Hamamatsuchō ( 浜松町 ) is a business and commercial district south of Shinbashi district in Minato ward in Tokyo , Japan . Hamamatsucho is located along the Tokyo Bay, with views of Odaiba and the Rainbow Bridge .
41-567: Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Hamamatsuchō 1-2- chōme are zoned to Onarimon Elementary School (御成門小学校) and Onarimon Junior High School (御成門中学校). This Tokyo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ch%C5%8Dme The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan . When written in Japanese characters , addresses start with
82-565: A 2018 release of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation [1] , the Ginza Line is the seventh most crowded subway line in Tokyo, running at 160% capacity between Akasaka-mitsuke and Tameike-sannō stations. Automatic train control (ATC) and train automatic stopping controller (TASC) were activated on the Ginza Line on July 31, 1993, replacing the previous mechanical automatic train stop (ATS) system. This allowed for an increase in
123-479: A name. Unlike in other nations, named roads are not used in addresses but merely for logistic purposes; excepting in the above-mentioned Kyoto system. Tokyo Metro Ginza Line [REDACTED] The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line ( 東京メトロ銀座線 , Tōkyō Metoro Ginza-sen ) is a subway line in Tokyo , Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro . The official name is Line 3 Ginza Line ( 3号線銀座線 , 3-gōsen Ginza-sen ) . It
164-416: A train for a five-minute trip. On January 1, 1930, the subway was extended by 1.7 km (1.1 mi) to temporary Manseibashi Station , abandoned on November 21, 1931 when the subway reached Kanda , 500 meters (1,600 ft) further south down the line. The Great Depression slowed down construction, but the line finally reached its originally planned terminus of Shimbashi on June 21, 1934. In 1938,
205-479: Is "7-2" in both Japanese and roman, though the Japanese (literally Marunouchi 2-Chōme 7-2 ) is partly reversed to "7-2, Marunouchi 2-Chōme" in roman if chōme is separate. Similarly, if the chōme is included, these also form a unit, so in this example the string is 2-7-2 in both Japanese and Western alphabet. As mentioned above, there are certain areas of Japan that use somewhat unusual address systems. Sometimes
246-597: Is 14.3 km (8.9 mi) long and serves the wards of Shibuya , Minato , Chūō , Chiyoda , and Taitō . It is the oldest subway line in Asia, having opened in 1927. The line was named after the Ginza commercial district in Chūō, Tokyo , under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color orange, and its stations are given numbers using the letter "G". Almost all Ginza Line trains operate on
287-492: Is an east–west cross street). The street address may alternatively be given as 烏丸通七条下ル (with street ( 通 , dōri ) inserted), indicating clearly that the address is on Karasuma street. However, the system is flexible and allows for various alternatives, such as: For less well known buildings, the official address is often given after the informal one, as in the address for the Shinatora Ramen restaurant: As
328-681: Is common to form them into a string separated by hyphens or the possessive suffix の ( no ), resulting in Asakusa 4-5-10 or Asakusa 4の5の10. This renders the two styles indistinguishable, but since each municipality adopts one style or the other, there is no risk of ambiguity. The apartment number may also be appended, resulting in 4-5-10-103. Street names are seldom used in postal addresses (except in Kyoto and some Hokkaidō cities such as Sapporo ). Banchi blocks often have an irregular shape, as banchi numbers were assigned by order of registration in
369-491: Is easily understood. For example, 京都市 Kyōto-shi is abbreviated to 京、 Kyō– and 下京区 Shimogyō-ku is abbreviated to 下、 Shimo– . Combining these (and dropping okurigana ), one may abbreviate the address of Kyoto Tower to: Sapporo's system, though official, differs in structure from regular Japanese addresses. The city-center is divided into quadrants by two intersecting roads, Kita-Ichijo and Soseigawa; blocks are then named based on their distance from this point, and farther from
410-449: Is the name of the city district; and 7-2 is the city block and building number. In practice it is common for the chōme to be prefixed, as in Japanese, resulting in the somewhat shorter: While almost all elements of the address are reversed when written in rōmaji , connected strings of numbers are treated as units and not reversed. Firstly, the "city block and building number" is a unit, and its digits are not reversed – in this example it
