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Chuo-ku Back alley exploration series [Kyobashi edition]

Hello, this is the new correspondent "Take-chan".

This time, we are planning to look at the back alleys of Chuo-ku while walking. The back alleys are called "back alleys", "back alleys", "yokocho", " alleys", and " alleys", but this time with a relaxed feeling, the narrow roads between shops and shops, buildings and buildings, houses and houses Let's explore all "behind alleys".

Following the 4th [Tsukishima / Tsukuda Island], the 5th is [Kyobashi].

This spring, I was a shiny "Take-chan" who has just become a correspondent of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association, but on June 9, I had the opportunity to appear at Chuo FM's "Hello Radio City". I asked navigator JUMI, "There is also a good back alley in Kyobashi," and decided to walk around.

First, go to the Police Museum

First, go to the Police Museum to the Chuo-ku alley back exploration series [Kyobashi edition]

The "Police Museum" is located at the base of Kyobashi. I've been worried about it for a long time, but this is the first time I have entered the museum. On the 1st floor, there were exhibits of police cars, helicopters, white bikes, and red bye. I think, "What is red bye?" According to research, the birth of white bikes was in 1936 (Showa 11), and the red bye was about 20 years earlier in 1917 (Daisho 6). At that time, the number of cars increased to 1,300 in Tokyo, and it seems that American motorcycles were adopted due to the need for control by mobile motorcycles. At that time, there were few red cars, and it seemed just because they stood out.

I found a "small house" in Kyobashi!

I found a "small house" in Kyobashi! Chuo-ku Back alley exploration series [Kyobashi edition]

Currently, the Kyobashi area is undergoing redevelopment one after another, but I found such a cute shop. This area has been changing since the Edo period, but I'm worried that such shops will continue in the future.

When I was looking at this shop, I remembered the picture book "Small House (written by Virginia Lee Burton)" I read when I was in kindergarten. "Take-chan" is for some reason that this "small house" is my favorite picture book and I remember reading it every day.

Kyobashi is Art Town

Kyobashi is Art Town Chuo-ku Back alley exploration series [Kyobashi edition]

Kyobashi is lined with various shops, from antiques and antiques to contemporary art, as the "Tokyo Art Antique-Nihonbashi / Kyobashi Art Festival" is held.

In the back alley alone, I was able to find three galleries, "Karai," "Maison Donneko," and "Mokei."

A single house restaurant located in the office district

One-family restaurant located in the office district Chuo-ku alley back exploration series [Kyobashi edition]

When I walked around and got hungry, I found a Chinese Hunan restaurant called "Snowen". It is a small three-story building close to the shade of a tree. Although it looks like a luxury store, lunch was able to have a relatively reasonable price.

Hunan cuisine is not very well known in Japan. In China, it is counted as one of the "eight major dishes" and is one of the famous dishes. There are eight major Chinese dishes: Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, and Sichuan. Although it was a snake foot, Take-chan visited China many times as a tour conductor when he was in his twenties.

It is said that "Hunan cuisine is the same or more spicy as Sichuan cuisine", but Takana noodles ordered by "Take-chan" were a delicious noodle dish full of vegetables and not spicy at all.

★Access to the back alleys of Kyobashi

　- Within 3 minutes on foot from Kyobashi Station on the Ginza Line

　- A 3-minute walk from Takaracho Station on the Asakusa Line