young and thin branches on both sides of the road. If you cross Chuo-dori or Showa-dori, you will see the St. Luke's Tower in front.
It is said that willows have a long history enough to be sung "Manyoshu" and were planted as the most common tree for street trees, but the image of willows in the head is the lyrics of willows in Ginza, return willows in return, frogs (stamps, flower tags), willows to swallows (flower tags), and the scenery of Suigo Yanagawa. The other day, there was a paper on Teruko Oda's "Junshin floating in Naosuke's Japanese song" on a cultural page of a newspaper. "Naosuke particularly liked willows. He must have superimposed his fate into the appearance of flowing through the snow and snow while firmly rooting. "
It was a relaxing day with a street tree that revived robustly around the willows in Ginza.