Chiyoda 千代田区 | |
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Chiyoda City | |
Coordinates: 35°41′38.41″N139°45′12.94″E / 35.6940028°N 139.7535944°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kantō |
Prefecture | Tokyo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Takaaki Higuchi |
Area | |
• Total | 11.66 km2 (4.50 sq mi) |
Population (October 1, 2020) | |
• Total | 66,680 [1] |
• Density | 5,710/km2 (14,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
City hall address | 1-2-1 Kudanminami, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8688 |
Website | www |
Symbols | |
Bird | Cygnus |
Flower | Sakura |
Tree | Pinus |
Chiyoda (Japanese: 千代田区, Hepburn: Chiyoda-ku, IPA: [tɕijoda] ), known as Chiyoda City in English, [2] 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 km2 (14,786 per sq. mi.), making it by far the least populated of 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 km2 (4½ sq. mi.), of which the Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park, National Museum of Modern Art, and Yasukuni Shrine take up approximately 2.6 km2 (1 sq. mi.), or 22%.
Chiyoda 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, [3] and produced the equivalent of around a quarter of the country's GDP in 2017. [4] With a day population of around 850,000, its day/night population ratio 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. [5] Chiyoda, literally meaning "field of a thousand generations", inherited the name from the Chiyoda Castle, the other name for Edo Castle, which 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 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, [6] the original commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the western part of the Kōjimachi area typically represents 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 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 the Kanto earthquake. [7] 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 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. [8] 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. [9]
For 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 the political nerve center of Japan.
On December 31, 2001, Chiyoda had 6,572 buildings which were four stories or taller. [2]
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 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 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.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1950 | 110,348 | — |
1960 | 116,944 | +6.0% |
1970 | 74,185 | −36.6% |
1980 | 54,801 | −26.1% |
1990 | 39,472 | −28.0% |
2000 | 36,035 | −8.7% |
2010 | 47,115 | +30.7% |
2020 | 66,680 | +41.5% |
Source: Censuses [10] |
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 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 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. [11]
On October 1, 2001, Chiyoda had 36,233 business establishments with 888,149 employees. [2]
0verflow, [12] Asahi Glass, [13] Bungeishunjū, [14] Calbee, [15] Creatures Inc., [16] Datam Polystar, [17] DIC Corporation, [18] Dowa Holdings, [19] Furukawa Electric, [20] HAL Laboratory, [21] Hakusensha, [22] Jaleco, [23] The Japan FM Network Company, [24] Japan Freight Railway Company, [25] Japan Post Holdings, [26] JFE Holdings, [27] Kadokawa Corporation, [28] KDDI, [29] Konica Minolta, [30] Kyowa Hakko Kirin, [31] Lixil Group Corporation, [32] Maeda Corporation, [33] Mitsubishi Estate, [34] MCDecaux, [35] Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, [36] Mizuho Financial Group, [37] Nabtesco, [38] Nakano Corporation, [39] New Otani, [40] Nikken Sekkei, [41] Nippon Cable, [42] Nippon Flour Mills, [43] Nippon Paper Industries, [44] Nippon Soda, [45] Nippon Suisan Kaisha, [46] Nitto Boseki, [47] NTT docomo, [48] Orient Watch Company, [49] Seibu Kaihatsu, [50] Seven & i Holdings, [51] Shin-Etsu Chemical, [52] Shogakukan, [53] Shueisha, [54] SMC Corporation, [55] Sony Music Entertainment Japan, [56] Tanaka Kikinzoku Group, [57] Toho, [58] Toho Zinc, [59] Tokio Marine Nichido, [60] Tokuyama Corporation, [61] Tokyo FM, [24] Toppan Printing, [62] Ushio, Inc., [63] Yamazaki Baking Company, [64] Vie de France, [65] YKK Group, [66] and Yomiuri Shimbun are headquartered in Chiyoda. [67] Mazda has an office in Chiyoda. [68]
Foreign companies with Japanese divisions in Chiyoda include Aeroméxico, [69] AMI Japan (subsidiary of American Megatrends), [70] Chloé Japan, [71] Hewlett-Packard Japan, [72] LVMH, [73] Ropes & Gray, [74] Sidley Austin, [75] Sunoco, [76] and Swiss International Air Lines. [77]
Japanese companies which formerly had their headquarters in Chiyoda include All Nippon Airways, [78] Bandai Visual, [79] Galaxy Airlines, [80] Japan Airlines, [81] Japan Asia Airways, [81] Mitsui Chemicals, [82] Nippon Cargo Airlines, [83] Taito, [84] and Yamato Life. [85] In 1998 Fujitsu operated a branch office in Chiyoda. [86] At one point, Cantor Fitzgerald had an office in Chiyoda. [87]
Home to the massive Tokyo station with a multitude of subways, railways and long-distance services.
