Chuo-ku Monoshiri Quiz⑧
There is a quiz at the entrance of the Chuo Ward Senior Center.
In May of last year, the "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Quiz" was issued for the first time in commemoration of the 100th anniversary.
This quiz is an introduction of 8.
Answers and Commentary
1
In Chuo-ku, Keirokan is located in Kachidoki, Sakuragawa and Hamacho. The Ikiikikan (Keirokan) is a facility that provides various services such as health promotion, friendship, and purpose of life in addition to the role of a place for the elderly to relax.
2
Otoyo was named the 7th Arashio in 1987 (Showa 62), and since then he has been teaching backwards as a master with a room in the Tokitsukaze room, but in 2002 (Heisei 14), an inner apprentice from the Tokitsukaze room The Arashio room was founded in Hamacho, Chuo-ku, with one of the members. After that, Motoharu Waka and Takakage Waka belonged to the "Onami 3 Brothers".
In January 2010, Sokokurai was promoted to the new ten cars, the first room Sekitori was born, and in May 2018, Takakage Waka, the second Sekitori, was promoted to the new ten cars. In March 2019, Motoharu Wakamoto achieved a new ten cars promotion.
On March 26, 2020, Sokokurai retired from active duty and named the 8th Arashio.
In March 2022, Takakage Waka was the first wrestler in the room to win the Makuuchi's highest victory.
3
There are nine gardens in Tokyo Metropolitan Park that have been designated as cultural properties of the country where the history and culture of Edo have been accumulated and Tokyo.
Located in Chuo Ward is the Hamarikyu Garden. It is designated as a national special scenic spot and a special historic site. Reviving the appearance of the daimyo garden during the Edo period, "Matsuno Ochiya", "Tsubame Ochiya", and "Hawk Ochiya" were restored.
In addition, there are the former Shiba Rikyu Garden, Koishikawa Korakuen, Rikugien, Kiyosumi Garden, Mukojima Hyakuzono, Former Furukawa Garden, Former Iwasaki House Garden, and Tonoga Tando Garden.
4
Japan's modern postal system was triggered by the establishment of a government-run monopoly postal business proposed in 1870 (1835 to 1919), and on March 1, 1871, Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka. The postal service station (62 new post offices) connecting the three cities of Osaka and between them has started.
At this time, Edobashi Minamizume was newly established in Edobashi, a government agency specializing in postal and transportation administration, "Ekiteiji" (renamed as station dormitory / station bureau, transferred and relocated to the Ministry of Communications) and the handling agency "Tokyo Post Office" ( It developed into the Tokyo Central Post Office, Nihonbashi Post Office after the relocation of Marunouchi.
A new postal system has been created to deliver postal items quickly and at low rates, regardless of public or private, such as the issuance of postage stamps (1871) and the nationwide flat rate system (1873).
At present, a stone monument with a bust of Maejima Mitsuru is erected in front of the Nihonbashi Post Office as a place to start postal mail in Japan.
5
Located in Japan's financial center, Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Sakamoto Elementary School is one of the oldest elementary schools in Tokyo established in 1873 and has a history of 150 years.
6
The Temmacho prison is a facility that houses prisoners who once existed in Edo. At present, a part of it is Jisshi Park, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. It is designated as a Designated Cultural Property, Tokyo.
〒104-0051 1-11-1, Tsukuda, Chuo-ku, Tokyo