is a special ward of

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka,

Azabu is an area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Built on a marshy area of foothills south of central Tokyo, its coverage roughly corresponds to that of the former Azabu Ward, presently consisting of nine official districts: Azabu-Jūban, Azabudai, Aza ...

and Shiba wards following

Tokyo City was a Cities of Japan, municipality in Japan and capital of Tokyo Prefecture (1868–1943), Tokyo Prefecture (or ''Tokyo-fu'') which existed from 1 May 1889 until the establishment of Tokyo Metropolis on 1 July 1943. The historical boundari ...

's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits the contrasting

Shitamachi and Yamanote 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 ...

geographical and cultural division. The

Shinbashi , sometimes transliterated Shimbashi, is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Name Read literally, the characters in Shinbashi mean "new bridge". History The area was the site of a bridge built across the Shiodome River in 1604. The river was l ...

neighborhood in the ward's northeastern corner is attached to 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 commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the Azabu and Akasaka areas are typically representative Yamanote districts. , Minato had an official population of 243,094, and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of 10,850 persons per km². The total area is 20.37 km². Known as one of Tokyo's largest business areas, Minato is home to the headquarters of many large domestic companies, including

Honda commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...

, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation,

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...

Nikon (, ; ) is a Japanese optics and photographic equipment manufacturer. Nikon's products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, rifle scopes, spotting scopes, and equipment related to S ...

SoftBank Group is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management. The group primarily invests in companies operating in technology that offer goods and services to customers in a m ...

Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...

and Fujitsu. Minato is also known for being one of the wealthiest residential areas in Japan, and for its relatively high concentration of foreign expats due to the number of embassies and multinational corporations located in and around the area. Notable neighborhoods and districts of Minato include Akasaka, Aoyama,

Roppongi Roppongi (, , 'six trees') is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popu ...

and

Toranomon is a business district of Minato, Tokyo. History Literally meaning "Tiger Gate", Toranomon was the name of the southernmost gate of Edo Castle. The gate existed until the 1870s, when it was demolished to make way for modern developments. The ...

Geography

Minato is located southwest of the Imperial Palace and has boundaries with the special wards of Chiyoda, Chūō,

Kōtō is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English. As of May 1, 2025, the ward has an estimated population of 543,730, and a population density of . The total ...

(in Odaiba),

Shinagawa is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per ...

Shibuya is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in Tokyo, Japan. A major commercial center, Shibuya houses one of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shibuya Station. As of January 1, 2024, Shibuya Ward has an estimated population of 230,60 ...

, and

Shinjuku , officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) as well as the Tokyo Metropol ...

History

The ward was founded on 15 March 1947, with the merger of Akasaka,

, and Shiba Wards. Various names were considered for the new ward, such as ''Atago'', ''Aoyama'', ''Aoba'', ''Iikura'', ''Mita'', and ''Higashiminato''. ''Higashiminato'' was chosen, meaning "East Harbor", but then ''Higashi'' was cut leading to the name ''Minato'', simply meaning "harbor".

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population has recently begun rising after decades of rapid decline.

Politics and government

In June 2024, Ai Seike beat in mayoral elections. Takei, mayor since 2004, was seeking his sixth term and received support from the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito. Seike, previously a member of the ward assembly, is the first female mayor of Minato. The ward assembly has 34 members.

Elections

* 2008 Minato mayoral election

Districts and neighborhoods

; Akasaka Area * Akasaka * Kitaaoyama * Minamiaoyama * Motoakasaka ;

Area * Azabudai * Azabu-Jūban * Azabu-Mamianachō * Azabu-Nagasakachō * Higashiazabu * Minamiazabu * Motoazabu * Nishiazabu *

; Shiba Area * Atago *

Hamamatsuchō is a business and commercial district south of Shinbashi district in Minato, Tokyo, Minato ward in Tokyo, Japan. Hamamatsucho is located along the Tokyo Bay, with views of Odaiba and the Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo), Rainbow Bridge. Companies based i ...

* Higashishinbashi *

Kaigan is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The current administrative place names are Kaigan 1-chome to Kaigan 3-chome. It is an area where the residential address has been displayed. Kaigan 1-chome belongs to the Shiba, Tokyo, Shiba district general ...

^a * Mita^b * Nishishinbashi * Shiba * Shibadaimon * Shibakōen *

* Shiodome *

;Shibaura-Kōnan Area * Daiba^* *

^{c, *} * Kōnan^* *

Shibaura is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Minato ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The district is located between the eastern side of the Yamanote Line train and Tokyo Bay. Shibaura consists mostly of artificial islands created by the excavation of indust ...