As of 1 May 2003 [update] , Chiyoda has eight elementary schools, with 2,647 students, and five junior high schools with 1,123 students. [2] Public elementary, junior high schools and Kudan Secondary School in Chiyoda are operated by the Chiyoda City (the Chiyoda Ward) Board of Education . 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. [90]
Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy 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 the area.
Chiyoda operates four public libraries; they are the Chiyoda Library, Yobancho Library, Shohei Library, and Kanda Library. Tokyo operates the Tokyo Metropolitan Library Hibiya Library. The Japanese government operates the National Diet Library and the National Archives. Ishikawa Enterprise Foundation Ochanomizu Library is a nearby private library. [102]
Several countries operate their embassies in Chiyoda.
Marunouchi (丸の内) is an area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, located between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. Marunouchi is the core of Tokyo's central business district as well as one of the main financial centres in Japan. 20 of the Fortune Global 500 companies are headquartred in the area in 2021, while many other such companies based outside Japan have Asian or Japanese offices there. Together with the neighbouring districts of Yūrakuchō (有楽町) and Ōtemachi (大手町), Marunouchi is part of a larger business district sometimes referred to as Daimaruyū.
Kasumigaseki is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Most government ministries are located in the neighbourhood, making its name a metonym for the Japanese bureaucracy, while Nagatachō refers to the elected government or legislative branch. It faces the Imperial Palace to the south, Hibiya Park to the east, and Nagatachō to the west.
Nagatachō is a district of Tokyo, Japan, located in Chiyoda Ward. It is the location of the Diet of Japan and the Prime Minister's residence (Kantei). The Supreme Court of Japan is located in neighboring Hayabusachō. Nagatachō is often used to refer to the elected Japanese government, while Kasumigaseki refers to the Japanese civil service.
Yūrakuchō (有楽町) is a business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, situated in between the Ginza and Hibiya Park, southeast of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The district takes its name from Oda Nagamasu (1547–1622), who was also known as Yūraku (有楽). Oda Nagamasu built his mansion here on land granted by Tokugawa Ieyasu near the Sukiya-bashi Gate of Edo Castle. The place name dates from the Meiji period.
Kōjimachi is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Hibiya Park is a park in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan. It covers an area of 161,636.66 m2 between the east gardens of the Imperial Palace to the north, the Shinbashi district to the southeast and the Kasumigaseki government district to the west.
Iidabashi is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was in the former ward of Kōjimachi, which existed in Tokyo until 1947.
Kanda-Surugadai is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was named after Tokugawa Ieyasu's death, when the Edo government allowed officials from Sunpu to live in the area. Kanda-Surugadai is often called Surugadai or, colloquially, Sundai.
Aioichō (相生町), or officially Kanda-Aioichō (神田相生町) is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Hayabusachō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. As of April 1, 2007, the district's population is 483.
Awajichō (淡路町), or officially Kanda-Awajichō (神田淡路町) is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme and 2-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, the district's population is 543.
Hirakawachō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme and 2-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 1,104. Note that Kanda-Hirakawachō, also located in the Chiyoda ward, is a completely different district. Hirakawachō's postal code is 102-0093.
Kudankita (九段北) is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of four chōme. It was a part of the former ward of Kōjimachi. As of March 1, 2007, its population is 1,404. Kudankita is a luxury and prestigious residential and business zone.
Nishikichō (錦町), officially Kanda-Nishikichō (神田錦町), is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 3-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 673.
Izumichō (和泉町), officially Kanda-Izumichō (神田和泉町), is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 629. Its postal code is 101-0024.
Sakumagashi (佐久間河岸), officially Kanda-Sakumagashi (神田佐久間河岸), is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 33. Its postal code is 101-0026.
Hitotsubashi (一ツ橋) is an administrative and postal area of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was formerly Kanda-ku.
Ichibanchō (一番町), part of the Bancho area, is an upscale residential district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The district is located just east of Tokyo Imperial Palace, and is home to the British Embassy and Paraguayan Embassy.
Uchisaiwaichō (内幸町) is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, at the south-east corner of the ward bordering with Chūō and Minato. Uchisaiwaichō Station on the Toei Mita Line is located in the area. Parts of the Hibiya Station and Shimbashi Station are also located in the neighborhood.
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