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October 9 is the day when the Universal Postal Union (Universal Postal Union) was launched with the aim of making the whole world a single postal area, and has been enacted on World Postal Day.
The Union is an international organization responsible for coordinating postal services among Member States and governing international postal systems, formed in Switzerland in 1874 (Meiji 7).

Prior to this, the modern postal system was started at U.K. in 1840, in which a stamp is attached and posted to a post at a uniform rate nationwide.
In Japan, Mitsue Maejima (Hisoka Maejima), who was appointed as Ekitegonnokami / later Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in 1870, drafted the establishment of a postal system and went to U.K., an advanced country. Was.

Immediately after returning to Japan, he started establishing a modern postal system, and in 1871 he started postal services between Tokyo and Osaka using post offices, post boxes, and stamps.
The monument to the birthplace of postal mail, commemorating the establishment of the modern postal system in Japan, has been set up at Nihonbashi Post Office.

October 14th is "Railway Day".
On October 14, 1872 (Meiji 5) (September 12, old calendar), Japan's first railway linking Shimbashi Station (later Shiodome Freight Station, now abolished) and Yokohama Station (currently Sakuragicho Station) opened.
In Chuo-ku, a valuable "former Japanese National Railways Railroad Crossing Signal" is left at Ginza 8-chome.

This traffic light was used as a railroad crossing on a freight service line from Shiodome Station of the Japanese National Railways to Tokyo Ichiba Station of the former Tokyo Central Wholesale Market Tsukiji Market for 56 years from 1931 to the abolition of Shiodome Station. Was.
It's surprising that about 150 freight cars passed a day at its peak!
When I went to the Kyobashi Post Office Harumi Branch Office, I saw a railroad crossing that suddenly appeared in the city, and I still remember that I was very strange.

October 23 is the "Telegraph Telephone Anniversary" established in 1950 by the Ministry of Electricity (later Denden Corporation, now NTT). On October 23, 1869 (Meiji 2) (September 19, old calendar), temporary construction of a 32-km telephone line connecting the "Denshinki Office" in Tsukiji Unsho and the Yokohama Court began.

On December 25 of the same year, Japan's first public telecommunication service was held, greatly contributing to Civilization and enlightenment!
The first Japanese saw the telegraph when the Perry fleet made its second visit, and during negotiations on the Japan-U.S. Peace Treaty, the United States presented the Malls telegraph to Tokugawa shogunate and demonstrated communications.
Therefore, "Telegraph Telephone Anniversary" and "Telegraph Creation Land Monument" (13-10 Akashicho) can be said to be anniversary and historic sites that cannot be cut off from Chuo-ku.

October 28 is the "Shoki Anniversary" established by the Japan Shoki Association.
On this day of 1882 (Meiji 15), Koki Takusari held the first shorthand seminar in Nihonbashi.
His handwriting method was based on the pitman-style Graham, which was published on the Jiji Shimpo on September 19 of the same year, and Ito Hirobumi was awarded the title of "Electronic Shogun."
Shorts later became useful in the Diet, telephone calls, dictations, lectures, talks, etc.

The place where the shorthand workshop was held at that time was not physically preserved now, but on this anniversary, I was able to learn about a new aspect of Nihonbashi.
For more information, please refer to "History Japan Postscript" on the Japan Postscript Association website.

October 31 is "Gas Anniversary" established by the Japan Gas Association.
On October 31, 1872 (Meiji 5) (September 29, old calendar), gas lights were lit on the carriageway in Yokohama.
In Chuo-ku, 85 gas lamps were installed in Ginza in 1874, making it a specialty.
This is said to be the beginning of the city gas business in Tokyo.
For information on the history of gas lamps in Japan and its spread, please refer to the Japan Gas Association's “Gas Anniversary”.

In the Chuo-ku Tourism Certification, questions about the start year of business, which became indispensable for such modernization, are frequently asked. .
I'll take this opportunity to check it out.♪

1869 Tsukiji Unsho - Japan's first public telecommunications start between Yokohama Court
1871 Maejima Mitsu started postal services between Tokyo and Osaka using post offices, post boxes, and postage stamps.
In 1873, a brick street along Ginza Street was completed
1874 Gas lamp lighting in Ginza (the beginning of the city gas business in Tokyo)
1882 Start of railway carriage between Nihonbashi and Shimbashi
　　　　 Japan's first electric light lighting in Ginza

By the way, Hattori Clock Store built the first clock tower in 1894, 12 years later than the lighting of the electric lights.
In this way, it seems strangely that October is an anniversary of the modernization and the business that contributed to the Civilization and enlightenment.