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 ...
. The district contains five ''
chōme
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'' (subdivisions), and the postal code is 104-0053. Harumi is located on reclaimed land, created by dropping earth and sediment generated from expanding
Tokyo Bay
is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan, and spans the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. The Tokyo Bay region is both the most populous a ...
. The construction took place starting in the middle of the
Meiji era
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and was completed early in the Showa era. Before an official name was decided for the district, it was called Tsukishima No. 4.
History
By April 1929 –landfill had been completed and the area was known as Tsukishima No. 4 (Tokyo Bay Landfill No. 4).
On July 15, 1937 the area was named Harumi-cho by local residents.
The district was designated to host celebrations of the 2600th anniversary of the founding of Japan (by the mythical emperor
Jimmu
was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the '' Nihon Shoki'' and ''Kojiki''. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.Kelly, Charles F"Kofun Culture"war with the
Republic of China
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and the
United States
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.
On March 15, 1947
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 ...
Olympic Village
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for the
2020 Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
(postponed to 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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) was located in the 5th ''chōme'' of Harumi, at Harumi Futo.
Demographics
In total, the district has 7,377 households and 16,120 people as of December 1, 2019.
The number of households and population of each ''chōme'' as of December 1, 2019 are as follows:
Education
Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Chuo City Board of Education.
Harumi is zoned to Tsukishima Daisan (Tsukishima No. 3) Elementary School ( 月島第三小学校) and Harumi Junior High School ( 晴海中学校).