451-596: The iroha ordering (イ・ロ・ハ・ニ ... ) instead of numbers for blocks. These are called bu (部). For example, the address of the Kagaya Hotel in Nanao is: Some cities, including parts of Nagaoka, Niigata , use jikkan (甲・乙・丙 ... ) prefixed to the block number to indicate traditional divisions. These function similarly to chōme and are treated as such in addresses. For example, Yoita police station in Nagaoka has
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#1732783476940492-426: The special ward ( 特別区 , tokubetsu-ku ) with added authority to the mayors. For smaller municipalities, the address includes the district ( gun , 郡) followed by the town ( chō or machi , 町) or village ( mura or son , 村). In Japan, a city is separate from districts, which contain towns and villages. For addressing purposes, municipalities may be divided into chō or machi (two different readings of
533-635: The Hakodate Main Line or large roads to mark the new numbering. For example, far in the outskirts is the Sapporo Tachibana Hospital, at: Building 12 on block 3 of a chōme measuring 11 jō north and 2 chōme west of where the Hakodate Main Line meets Tarukawa Street. Or Toyohira Ward office, at: Building 1 on block 1 of a chōme measuring 6 jō south and 10 chōme east of where a small street meets
574-731: The Toyohira River . The direction is understood based on the quadrant of the city the jō is considered to be in, which may be off from the actual direction to the city center, depending on the landmark used. Far-flung and less crowded parts of the city may instead use a standard chō name, rather than a numbered jō , such as Makomanai . Many areas of Ōita Prefecture including the cities of Ōita and Usuki commonly use an unofficial parallel system known as "administrative wards" ( 行政区 , gyōseiku ) or "neighbourhood council names" ( 自治会名 , jichikaimei ) . While outwardly similar, these addresses end in kumi (組) or ku (区): As
615-595: The Tōkyō Rapid Railway ( 東京高速鉄道 , Tōkyō Kōsoku Tetsudō ) , a company tied to the predecessor of today's Tokyu Corporation , began service between Shibuya and Toranomon , later extended to Shimbashi in 1939. The two lines began through-service interoperation in 1939 and were formally merged as the Teito Rapid Transit Authority ("Eidan Subway" or "TRTA") in July 1941 in accordance with
656-449: The chō divisions are very small, numerous, and there is often more than one chō with the same name within a single ward, making the system extremely confusing. As a result, most residents of Kyoto use an unofficial system based instead on street names, a form of vernacular geography . This system is, however, recognized by the post office and by government agencies. For added precision, the street-based address can be given, followed by
697-573: The Ginza Line and the Marunouchi Line are the only Tokyo Metro lines to use 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge and third rail electrification, while subsequent lines employ narrow gauge ( 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in )) rails and 1,500 V DC overhead power supply to accommodate through services. Cars are stored and inspected at Shibuya Depot located after Shibuya Station and at Ueno Inspection Division ( 上野検車区 , Ueno-kensha-ku ) ,
738-589: The Land Transport Business Coordination Law ( 陸上交通事業調整法 , Rikujō-kōtsu jigyō-chōsei-hō ) . The "Ginza Line" name was applied in 1953 to distinguish the line from the new Marunouchi Line . In the postwar economic boom, the Ginza Line became increasingly crowded. The new Hanzōmon Line began to relieve the Ginza Line's traffic in the 1980s, but the Ginza Line is still quite crowded as it serves major residential, commercial, and business districts in central Tokyo. According to
779-503: The actual cardinal names of kita (north), minami (south), nishi (west), and higashi (east). The directional names for jō extend for about 7 kilometers to the north–south along the main Soseigawa Dori, but only about 3 kilometers at the most to the east and west; outside of that area, jō have other names, though the starting point of each is still the corner in the direction of the city center, often using landmarks such as
820-411: The address is north ( 上ル , agaru , "above") , south ( 下ル , sagaru , "below") , east ( 東入ル , higashi-iru , "enter east") , or west ( 西入ル , nishi-iru , "enter west") of the intersection. More precisely, the two streets of the intersection are not treated symmetrically: one names the street that the address is on, then gives a nearby cross street, and then specifies the address relative to
861-508: The address: The current addressing system was established after World War II as a slight modification of the scheme used since the Meiji era . For historical reasons, names quite frequently conflict. It is typical in Hokkaidō where many place names are identical to those found in the rest of Japan, for example Shin-Hiroshima (literally new Hiroshima) to Hiroshima, largely as the result of
