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is a special ward that forms part of the heart of

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. The ward refers to itself in English as Chūō City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Kyobashi and

Nihonbashi is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan which grew up around the bridge of the same name which 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 ...

wards following

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's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. Chūō-ku, as a combination of Kyobashi and Nihonbashi, is the core of

Shitamachi and are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace.Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version While citizens once considered it as ...

, the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo. Literally meaning "Central Ward", it is historically the main commercial center of Tokyo, although

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

has risen to challenge it since the end of

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. The most famous district in Chūō is

Ginza Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous intern ...

, built on the site of a former silver mint from which it takes its name. The gold mint, or , formerly occupied the site of the present-day

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headquarters building, also in Chūō. As of October 1, 2020, the ward has a resident

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of 169,179, and a

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of 16,569 persons per km². The total area is 10.21 km². However, because of the concentration of businesses, offices and retail space, the daytime population swells to an estimated 650,000.

Geography

Chūō is in the central area of Tokyo, surrounded by the five special wards of Chiyoda, Minato,

Taitō is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. In English, it is known as Taitō City. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 186,276, and a population density of 18,420 persons per km2. The total area is . Thi ...

, Sumida, and

Kōtō is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward located in Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 488,632, and a population density of 12,170 pers ...

. Administratively, Chūō is divided into the three zones of Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and Tsukishima. Nihonbashi and Kyobashi are predominantly commercial areas on the east side of

Tokyo Station Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is ...

, and incorporate the famous districts of

and

Tsukiji Tsukiji (築地) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Literally meaning "reclaimed land", it lies near the Sumida River on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay in the 18th century during the Edo period. The eponymous Tsukiji fish market opened in 193 ...

. Tsukishima is a separate island in Tokyo Bay dominated by

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towers. Until

, the area was crisscrossed by small rivers and canals, used by small boats which were the primary vehicles of commerce at the time. After the war, many of these waterways were filled in to make way for new roads, buildings and expressways. However, the former waterways are the basis for many of the neighborhood divisions in the ward. The

Sumida River The is a river that flows through central Tokyo, Japan. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi (in Kita-ku) and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers. It passes through the Kita, Adachi, Arakaw ...

forms the eastern boundary of the ward. Chūō is physically the second-smallest ward in Tokyo, with a total area of just 10.15 km²; only Taitō is smaller.

History

* 1612: Shōgun

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

, planning to establish Edo as the de facto capital of Japan, begins work on a new commercial district surrounding the eastern end of the Tōkaidō, the main road connecting Tokyo and the

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. During the

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this area is known as Edomachi—the town center of Edo. Much of the area (particularly Ginza and Tsukiji) was loose sand piled at the delta of the Sumida River before being filled in by the shogunate. * 1657: After a fire consumes much of the city, the area is re-planned with more canals to accommodate more maritime commerce. * 1869: A foreigners' settlement is established in Tsukiji. It continues until about 1899. * 1872: A fire consumes much of the Ginza area. In its aftermath, the governor of Tokyo re-plans Ginza to be a modern European-style commercial district between Shinbashi (the city's main railway terminal at the time) to the south and Nihonbashi (the main business and financial district) to the north. * 1878: Under a new local organization statute, the wards of Nihonbashi and Kyobashi are established under the government of Tokyo City, covering the area now occupied by Chūō. * 1945: Following Japan's defeat in World War II, several buildings are taken over by

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to serve as supply centers for the occupation forces. These include the Hattori Watch Company, the Matsuya department store and the Toshiba Building. The buildings are returned to Japanese civilian control by 1951. * 1947: Chūō Ward is founded on March 15 under the new

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, merging the former Nihonbashi and Kyōbashi wards.

Districts and neighborhoods

Nihonbashi Area ()

* (馬喰町) * Hakozakicho (): Location of

Tokyo City Air Terminal , also known as T-CAT, is a bus terminal for Airport Transport Service, an airport bus operator, in downtown Tokyo, Japan. The terminal is located in Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, beneath Hakozaki Junction, the three-way interchange for Sh ...

(T-CAT) * () **

Arashio stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze '' ichimon'' or group of stables. It was set up in June 2002 by former ''komusubi'' Ōyutaka, who branched off from Tokitsukaze stable. At the end of 2009 the stable produced its first ''s ...

