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Map of Japan Firsts ～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 Tonkatsu (Fried Pork Cutlet) 13 The Original Bento Shop 1 Birthplace of Edo Kabuki 17 Cradle of Keio University MAP B－6 Automatic Doors MAP C－8 MAP B－5 MAP C－8 MAP B－6 MAP C－4 (B) 1900 (C) Near Ginza 1-chome Koban Police Box (A) Mitsukoshi Department Store's Nihonbashi 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 ◆Japan'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 Tsukiji 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 rice on a became Benmatsu. MAP B－5 18 ◆Teizo Tanizawa coined the kanji character for bag appearing (C) Nihonbashi Mitsui 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 Oyakodon ◆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 Senshu University (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 Law and Economics) 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 Anpan, 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 rice bowl). 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 Yokohama 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 red bean paste filling. end) and a tourist bureau (tourist and sightseeing information 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 sushi restaurant's first owner o Akarukusuru Undo (or Movement to Build a Brighter Community). Motoki who developed Japanese typesetting in the 1850's, launched Tokyo 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 history. (A) Yamatoya's Main Store (A) Monument (B) 1880 (C) 8-1 Nihonbashi Kobunacho Cradle of Jikei University School of Medicine (fried tofu 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.
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