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～Commerce and Craftsmanship～ ～Food and Gourmet Dining～ ～Culture, People and Schools～ (A) What's there now (B) Landmark year (C) Address 1 First Public Phone Booth 16 First Escalator and Elevator with 1 Birthplace of (Fried Cutlet) 13 The Original Shop 1 Birthplace of Edo Kabuki 17 Cradle of MAP B－6 Automatic Doors MAP C－8 MAP B－5 MAP C－8 MAP B－6 MAP C－4 (B) 1900 (C) Near 1-chome Koban Police Box (A) Mitsukoshi Department Store's Main Store (B) 1914 (C) 1-4-1 (A) Ginza Rengatei (B) 1899 (C) 3-5-16 Ginza (A) Nihonbashi Benmatsu Souhonten (A) Monument (B) 1624 (C) 3-4 Kyobashi (green zone) (A) Monument (B) 1868 (C) 11 Akashicho (near St. Luke's Nihonbashi Muromachi ◆'s first escalator and elevator with automatic doors ◆The first kabuki theater in Edo was set up in International Hospital) ◆Appointed as an official expert Chuo City ◆The sign on the door says "automatic telephone." The were installed here when the department store underwent a partial renovation. The (B) 1850 (C) 2-4-12 Nihonbashi Honcho ◆Motojiro Kida, the second generation Nakabashi Nanchi (between Nihonbashi and on Holland by his native Nakatsu domain, Yukichi Fukuzawa unique shape of the hexagonal booth resembled a lighthouse. wooden escalator installed in the department store, which had tatami mat floors ◆The idea for bento (boxed lunch to established a school of Dutch studies in Teppozu in then, was about 60 cm wide. owner of Rengatei, came up with a recipe for Kyobashi) by Saruwaka Kanzaburo, who headed go) began in a restaurant catering to the Saruwaka-za kabuki troupe (later renamed 1858. After returning from his travels throughout Europe deep frying pork with vegetable oil to meet and the U.S., he shifted his school's focus to English studies Kanji Character for "Bag" Coined busy workers from the nearby fish Nakamura-za). 2 Japan's First Fruit Shop the tastes of Japanese customers. Rengatei and opened the school known as Keio Gijuku. MAP B－6 17 MAP C－8 was the first restaurant to serve fried pork market. That restaurant eventually Japan's First Electric Street Lamp (A) Ginza Tanizawa (B) 1874 (C) 1-7-6 Ginza 2 Beginning of Dutch Studies (A) Sembikiya Sohonten (B) 1877 cutlet over shredded cabbage with on a became Benmatsu. MAP B－5 18 ◆Teizo Tanizawa coined the kanji character for bag appearing (C) Nihonbashi Tower, 2-1-2 Nihonbashi Muromachi MAP C－4 plate. He also invented ebifurai (deep-fried (A) Monument (B) 1882 (C) 2-6-12 Ginza on his store sign. After Emperor Meiji noticed it while traveling ◆Daijiro Oshima, the grandson of Sembikiya's founder, started (A) Monument (B) 1771 (C) 11 Akashicho (near St. Map of shrimp) and omuraisu (rice omelet). through Ginza, it soon came into wide use. up a fruit retail business with an eye to improving the quality of 14 Birthplace of ◆In 1882, the first arc lamp (2.013 cd) in Japan was lit here. The Luke's International Hospital) domestic fruit by importing fruits and seeds from overseas. MAP D－7 light, used to display an ad, was far brighter than the gas lamps of ◆This is the site of the residence of Lord Okudaira, Birthplace of Katsu Kare (Fried Pork Cutlet with Curry Sauce) ruler of the Nakatsu domain, where Sugita Genpaku Birthplace of Ginza: Former Site of Edo Government Mint 2 (A) Tamahide (B) 1891 the day and drew a nightly crowd of amazed spectators. First Store to Issue Gift Certificates translated a Dutch book of anatomy with Maeno 3 18 MAP B－5 (C) 1-17-10 Nihonbashi Ningyocho MAP B－5 MAP C－8 ◆ Tetsuemon Yamada, a butcher skilled in Ryotaku (1723-1803), a physician for the Nakatsu Japan Firsts (A) Grill Swiss (B) 1948 (C) 3-5-16 Ginza (A) Monument (B) 1612 (C) 2-7 Ginza (A) Ninben Main Store (B) ca.1830 (C) 2-3-1 performing the ritual slaughter of chickens for the Origin of (Japan's First Private domain and Dutch studies scholar. ◆The restaurant served the dish for the first time in 1948 at 3 ◆The name "Ginza" is derived from the word for the Nihonbashi Muromachi ◆The sixth shogun, opened a restaurant specializing in MAP B － 5 School of and ) the request of a regular customer. shamo-nabe (a one-pot simmered chicken dish) in Birthplace of Telecommunications silver-coin mint established by the Edo government generation owner, Ihei Takatsu, started (A) Monument (B) 1880 (C) 3-14-13 Ginza 19 1760. People would enjoy finishing off the simmering MAP C－4 after it was moved here from Sunbu Castle. broth after pouring raw egg over it. This gave him the ◆The first private school to teach law and economics in Japan, ▲First gift certificate in Japan selling gift certificates for dried bonito. Birthplace of , Japan's Number One Sweet Bun Cafeteria-Style Large Restaurant and Tourist Bureau in a Department Store (made of silver) 3 idea for the now renowned Japanese dish called later becoming Senshu University, was established on this spot. (A) Monument (B) 1869 (C) Near 13-10 Akashicho 4 MAP B－5 oyakodon (or chicken and egg ). MAP B－5 Japan's First Eyeglass Store ◆The first telegram was sent between the 19 (A) Kimuraya Sohonten (B) 1874 (C) 4-5-7 Ginza Court and the Telegraph Department This is Chuo City, the