^* ; Takanawa Area * Mita^{d, *} * Shirokane^* *

Shirokanedai is a district of Minato, Tokyo. The district today is made up of 5 '' chome''. As of November 1, 2007, the population of Shirokanedai is 10,001. The former neighborhood of Shirokanedai (Shirokanedaimachi, 白金台町) consisted only of very nar ...

^* * Takanawa^* Notes: ^* - formerly part of Shiba Area
^a - 1-chōme
^b - 1, 2, 3-chōme
^c - 2, 3-chōme
^d - 4, 5-chōme

Education

Colleges and universities

* Jikei University School of Medicine Nishi Shinbashi campus *

Kanazawa Institute of Technology is an institution of higher learning in Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Nonoichi City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is often called KIT, or for short. It is known for its unique educational policy that attaches importance to initiative of students. One ...

Graduate school; Toranomon campus *

Keio University , abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally established as a school for Rangaku, Western studies in 1858 in Edo. It was granted university status in 1920, becomi ...

* Kitasato University Shirokane campus * Meiji Gakuin University Shirokane campus *

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies The , or GRIPS, is a public research graduate school located in Minato, Tokyo. Funded by the Japanese government, it is the second smallest by enrollment of all the List of national universities in Japan, national universities in Japan. It is cons ...

(GRIPS) * Shibaura Institute of Technology * Temple University Japan Campus *

Tokyo Institute of Technology The Tokyo Institute of Technology () was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with Tokyo Medical and Dental University to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024. The Tokyo Institute of Technology was a De ...

Tamachi Campus * Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Shinagawa campus *

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

Institute of Medical Science

Primary and secondary schools

The local public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. * (since merged with another school) * * Roppongi High School * The city's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Minato City Board of Education (港区教育委員会). Combined elementary and junior high schools: * Odaiba Gakuen ( お台場学園) * Shirokane-no-oka Gakuen ( 白金の丘学園) Junior high schools: * Akasaka Junior High School ( 赤坂中学校) * Aoyama Junior High School ( 青山中学校) * Konan Junior High School ( 港南中学校) * Koryo Junior High School ( 高陵中学校) * Mita Junior High School ( 三田中学校) opened in 2001 after the merger of Minato Junior High School and Shibahama Junior High School. * Onarimon Junior High School ( 御成門中学校) * Roppongi Junior High School ( 六本木中学校) * Takamatsu Junior High School ( 高松中学校) Elementary schools: * Akabane Elementary School ( 赤羽小学校) * Akasaka Elementary School ( 赤坂小学校) * Aoyama Elementary School ( 青山小学校) * Azabu Elementary School ( 麻布小学校) * Higashimachi Elementary School ( 東町小学校) * Hommura Elementary School ( 本村小学校) * Kogai Elementary School ( 笄小学校) * Konan Elementary School ( 港南小学校) * Mita Elementary School ( 御田小学校) * Nanzan Elementary School ( 南山小学校) * Onarimon Elementary School ( 御成門小学校) * Seinan Elementary School ( 青南小学校) * Shiba Elementary School ( 芝小学校) * Shibaura Elementary School ( 芝浦小学校) * Shibahama Elementary School ( 芝浜小学校) * Shirokane Elementary School ( 白金小学校) * Takanawadai Elementary School ( 高輪台小学校) occupies a historic building that had been renovated. Former schools: * Asahi Junior High School (朝日中学校) * Iikura Elementary School (飯倉小学校) * Koyo Elementary School (港陽小学校) * Sanko Elementary School (三光小学校) * Shinno Elementary School (神応小学校) There are also a variety of private schools, including: * Keio Girls Senior High School *Keiō Chutobu Junior High School ( 慶應義塾中等部) * * Azabu Junior and Senior High School * The British School of Tokyo Azabudai Hills Campus (primary school levels) * Friends School, a Quaker school established in 1887. * Meiji Gakuin Senior High School in Shirokane * Russian Embassy School in Tokyo in Azabudai *

Public libraries

The city operates the Minato Library, the Mita Library, the Azabu Library, the Akasaka Library, the Takanawa Library, and the Konan Library. The metropolis operates the Tokyo Metropolitan Library Central Library in Minato. The library opened in 1973.

Economy

Companies with headquarters in Minato include

Air Nippon was a regional airline based in the Shiodome City Center complex in Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). Its main base was Haneda Airport, Tokyo International Airport. Code dat ...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is a Japanese airline headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. ANA operates services to both domestic and international destinations and is Japan's largest airline, ahead of its main rival flag carrier Japan Airlines. the airline has approximate ...

(ANA), ANA & JP Express, All Nippon Airways Trading,

Animax , stylized as ANIMAX in all caps, is a Japanese animation satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Launched on July 1, 1998, Animax is the first 24-hour network in the world dedicated to anime.The Anime Biz' - ...

