A Walk around Ningyocho and Nihonbashi / 人形町から日本橋の散歩

After having lunch at the ramen shop in Ningyocho, we decided to walk to Nihonbashi to check out the new shopping complex called Coredo. 

人形町でランチ食べたあと、日本橋方面に歩きました。

Here is a rapidly disppearing sight from the streets of Tokyo.  Vending machines selling beer and spirits.  You can still find them in front of sake shops though.

 

段々消えてゆく光景だ。酒の自動販売機。まだ酒屋の前ならありますが、ほかは中々目に入りません。

 

 



Walking past a sake shop.

酒屋の前を通りました。

A stylish display of plastic foods in front of a Chinese restaurant. 

中華料理店の前にあったお洒落な食べ物ディスプレイ。

We all know the saying "All Roads Lead to Rome" but in Japan, "All Roads Lead from Nihonbashi"!

「すべての道はローマに通づ」と言いますが、日本なら「すべての道は日本橋から始まる！」

Nihonbashi / 日本橋

 

 

 

We saw a crowd gathered on Nihonbashi and decided to check out what all the fuss was about.  The road was closed to traffic and there were police everywhere.  Could it be some kind of crime scene?  The closer we checked, it appears the police deparment was sponsoring some type of event and had a couple of patrol cars and police bikes on display. 

 

日本橋に人込みを発見。道が完全に通行禁止になってた。警官が大勢もいた。なんかの事件なのかなと調べてみたら、警察庁がイベントを開催中。パトカーや白バイクの展示されてた。

 

 

 

 

And people were allowed to sit in the police car (in the driver's seat!)

 

パトカーに乗ることも可能。運転席に！

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This police car was was made by the Toy company Tomica.  Unforunately, you couldn't sit in this one.  But still, very cool.

 

こちにパトカーはおもちゃメーカーのトミカが製造した車です。残念ながら、乗ることは出来ませんでした。

 

 



 

 

A Sumida River cruise also starts from Nihonbashi.  We debated about taking the cruise but decided not to.  Perhaps another time.

 

日本橋から隅田川クルーズも乗れる。迷いましたが、また今度にした。

 

 



 

 

The Mitsukoshi Building in Nihonbashi.  We did go to Coredo but there wasn't anything to take pictures of (and we already had lunch), so after wandering around here for a little while, we had some ice cream and then went home.

 

日本橋にある三越。Coredoも行きましたが、取るような写真はなかったので、ここでちょっとブラブラして、アイスを食べて、そのあとは家に帰りました。