Tokiwa-so is not just a typical ordinary apartment house, but it is famous and regarded as the birthplace of Japanese manga culture. Osamu Tezuka started living here in 1953. Since then, many aspiring manga artists who became prominent later, such as Hiroo Terada, Fujiko Fujio, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Fujio Akatsuka had lived there. They all became househould names.
椎名町では30年前に「一圓」のジャンボ餃子を食べた。このあたりの銭湯にも入りにきていた。新宿の中落合「青木荘」に住んでいたので、自転車で近かった。