is a district of

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 ...

, Japan. Literally meaning "Southern Azabu", Minami-Azabu was named so because it was situated in the southern portion of the former

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Ward. The area's postal code is 106–0047.

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, located in Arisugawa-no-miya-Kinen Kōen (

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), in western Minami-Azabu. South-Korean

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located in eastern Minami-Azabu.

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, located in south eastern Minami-Azabu.

Education

Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Minami-Azabu 1-chōme 1-2 and 25-27 ban, 2-chōme 1, 9, and 14-ban, 3-chōme 1-21 ban, and 4-chōme 1-12 ban are zoned to Hommura (or Honmura) Elementary School ( 本村小学校) Minami-Azabu 5-chōme is zoned to Kōgai Elementary School ( 笄小学校). Minami-Azabu 1-chōme 3-24 ban, and 2-chōme 2-8 and 10-13 ban are zoned to Higashimachi Elementary School ( 東町小学校). The Hommura and Kōgai elementary zones feed into Kōryō Junior High School ( 高陵中学校). The Higashimachi zone feeds into Roppongi Junior High School ( 六本木中学校). Minami-Azabu 2-chōme 15-ban, 3-chōme 22-ban, and 4-chōme 13-15 ban are zoned to Shirokane-no-Oka Gakuen ( 白金の丘学園) for elementary and junior high school. Private schools: *

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. Retrieved on July 21, 2019. "Tokyo International School 2-13-6 Minami Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047" Hommura_Elementary_School1.JPG, Hommura (or Honmura) Elementary School ( 本村小学校) in Minami Azabu

Subway stations

Hiroo Station (officially Hiro-o Station) is a subway station on the in Minato, Tokyo operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. The station is named after the adjacent Hiroo neighborhood in Shibuya ward, though the station is entirely located in M ...

* Azabu-Jūban Station *

Shirokane-Takanawa Station is a subway station in Takanawa 1-chōme, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by the two Tokyo subway operators, Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway. Lines * Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (N-03) * Toei Mita Line (I-03) Namboku Line and Mita Line shares ...

References

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