Nihonbashi ( 日本橋 (にほんばし) , also romanized as Nihombashi ) is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo , Japan which sprung up around the bridge of the same name that has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603. The current bridge, designed by Tsumaki Yorinaka and constructed of stone on a steel frame, dates from 1911. The district covers a large area to the north and east of the bridge, reaching Akihabara to the north and the Sumida River to the east. Ōtemachi and Yaesu are to the west and Kyobashi to the south.
30-672: Nihonbashi, together with Kyobashi and Kanda , is the core of Shitamachi , the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo, before the rise of newer secondary centers such as Shinjuku and Shibuya . The Nihonbashi district was a major mercantile center during the Edo period : its early development is largely credited to the Mitsui family , who based their wholesaling business in Nihonbashi and developed Japan's first department store , Mitsukoshi , there. The Edo-era fish market formerly in Nihonbashi
60-493: A Yamanote district. Chiyoda has been a site of a number of historical events. At the tip of Musashino plateau , Chiyoda is located at the very heart of former Tokyo City in eastern mainland Tokyo. The central area of the ward is furthermore occupied by the Imperial Palace . The east side of the ward, bordering Chūō , is the location of Tokyo Station . The south side, bordering Minato , encompasses Hibiya Park and
90-482: A branch office in Chiyoda. At one point, Cantor Fitzgerald had an office in Chiyoda. Home to the massive Tokyo station with a multitude of subways, railways and long-distance services. As of 1 May 2003 , Chiyoda has eight elementary schools, with 2,647 students, and five junior high schools with 1,123 students. Public elementary, junior high schools and Kudan Secondary School in Chiyoda are operated by
120-486: Is a special ward of Tokyo , Japan . Located in the heart of Tokyo's 23 special wards, Chiyoda consists of the Imperial Palace and a surrounding radius of about a kilometer (1000 yards), and is known as the political and financial center of Japan. As of October 2020, the ward has a population of 66,680, and a population density of 5,709 people per km (14,786 per sq. mi.), making it by far the least populated of
150-526: Is by far the highest of all municipalities in Japan. Tokyo Station , Tokyo's main inter-city rail terminal and the busiest train station in Japan in terms of scheduled trains, is also located in Chiyoda. Chiyoda is also the political center of the country. Chiyoda, literally meaning " field of a thousand generations", inherited the name from the Chiyoda Castle, the other name for Edo Castle , which
180-776: Is expected to be completed in fiscal year 2041. Nihonbashi (日本橋) Hakozakicho (箱崎町) Honcho (本町) Muromachi (室町) In the late 1990s GeoCities Japan was headquartered in the Nihonbashi Hakozaki Building in Hakozakicho. At one time Creatures Inc. had its headquarters in the Kawasakiteitoku Building ( 川崎定徳ビル , Kawasakiteitoku Biru ) in Nihonbashi. Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Chuo City Board of Education (中央区教育委員会). Jōtō Elementary School ( 中央区立城東小学校 ) and Nihonbashi Junior High School ( 中央区立日本橋中学校 ) are
210-448: Is known as the economic center of Japan; the districts of Otemachi , Marunouchi and Yurakucho east of the palace (an area colloquially known as "Daimaruyu") house the headquarters of 19 Fortune 500 companies, is the source of roughly 10% of the combined revenue of all Japanese companies, and produced the equivalent of around a quarter of the country's GDP in 2017. With a day population of around 850,000, its day/night population ratio
240-801: Is located in the National Center of Sciences in Hitotsubashi . Both of the Sophia University Campuses are in western Chiyoda. The main Yotsuya campus lies adjacent to Yotsuya Station and the Ichigaya Campus just south of Ichigaya Station . Globis University Graduate School of Management which is the largest business school in Japan is also located in Chiyoda. Hosei University , Meiji University , Senshu University , Nihon University and so on are located in
270-691: Is the location of several districts that cover at most a few buildings. Kanda-Hanaokachō is, for example, limited to the Akihabara Station and the Yodobashi Camera store. Understanding the address system in the Kanda area can be particularly troublesome for non-locals. The list below consists of the many smaller neighborhoods of the Kanda area, for which a modernization of the addressing system has not been enforced yet except Kanda-Sarugakuchō and Kanda-Misakichō. All officially start with
300-853: Is the site of the present-day Imperial Palace. With the seat of the Emperor in the Imperial Palace at the ward's center, many government institutions, such as the National Diet , the Prime Minister's Official Residence , the Supreme Court , ministries in Kasumigaseki , and agencies are also located in Chiyoda, as are Tokyo landmarks such as Yasukuni Shrine and the Nippon Budokan . Other notable neighborhoods of Chiyoda include Akihabara , Iidabashi and Kanda . The ward