(): Stable of professional sumo wrestlers * () * () * () * Hongokucho (): Location of

(). * () *

Kabutocho Kabutochō () or more formally Nihonbashi Kabutochō () is a neighborhood of Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange and many securities companies are located, so that it is considered Japan's equivalent of Wall Street in N ...

(): The securities district. Location of

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. * () ** Suitengu Shrine (): A

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at which women pray for conception and safe birth. * () * Koamicho * Kobunacho * () *

Muromachi The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (''Muromachi bakufu'' or ''Ashikaga bakufu''), which was officially established in 1338 by t ...

(): Location of

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() department stores. *

Nakasu is the red-light district which exists between the sandbank of the and the in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which existed in the late 18th century. T ...

(): Traditional commercial center. Also home to the

Takashimaya is a Japanese multinational corporation operating a department store chain carrying a wide array of products, ranging from wedding dresses and other apparel to electronics and flatware. It has more than 12 branches strategically located in 2 ...

() department stores, and the "zero milestone" from which highway distances to Tokyo are measured. * () * () * () * ()

Kyōbashi Area ()

* (): Home to St. Luke's Hospital and Nursing School and the adjacent Garden Tower skyscraper. *

(): Tokyo's most expensive shopping district, housing large stores such as Matsuya (),

Matsuzakaya ( TYO: 8235, delisted) is a major Japanese department store chain operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing. When the chain was an independent company, , it had its headquarters in Naka-ku, Nagoya. ...

(),

(), Wako (), and

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(), as well as the famous

Kabuki-za in Ginza is the principal theater in Tokyo for the traditional ''kabuki'' drama form. History The Kabuki-za was originally opened by a Meiji era journalist, Fukuchi Gen'ichirō. Fukuchi wrote kabuki dramas in which Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and ot ...

() theater. At night, Ginza is ablaze with neon lights. Exclusive bars abound. **

Shinbashi Enbujō The is a theatre in the Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major kabuki venue, though other types of performances take place there as well. History The theatre was originally built in 1925 to provide a venue for the ''Azuma Odori'' ge ...

(): A famous theater * (): Location of Hama-rikyū Gardens (). A spacious public park, formerly the property of ''

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' of Kōshū, and later under the administration of the

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* (): During the

, the location of the police barracks * Irifune () * Kyōbashi () * Minato (harbor) () * () ** (): A bridge across the

() * () *

(): Location of Chūō City Office. Widely viewed as one of the best

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() destinations in the world because of its huge wholesale fish market, which supplies restaurants and stores across eastern Japan. Also home to the

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temple of

Tsukiji Hongan-ji , sometimes archaically romanized ''Hongwan-ji'', is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is adjacent to Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. History Tsukiji Hongan-ji's p ...

(). *

Yaesu is a district in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, located north of Ginza, west of Nihonbashi and Kyōbashi, and adjacent to the east side of Tokyo Station. The Yaesu exit of this station, which faces Nihonbashi, is recent and primarily provides access to ...

(): District on the east side of

(). The Yaesu side of Tokyo Station is the terminal for the

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() "bullet train" lines.

Tsukishima Area ()

Harumi Japanese given name. Although the name can be given to both sexes, it is more commonly used by females. Possible writings Harumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *晴美, "sunny, beauty" *晴海, "sunny, sea" *晴� ...

(): the Harumi passenger terminal is here * (): The location of a bridge of the same name over the Sumida River * () *

Tsukishima is a place located in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, in the Sumida River estuary. It is a reclaimed land next to Tsukuda District. The land reclamation completed in 1892, using earth from the dredging work performed to create a shipping channel in Toky ...

(); Famous for many

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restaurants * Tsukuda () ** (): A Shinto shrine with a history dating back to 1590

Economy

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is headquartered in the Ricoh Building in Chūō. The company moved its headquarters to the 25-story building in the

area in Chūō from

Minato, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits th ...

in 2006. In the building the headquarters occupies the same space as its sales offices.

Sumitomo Corporation is one of the largest worldwide ''sogo shosha'' general trading companies, and is a diversified corporation. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is a member company of the Sumitomo Group. It is listed on three Japanese stock exchanges ( ...

is headquartered in the Harumi Island Triton Square Office Tower Y in Chūō.

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, a global

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company is also headquartered in the ward, in the Daiichi Sankyo Building. Oji Paper Holdings and

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, two

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manufacturing companies have their headquarters in

and Nihonbashihongoku, respectively. J. Front Retailing has its headquarters in

Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and ...