birthplace of Edo （A）Ginza Matsuya（B）1925 （C）3-6-1 Ginza MAP C－8 ◆Eisaburo Kimura, son of Kimuraya founder, Yasubei Kimura, developed a 4 Birth of a Brighter Community of the Customs Office in Tsukiji. ◆When Ginza Matsuya opened, a large cafeteria-style restaurant (customers bread making process using malted rice as a leavener. Using this technique, he Birthplace of Shinoda Inarizushi culture. A crossroads between East and individually select food and drink to put on their plates and pay money at the (A) Murata Gankyoho (B) 1872 (C) 3-3-3 Nihonbashi Muromachi 15 MAP A－5 ◆Chobei Murata, an eleventh generation eyeglass maker, harnessed made anpan, a sweet pastry bun with a filling. end) and a tourist bureau (tourist and sightseeing office) were MAP D－8 (A) Monument (B) 1949 (C) 4-1 Ginza ◆In 1949 merchants in the Birthplace of Typography West during the Meiji Era, Chuo has con- installed in the store for the first time in the department store industry. his inherited eyeglass-making skills to open the first store 20 Ginza shopping district were concerned about war orphans. They MAP B－5 specializing in eyeglasses. 4 First "Fruit Parlor" in Japan (A) Ningyocho Shinodazushi Sohonten joined hands to hold the Ginza Fair with an eye to curbing juvenile tinually set the pace for modern Japan. Japan's First Shirt Store Site of the first Fuji Bank (Now Mizuho Bank) MAP A－5 (B) 1877 (C) 2-10-10 Nihonbashi Ningyocho crime and delinquency. The effort blossomed into the present Shakai (A) Monument (B) 1873 (C)9 1-12 Tsukiji ◆Tomiji Hirano, a student of Masazo Walk the byways of the city today and 5 20 ◆The restaurant's first owner o Akarukusuru Undo (or Movement to Build a Brighter Community). Motoki who developed Japanese typesetting in the 1850's, launched MAP A－5 MAP C－8 (A) Ginza Sembikiya (B) 1890 (C) 5-5-1 Ginza ◆Sembikiya opened the first fruit parlor in Japan in 1890. The made a unique style of inarizushi Tsukiji Kappan Seizojo to produce metal type pieces and printing machines. follow in the footsteps of . (A) Yamatoya's Main Store (A) Monument (B) 1880 (C) 8-1 Nihonbashi Kobunacho Cradle of Jikei University School of Medicine (fried filled with sushi rice) and 5 (B) 1876 (C) 6-78 Ginza ◆This is where Yasuda Bank, one of the former zaibatsu banks, was restaurant served fruit punch for the first time in Japan in 1923. MAP B－5 ◆Japan's first shirt store opened on Benten first headquartered. Following WWII the zaibatsu was dissolved and named it Shinoda after a Kabuki 21 Birthplace of Tokyo Moa Gakko Street, in Yokohama's Kannai section in the bank renamed the Fuji Bank. story. (A) Monument (B) 1881 (C) 4-4 Ginza (along Matsuya-dori Street) MAP B－4 (Tokyo School for the Blind and the Speech Impaired) and Japan Braille System 1876. Located near the port of Yokohama, 5 Birthplace of Anmitsu ◆This is the spot where Kanehiro Takaki founded Sei-I-Kwai, (A)Monument （B）1880 （C）4-15-2 Tsukiji (inside the business thrived serving a mostly foreign Original Site of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) MAP B－5 the forerunner to the Jikei University School of Medicine, clientele. Destroyed by World War II air raids, 21 Ichibabashi Koen) it was reopened in Ginza in 1953. MAP E－6 (A) Ginza Wakamatsu (B) 1930 (C) 5-8-20 Ginza Japan's oldest existing private medical school. ◆Hanjiro Mori, the second generation owner of Ginza Wakamatsu, was ◆The school was opened as “Rakuzen-kai (A) Relocated/Monument (B) 1882 (C) 19 Nihonbashi Hakozakicho the first to serve mitsumame (a typical Japanese dessert) with anko 16 Birthplace of Amanatto Kunmou-In” with support from cultured individuals ◆The BOJ was moved to its current location at Nihonbashi Hongokucho in 1896. (sweet red bean paste). MAP C－7 Site of the Original Institute for Business Training and missionaries. Afterwards the school was 6 Japan's First Company to Import, Sell and Produce Typewriters 6 nationalized and changed its name to Tokyo MAP A－5 (A) Eitaro Sohonpo (B) 1857 (C) 1-2-5 Nihonbashi (HitotsubashiMAP A－5 University) School for the Blind and the Speech Impaired. In 1891, it moved to Bunkyo-ku. Birthplace of Sea Urchin and Salmon Sushi ◆Amanatto is Japanese confectionery invented by Eitaro's 22 Birthplace of the Rickshaw 6 (A) Monument (B) 1875 (C) 6-10 Ginza (along Ginza-dori Avenue) In the time it was in Tsukiji, teachers and students devised Japanese Braille, (A) Kurosawa (B) 1901 (C) 6-9-2 Ginza MAP A－4 original owner, Yasubei Hosoda, in 1857. He made candied ◆In 1901 Teiji Kurosawa founded the Kurosawa Shoten typewriter manufacturing MAP C－7 ◆This is the spot where Arinori Mori established the Institute which was used as a prototype of current Japanese Braille. beans using a variety of red azuki beans called kintoki, which company in Kyobashi's Yazaemon-machi (currently Ginza 4-chome). (A) Restored (B) 1870 (C) Foot of Nihonbashi bridge (A) Kyubey(B) 1936 (C) 8-7-6 Ginza for Business Training (Shoho Koshujo) which later became were inexpensive at the time. He named it amana-natto, a pun ◆The first rickshaw was invented by Yosuke ◆The sushi restaurant was a favorite of . 