Who will inherit the town
Every town has a shopping street, and there is a youth club.
There are festivals, sales, and events in the shopping district.
Ginza is also a shopping district.
In Ginza, each street has a neighborhood association.
It is the largest shopping street in Japan.
In Japan, the street named Ginza-dori was ranked 40th.
I counted 40 years ago.
I think it’s already decreasing now, but at that time I thought I’d try the Ginza Summit.
Then, I wanted to divide the Japanese archipelago into east and west, and hold a 1,000-meter tug-of-war on Ginza Street.
Ginza-dori stretches 1,200 meters from 1-chome to 8-chome.
Late night on New Year’s Eve. Moment to welcome the new year.
On Harumi-dori, Ginza teams from all over Japan, divided into East and West, compete for tuna.
Imagine bringing the great tug-of-war in Okinawa to Ginza.
On Harumi-dori between 4-chome and 5-chome, there is a flower cart used in the Gion Festival.
When the flower cart is pulled into 4th or 5th street, the game is decided.
The match determines the luck of the year.
Red and white tug-of-war in the shopping district.
From the Kohaku Uta Gassen, it will be broadcast nationwide in the coming year.
Television broadcast from a helicopter in the sky.
I am also a member of the Youth Club of the shopping district, that is, the Ginza Wakadanna no Kai.
At the age of 68, I am now in the late youth division.
When I joined at the age of 28, I was greatly helped by seniors in Ginza.
In other words, at the festival, I learned about the way Ginza should be and the members’ shops.
In other words, it is the personality of the long-established master.
A generation has changed, and now the shop is inherited by the next generation.
After a long time, I had a meal with the successors in their 40s and talked about my life in Ginza.
Business succession is town by town.
The last job of retirement in Ginza is to hand down the culture of this town to the next generation.
Is it possible for the management to pass on the story?
From this year, longtime employees of Koyama G all over Japan will come to Ginza.
Get a medical checkup at the Ginza Clinic and have them appreciate the Kabukiza.
And I will have a dinner with me at a long-established restaurant.
What I should inherit is the culture of the city that made me who I am.
In the old days, there was a person who was called a man of culture in Ginza.
I think the city itself is the culture.
I felt that it was my duty as a person who lived in this city to leave a legacy.
Yesterday, I started a town story meeting with five young masters at a sushi restaurant.
Two of them are women.
My daughter is the successor, the owner of the successor, and the president.
The old city is the new city.
I am old too.
But old age is not a bad thing.
Great, if you’re surrounded by young people.
I still don’t look good with walking sticks and hats.
Pulse oximeter 97/98/98
Body temperature 36.2 Blood sugar 179
Street lamp
CEO, Yasunari Koyama