330-683: The Chiyoda City (the Chiyoda Ward) Board of Education [ ja ] . Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school attendance zones. Hitotsubashi University 's Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
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#1732773045132360-603: The National Diet Building . It is almost exclusively occupied by administrations and agencies. The west and northwest are primarily upper class residential; the Yasukuni Shrine is also there. The "high lantern" of Kudanzaka slope was not originally built as a lighthouse, but was built as a lantern for the Shrine. Originally steep and with steps, the slope was considerably softened during remediation after
390-731: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced in 2017 that they would begin a detailed study of the project, with a goal of beginning construction following the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The operator of the Shuto Expressway received approval for construction in May 2020, which will relocate 1.8 kilometers of the expressway underground between Kandabashi and Edobashi Junctions. Construction has commenced and
420-1056: The Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral which was built by Nicholas of Japan and is the main Cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church . A popular Japanese franchise, Zenigata Heiji , from the literary series by Kodô Nomura, features a fictitious police patrolman (the title character) whose beat is Kanda. Near the end of every show, Heiji fells the dastardly villain by throwing a coin at him. The Japanese offices of American Megatrends are in Parkside 1 Building (パークサイド1ビル) in Tsukasamachi . Chiyoda, Tokyo Chiyoda ( Japanese : 千代田区 , Hepburn : Chiyoda-ku , IPA: [tɕijoda] ) , known as Chiyoda City in English,
450-441: The 35 wards of Tokyo were reorganized into 23, it was merged with Kyōbashi to form the modern Chuo ward. Shortly before the 1964 Summer Olympics , an expressway was built over the Nihonbashi bridge, obscuring the classic view of Mount Fuji from the bridge. In recent years, local citizens have petitioned the government to move this expressway underground. This plan was endorsed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2005, and
480-597: The Kanto earthquake. To the north and northeast of the ward are several residential neighborhoods and the Akihabara commercial district. Chiyoda is run by a directly elected mayor and a city assembly of 25 elected members. The current mayor is Takaaki Higuchi. For the Metropolitan Assembly , Chiyoda forms a single-member electoral district. It had been represented by Liberal Democrats for 50 years until
510-508: The ancient rebel Taira no Masakado , who led an uprising against the central government during the Heian period with the aim of establishing himself as "Shinnō" (New Emperor) of an eastern Court. In the Edo period, the shrine's festival was one of the three most noted in the city. It is also home to the "Mausoleum of Confucius at Yushima", a temple dedicated to Confucianism . Kanda is the home of
540-411: The bridge was burned to the ground during the massive March 9–10, 1945 bombing of Tokyo , considered the single largest air raid in history. Despite careful maintenance and restoration, one area of the bridge still has scars burned into the stone from an incendiary bomb. It is one of the few traces left from the fire bombing that leveled most of Tokyo. Nihonbashi was a ward of Tokyo City . In 1947, when
570-652: The former Edo Castle , opened to the public in 1968. Kitanomaru Park , located on Edo Castle's former northern section, has the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art and the Nippon Budokan, a venue for performances. Chidorigafuchi Boat Arena and Chidorigafuchi Moat Path includes a waterway for boats. National Diet Building Park, located adjacent to the Diet Building and divided in two by a street, includes American dogwoods planted to symbolize
600-421: The landslide 2009 election when then 26-year-old Democratic newcomer Zenkō Kurishita unseated 70-year-old former Metropolitan Assembly president and six term assemblyman, Liberal Democrat Shigeru Uchida. In the 2013 election , no Democrat contested the seat and Uchida won back the district against a Communist and two independents. The Tokyo Fire Department has its headquarters in Ōtemachi in Chiyoda. For
630-400: The national House of Representatives , Chiyoda, together with Minato and Shinjuku, forms the prefecture's 1st electoral district since the electoral reform of the 1990s. The single-seat constituency is currently represented by Liberal Democrat Miki Yamada . The ward is also home to the National Diet , the Supreme Court of Japan and the residence of the Prime Minister of Japan and is
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#1732773045132660-398: The political nerve center of Japan . On December 31, 2001, Chiyoda had 6,572 buildings which were four stories or taller. Some of the districts in Chiyoda are actually not inhabited, either because they are parks (Hibiya Koen), because they consist only of office buildings (Otemachi or Marunouchi), and/or because they are extremely small. The area on the eastern side of Akihabara Station
