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Jimbocho

Please do not obtain an answer from the beginning.
First question
What is the origin of the name of Kanda Jinbocho?
    A. There was a residence of the leader of the land Jimbou houkinokami
    B. The name of the owner of Jimbo Liu from Chinese restaurant famous at that time
    C. Between the Yasukuni Shrine and Kanda

Correct answer   A
The origin of the Jimbocho is Genroku time (1688〜1704), there are a vast residence bannerman Nagaharu Jimbo, It is said that in order came to be called "Jimbo alley" is that alley.

The 2nd question
Although Jinbocho currently called the town of the book is famous for accumulation of an antiquarian bookshop, how many antiquarian bookshops are located in general in the Jinbocho area now?
   A. 50 stores
   B. 180 stores
   C. 250 stores

Correct answer   B
Jimbocho is the world's largest "town of a book", and is called the "old book town" or the "secondhand book town." And the antiquarian bookshop of about 180 stores is piling up the area centering on the Jimbocho crossing at which the Yasukuni Dori and Hakusan passage crosses. Even if the east is applied to JR Kanda Station and it applies north in JR Suidobashi Station or the direction of JR Ochanomizu Station, it is dotted like 30 of stores of this.

古書店街

The 3rd question
Although the entrance of the antiquarian bookshop in Jinbocho which is a town of a book has many stores to which it has turned to the same direction from a certain reason, which direction has it turned to?
   A. For the north sides
   B. For the south sides
   C. For the west sides


Correct answer   A
Many of antiquarian bookshops are located along Yasukuni Dori, and those many are in on the south. That is, it is built for north. This is said for avoiding that sunlight hits and an old book hurts. Before Yasukuni Dori opening of traffic, Suzuran Street is the main street and the antiquarian bookshop along Suzuran street is also mostly built for north. It is said that SANSEIDO BOOKSTORE's Suzuran Street side was the front before. Although the photograph shows the direction of the Jinbocho crossing from Surugadaishita, almost all antiquarian bookshops stand on left-hand side. That is, it turned to north and has stood in a line. This can say that it is the same not only as an antiquarian bookshop but a fish dealer and a greengrocery.

The 4th question
Although many publishing companies have also gathered in Jimbocho, which is the publishing company which is not in next in Jimbocho?
   A. Shogakukan
   B. Kodansha
   C. Yuhikaku

Correct answer   B
Shogakukan is 2-3-1, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Kodansha is 2-12-21, Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
Yuhikaku is 2-17, Kanda Jimbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Since the junior high school was a Hitotsubashi junior high school, I passed along the Shueisha and Shogakukan front for three years.

Gakushi Kaikan

The 5th question
The Kaisei school which is the predecessor of the University of Tokyo is founded, and Gakushi Kaikan serves as the birthplace of a university in Japan. And although there is a monument of the one more birthplace, what is it?
   A. The birthplace of curry and rice in Japan
   B. The birthplace of a brass band
   C. The birthplace of Japanese baseball

Correct answer   C

University of Tokyo

Then, it is the 6th question for being set to JIMBOUNIST.
Jinbocho became a town of the book because the demand of books increased as universities gathered close. Then, which is the university whose Kanda area is not origin in next?
   A. University of Tokyo
   B. Kanto Gakuin University
   C. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Correct answer   B

The 7th question
The Kinnka elementary school, the Ogawa elementary school, and the nishikannda elementary school were unified in Heisei 5, and it became an Ochanomizu elementary school. Who is the great writer who learned to Meiji Era at the old Kinnka elementary school?
   A. Ougai Mori
   B. Soseki Natsume
   C. Ryunosuke Akutagawa Ougai Mori Soseki Natsume Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Correct answer   B

A book and a town

The 8th question
Although the building containing the present "information desk of a book and a town" in along Yasukuni Dori was famous as a Western style building at the time of construction, what was it called?
   A. Iccho London(About 100 meters resembled the scene of London)
   B. Tenement of 11(Eleven Western buildings were built continuously)
   C. Small concession(An enclaves-for-foreign-residents division like Shanghai)

Correct answer   B

The 9th question
Although many direct-vassal-of-a-shogun mansions were located in the Edo period and Jinbocho, it becomes a town in which various persons gather after Meiji Era. Who is the person called the father of the capitalism of Japan which temporarily lived in Jimbocho to Meiji Era?
   A. Eiichi Shibusawa
   B. Yukichi Fukuzawa
   C. Shigenobu Okuma

Correct answer   A

The 10th question
Jimbocho has many curry-and-rice stores. Because there is an opinion said since it can have a book in one hand and he can eat curry if it is curry. Where is the store which has curry in a menu in the next Chinese restaurant?
   A. Shinnsekaisaikann
   B. Shanghaiasaichi
   C. Yosukosaikan

Correct answer   A

The 11th question
Although many long-established antiquarian bookshops have gathered in Jimbocho called town of the book, which is the store which is the historied among the next antiquarian bookshops?
   A. Takayama bookstore
   B. Oya bookstore
   C. gyokueido bookstore

Correct answer   A

Oya bookstore

The 12th question
If it is an old book of the Edo period, it is the Oya bookstore, but what is drawn on the signboard with which a shop front is decorated?
   A. Ukiyoe Kabuki Juhachiban "SHIBARAKU"
   B. Old map "Famous-place Edo 100 view"
   C. Writing "Genji monogatari shō"

Correct answer   B

Bohemian's Guild

The 13th question
The Bohemian's Guild for which the books of an art system gather. Although the big European form which held the book heavily stands on the entrance, how many books does he have?
   A. 5 books
   B. 10books
   C. 15books

Correct answer   C

Head-turner
Head-turner

The 14th question
The second floor of Hara Shobo is a treasury of the ukiyoe which is the popular culture representing the Edo period. Who is the author of a drawing "collateral beauty figure" called originator of this ukiyoe?
   A. Sukenobu Nishikawa
   B. Torii Kiyonobu
   C・Moronobu Hishikawa

Correct answer   C

The 15th question
Roko Shobo has been filled with things such as small adorable miniature book. The world 1 established in this store -- what is written on the small miniature book?
   A. Tarot
   B. Bible
   C. Oriental Zodiac

Correct answer   C

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