22 Origin of Undokai (Sports Day) Izumi along with two others. Today you can potter, Rosanjin Kitaoji. One day he on the popular Hamana-natto brand from the Lake Hamana MAP B－4 7 Original Site of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry catch a rickshaw in front of the Royal Park Hotel. asked the chef to make sushi with area. Over time amana-natto was shortened to the Site of Konbaru Yashiki: Birthplace of Konbaru Geisha MAP B－4 salmon roe. This was the origin of ikura easier-to-say "amanatto." 7 (A) National Cancer Center (B) 1874 (C) 5-1-1 Tsukiji Original Site of Sony MAP A－4 ◆The first undokai is believed to have been held at the (A) Monument (B) 1878 (C) 6-17 Ginza 23 maki. The restaurant was also the first MAP C－7 to serve gunkanmaki ("battleship roll"). Birthplace of (A) Sign board (B) 1857 (C) 7 Ginza (Ginza-dori Ave. Walkway) Japanese naval academy in 1874. ◆TCCI, Japan's first chamber of commerce, was established 17 ◆Here near Ginza 8-chome stood the residence of the Konbaru's, a Published by Tokyo Chuo City Tourism Association here on March 12, 1878. (A) COREDO Nihonbashi (B) 1946 (C) 1-4-1 Nihonbashi MAP C－7 ◆Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita established Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo on family of government-certified noh performers. The roots of the Birthplace of Soccer Chuo City Office 7F, 1-1-1, Tsukiji Chuo-ku, Tokyo the third floor of the Shirokiya department store building in (A) Maruzen (B) 1954 (C) 2-3-10 Nihonbashi famed Konbaru Geisha are believed to have their origin in the women 22 First Soda Fountain in Japan Phone 03-3546-6525 First Toothpaste Sold in Japan Nihonbashi. The vacuum tube voltmeters maker later became Sony. 7 ◆The dish is said to be named for Yuteki Hayashi, the founder of employed by the Konbaru family. (Konbaru-dori Street at 8-7 Ginza) MAP B－4 8 MAP A－5 MAP A－5 Maruzen. Hayashi would often serve this dish to his friends who (A) National Cancer Center (B) 1873 (C) 5-1-1 Tsukiji Published March 2012 First Store to Sell Green Mosquito Net (A) Shiseido Parlor (B) 1902 (C) 8-8-3 Ginza (A) Shiseido (B) 1888 (C) 7-5-5 Ginza 24 dubbed it "Hayashi Rice." When Maruzen opened its Nihonbashi 8 Birthplace of the Salvation Army Japan ◆Soccer is believed to have been introduced to Japan in 1873 by http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp MAP C－7 ◆Japan's first soda fountain, serving soda and ice cream, was MAP C－5 British Royal Navy officer Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas and his ◆Japan's first toothpaste was sold here under the brand name of opened in the Shiseido Pharmacy. Known today as the Shiseido store in 1954, the dish was placed on the menu. Stone paper (environmental protection paper), (A) Nihonbashi Nishikawa (B) 1626 (C) 1-5-3 Nihonbashi (A) Monument (B) 1895 (C) 2-4-7 Shintomi (along Heisei-dori Street) crew of 33 men. Douglas who came to Japan to teach at the naval made from stone which decreases the need for Fukuhara Sanitary Toothpaste. Users scraped the solid bar Parlor, the soda fountain was well loved by hipsters known at the deforestation, is used for this product. soap-like product with a wetted toothbrush. Until its release, tooth ◆The green, red-trimmed mosquito netting designed by Jingoro time as "mobo" and "moga" (short for modern boys and girls) as well ◆The Salvation Army's first delegates to Japan, under Col. academy would enjoy playing soccer while teaching general powder had been the only dental care product available in Japan. Nishikawa, a second generation bedding business owner, was very popular. as geishas working in the Shinbashi area. Edward Wright, set up the first Salvation Army headquarters here. naval knowledge such as navigation and deck operations.

Birthplace of Western Pharmacy First Joint Stock Company in Japan 8 Birthplace of Manju Cakes with Sweet Bean Paste Filling 18 The Store that Made Uji Green Popular 9 Cradle of Futaba Gakuen 23 Cradle of the Navy 8 25 MAP D－4 MAP B－4 MAP A－5 MAP C－7 MAP C－7 MAP C－5 31 Birthplace of Junichiro Tanizaki (A) Shiose Sohonke (B) 1349 (C) 7-14 Akashicho (A) Monument (B) 1875 (C) Akashicho (near the (A) Monument (B) 1872 (C) 5-2-1 Tsukiji (A) Shiseido (B) 1872 (C) 7-5-5 Ginza ◆The first of its kind, this Western pharmacy (A) Maruzen (B) 1869 (C) 2-3-10 Nihonbashi (A) Yamamotoyama Main Store (B) 1738 (C) 2-5-2 Nihonbashi MAP D－7 ◆Manju was first brought to Japan by a Chinese man named Rin Join, Tsukuda-ohashi Nishi intersection) ◆The site of the Edo Government's naval training yard (now the opened in 1872, a time when Chinese herbal medicine was the mainstream. ◆Maruzen is known as Japan's first joint stock company. The company ◆In 1738 Soshichiro Nagatani, a merchant from Kyoto's Uji (A) Monument (B) 1886 (C) 1-7-10 Nihonbashi Ningyocho in 1349. He lived in Nara and served manju filled with sweet azuki bean ◆Sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus who were sent to Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market/Tsukiji Market) was placed under broke away from the conventional hereditary management system to area, successfully developed sencha, an unfermented form of Japan as missionaries and previously engaged in the authority of the Navy Ministry after the Meiji Restoration. The Navy ◆Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) was born in the area of paste to Buddhist priests who were not allowed to eat meat. The manju Tokyo known today as Ningyocho. His work up until around . After giving the tea high marks for its exquisite educational and charity activities in Yokohama, Ministry building and Naval Academy were established there. Oldest Existing Beer Hall in Japan build an organization jointly operated by shareholders and employees. cakes were a big hit with everyone at the time and the rest is history. 