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#1732783476940902-686: The character 町, depending on the particular case) and/or aza (字). Despite using the same character as town, the machi here is purely a unit of address, not administration; likewise, there are also ku address divisions that are not administrative special wards. There are two common schemes: However, exceptions abound, and the line between the schemes is often blurry as there are no clear delimiters for machi , aza , etc. There are also some municipalities like Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki which do not use any subdivisions. Below this level, two styles of addressing are possible. In both styles, since all address elements from chōme down are numeric, in casual use it
943-429: The chō and land number. Sometimes multiple houses share a given land number, in which case the name (either just family name, or full name of resident) must also be specified; this name is generally displayed in front of the house on a hyōsatsu ( 表札 , name plate ) , often decoratively presented, as are house numbers in other countries. The system works by naming the intersection of two streets and then indicating if
984-421: The city center, multiple blocks are included in each. The east–west distance is indicated by chōme (a slightly unorthodox usage of chōme ), while the north–south distance is indicated by jō , which has been incorporated into the chō name. The address to Sapporo JR Tower is: This address indicates that it is the fifth building on a block located on 5 jō north and 2 chōme west of the center, named with
1025-475: The city district name and block number, and detailed block maps of the immediate area are sometimes posted near bus stops and train stations in larger cities. In addition to the address itself, all locations in Japan have a postal code . After the reform of 1998, this begins with a three-digit number, a hyphen, and a four-digit number, for example 123-4567. A postal mark , 〒, may precede the code to indicate that
1066-537: The cross street. What this means is that a building can have more than one address depending on which cross street intersection is chosen. For instance, the address of Kyoto Tower is listed on their website as: Following the postcode, this contains the city and ward, followed by the unofficial address, a space, and then the official address: This address means "south of the intersection of Karasuma and Shichijō streets" – more precisely, "on Karasuma, below (south of) Shichijō" (Karasuma runs north–south, while Shichijō
1107-487: The daytime. The first trains start from Shibuya and Asakusa at 05:01, and the last ones reach Shibuya at 00:37, and Asakusa at 00:39. Being the oldest line on the Tokyo Metro , stations are also the closest to the surface—generally no more than one and a half stories underground. The western end of the line enters Shibuya Station located on the third-floor of a building that is located in a depression. The Ginza Line
1148-650: The differing system has been incorporated into the official system, as in Sapporo , while in Kyoto the system is completely different from, but used alongside the official system. Kyoto and Sapporo have addresses based on their streets being laid out in a grid plan , unlike most Japanese cities. Although the official national addressing system is in use in Kyoto – in Chiban style, with ward ( 区 , ku ) , district ( 丁目 , chōme ) , and land number ( 番地 , banchi ) ,
1189-528: The initial part of the address is familiar, it is often abbreviated – for example, Kyōto-fu, Kyōto-shi ( 京都府京都市 , "Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City") can be abbreviated to Kyōto-shi ( 京都市 , "Kyoto City") , as in the Kyoto Tower listing. More informally, particularly on return addresses for in-town mail, the city and ward can be abbreviated to the initial character, with a dot or comma to indicate abbreviation – there are only 11 wards of Kyoto , so this
1230-450: The largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. The Japanese system is complex and idiosyncratic , the product of the natural growth of urban areas, as opposed to the systems used in cities that are laid out as grids and divided into quadrants or districts. When written in Latin characters , addresses follow the convention used by most Western addresses and start with
1271-418: The line's full length from Asakusa to Shibuya. However, two trains depart in the early morning from Toranomon, and some late-night trains from Shibuya are taken out of service at Ueno. Along with the Marunouchi Line , it is self-enclosed and does not have any through services with other railway lines. On weekdays, trains run every 2 minutes 15 seconds in the morning and evening peak and every 5 minutes during
