Marumiya Office and the Kabukiza in Ginza / 銀座にある丸美屋本社と歌舞伎座

What's fun about walking around Tokyo is you never know what you will come across. As we were walking around Ginza after having lunch at Kaneko Hannosuke, we passed by a large office building. It was the Ginza office for Marumiya Food Makers. Their lobby was open to the public and it looked pretty interesting from the outside so we decided to take a closer look.

東京ウロチョロ散歩すると、どういうものを発見するのがわからないので面白い。この間、銀座にある金子半之助でランチと食べ終わったら、銀座周辺を探索しました。そしたら、気になるオフィスビルを発見。丸美屋食品工業株式会社があった。気軽に入っても良いということで、ちょっと覗いてみた。

On display were some of the goods you can get with their products such as anime stickers or character trains.

壁のディスプレーに丸美屋食品でもらえる特典グッズが飾られてた。ポケモンシールやワン・ピースステッカーなど。とっとこハム太郎トレイン缶が可愛い。

More anime goods.

アニメグッズいろいろ。

Of course their is a display of their products.

もちろん丸美屋食品のものも展示されてる。

These are just some of their products they produce.

これは本の一部丸美屋食品が出してるものです。

Their top selling item and one of my favorite products as well - noritama furikake (egg and seaweed rice topping).

丸美屋食品の定番の商品。のりたまふりかけ。僕もこれが大好きです。今でも使ってます。

Mabodofu / 麻婆豆腐

Not too far from the Ginza Marumiya Food Products office was the renovated Kabukiza - the Kabuki Theater! It would be our next stop.

銀座丸美屋工業のオフィスの近くにもっと有名な場所がありました。銀座と言えば歌舞伎でしょう。そう、次行ったのは歌舞伎座。

Kabukiza / 歌舞伎座

Could that be the famous onna-gata kabuki actor Ernesteenosuke?

もしかして、有名な女型歌舞伎俳優のアーネスティン之助？

And is that Ernesteen's older brother Ernnosuke?

そしてそれは兄のアーン之助ではないか？

Kabuki Dolls / 歌舞伎人形

We also enjoyed a walk around the rooftop garden.

屋上庭園にちょっと散歩。

The Goemon Stairs at Kabukiza / 歌舞伎座の五右衛門階段

My wife on the Goemon Stairs / 五右衛門階段に立つ妻

Stained Glass illustrating [The Battle of Coxinga].

「国姓爺合戦」ステイングラス。

Kabukiza entrance / 歌舞伎座の入口

Did you know there was a Kabuki Shrine as well. It is located outside of the building.

It's called the Kabuki Inari Daimyojin.

歌舞伎座に小さな神社があるのはご存知でしたか。名前は歌舞伎稲荷大明神。

My wife and I decided to buy new seal notebooks here as well.

僕と妻が歌舞伎の御朱印帳を購入しました。

Kabuki Inari Jinja Seal / 歌舞伎稲荷神社の御朱印

And that was the end of this adventure.

そして今回の冒険の幕を閉じた。