Western Food〈・〉 Curry〈・〉 Products〈-〉 Economy〈-〉 Culture and Civilization〈-〉 Schools and Studies〈-〉 Snacks and Sweets〈-〉 Beverages〈-〉 - - - ｜ Stores〈 〉 Other〈 〉 ｜ ｜ People〈 ・ 〉 Other〈 〉 Commerce and Craftsmanship Gourmet Dining Japanese Food〈 - 〉 Culture, People and Schools (A)What’s there now (B)Landmark year (C)Address Chuo 1 First Store to Sell Green Mosquito Net MAP C−7 Original Location of Tokyo Customs Office 1 Birthplace of Okosama Lunch Birthplace of Flavored Nori 1 Birthplace of Edo Kabuki MAP B−6 Origin of Joshi Seigakuin MAP D−5 City (A)Nihonbashi Nishikawa/(B)1615/(C)1-5-3 Nihonbashi MAP D−4 MAP C−8 MAP C−7 (A)Monument /(B)1624 (A)Monument /(B)1905/(C)6-24 Akashicho The green, red-trimmed mosquito netting designed by Jingoro Nishikawa, a second- (C)3-4 Kyobashi (green zone) A Christian missionary, Bertha F. Clawson, established the Joshi Seigakuin Seminary in Tsukiji in 1905. (A)Monument/(B)1867/(C)Near 14-19 Akashicho (A)Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store (A)Yamamoto Noriten generation bedding business owner, was very popular. The first kabuki theater in Edo was set up in Nakabashi Nanchi (between (B)1930 (B)1869 The Edo government designated Tokyo's Tsukiji Teppozu area (currently Akashicho) as a residential Nihonbashi and Kyobashi) by Saruwaka Kanzaburo, who headed the (C) (C) Historical Site of Aoyama Gakuin MAP D−5 area for foreigners and opened a customs office here. 1-4-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi 1-6-3 Nihonbashi-Muromachi Saruwaka-za kabuki troupe (later renamed Nakamura-za). 2 Exclusive Distributor of First Domestically The okosama lunch (kid's platter) was invented by Flavored nori was invented by Yamamoto Noriten’s second- (A)Monument /(B)1874/(C)Near 6 Akashicho Produced Matches MAP C−7 Original Site of Bank of Japan (BOJ) MAP E−6 Taro Ando, then general manager of the restaurant generation owner, Tokujiro Yamamoto, for Emperor Meiji to bring (Tokaido, Nakasendo, Koshu- Aoyama Gakuin traces its origin to three schools founded by missionaries sent from the American division at Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store. as a souvenir from Tokyo when he traveled to Kyoto. 2 Where 5 Major Roads Begin Methodist Episcopal Church. One of the schools was the Girls' Elementary School opened in (A)Maruzen/(B)1876/(C)2-3-10 Nihonbashi (A)Relocated/Monument/(B)1882/(C)19 Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho kaido, Oshu-kaido, and Nikko-kaido) MAP C−7 Azabu in 1874. The school was later named Kyusei Girls' School, and then once again renamed Maruzen was the exclusive distributor of products made by Shinsui-sha (literally: "The New Flint Rock BOJ was moved to its current location at Nihonbashi Hongokucho in 1896. the Kaigan Girls' School in 1877 when it was relocated to Akashicho, where the school flourished. 2 Birthplace of Tonkatsu (Fried Pork Cutlet) Birthplace of Tenzaru and Tenmori (A) (B) (C) Company"), Japan's first match manufacturer founded by Makoto Shimizu. Zero Milestone/ 1603/ Nihonbashi Bridge The other two schools were the Kokyo Gakusha Boys' School opened in Tsukiji in 1878 and Nihonbashi, known as the starting point of Japan's five major routes, was the first MAP Japan's First Private Western-style Shipyard: Former MAP B−5 MAP C−8 the Methodist Mission Seminary opened in Yokohama in 1879. These two schools were later bridge built in Edo by order of the shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. The wooden bridge was integrated into Aoyama Gakuin and moved to Aoyama. Relocation of the Kaigan Girls' School to 3 First Importer of Fountain Pens MAP C−7 (A)Ginza Rengatei (A)Muromachi Sunaba Site of Ishikawajima Shipyard designated as the zero point. In 1872 Nihonbashi was once again designated as the Aoyama began in 1888 where it was eventually integrated into Aoyama Gakuin. (A)Maruzen/(B)1884/(C)2-3-10 Nihonbashi (B)1899 (B)ca. 1945 zero milestone for measuring the distance along national roads. The current double- Maruzen was the first to import stylographic pens to Japan. These pens were often called MAP E−5 (C)3-5-16 Ginza (C)4-1-13 Nihonbashi-Muromachi arched Renaissance style granite bridge was constructed in 1911. MAP D−4 "mankichifude" or "mansanfude," after the name of the Maruzen's sales rep who eagerly Motojiro Kida, the founding owner of Rengatei, came up with "This was the first restaurant to serve cold soba noodles with Origin of Meiji Gakuin (A)Monument/(B)1876/(C)Area around 2-1 Tsukuda marketed them. This is believed to be the reason why these pens are called "mannenfude" or a recipe for deep-frying pork with vegetable oil to meet the a dipping sauce so that customers could enjoy hot tempura (A)Monument /(B)1877/(C)7-14 Akashicho In 1853, the year Commodore Perry arrived in Japan, 3 Origin of Nihonbashi Fish