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1312-469: The maximum operating speed limit from 55 km/h (34 mph) to 65 km/h (40 mph), which came into effect on August 2, 1993, and hence enabled a corresponding increase in the line's route capacity and train frequency. The newest station on the line, Tameike-sannō Station , opened in 1997 to provide a connection to the newly built Namboku Line . The line, station facilities, rolling stock, and related assets were inherited by Tokyo Metro after
1353-727: The names indicate, these derive from traditional neighbourhood councils. While they continue to be used locally (e.g. school and electoral districts) and may be accepted for mail delivery, they are not considered official addresses, and individual buildings in each kumi will also have a standard ōaza-banchi address. For example, Usuki City Hall, while within Suzaki 4-chome 1-kumi, has the formal address of Usuki 72–1, which may be prepended with ōaza [ ja ] for clarity: Some cities in Ishikawa Prefecture , including Kanazawa and Nanao , sometimes use katakana in
1394-503: The number following is a postal code. In Japanese, the address is written in order from largest unit to smallest, with the addressee's name last of all. For example, the address of the Tokyo Central Post Office is or The order is reversed when writing in rōmaji . The format recommended by Japan Post is: In this address, Tokyo is the prefecture; Chiyoda-ku is one of the special wards; Marunouchi 2-Chome
1435-468: The older system, meaning that especially in older areas of the city they will not run in a linear order. For this reason, when giving directions to a location, people will often offer cross streets, visual landmarks and subway stations, such as "at Chūō-dori and Matsuya-dori across the street from Matsuya and Ginza station" for a store in Tokyo. Many businesses feature maps on their literature and business cards. Signs attached to utility poles often specify
1476-499: The privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. Since April 2012, the Ginza Line uses a fleet of 40 six-car Tokyo Metro 1000 series EMUs which have a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). Each car is 16 m (52 ft 6 in) long and 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in) wide, with three doors on each side. They are powered by a third rail electrified at 600 V DC . Both
1517-593: The project. Originally, the Ginza Line was proposed to open from Shimbashi to Asakusa all at once, but because of a recession following the Great Kanto Earthquake , it became difficult to raise funds for the line. The portion between Ueno and Asakusa was completed on December 30, 1927, and publicized as "the first underground railway in the Orient". Upon its opening, the line was so popular that passengers often had to wait more than two hours to ride
1558-487: The smallest geographic entity (typically a house number) and proceed to the largest. However, even when translated using Latin characters, Japan Post requires that the address also is written in Japanese to ensure correct delivery. Japanese addresses begin with the largest division of the country, the prefecture . Most of these are called ken (県), but there are also three other special prefecture designations: to (都) for Tokyo , dō (道) for Hokkaidō and fu (府) for
1599-466: The systematic group emigration projects since the late 19th century to Hokkaidō; people from villages across mainland Japan dreamt to become wealthy farmers. Historians note that there is also a significant similarity between place names in Kansai region and those in northern Kyūshū . See Japanese place names for more. Named roads ( 通り , tōri, dōri) are roads or sections deemed noteworthy and given
1640-485: The two urban prefectures of Osaka and Kyoto . Following the prefecture is the municipality . For a large municipality this is the city ( shi , 市). Cities that have a large enough population (greater than 500,000 residents) and are regarded as such by order of the Cabinet of Japan are called designated cities , and are subdivided into wards ( ku , 区), where in the prefecture of Tokyo , 23 of them are designated as
1681-557: Was conceived by a businessman named Noritsugu Hayakawa , who visited London in 1914, saw the London Underground and concluded that Tokyo needed its own underground railway. He founded the Tokyo Underground Railway ( 東京地下鉄道 , Tōkyō Chika Tetsudō ) with Baron Furuichi Kōi in 1920, and began construction on September 27, 1925, after raising ¥6.2 million of the ¥35 million initially required to fund