Hiroshige Le quartier des teinturiers de Kanda

is an area in northeastern

Chiyoda, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile< ...

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. It encompasses about thirty neighborhoods. Kanda 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 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 ...

and Kyobashi, is the core of Shitamachi, the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo, before the rise of newer secondary centers such as

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 ...

and

Shibuya Shibuya ( 渋谷区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1 ...

. It is home to the Kanda Myojin (

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)

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, devoted to the ancient rebel

Taira no Masakado was a Heian period provincial magnate ('' gōzoku'') and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyōto. Early life Masakado was one of the sons of Taira no Yoshimas ...

, who led an uprising against the central government during the

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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 famous in the city. It is also home to the "Mausoleum of Confucius at Yushima", a temple dedicated to

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. Kanda is the home of the

Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral , also known as , in Chiyoda, Tokyo, is the main cathedral of the Japanese Orthodox Church. History The founder of the Japanese Orthodox Church Ivan Dmitrievich Kasatkin (1836–1912), later St. Nicholas of Japan, was an archbishop who dev ...

which was built by

Nicholas of Japan Saint Nicholas (Kasatkin), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, born Ivan Dmitrovich Kasatkin (russian: Иван Дмитриевич Касаткин; – 16 February 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and bishop. He introdu ...

and is the main Cathedral of the

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. A popular Japanese franchise, ''

Zenigata Heiji , usually called and formerly Heiji Zenigata VII, is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. He is named after the famous fictional Japanes ...

'', 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.

Economy

The Japanese offices of American Megatrends are in Parkside 1 Building (パークサイド1ビル) in Tsukasamachi.International Offices
" American Megatrends. Retrieved on February 17, 2019. "Japan: American Megatrends 〒101-0048 東京都千代田区神田司町 2-2-7 パークサイド 1 ビル 5 階 (American Megatrends, 2-2-7 Parkside 1 BLDG. 5F, Kanda-tsukasamachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, 101-0048)"

Neighborhoods

* Aioichō * Awajichō * Hanaokachō *

Higashi-Kanda is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1- to 3-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 1,718. Higashi-Kanda is located on the northeastern part of Chiyoda. It borders Asakusabashi 4-chōme, Taitō to the north; Asakusabash ...

* Higashikonyachō * Higashimatsushitachō * Hirakawachō *

Iwamotochō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It consists of 3 '' chōme''. This article also deals with . As of April 1, 2007, the total population of the two districts is 1,989. Iwamotochō is located on the northeastern part of Chiyoda. The area ...

* Izumichō * Jinbōchō - the largest bookstore district in Japan * Kajichō *

Kanda-Misakichō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting three chōme. Its population was 833 as of April 1, 2007. Its postal code is 101-0061. Kanda-Misakichō is located on the northern part of Chiyoda Ward. It borders Kōraku and Hongō, Bunkyō ...

* Kanda-Sarugakuchō * Kitanorimonochō * Konyachō * Matsunagachō * Mikurachō * Mitoshirochō * Neribeichō * Nishifukudachō * Nishi-Kanda *

Nishikichō , officially , is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 3-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 673. This district is located on the northern part of Chiyoda. It borders Kanda-Ogawamachi and Kanda-Jinbōchō ...

* Ogawamachi * Sakumachō * Sakumagashi *

Soto-Kanda is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ca ...

Akihabara is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ca ...

* Sudachō * Surugadai * Tachō * Tomiyamachō * Tsukasamachi *

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 ...

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{{Authority control Neighborhoods of Tokyo Chiyoda, Tokyo

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