1920 is characterized by aestheticism, eroticism, fanaticism, 9 flavor, Kahei Yamamoto successfully marketed it as "the world's opened the Tsukiji Gogakko language school here, MAP A－5 which later became Futaba Gakuen. and immorality. Later his focus switched to more traditional First Restaurant to Serve Temaki Sushi finest tea," paving the way to its widespread popularity. Origin of Longitude Benchmark themes as he broke new literary ground with modern (A) Ginza Lion (B) 1934 (C) 7-9-20 Ginza Exclusive Distributor of First Domestically Produced Matches 9 24 25 MAP B－5 MAP B－4 interpretations of classical Japanese literature. ◆In 1899, the Japan Beer Brewery Company, the predecessor of Sapporo Beer, MAP C－7 10 Origin of Joshi Seigakuin (A) Tamazushi (B) 1971 (C) 1-9-4 Tsukiji Birthplace of Green Tea (A) Monument (Japan Coast Guard Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department opened the Ebisu Beer Hall in Ginza (near the then newly built Shinbashi (A) Maruzen (B) 1876 (C) 2-3-10 Nihonbashi 18 MAP D－5 ◆Temaki (hand roll) sushi was invented by a sushi chef at Tamazushi, Resource Center) (B) 1915-1917 (C) 5-3-1 Tsukiji Bridge). It was Japan's first beer hall and the birthplace of the Ginza Lion. ◆Maruzen was the exclusive distributor of products made by MAP C－7 Birthplace of Kodan a sushi restaurant in Tsukiji. He rolled the -wrapped sushi into a (A) Monument (B) 1905 (C) 6-24 Akashicho ◆The celestial observation office established within the Hydrographic Department 32 Shinsui-sha (literally: "The New Flint Rock Company"), Japan's first (A) Yamamotoyama Main Store (B) 1835 (C) 2-5-2 in 1911 made precise longitude measurements over the period from 1915 to 1917, cone shape to make it easier to eat. ◆A Christian missionary, Bertha F. Clawson, established the MAP D－9 Site of Japan's First Product Testing Center match manufacturer founded by Makoto Shimizu. NihonbashiKahei-tokuo Yamamoto, the sixth generation beginning with determining the precise location of the Tokyo Astronomical (A) Monument (B) ca. 1700 (C) 2-6-8 Higashi-Nihonbashi 10 Joshi Seigakuin Seminary in Tsukiji in 1905. Observatory. It discovered a 10 second difference from the previously used MAP A－4 Birthplace of Okosama Lunch owner of Yamamotoyama, discovered Gyokuro green tea ◆Kodan, a style of traditional Japanese storytelling, has its origin in storytelling First Company PR Magazine 10 longitude and determined the correct longitude. To commemorate this discovery, a performed on streets by the general samurai class, giving an account of (A) Monument (B) 1876 (C) 8-20-26 Ginza 25 MAP C－8 during a visit to Kichizaemon Kinoshita, a tea grower in Uji. Historical Site of Aoyama Gakuin stone monument with a bronze plaque was erected here in 1933. Today only the historical events such as the conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans. MAP C－7 11 bronze plaque is stored in the Japan Coast Guard Hydrographic and Oceanographic (A) Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store MAP C－5 ◆This is the former site of the glass testing laboratory operated by the engineering Department Resource Center. ministry's telegraph division. The lab conducted electrical tests on glass used for (B) 1930 (C) 1-4-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi (A) Monument (B) 1874 (C) Near 6 Akashicho Origin of Juntendo telegraphy. The concept of materials testing began here. ◆The okosama lunch (or kid's platter) was 19 Birthplace of 33 ◆Aoyama Gakuin traces its origin to three schools founded by missionaries sent from MAP D－9 invented by Taro Ando, then general MAP D－4 the American Methodist Episcopal Church. One of the schools was the Girls' Cradle of 25 (A) Monument (B) 1838 11 The original "Pedestrian Paradise" manager of the restaurant division at (A) Still here today (B) Early Elementary School opened in Azabu in 1874. The school was later named Kyusei Girls' MAP C－4 MAP A－4～B－6 Mitsukoshi Department Store's main School, and then once again renamed the Kaigan Girls' School in 1877 when it was (C) 2-6-8 Higashi-Nihonbashi outlet in Nihonbashi. (C) Tsukuda 1-chome along relocated to Akashicho, where the school flourished. The other two schools were the (A) Monument (B) 1887 (C) 7-3-1 Tsukiji ◆Kogakuin University has ◆Taizen Sato started a private school called (A) Held on Saturday, Sunday and public Kokyo Gakusha Boys' School opened in Tsukiji in 1878 and the Methodist Mission First Importer of Fountain Pens ◆Tsukudani was first made