690-496: The prefix "Kanda-", but it is sometimes omitted in daily life. Iwamotochō and Kanda-Iwamotochō are different districts (as is the case for Kajichō and Kanda-Kajichō) Per Japanese census data, the population has almost doubled since 2000 after continuous decline. East Imperial Garden, located on the eastern portion of the Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds and housing the castle tower and the outer defense positions of
720-2193: The relations between the United States and Japan. Hibiya Park, Japan's first western-style park, includes restaurants, open-air concert halls, and tennis courts. Imperial Palace Outer Garden, in the front of Nijubashi Bridge, serves as a jogging trail and a tourist site. On October 1, 2001, Chiyoda had 36,233 business establishments with 888,149 employees. 0verflow , Asahi Glass , Bungeishunjū , Calbee , Creatures Inc. , Datam Polystar , DIC Corporation , Dowa Holdings , Furukawa Electric , HAL Laboratory , Hakusensha , Jaleco , The Japan FM Network Company , Japan Freight Railway Company , Japan Post Holdings , JFE Holdings , Kadokawa Corporation , KDDI , Konica Minolta , Kyowa Hakko Kirin , Lixil Group Corporation , Maeda Corporation , Mitsubishi Estate , MCDecaux , Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group , Mizuho Financial Group , Nabtesco , Nakano Corporation , New Otani , Nikken Sekkei , Nippon Cable , Nippon Flour Mills , Nippon Paper Industries , Nippon Soda , Nippon Suisan Kaisha , Nitto Boseki , NTT docomo , Orient Watch Company , Seibu Kaihatsu , Seven & i Holdings , Shin-Etsu Chemical , Shogakukan , Shueisha , SMC Corporation , Sony Music Entertainment Japan , Tanaka Kikinzoku Group , Toho , Toho Zinc , Tokio Marine Nichido , Tokuyama Corporation , Tokyo FM , Toppan Printing , Ushio, Inc. , Yamazaki Baking Company , Vie de France , YKK Group , and Yomiuri Shimbun are headquartered in Chiyoda. Mazda has an office in Chiyoda. Foreign companies with Japanese divisions in Chiyoda include Aeroméxico , AMI Japan (subsidiary of American Megatrends ), Chloé Japan , Hewlett-Packard Japan, LVMH , Ropes & Gray , Sidley Austin , Sunoco , and Swiss International Air Lines . Japanese companies which formerly had their headquarters in Chiyoda include All Nippon Airways , Bandai Visual , Galaxy Airlines , Japan Airlines , Japan Asia Airways , Mitsui Chemicals , Nippon Cargo Airlines , Taito , and Yamato Life . In 1998 Fujitsu operated
750-452: The special wards. The residential part of Chiyoda is at the heart of Yamanote , Tokyo's traditional upper-class residential area, with Banchō , Kōjimachi , and Kioichō considered the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the entire city. The total area is 11.66 km (4½ sq. mi.), of which the Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park , National Museum of Modern Art , and Yasukuni Shrine take up approximately 2.6 km (1 sq. mi.), or 22%. Chiyoda
780-523: The zoned public schools of the Nihonbashi District. As the starting point for the five routes of the Edo period , Nihonbashi provided easy access to many parts throughout ancient Japan. 35°41′02″N 139°46′28″E / 35.68389°N 139.77444°E / 35.68389; 139.77444 Kanda, Tokyo Kanda ( 神田 ) is an area in northeastern Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan . It encompasses about thirty neighborhoods. Kanda
810-468: Was a ward prior to 1947. When the 35 wards of Tokyo were reorganized into 23, it was merged with Kojimachi to form the modern Chiyoda. Kanda, together with Nihonbashi and Kyobashi , is the core of Shitamachi , the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo, before the rise of newer secondary centers such as Shinjuku and Shibuya . It is home to the Kanda Myojin ( Shinto ) shrine , devoted to
840-458: Was formed in 1947 as a merger of Kanda and Kōjimachi wards following Tokyo City 's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis . The modern Chiyoda ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural divisions. The Kanda area is in the core of Shitamachi , the original commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the western part of the Kōjimachi area typically represents
870-533: Was known as Edobashi , or "Edo Bridge." In the Meiji era , the wooden bridge was replaced by a larger stone bridge, which still stands today (a replica of the old bridge has been exhibited at the Edo-Tokyo Museum ). It is the point from which all distances are measured to the capital; highway signs indicating the distance to Tokyo actually state the number of kilometres to Nihonbashi. The area surrounding
900-563: Was the predecessor of the Tsukiji and Toyosu Markets . Yamamotoyama began as a tea house here in 1690. In later years, Nihonbashi emerged as Tokyo's (and Japan's) predominant financial district. The Nihonbashi bridge first became famous during the 17th century, when it was the eastern terminus of the Nakasendō and the Tōkaidō , roads which ran between Edo and Kyoto . During this time, it
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