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PAST TOKYO with Manami Arai: Manami Gets a Taste of Downtown Nostalgia at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
PAST TOKYO with 新井愛瞳：江戸東京たてもの園でノスタルジックな下町風情を味わう
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Dressed up in the latest popular style with Swankiss, we took Manami Arai from UPUPGIRLS (KARI) to get to know Tokyo’s past at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum.
Swankissでコーディネイトした東京の最新ファッションを身に包み、アップアップガールズ（仮）の新井愛瞳さんが訪れたのが、東京の“昔”を知ることができる「江戸東京たてもの園」。
As its name suggests, it’s an open-air museum that first opened in 1993, and restores, preserves, and displays historical buildings with high cultural value which were built from the Edo Period to the early Showa Era, but have been relocated due to difficulties keeping preserving them at their original sites.
江戸東京たてもの園は、1993年に開園した野外博物館で、江戸時代から昭和初期に建てられた、文化的価値が高いけれど現地で保存することが難しい、という歴史的建造物を移築し、復元・保存・展示しています。
The museum is located in the western part of Koganei City in Tokyo, and covers about 7 hectares! Not only can you see different buildings, you can also enjoy seeing a variety of flowers, too. The weather today was perfect for a stroll! We decided to take a peek at the area housing displays of old shops, public bathhouses, and taverns.
たてもの園は東京の西部・小金井市に位置しており、敷地面積は約７ヘクタール！ 建物だけでなく、様々な草花も見ることができます。この日は快晴でお散歩日和！ 今回は、昔の商家、銭湯、居酒屋などが展示されているエリアを中心に歩いてみました。
This is the result from the collaboration with DVD magagazine IDOL NEWSING vol.2, where she’ll experience Tokyo’s new and old.
こちらの記事は、DVDマガジン「IDOL NEWSING vol.2」とのコラボ企画になります。
The first place we set foot in was a dried goods store. There were dried mushrooms and seaweed hanging on display, and we could easily have fun imagining what it what this downtown area looked like during its heyday.
まず最初に足を踏み入れたのは、乾物屋さん。昆布や海苔、干し椎茸などがディスプレイされており、当時のリアルな下町の風情を楽しむ事ができます。
This one was a florist shop built during the early Showa Era. It was during this period that people would often buy flowers to give to someone. Somehow seeing it made us long for a time gone by.
こちらは昭和初期に建てられたお花屋さん。当時は、どんな人が誰のためにお花を買っていたんでしょう。なんだかノスタルジックな気分。
Here we have a stationery shop that was founded in the early Meiji era. Because it had originally been a wholesale calligraphy supply retailer, the shop was decorated with calligraphy brushes and ink.
そしてここは、明治初期に創業した文具店。元々は書道用品の卸をしていたということで、書道用の墨や筆などが多く飾られています。
We take a few more steps and take a rest at a traditional umbrella shop. It’s been brought back to the way it appeared in the 1930s. But despite its age, the inside of the store was surprisingly clean.
少し散策した所で、こちらの和傘屋さんで休憩。1930年頃の店先の様子を再現している、とのこと。それにしても、建物の復元状態が綺麗さには驚きです。
After that, we took a tour of a retro soy sauce shop and the taverns before visiting the public bathhouse Kodakarayu! There’s a rumor that many of the buildings here at the Tokyo-Edo Open Air Museum remind us of the Ghibli movie “Spirited Away”.
そしてレトロな醤油屋さん、居酒屋さんを巡り、銭湯「子宝湯」へ！ どうやら、「江戸東京たてもの園」の多くの建物が、ジブリ映画『千と千尋の神隠し』をイメージさせる、というウワサもあるようです。
Of course at the museum you can see big buildings like these, but you can also fetch water from a well, ride the tram, sit around the hearth and kindle a fire, or take a nap on top of the farmhouse’s tatami… When you walk around the architectural garden, it really feels like you’ve traveled back in time to the Edo Period.
こういった大きな建物はもちろんですが、井戸で水汲み遊びをしたり、路面電車に乗ってみたり、火の入ったいろりを囲んでお話ししたり、農家の畳の上でお昼寝したり……。たてもの園を散策していると、本当に江戸時代にタイムスリップしたような気持ちになります。
If you find yourself bored of all the urban areas when you visit Tokyo and would like to experience the way the city was in the past, we encourage you to give the Edo-Tokyo Architectural Museum a visit.
東京に来てみたけど都会すぎて疲れる、昔の東京を体感してみたい、という方は、ぜひ江戸東京たてもの園に訪れてみてください。
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Photos by Mime Soga
Hair & Make by hitomi
Translated by Jamie Koide
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Tokyo Edo Architectural MuseumAddress : Sakura Machi 3-7-1, Koganei-shi, Tokyo
Nearest Station : Musashi Koganei
TEL : 042-388-3300
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Ayaya
Been working in girls’ fashion magazines for a long time and am now the chief editor of Tokyo Girls’ Update. I have more expertise in Japanese teen fashion than anyone else (probably)! I’m a huge fan of the Revolutionary Girl Utena and Bakemonogatari animes.
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