by fishermen its origin in the Workmen's School established here in 1887. Wadajuku in this area which was then called holidays (B)1970 (C) Ginza-dori Avenue 25 from the village of Tsukuda in Settsunokuni Seminary opened in Yokohama in 1879. These two schools were later integrated into Yagenbori. He taught Dutch studies and Birthplace of Flavored Nori Aoyama Gakuin and moved to Aoyama. Relocation of the Kaigan Girls' School to MAP C－7 11 (now Osaka) who came to Edo at the request 1-chome through 8-chome MAP C－7 Aoyama began in 1888 where it was eventually integrated into Aoyama Gakuin. practiced Western medicine in this ◆The street was closed to vehicles (A) Maruzen (B) 1884 (C) 2-3-10 Nihonbashi of the shogun. There are 3 tsukudani shops 26 Cradle of the Merchant Marine predecessor to today's Juntendo University. (A) Yamamoto Noriten (B) 1869 still operating on Tsukudajima, keeping the originally to ease traffic congestion and ◆Maruzen was the first to import stylographic pens to Japan. These pens MAP E－6 tradition of tsukudani-making alive today. Origin of Meiji Gakuin minimize air pollution. were often called "mankichifude" or "mansanfude," after the name of the (C) 1-6-3 Nihonbashi Muromachi 12 (A) Monument (B) 1875 (C) 1-31 Shinkawa (near Eitai Bridge) 34 Beginnings of the Postal Service Maruzen's sales rep who eagerly marketed them. This is believed to be the ◆Flavored nori was invented by MAP C－4 ◆Home Minister, Toshimichi Okubo, ordered Yataro Iwasaki, president of Mitsubishi reason why these pens are called "mannenfude" or "mannenhitsu" today. MAP C－7 First Sidewalks Yamamoto Noriten's second generation 20 Birthplace of Reba-furai (A) Monument (B) 1877 (C) 7-14 Akashicho ◆The Tokyo Union to establish a nautical school as part of the Meiji government's maritime policy. 12 Theological Seminary was founded in Tsukiji in 1877 by three seminaries (A) Nihonbashi Post Office/Monument (B) 1871 (C) 1-18-1 Nihonbashi MAP A－4～B－6 owner, Tokujiro Yamamoto, for Emperor MAP D－4 First Department Store Rooftop Parking Lot including the Brown Academy. The school was later merged with the ◆This is the site of Japan's original postal service agency (ekiteishi) (A) Ginza-dori Avenue (B) 1874 (C) Ginza-dori Avenue 26 Meiji to bring as a souvenir from Tokyo (A) Still here today (B) 1932 (C) Around Tsukuda and United Japanese-English Union School (formerly the Hepburn Academy) Site of Chuo Shogyo Gakko MAP C－7 27 and the Tokyo Post Office (now the Tokyo Central Post Office). ◆Razed in the great fire of 1872, Ginza emerged from the ashes 5 years when he traveled to Kyoto. ◆Reba-furai (deep fried liver) was first made by workers who and the Japanese English Preparatory School to form Meiji Gakuin. MAP E－6 later with modern city streets lined by Western-style brick buildings. (A) Takashimaya Tokyo Store (B) 1963 (C) 2-4-1 Nihonbashi lost their jobs during the great depression. While organ meat Birthplace of Fingerprinting (A) Monument (B) 1900 (C) 1-32 Shinkawa (Shinkawa Park Walkway) First Public Utilities The newly built Ginza-dori Avenue boasted Japan's first sidewalks. ◆Takashimaya was the first in Japan to have a rooftop parking lot. 13 35 12 Birthplace of Tenzaru and Tenmori was not customarily eaten in Japan, they used pork liver to ◆The school, founded by Dr. Junjiro Takakusu in 1900, was later MAP D－7 make this dish and sold it at stalls. MAP C－4 (Kabushiki Torihikijo; currently Tokyo Shoken Torihikijo） MAP B－8 (A) Monument (B) 1874 renamed Chuo Shogyo High School. Known today as Chuogakuin (A) Monument (B) 1887 (C) 1-3-10 Nihonbashi Kayabacho 13 First Subway Line in Japan 27 (A) Muromachi Sunaba (B) ca. 1945 (C) 8 Akashicho (near St. Luke's Garden) University Chuo High School, it is located in Tokyo's Koto Ward. ◆In 1887 Tokyo Dento built Japan's first power station here and started MAP A－4～C－8 MAP C－7 (C) 4-1-13 Nihonbashi Muromachi Tsukishima, Town ◆Dr. Henry Faulds, a Scottish scientist who came to supplying power to nearby organizations like Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 21 Japan as a medical missionary, conducted scientific (A) Currently in operation (B) 1927 (C) Ginza Line (A)Tokyo Stock Exchange（B）1878（C）2-1 Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho ◆This noodle restaurant invented MAP D－4 Imamura Bank and the Tokyo Post Office. "tenzaru," soba noodles made from the finest studies of fingerprinting after observing the Site of the Port of Edo ◆The subway line opened on December 30, 1927, operating services between The Tokyo Stock Exchange was established as the Japan’ s first public Japanese custom of thumbprinting as well as 28 buckwheat flour (or sarashina-ko) and eggs (A) Still here today (B) ca. 1955 and (2.2 km). The line was extended to Shinbashi in 1934. stock exchange organization. Later, the organization changed its name fingerprints left on ancient clay fragments MAP D－5 First National Elementary School: Sakamoto Gakko served with . It was the first restaurant to (C) Tsukishima 1- and 3-chome 36 to Nippon Shoken Torihikijo (Japanese Stock Exchange), and served as discovered at a Japanese archaeological site. (A) Monument (B) Early Edo period (C) 2-31 Shinkawa serve cold soba noodles with a dipping sauce so ◆Monjayaki originated around the MAP C－7 the principal office of the organization. The Nippon Shoken Torihikijo Birthplace of Japan's Shoemaking Industry that customers could enjoy the usually hot dish mid 1950's when candy shops in ◆After the Edo government built a port here, this area served as a hub (A) Sakamoto Elementary School (B) 1873 (C) 15-18 Nihonbashi Kabutocho 14 was dissolved in 1947, and started transaction as Tokyo Shoken Birthplace of Ryunosuke Akutagawa ◆The school was opened in May 1873 as the first national elementary in summer. shitamachi, the older part of Tokyo, 14 of water transportation, supporting the economy of Edo until 1936. The MAP C－5 Torihikijo in May 1949. It closed in May 2000 to re-open as “Tosho school. According to the school district system adopted the previous year, MAP C－4 port thrived as a gateway to the Izu islands and other destinations. the school was the first elementary school within the first mid-sized school (A) Monument (B) 1870 (C) 3-20-10 Irifune began serving this type of pancake Arrows” to introduce advanced systematization by computer. Recommended by the Japan Federation of Gifts and Souvenirs (A) Monument (B) 1892 (C) 10 Akashicho (near St. Luke's College of Nursing) precinct of the first large school district. ◆The Isekatsu Shoe Factory, established by Katsuzo Nishimura, was made from a very thin batter and ◆Akashicho is the birthplace of the renowned author, Ryunosuke the first shoe factory in Japan. Located in Irifunecho, it was built Site of Japan's First Bank, the First National Bank Eitaro Sohonpo 0120-28-4806 Eitaro Tokyo Meisho-kan hard candy cooked on a built-in tabletop grill. 29 Where 5 Major Roads Begin World's First Moving Walkway over a Canal 28 Many of the candy shops later Akutagawa (1892-1927). A prolific writer and protégé of Soseki Natsume, his 37 adjacent to a residential area designated exclusively for foreigners. Ninben 0120-12-0241 Dried bonito furikake (dried bonito, sesame, , MAP C－7 (Tokaido, Nakayamado, Koshu-kaido, Oshu-kaido, and Nikko-kaido) MAP C－7 mushroom flakes to sprinkle over rice, etc.) literary works include The Nose, Rashomon, Kappa, and Fool's Life. MAP D－3 became strictly monjayaki (A) Zero Milestone (B) 1603 (C) Nihonbashi Umeno-hana Yamamoto flavored nori (medium size) (A) Triton Bridge (B) March 2001（C） From Kachidoki 2-chome to (A) Mizuho Bank/monument (B) 1873 (C) 4-3 Nihonbashi Kabutocho Yamamoto Noriten 0120-70-1825 restaurants. Tsukishima boasts the ◆Nihonbashi, known as the starting point of Japan's Original Location of Tokyo Customs Office Harumi 1-chome 15 ◆Japan's first national bank was built here in 1873. Eiichi Shiose Sohonke 0120-106-741 Shiose manju largest concentration of monjayaki five major routes, was the first bridge built in Edo by MAP C－4 Shibusawa served as its first president. restaurants in Japan today and was 15 Cradle of order of the shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. The wooden ◆The walkway, 94 meters in full length, is installed over Asashio (A) Monument (B) 1867 (C) Near 14-19 Akashicho Nikuno Takasago 03-3531-4529 Tsukuda Takasago's roast pork the first place to sell monjayaki kits. MAP C－4 bridge was designated as the zero point. In 1872 Canal coinciding with the completion of Harumi Island Triton Square. Nihonbashi was once again designated as the zero (In front of the entrance to the Japanese restaurant, Jisaku) Bunmeido Nihonbashi (A) Monument (B) 1874 (C) 10 Akashicho (on the premises of St. Luke's College Japan's First Private Western-style Shipyard Former Site of Ishikawajima Shipyard Main Store 03-3241-0002 "Kuuka" cream cake milestone for measuring the distance along national ◆The Edo government designated Tokyo's Tsukiji Teppozu area (currently 29 of Nursing) ◆The university has its origin in a private school called the Rikkyo Tokyo bettarazuke pickles roads. The current double-arched Renaissance style Akashicho) as a residential area for foreigners and opened a customs office here. MAP E－5 Tokyo Niitakaya 03-5614-9090 School opened by Bishop Channing Moore Williams, a missionary of the 38 Departure and Arrival of First Japanese American Episcopal Church, in the foreign enclave located in the Tsukiji area. granite bridge was constructed in 1911. (A) Monument (B) 1853 (C) Area around 2-1 Kojuken 03-3639-0032 Shark fin noodles Recommended by the Tokyo Chuo City Tourism Association MAP C－1 Antarctic Research Expedition Birthplace of the Japanese Department Store Tsukuda Yamagataya SOH 8 assorted nori products in a Roots of Joshi Gakuin (First Girls' School in Japan) Origin of Nihonbashi Fish Market (A) Harumi Futo (B) 1956 (C) 5-7 Harumi 16 ◆In 1853, the year Commodore Perry arrived Yamagataya Noriten 03-3561-0171 black bamboo basket (product number: K-320A) Ginza Hiranoen 03-3541-7244 Sencha Hiranoen (200 g) 16 30 ◆The first Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) left Tokyo MAP C－4 MAP C－7 MAP C－8 in Japan, the Mito domain was appointed by Isejyu 03-3663-7841 tsukudani Shigemori Eishindo 03-3666-5885 Ningyoyaki (package of 10) aboard the Soya on November 8, 1956, along with 13 Sakhalin dogs (A) Mitsukoshi Department Store's Nihonbashi Main Store (B) 1904 (C) 1-4-1 the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate to build a (A) Monument (B) 1870 (C) 10 Akashicho (on the premises of St. (A) Monument (B) Early Edo period (C) 1-8 Nihonbashi Muromachi (Otohimeno Hiroba) including the famed Taro and Jiro. After completion of the Showa Nihonbashi Muromachi shipyard on Ishikawajima. After the Shogunate Kiyomura 03-3545-2266 Tuna king’s Torokatsu sandwich Seigetsudo Honten 03-3541-5588 Otoshibumi (package of 10) Luke's College of Nursing) ◆Japan's first school for girls, now ◆The fish market in the Nihonbashi area thrived for over 300 years before Station, the vessel returned on April 24, 1957. The JARE mission continues to this day with the fourth icebreaker the New Shirase ◆Japan's first department store, Mitsukoshi Gofukuten (currently Mitsukoshi collapsed, the shipyard was turned into a known as Joshi Gakuin, traces its origin to the A6 Girls' School it was relocated to Tsukiji after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. private Western-style shipyard by Tomiji Hirano in 1876. Fujii Akira Shoten 03-3667-4818 Ningyoyaki *The above stores also offer more officially recommended products. following in the path of its predecessors, the Soya, Fuji, and Shirase. Department Store's Nihonbashi Main Store), was opened here. opened by Julia Carrothers in the foreign enclave in Tsukiji. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tokaido Honsen, , Keihin Tohoku Line Shinbashi Station Takebashi Station Station Shinbashi Yokosuka Line Station Shinbashi Station Station Ginza 8-chome Inner Circular Route Hibiya Station 6 Ginza 7-chome Chuo City A 7 A

8 Yurakucho 7 Station Yurakucho 5 Station Map of Japan Firsts Ginza 6-chome Hamarikyu Garden 9 Mita Line 6 4 10 4 Chiyoda Line 6 Ginza StationGinza Station Tokyo Station 5 5 Otemachi Station Ginza 5-chome Tokyo Station Chuou Tsukiji River 24 Ginza 4-chome Otemachi Station 4 -dori St. Ginza 1-chome Otemachi Station Tukiji-shijo Station 7 2 Higashi-Ginza Ginza 3-chome Station Line Water bus 22 terminal Tsukiji 5-chome Station 3 Hanzomon Line B Ginza 2-chome 2 B 21 Kabuki Theater 1 2-chome 12 1 Water bus Ginza 1-chome Chiyoda Ward terminal Tsukiji Market 3 Kyobashi Station 20 11 Sotobori Kyobashi 23 3-chome -dori St. Nihonbashi Tsukiji 4-chome Ginza Line Nihonbashi Hongokucho Toyomicho Tsukiji 1-chome Hongokucho 4-chome Yaesu 1-chome 3-chome Kyobashi 2-chome 13 Nihonbashi 9 Hongokucho 12 Nihonbashi 2-chome Nihonbashi Kachidoki 5-chome Tsukiji 2-chome Takaracho Station Kyobashi 1-chome Hongokucho Muromachi Ginza Line Harumi Futo Oedo Line 17 Nihonbashi 25 1-chome Muromachi 4-chome Tsukiji Honganji Nihonbashi 3-chome Harumi Ferry Asakusa Line Mitsukoshi-mae Temple Nihonbashi 3-chome 26 Nihonbashi Station Station Muromachi 17 Terminal Tsukiji 3-chome 8 Nihonbashi 16 2-chome Shintomicho 16 Muromachi Harumi-dori St. 18 19 Shin-nihonbashi Harumi 5-chome Kachidoki 6-chome Station 1-chome 10 Tsukiji 6-chome 29 Shintomi Showa-dori St.Nihonbashi 2-chome 23Nihonbashi Station Kachidoki 25 2-chome Mitsukoshi-mae Nihonbashi Bridge Shintomi Inner Circular Route 24 22 Station 18 Honcho Kachidoki 3-chome 30 11 Nihonbashi 4-chome Tsukiji 7-chome 1-chome 38 14 Shin-ohashi-doriHatchobori St. Honcho C 4-chome Nihonbashi 1-chome Nihonbashi 3-chome C 14 Hatchobori 13 Honcho Iwamotocho Harumi Futo 17 16 3-chome Nihonbashi Station Nihonbashi Station Honcho 2-chome Kachidoki Station 18 15 Akashicho Asashio Canal Kachidoki 4-chome Hatchobori 1-chome Kachidoki 1-chome Irifune 2-chome 2-chome 19 9 Hatchobori 36 Nihonbashi 1-chome Kodenmacho 15 Irifune 3-chome Hatchobori Station 34 Hibiya Line Nihonbashi Irifune 1-chome Yurakucho Line Kayabacho Hatchobori 3-chome Nihonbashi 28 Water bus Station Kayabacho Nihonbashi Kobunacho Kachidoki 2-chome terminal 13 Hibiya Line 12 11 2-chome 27 20 Kodenmacho Nihonbashi Kabutocho Tsukishima 3-chome 8 10 Minato 3-chome Minato 1-chome Station Sobu Honsen Nihonbashi Harumi 3-chome Sumida River Minato 2-chome Kayabacho Nihonbashi Station Kayabacho Kayabacho 3-chome Horidomecho 37 Station35 1-chome Harumi 4-chome Nihonbashi Nihonbashi Nihonbashi Odenmacho Ningyocho Ningyocho Nihonbashi 20 1-chome 3-chome 21 Horidomecho Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge Kamejima River 2-chome Yasukuni-dori St. Tsukishima 4-chome Nihonbashi Shinkawa 1-chome Ningyocho-dori St. Tsukishima 1-chome Koamicho Ningyocho Bakurocho Station D 31 Station D Harumi Triton Square 20 19 28 Nihonbashi Tomisawacho Higashi- Bakuro Tsukuda 1-chome Shinkawa 14 Nihonbashi Yokoyama 20 1-chome Station Nihonbashi Harumi 1-chome Kajibashi-dori St. 3-chome Nihonbashi Bakurocho Nihonbashi Harumi-dori St. Asakusa Line Yokoyamacho 1-chome Bakurocho Sumiyoshi Shrine Chuo-ohashi Nihonbashi Kakigaracho 2-chome 1-chome 15 Nihonbashi Higashi Bridge Tozai Line Nihonbashi Hisamatsucho -Nihonbashi Tsukishima 2-chome Keiyo Line Tsukuda 2-chome Ningyocho Station Harumi-ohashi Bridge 2-chome Suitengu Yokocho Harumi 2-chome Nihonbashi Hakozaki Nihonbashi River 32 33 Suitengu-mae StationShrine 27 Higashi- 20 26 Nihonbashi Kakigaracho Nihonbashi Higashi- 21 2-chome Nihonbashi Tsukuda 3-chome 29 Nihonbashi 1-chome 2-chome Eitai Bridge Hamacho 1-chome Kiyosubashi-dori St. Sumidagawa Nihonbashi -ohashi Hamacho Aioi Bridge Hamacho Station Water bus Bridge 2-chome terminal Ryogokubashi Sumida River Nihonbashi Sumida River E Hamacho Bridge E Harumi Bridge 3-chome Nihonbashi Sumida Ward

