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Tachō, Tokyo
, officially , is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Currently it consists of only 2-'' chōme''. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 498. Its postal code is 101-0046. This district is located on the northern part of Chiyoda Ward. It borders Kanda-Sudachō on the north, Kanda-Sudachō and Kanda-Kajichō on the east, (across Kanda-Keisatsu-dōri Avenue) Uchi-Kanda on the south, and Kanda-Tsukasamachi on the west. A commercial neighborhood, this district is home to the head office of Hayakawa Publishing is a Japanese publishing company, founded in 1945 by Kiyoshi Hayakawa. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel are published by the company. Notable books written by Japa ..., Japan's largest science fiction publisher. Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School (千代田小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Kanda-Tachō 2-chōme. There is a fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile ." ''City of Chiyoda''. Retrieved on December 28, 2008. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of and wards following 's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Chiyoda ward exhibits contrasting |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Addressing System
The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, addresses follow the convention used by most Western addresses and start with the smallest geographic entity (typically a house number) and proceed to the largest. 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. Address parts 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 the two urban prefectures of Osaka and Kyoto. Following the prefecture is the municipality. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudachō, Tokyo
, officially , is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme and 2-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 1,019. This district is located on the northeastern part of Chiyoda Ward. It borders (across Kanda River) Soto-Kanda and Kanda-Sakumachō on the north, Kanda-Iwamotochō on the east, Kanda-Kajichō and Kajichō on the south, and Kanda-Awajichō, Kanda-Ogawamachi and Kanda-Tachō on the west. Sudachō once had a terminal which served for a number of the Tokyo City Streetcar lines. It is one of the few areas that survived the bombing of Tokyo in World War II , resulting in many historic buildings still existing. At one time Creatures Inc. had its headquarters in the in Sudachō. Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School (千代田小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Kanda-Sudachō 2-chōme The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kajichō, Tokyo
is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It consists of Kajichō 1-chōme and Kajichō 2-chōme. This article also explains about , which today only has Kanda-Kajichō 3-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, the total population of the two districts is 371. These districts are located on the northeastern part of Chiyoda. The combined area of Kajichō and Kanda-Kajichō borders Kanda-Sudachō to the north, Kanda-Higashimatsushitachō, Kanda-Tomiyamachō, Kanda-Konyachō, Kanda-Kitanorimonochō, Kanda-Nishifukudachō and Kanda-Mikurachō to the east, Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Nihonbashi-Hongokuchō and Nihonbashi-Honchō to the south, and Uchi-Kanda and Kanda-Tsukasachō to the west. Modernization of addressing system has already been enforced in Kajichō 1-chōme and Kajichō 2-chōme but not yet in Kanda-Kajichō 3-chōme. Formerly, Kajichō 1-chōme and Kajichō 2-chōme were "Kanda-Kajichō 1-chōme" and "Kanda-Kajichō 2-chōme," respectively. In general, a districts with "Kanda-" prefix re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uchi-Kanda
is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. As of March 1, 2008, its population is 1,277. Located in the northern part of Chiyoda, the Uchi-Kanda district borders Kanda-Mitoshirochō, Kanda-Tsukasamachi, Kanda-Tachō and Kanda-Kajichō to the north, Kajichō to the east, Nihonbashi-Hongokuchō, Chūō to the southeast, Ōtemachi to the south, and Kanda-Nishikichō to the west. Today, Uchi-Kanda is a commercial neighborhood with a number of office buildings and stores. The Japanese division of American Megatrends has its offices in Uchi-Kanda. Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School (千代田小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Uchi-Kanda 1-3 chōme. There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones. References {{coord, 35.6910, N, 139.7650, E, source:wikidata, display=title Districts of Chiyoda, Tokyo Kanda, Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukasamachi, Tokyo
, officially , is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Today, it consists only of Kanda-Tsukasamachi 2- chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 420. Its postal code is 101-0048. Kanda-Tsukasamachi is located on the northern part of Chiyoda Ward. It borders Kanda-Ogawamachi and Kanda-Sudachō to the north, Kanda-Tachō to the east, (across Kanda-Keisatsu-Dōri Ave.) Uchi-Kanda to the south, and Kanda-Mitoshirochō to the west. Companies with Head Offices in Tsukasamachi * Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. * Earth Chemical Co. * Otsuka Beverage Co. * Toa Shoji Co. *The Japanese offices of American Megatrends are in Parkside 1 Building (パークサイド1ビル) in Tsukasamachi. Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School ( 千代田区立千代田小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Kanda-Tsukasamachi 2 chōme. Chiyoda Elementary, in Kanda-Tsukasamachi, occupies the former Kanda Elementary School (神田小学校). It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayakawa Publishing
is a Japanese publishing company, founded in 1945 by Kiyoshi Hayakawa. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel are published by the company. Notable books written by Japanese authors that are published by Hayakawa are ''Crest of the Stars'' and ''G.I. Samurai''. In 2022, Hiroshi Hayakawa, for 30 years the president of Hayakawa Publishing (having worked since 1965 at the independent family firm), was the recipient of the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award "for his decades-long work in bringing international authors to the Japanese market, as well as his championing of science fiction, crime and non-fiction titles in Japan". Magazines *''S-F Magazine'' (first published February 1960) *''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' (Japanese edition of the American magazine, first published in June 1956) *'' Higeki Kigeki'' (悲劇喜劇, a theatrical magazine first published in 1928 by Kunio Kishida Kunio K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