, Mitsui E＆S, and

Nihon Ad Systems , NAS for short, is a Japanese anime production and character merchandising company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the advertising agency Asatsu-DK. The "Ad" in its title is an abbreviation for "Animation Development". Along with animation studios ...

have their headquarters in

Ajinomoto is a Japanese multinational food and biotechnology corporation which produces seasonings, interlayer insulating materials for semiconductor packages for use in personal computers, cooking oils, frozen foods, beverages, sweeteners, amino acids, an ...

Mitsui Fudosan is a major real estate developer in Japan. Mitsui Fudosan is one of the core companies of Mitsui Group. Corporate structure The company is organized into four divisions. *Office Building Division *Real Estate Solution Services Division *Accommo ...

Shinsei Bank is a leading diversified Japanese financial institution that provides a full range of financial products and services to both institutional and individual customers. It is owned by SBI Group and headquartered in Chuo, Tokyo. History SBI Shinsei ...

Nomura Group is a Japanese financial holding company and a principal member of the Nomura Group. It, along with its broker-dealer, banking and other financial services subsidiaries, provides investment, financing and related services to individual, instituti ...

and

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are also headquartered in the ward.

Shimizu Corporation is an architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm. It has annual sales of approximately US$15 billion and has been widely recognized as one of the top 5 contractors in Japan and among the top 20 in the world. It is a family bu ...

and

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction is a Japanese general construction company based in the Chuo, Tokyo, Chuo ward of Tokyo. The company traces it routes back to 1887, when Nishimoto-Gumi, the predecessor of Mitsui Construction, was established. This company was incorporated in ...

, two construction companies are headquartered in the ward, the former in Kyōbashi and the latter in Tsukuda district.

Orion Breweries is the fifth-largest beer brewery in Japan, headquartered in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture. The company commands approximately 1% of the Japanese beer market, and controls 60% of the beer market on Okinawa. History Founded in 1957 in Nago, Okin ...

and

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company The is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company, with partial American and British roots. It is the largest pharmaceutical company in Asia and one of the top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world by revenue (top 10 followin ...

have their Tokyo-area offices in Chūō.

Toray Industries is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry. Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, ...

, Denka and

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, three global chemical companies;

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, a global pharmaceutical company; KOSÉ, a personal care and cosmetics company;

Nisshinbo Holdings is a Japanese company formerly listed on the Nikkei 225. It has a diverse line of businesses that include electronics, automobile brakes, mechatronics, chemicals, textiles, papers and real estate. History Nisshinbo was established in 1907 as ...

, a diversified manufacturing company; and

Akebono Brake Industry is a Japanese manufacturer of brake components for automobiles, motorcycles, trains, and industrial machinery. The company was founded by Sanji Osame in 1929 as Akebono Sekimen Kogyosho as a response to the demand by the Japan Army Authority ...

, an automobile component manufacturer have their headquarters in the Nihonbashi area of the ward.

Sumitomo Chemical is a major Japanese chemical company. The company is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the on the Nikkei 225 stock index. It's a member of the Sumitomo group and was founded in 1913 as a fertilize ...

is also headquartered in the ward, in the Kyōbashi area.

MODEC Modec was an electric vehicle manufacturer in Coventry, in the United Kingdom, specialising in Commercial vehicles in the N2 category. It unveiled its first model in April 2006 and announced its intention to commence series production in Ma ...

, a global supplier and operator of offshore floating platforms, T. Hasegawa, a flavors and fragrances company, and

Nissan Chemical Corporation is a Japanese company and constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index. History The company was founded in 1887 as the Tokyo Jinzo Hiryo (Tokyo Artificial Fertilizer Company) by Jokichi Takamine, Eiichi Shibusawa and Takashi Masuda Baro ...

, have their corporate headquarters in the Nihonbashi district.

Foreign operations

IBM has its Japan headquarters in Chūō.

Former economic operations

Dai-ichi Kikaku Senden Co., Ltd. opened in Chūō in

, Chūō in December 1951. In January 1958 the company relocated to a new headquarters in Ginza. The company moved to another headquarters in Ginza in September 1961 and its name changed to Dai-ichi Kikaku Co. Ltd. In November 1974, after growth, the company moved to another headquarters in Ginza. In November 1981 Dai-ichi Kikaku moved its head office to a facility in Ginza and a facility in

Uchisaiwaichō 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 th ...

