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On February 2, 1881, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department at that time decided to set up seven police boxes under the jurisdiction of one police station.
This time, I will omit the detailed explanation of this anniversary itself, but what should not be forgotten when listening to "Chuo-ku" and "Koban" is the building in the top photo ^^

This is located on Nishinaka-dori in Tsukishima and is one of the sergetic branch offices established by Kyobashi Tsukishima Police Station (the predecessor of Tsukishima Police Station) in 1921.
The current building was rebuilt in 1926, and until March 2007, it was the oldest active police box in the Metropolitan Police Department!
The police box with such a history is currently being used as the Nishinakadori Regional Safety Center, and police officers are contributing to the maintenance of local security.

It's a retro building that suits Tsukishima, which is full of downtown atmosphere, so don't miss it when you go to eat monjayaki.♪

On February 8, 1887, the mark of the Ministry of Communications (later the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the current Japan Post Group) was decided to be the "cho" of Kooto Heicho in line with the telecommunications "Tei".
However, since it is similar to the universal postal service shortage symbol "T" *, it is confusing, so it will be changed to "〒" which later stylized "T" of "Taishinsho"!
*T which means "tax" (Source: United States Official Postal Guide (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939), p. 19).

Every month, in an anniversary article, we introduced a monument to the birthplace of postal mail at Nihonbashi Post Office and a bust of Mitsu Maejima.
You may have become familiar with the fact that there was already a place of postal birth in Nihonbashi.

(From the Central Post Office, National Diet Library "Meiji Taisho in Photos-From the Photo Book of the National Diet Library")

Did you know that there is a pot in front of such a bust where "Tarayo", which is regarded as a "postcard tree", is planted?
And why is it called "postcard tree"?
Please visit Nihonbashi Post Office and explore the secrets.♪

On February 21, 1872, the daily newspaper "Tokyo Nisshin Shimbun" (currently the Mainichi Shimbun) was launched.
The headquarters of the Mainichi Shimbun is located in Chiyoda-ku, but if you hear "Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun" in Chuo-ku and say that you think of it, Genichiro Fukuchi.

(From the Kabukiza Theater around 1900, the National Diet Library "Meiji Taisho in Photos-From the Photo Book of the National Diet Library")

Yes, as you can imagine from the photo above, Genichiro Fukuchi was the person who played a central role in the opening of the Kabukiza Theater in 1889.
He served as the chief writer and president of the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun, and was actively involved in the theater improvement movement.
And it was the first Kabukiza Theater, but as you can see in the photo, it was Western-style unlike the current one!

If you unravel the history using the anniversary as a clue, you can learn about "Japan's first", "Japan's oldest", and "the story of the beginning" in Chuo-ku.
Even if you receive the Chuo-ku sightseeing certification and live in Chuo-ku, there are new discoveries every day.
I'm looking forward to seeing what I can learn from next month's anniversary.♪