Mido

Walking around the city to explore the retro buildings

Old buildings still exist in Chuo-ku.
This time, we walked from JR Kanda Station to Bakurocho Station via Ningyocho, a retro building.
I tried to search for it. About 5 km, about 2 hours and a half while taking pictures slowly.
That's the course. There are some buildings other than Chuo-ku, but please refer to them.

①Completed Yamanashi Chuo Bank (Tokyo Branch): 1929 (Showa 4)

①Completed Yamanashi Chuo Bank (Tokyo Branch): 1929 (Showa 4) Walking around the city to explore the retro building

 The 9th National Bank of Japan, the 10th National Bank.
 Initially, there was an Ionian order column on the facade (front).
 However, it will be a simple design now that it will survive the war and other disasters.
 A typical style of bank architecture in the early Showa period.

(other than Chuo-ku)

 

②Completed Maruishi Building: 1931 (Showa 6)

②Completed Maruishi Building: 1931 (Showa 6) Walking around the city to explore the retro building

 It is characterized by the Romanesque style. Registered as a nationally registered cultural property in March 2002.
 Our sister companies, Maruishi Shokai (later Maruishi Bicycle) and Taiyo Motor (General Motors)
 There was a showroom of the sales agent. Record company Japan Victor Company
 There was also a recording studio.
 I sometimes spit rainwater into the river from the mouth of the lion statue. 
 Today, the first floor is a showroom for a company specializing in Persia carpets.

 (other than Chuo-ku)

③Completed Tokiwa Elementary School: 1929 (Showa 4)

③Completed Tokiwa Elementary School: 1929 (Showa 4) Walking around the city to explore the retro building

 This name was named after Tokiwa Bridge Gomon, the main gate of Edo Castle.
 Following the damage of the Great Kanto Earthquake, it was rebuilt in a reinforced concrete school building.
 Historic buildings selected by Tokyo Metropolitan Government and designated as a modernized industrial heritage by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
 Air raid shelters during World War II remain on the premises, and now they are used for disaster drills.
 It is used. There is an illustrator Ado Mizumori as a graduate.

④Completion of the 3rd building: 1931 (Showa 6)

④Completion of the 3rd building:  1931 (Showa 6) Walking around the city to explore the retro building

 The first building designed by Togo Murano independently of the Setsu Watanabe Architectural Office.
 An outer wall finished with black-brown tiles and an orderly arranged vertical length
 The glass window is characterized by its appearance. Historic buildings selected in Tokyo in 1999

⑤Hario Glass Building completed: 1932 (Showa 7)

⑤Hario Glass Building completed:  1932 (Showa 7) Walking around the city to explore the retro building

 The building of the former Kawasaki Zaibatsu-affiliated "Kawasaki Saving Bank Tomizawacho Branch" is used as it is.
 It features an order (pillar) of the country-registered Tangible Cultural Property Corint style.
 Designed by Matakichi Yabe, who studied under Yorinaka Tsumaki, one of the three major masters of the Meiji Architecture world.

 

⑥Yoshiume Yoshicho-tei 1927 (Showa 2)
 In 2002, it was registered as a nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property.
 A two-story wooden tile with a frontage of 5 (about 9 meters) and a depth of 4 and a half (about 8 meters).
 The name of the building is the first (Ume Takano), who founded a Japanese cuisine (Edo cuisine) restaurant in 1927.
 Based on his own name and the name of the town at the time he lived, "Yoshiume" was used as the store name, and the second generation used the building.
 It has been acquired and renovated to the present day.

⑦Completed Bunjiro Tamaki Building: 1929 (Showa 4)

⑦Completed Bunjiro Tamaki Building:  Showa 4 (1929) Walking around the city to explore the retro building

 Reinforced concrete store and house with four floors above ground and one basement floor.
 It is one of the commercial buildings for reconstruction after the earthquake, using muscle tiles and terracotta to create geometric shapes.
 The appearance incorporated into the decoration is a characteristic of the architectural design in the early Showa period.
 The design was Matsunosuke Moriyama, who studied under Kingo Tatsuno.