, Chiyoda. The headquarters of

Asatsu d/b/a ADK, formerly known as Asatsu-DK, is a Japanese advertising agency. Headquartered in the Toranomon Hills building complex in Minato, Tokyo since June 2014 (previously in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo), the firm is Japan's third largest adver ...

moved to Ginza in July 1995. Asatsu and Dai-ichi Kikaku merged into

Asatsu-DK d/b/a ADK, formerly known as Asatsu-DK, is a Japanese advertising agency. Headquartered in the Toranomon Hills building complex in Minato, Tokyo since June 2014 (previously in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo), the firm is Japan's third largest advertis ...

on January 1, 1999. In the late 1990s GeoCities Japan was headquartered in the Nihonbashi Hakozaki Building in

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maintained its Japanese headquarters in Mid-Tower of the Tokyo Towers. File:RICOH Company Head Office Building 2007-1.jpg,

Building File:Ajinomoto headquarters 2009.jpg,

headquarters File:Oji Paper (headquarters 1).jpg, Oji Paper Holdings headquarters

Politics and government

Chuo is run by a city assembly of 30 elected members. The current mayor is Yoshihide Yada, an independent backed Liberal Democratic Party and

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Elections

* 2007 Chuo mayoral election

Transportation

Rail

, six

, seven ordinary railway, and one subway line serve Chūō. In addition, three Toei subway lines stop at various stations throughout the ward.

Highway

Shuto Expressway is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels) and central routes have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that requi ...

* No. 1 Ueno Route (Edobashi JCT – Iriya) * No. 6 Mukojima Route (Edobashi JCT – Horikiri JCT) * No. 9 Fukagawa Route (Hakozaki JCT – Tatsumi JCT) * C1 Inner Loop (Edobashi–Takaracho–Kyōbashi–Ginza–Shiodome–Hamazakibashi–Shiba Park–Tanimachi–Kasumigaseki–Daikanmachi–Edobashi)

Education

Colleges and universities

* * St. Luke's International University *

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

Nihonbashi Campus

Primary and secondary education

Public elementary and junior high schools schools in Chūō are operated by the Chūō City Board of Education (中央区教育委員会). Public high schools are operated by the

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 ''Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai'') is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board directly manages all of the public high schools in all 23 special wards, the Western T ...

. There is one prefectural high school in Chuo Ward, . Public junior high schools include: * Ginza Junior High School ( 銀座中学校) * Harumi Junior High School ( 晴海中学校) * Nihonbashi Junior High School ( 日本橋中学校) * Tsukuda Junior High School ( 佃中学校) Public elementary schools include: * Akashi Elementary School (明石小学校) - ** Its previous building opened in 1926. The

Architectural Institute of Japan The Architectural Institute of Japan, or AIJ, is a Japanese professional body for architects, building engineers, and researchers in architecture. The institute was founded in 1886 as an institute for architects. It was renamed the Architectural ...

advocated for retaining the building, but the board of education chose to raze the building and build a new one. * Arima Elementary School ( 有馬小学校) - * Chuo Elementary School - ** Formed on April 1, 1993 (

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5) by the merger of Kyoka Elementary School (京華小学校) and Teppozu Elementary School (鉄砲洲小学校). * Hisamatsu Elementary School ( 久松小学校) - * Joto Elementary School ( 城東小学校) -

* Kyobashi

Elementary School ( 京橋築地小学校) - Tsukiji * Meisho Elementary School (明正小学校) - *

Elementary School ( 日本橋小学校) - * Sakamoto Elementary School ( 阪本小学校) - * Taimei Elementary School - Ginza * Tokiwa Elementary School ( 常盤小学校) - * Toyomi Elementary School (豊海小学校) - *

Daiichi (No. 1) Elementary School (島第一小学校) * Tsukishima Daini (No. 2) Elementary School ( 島第二小学校) - * Tsukishima Daisan (No. 3) Elementary School ( 島第三小学校) -

Tsukudajima Tsukudajima (佃島, "Tsukuda Island") is a small island in Tokyo Bay, facing Tsukiji to its west. Originally, Tsukudajima was a tiny island at the mouth of the Edo River, Edogawa river in Tokyo Bay. It was inhabited by a fishing community who mi ...

Elementary School ( 佃島小学校)

References

External links

Chūō City Official Website

Chūō City Tourism Association
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