THE DIARY GAME :09/09/2020【Tokyo,Daily Life】Hibiya Park 日比谷公園 :Team@japansteemit

東京は緑豊かな都市です。

Since there are many parks in central Tokyo, the natural environment is also rich.

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デパートや高級店が立ち並ぶ銀座や、飲食店が軒を連ねる有楽町といった繁華街のすぐ近くにも、広大な「日比谷公園」があります。道を挟んで、皇居のお堀にも面しています。

There is a vast "Hibiya Park" in the immediate vicinity of downtown areas such as Ginza, which is lined with department stores and luxury stores, and Yurakucho, which is lined with restaurants.
Hibiya Park faces the moat of the Imperial Palace across the road. (The Imperial Palace is the site of Edo Castle, including the "Gosho" and the Imperial Household Agency, which are the current residences of the emperor in normal times.)

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東京は、海を埋め立てて発展してきました。日比谷公園も、かつては入江だった場所が、江戸時代に埋め立てられた土地です。江戸城の日比谷御門のすぐ外にある場所ですので、大名の屋敷があったといいます。

Tokyo, which faces the sea (Tokyo Bay), has developed by reclaiming the sea. Hibiya Park is also a land that was once a cove and was reclaimed during the Edo period (1603-1867). It is located just outside the Hibiya gate, which is one of the gates of Edo Castle, so it is said that there was a mansion of a daimyo (samurai who have a large territory) during the Edo period.

明治時代この場所は更地となり、官庁の建築が計画されました。しかし埋立地のため地盤が悪く、断念。そんな理由で、ここは公園になったという歴史があります。実際、国の重要な機関が集中する永田町がすぐ近くです（下記の写真は国会議事堂）。

In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the mansion of the daimyo was demolished and this place became a vacant lot. The construction of government offices for the new government of the Meiji era is planned, and there is still an area called Nagatacho, where important national organizations such as government offices and the Diet Building are concentrated.
However, because of the reclaimed land, the ground was poor and the construction of government offices was abandoned. That's why it became a park(The photo below is the Parliament Building).

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ドイツ式庭園に倣ったデザインが採用され、明治時代の1903年に日比谷公園が開業しました。下記は、日比谷公園を象徴する大噴水。

A design that imitates a German garden was adopted, and Hibiya Park opened in 1903 during the Meiji era. The photo below is a large fountain that symbolizes Hibiya Park.

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日比谷公園の魅力は、公園の中に野外音楽堂や公会堂、図書館やレストランといった施設があることです。

The attraction of Hibiya Park is that there are facilities such as an open-air concert hall, public hall, library and restaurant in the park.

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「日比谷花壇」は、1950年に開店した有名な園芸店です。

"Hibiya Hanada" is a famous gardening shop that opened in 1950.

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開園の1903年に開業した、松本楼（まつもとろう）をはじめとした名店も公園の森の中にあり、リゾート地に来たような気分で食事が楽しめます。

The restaurant, Matsumotoro, which opened in 1903, and other restaurants are also located in the forest of the park, so you can enjoy your meal as if you were in a resort area.

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日比谷というエリアは、あまり目立たないイメージがあります。その原因は、「エリアマップ」にあるのではないかと考えています。案内表示や市販の地図は、どうしても主要駅が中心のものとなるため、「東京駅周辺」「銀座駅周辺」といったものになりがちです。

The area called Hibiya has an image that is not very noticeable. I suspect that the cause is the "area map". Information displays and commercially available maps tend to be "around Tokyo Station" and "around Ginza Station" centered on major stations.

COVID-19の感染拡大のなか、日比谷公園で実施されるイベントは残念ながら中止が相次いでいます。イベント参加といった目的を持って訪れる人が少ないなか、人があまり密集しない場所として、都会の公園でのひとときを楽しむ方法もあるかもしれません。

People inevitably gather in such popular areas. Unfortunately, the events held at Hibiya Park have been canceled one after another amid the spread of COVID-19 infection. But that's why there may be a way to enjoy a moment in an urban park as a less crowded place.

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