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What is the etymology of "Yabai", which is also used in the sense of "great" and "delicious"? It is said that it began with a prison in Nihonbashikodenmacho. This place was called the "good place".

If you are imprisoned, you may be attacked by a hereditary executioner named Asaemon Yamada. A certain entertainer's usual phrase, "Yeah! It's a good thing. It is said that 2,000 people died annually in prisons in Kodemmacho. Yoshida Shoin, caught in Ansei's prison (1858-1859), was also killed in prisons in Nihonbashikodenmacho. It is now a park, where a stone monument and a temple for mourning "Dai Anrakuji Temple" are built. The temple was donated by Kihachiro Okura of the Okura Zaibatsu and Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda Zaibatsu. There are other etymology of "Yabai".

There is a theory that "Yabai" is from the shooting range "Yaba", which was popular in the primeval area during the Edo period. At the storefront, there was a woman called Yaba, and "Slightly older brother. Don't play! "There was a glossy original game center where the sleeves were pulled. It seems that there were many things behind the store as well as shooting arrows. If you lose reason, this may be the starting point because it can be called "Yabayabai". If this theory is correct, the etymology may be Senso-ji Temple or Kanda Myojin instead of Kodemmacho.