Market MAP C−7 "mannenhitsu" today. tastes of Japanese customers. Rengatei was the first restaurant with noodles even in summer. The unconventional menu was The Tokyo Union Theological Seminary was founded in Tsukiji in 1877 by three seminaries the Mito domain was appointed by the ruling Tokugawa to serve fried pork cutlet over shredded cabbage with rice on a developed under the management of the third-generation (A)Monument/(B)Early Edo period/(C)1-8 Nihonbashi Muromachi (Otohimeno Hiroba) including the Brown Academy. The school was later merged with the United Japanese-English Shogunate to build a shipyard on Ishikawajima. After plate. The restaurant also invented ebifurai (deep-fried shrimp) and owner brothers, Shigeru and Kamejiro. The fish market in the Nihonbashi area thrived for over 300 years before it was relocated to Union School (formerly the Hepburn Academy) and the Japanese English Preparatory School to form 4 Japan's First Shirt Store the Shogunate collapsed, the shipyard was turned into a omuraisu (rice omelet). OF Tsukiji after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Meiji Gakuin. private Western-style shipyard by Tomiji Hirano in 1876. MAP A−5 The Original Bento Shop (A)Yamatoya Shirts/(B)1876/(C)6-7-8 Ginza 3 Birthplace of Hayashi Rice Beginnings of the Postal Service MAP D−7 MAP C−4 Birthplace of the Japanese Department Store MAP C−7 4 Cradle of Rikkyo University Japan's first shirt store opened on Benten Street, MAP C−7 (A)Nihonbashi Post Office/Monument /(B)1871/(C)1-18-1 Nihonbashi (A)Monument /(B)1874/(C)10 Akashicho (on the premises of St. Luke's International University) MAP C−8 (A)Nihonbashi Benmatsu Souhonten in Yokohama's Kannai section in 1876. Located This is the site of Japan's original postal service agency (ekiteishi) and the Tokyo Post Office(now The university has its origin in a private school called the Rikkyo School opened by Bishop near the port of Yokohama, the business thrived (A)Maruzen (B)1850 (A)Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store/(B)1904 the Tokyo Central Post Office). Channing Moore Williams, a missionary of the American Episcopal Church, in the foreign serving a mostly foreign clientele. Destroyed by (B)1954 (C)1-10-7 Nihonbashi-Muromachi (C)1-4-1 Nihonbashi-Muromachi enclave located in the Tsukiji area. World War II air raids, it was reopened in Ginza (C)2-3-10 Nihonbashi The idea for bento (boxed lunch to go) began in a restaurant in 1953. Japan’s first department store, Mitsukoshi Gofukuten(currently The dish is said to be named for Yuteki Hayashi, the founder of Maruzen. Hayashi would catering to busy workers from the nearby fish market. 5 First Public Utilities MAP D−7 Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store), was opened here. often serve this dish to his friends, who dubbed it "Hayashi Rice." When Maruzen opened its That restaurant eventually became Benmatsu. (A)Monument /(B)1887/(C)1-3-10 Nihonbashi-Kayabacho Roots of Joshi Gakuin MAP C−4 JAPAN 5 Japanese Pioneer in Import/Sale/ Nihonbashi store in 1954, the dish was placed on the menu. In 1887 Tokyo Dento built Japan's first power station here and started supplying power to (A)Monument /(B)1870/(C)10 Akashicho (on the premises of St. Luke's International University) Japan's First Fruit Shop nearby organizations like Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Imamura Bank and the Tokyo Post Office. The school for girls, now known as Joshi Gakuin, traces its origin to the A6 Girls' School MAP B−5 Birthplace of Sea Urchin Sushi Production of Typewriters MAP C−8 4 Birthplace of Katsu Kare opened by Julia Carrothers in the foreign enclave in Tsukiji. MAP A−4 (A) (B) (C) Kurosawa/ 1901/ 6-9-2 Ginza Japan's First Fashion Show MAP C−8 (A)Sembikiya Sohonten/(B)1877/(C)Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, 2-1-2 Nihonbashi-Muromachi (Fried Pork Cutlet with Curry Sauce) MAP B−5 6 (A)Ginza Kyubey Teijiro Kurosawa founded Kurosawa Shoten in Kyobashi's Yazaemon-machi (currently Ginza (A)Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store (currently Mitsukoshi Theater) Cradle of Keio University MAP C−4 4-chome) to start import and sale of typewriters. Daijiro Oshima, the grandson of Sembikiya's founder, started up a fruit retail business with an (A)Ginza Swiss (B)1942 (B)1927/(C)1-4-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi (A)Monument /(B)1868 eye to improving the quality of domestic fruit by importing fruits and seeds from overseas. (B)1948 (C)8-7-6 Ginza Japan’s first fashion show was organized to present kimono dresses made based on contest- (C)11 Akashicho (near St. Luke's International Hospital) (C)3-5-16 Ginza The sushi restaurant was a favorite of potter, 6 First Toothpaste Sold in Japan MAP A−5 winning designs. Actress Yaeko Mizutani walked in the show.