Recently I found out that the old building I had mentioned by my
previous posts was a mistake. In fact there was another old building
with name "Meiji". I realized that actually there are two old
buildings named "Meiji" in Sakaisuji, Osaka. The correct one is the
old building of "Meiji Seika", a famous confectionery company. You
can see the photo in the following URL. The 13th building with a
white wall is the photo of that building.

http://www.geocities.jp/ochou2003/machi/sennbaminami.html#meiji

The correct building where Chojun Miyag gave the lecture is the
building of "Meiji Seika" which is also located in Sakaisuji, Osaka.

Today I went there to check the correct building, but with much
regret, the old building of "Meiji Seika" was already destroyed just
a few weeks ago! I was so sad to see the vacant lot facing Sakaisuji
street, Osaka.

Sanzinsoo
http://yamada-san.blogspot.com/


--- In gojuryu@yahoogroups.com, "san zinsoo" <sanzinsoo@...> wrote:
>
> Meiji-ya was already moved to somewhere else, but the old building
where
> once Miyagi Sensei had given a historic lecture still exists in
the center
> of busy Osaka city. You can see the photo of this building.
>
> http://www.geocities.jp/ochou2003/machi/sennbaminami.html#meijiya
>
> "HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF KARATE-DO, MARTIAL ARTS OF RYUKYU by Chojun
Miyagi,
> Original Remarks: This essay was written and prepared by Master
Chojun
> Miyagi especially for the club members when he gave us the
lecture "About
> Karatedo" and its demonstration at the lecture hall on the 4th
floor of
> Meiji Shoten at Sakaisuji, Osaka on 28th January 1936."
>
> Sanzinsoo
> Osaka, Japan
>
> --- In goju_ryu@yahoogroups.com, "san zinsoo" <sanzinsoo@> wrote:
>
> Re: the lecture hall in 1936 and 2003
>
> On this Wednesday, 19th February 2003, I actually visited "the
lecture hall
> on the 4th floor of Meiji Shoten at Sakaisuji, Osaka" where Chojun
Miyagi
> gave the lecture on karate sixty-seven years ago. On the 4th floor
there
> are a few offices instead of the lecture hall. This building
of "Meiji
> Shoten" was built in 1924, about eighty years ago and still remain
the same
> as before, facing the very busy street whose name is Sakaisuji. At
that
> time this building was the most modern building in Osaka.
Sakaisuji area is
> also called Sakaisuji-Honmachi. It is the center of commerce in
Osaka and
> there are many textile or garment shops and trading companies.
> Meiji Shoten is now called Meiji-Ya (also spelled Meidi-Ya), which
is one
> of the biggest food
> wholesaler specializing in imported foods and scotch whiskey. From
the
> subway station
> "Sakaisuji-Honmachi" you can go there on foot within three
minutes. Of
> course you cannot find Miyagi Sensei there any longer.
>
> Sanzinsoo
> Osaka, Japan
>
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