Nakasu Line ●Commerce and Craftsmanship ●Food and Gourmet Dining ●Culture, People and Schools 1 First Public Phone Booth B-6 16 First Escalator and Elevator with Automatic Doors C-8 1 Birthplace of Tonkatsu (Fried Pork Cutlet) B-5 18 The Store that Made Uji Sencha Green Tea Popular C-7 1 Birthplace of Edo Kabuki B-6 18 Beginning of Dutch Studies C-4 34 Beginnings of the Postal Service C-7 2 Kanji Character for "Bag" Coined B-6 17 Japan's First Fruit Shop C-8 2 Birthplace of Katsu Kare (Fried Pork Cutlet with Curry Sauce) B-5 18 Birthplace of Gyokuro Green Tea C-7 2 Japan's First Electric Street Lamp B-5 19 Birthplace of Telecommunications C-4 35 First Public Utilities D-7 3 Birthplace of Ginza: Former Site of Edo Government Mint B-5 18 First Store to Issue Gift Certificates C-8 3 Birthplace of Anpan, Japan's Number One Sweet Bun B-5 19 Birthplace of Tsukudani D-4 3 Origin of Senshu University (Japan's First Private School of Law and Economics) B-5 20 Birthplace of Typography B-5 36 First National Elementary School: Sakamoto Gakko C-7 Legend 4 Cafeteria-Style Large Restaurant and Tourist Bureau in a Department Store B-5 19 Japan's First Eyeglass Store C-8 4 First "Fruit Parlor" in Japan A-5 20 Birthplace of Reba-furai D-4 4 Birth of a Brighter Community A-5 21 Birthplace of Tokyo Moa Gakko (Tokyo School for the Blind and the Speech Impaired) and Japan Braille System B-4 37 World's First Moving Walkway over a Canal D-3 5 Japan's First Shirt Store A-5 20 Site of the first Fuji Bank (Now Mizuho Bank) C-8 5 Birthplace of Anmitsu B-5 21 Tsukishima, Monjayaki Town D-4 5 Cradle of Jikei University School of Medicine B-5 22 Origin of Undokai (Sports Day) B-4 38 Departure and Arrival of First Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition C-1 6 Japan's First Company to Import, Sell and Produce Typewriters A-5 21 Original Site of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) E-6 6 Birthplace of Sea Urchin and Salmon Roe Sushi A-4 6 Site of the Original Institute for Business Training (Hitotsubashi University) A-5 22 Birthplace of Soccer B-4 Station Highway JR line 7 Original Site of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry B-4 22 Birthplace of the Rickshaw C-7 7 First Soda Fountain in Japan A-5 7 Site of Konbaru Yashiki: Birthplace of Konbaru Geisha A-4 23 Cradle of the Navy B-4 Pedestrian Underground bridge 7 First Toothpaste Sold in Japan A-5 23 Original Site of Sony C-7 8 Birthplace of Manju Cakes with Sweet Bean Paste Filling D-4 8 Birthplace of the Salvation Army Japan C-5 24 Origin of Longitude Benchmark B-4 section Major road 8 Birthplace of Western Pharmacy A-5 24 First Store to Sell Green Mosquito Net C-7 9 First Restaurant to Serve Temaki Sushi B-5 9 Cradle of Futaba Gakuen C-5 25 Cradle of Kogakuin University C-4 Station Subway Road 9 Oldest Existing Beer Hall in Japan A-5 25 First Joint Stock Company in Japan C-7 10 Birthplace of Okosama Lunch C-8 10 Origin of Joshi Seigakuin D-5 26 Cradle of the Merchant Marine E-6 Ku (ward) boundary 10 Site of Japan's First Product Testing Center A-4 25 Exclusive Distributor of First Domestically Produced Matches C-7 11 Birthplace of Flavored Nori C-7 11 Historical Site of Aoyama Gakuin C-5 27 Site of Chuo Shogyo Gakko E-6 Cho/machi (town) boundary 11 The original "Pedestrian Paradise" A〜 4〜 25 First Company PR Magazine C-7 12 Birthplace of Tenzaru and Tenmori B-8 12 Origin of Meiji Gakuin C-4 28 Site of the Port of Edo D-5 F - F River Chome (section) boundary 12 First Sidewalks B 6 25 First Importer of Fountain Pens C-7 13 The Original Bento Shop C-8 13 Birthplace of Fingerprinting C-4 29 Where 5 Major Roads Begin (Tokaido, Nakayamado, Koshu-kaido, Oshu-kaido, and Nikko-kaido) C-7 13 First Subway Line in Japan A-4～C-8 26 First Department Store Rooftop Parking Lot C-7 14 Birthplace of Oyakodon D-7 14 Birthplace of Ryunosuke Akutagawa C-4 30 Origin of Nihonbashi Fish Market C-7 Commerce Food/Gourmet Culture/Schools 14 Birthplace of Japan's Shoemaking Industry C-5 27 Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tokyo Kabushiki Torihikijo; currently Tokyo Shoken Torihikijo） C-7 15 Birthplace of Shinoda Inarizushi D-8 15 Cradle of Rikkyo University C-4 31 Birthplace of Junichiro Tanizaki D-7 15 Original Location of Tokyo Customs Office C-4 28 Site of Japan's First Bank, the First National Bank C-7 16 Birthplace of Amanatto C-7 16 Roots of Joshi Gakuin (First Girls' School in Japan) C-4 32 Birthplace of Kodan D-9 16 Birthplace of the Japanese Department Store C-8 29 Japan's First Private Western-style Shipyard E-5 17 Birthplace of Hayashi Rice C-7 17 Cradle of Keio University C-4 33 Origin of Juntendo D-9

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