,."

Asmik Ace Entertainment , formerly , is a Japanese film production and distribution company. In the past, the company has distributed video games. It was formed in 1997 through a merger between the Asmik Corporation and Ace Entertainment, both in Japan. The name Asmi ...

Bandai Namco Holdings (commonly known as and formerly Namco Bandai until 2015, also known as Bandai Namco Group,) is a Japanese mass media and entertainment Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 2005 by the merger of Namco and Bandai. The company specia ...

, Brainlab, Cosmo Oil Company, COVER Corporation, Daicel,

Dentsu , simply known as , stylized as dentsu, is a Japanese international advertising and public relations joint stock company headquartered in Tokyo. Dentsu is the largest advertising agency in Japan and the fifth largest advertising agency network in ...

, Euglena (company),

Fujifilm , trading as , or simply Fuji, is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operating in the areas of photography, optics, Office supplies, office and Biomedical engine ...

Fuji Xerox Fujifilm Business Innovation Corporation (), formerly known as Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., is a Japanese company specializing in the development, production, and sale of Xerography, xerographic and document-related products and services across the A ...

,FUJI XEROX Company Profile
."

. Retrieved on July 12, 2010. Fujitsu, Haseko, Hazama Ando,

Japan Tobacco The (JT) is a Japanese diversified tobacco company and parent company to Japan Tobacco International, one of the three largest international Big Tobacco product manufacturers in the world. It was established in 1985 as a that inherited the ri ...

, Kajima, Kaneka Corporation,

Konami , commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading card ...

, KYB Corporation,

Kyodo News is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo. It was established in November 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan. The newspapers using its news have about 50 million ...

Mitsubishi Motors is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

, Mitsui Chemicals, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Mitsui Oil Exploration Company,

, Nippon Sheet Glass, NYK Line,

Obayashi Corporation is one of five major Japanese construction companies along with Shimizu Corporation, Takenaka Corporation, Kajima Corporation, and Taisei Corporation. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is one of the Nikkei 225 corporations. Its h ...

Oki Electric Industry , commonly referred to as OKI, OKI Electric or the OKI Group, is a Japanese information and communications technology company, headquartered in Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo and operating in over 120 countries around the world. OKI produced the f ...

, Pizza-La, The Pokémon Company, THK, Toagosei, Toraya Confectionery, Sato Pharmaceutical,

Sega Sammy Holdings (also known as the Sega Sammy Group or simply as Sega Sammy) is a Japanese global holding company and Conglomerate (company), conglomerate formed from the Mergers and acquisitions, merger of Sega and Sammy Corporation in 2004. Both companies ...

Sigma Seven is a Japanese people, Japanese talent management firm representing a fair number of seiyū, voice actors and entertainers. Founded on March 3, 1988, Sigma Seven is headquartered on the third floor of the Haga Building in Minato, Tokyo, Minato, T ...

, SUMCO, Toraya Confectionery, Toyo Suisan (owns the branch Maruchan),

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.WOWOW, and Yazaki. In addition ANA subsidiary Air Japan has some offices in Minato.Company Guide
" ''Air Japan''. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.

Foreign companies

The Japanese division of CB&I, the Japanese division of

Aramark Aramark is an American Foodservice, food service and Facility management, facilities services provider to clients in areas including education, prisons, healthcare, business, and leisure. It operates in North America (United States and Canada) a ...

and Aim Services, Google Japan,

Yahoo! Japan is a Japanese web portal. It was the most-visited website in Japan, nearing monopolistic status. According to ''The Japan Times'', as of 2012, Yahoo! Japan had a footprint on the internet market in Japan. In terms of use as a search engine, ...

, and the main Japanese offices of

Hanjin The Hanjin Group () is a South Korean chaebol. The group has various industries covered from transportation and airlines to hotels, tourism, and airport businesses, and is one of the largest chaebols in Korea. The group includes Korean Air (KA ...

and

Korean Air Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (KAL; ) is the flag carrier of South Korea and its largest airline based on fleet size, international destinations, and international flights. It is owned by the Hanjin, Hanjin Group. The present-day Korean Air tra ...

are located there.

Air France Air France (; legally ''Société Air France, S.A.''), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France, and is headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. The airline is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and is one of the founding members ...

operates an office and ticketing counter in the New Aoyama Building in Minato. The Japanese division of Deutsche Post, DHL. Air France's Minato office handles Aircalin-related inquiries.

Air China Air China, officially Air China Limited, ( zh, s=中国国际航空公司, labels=no, ''Zhōngguó guójì hángkōng gōngsī'') is a major Chinese airline and the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered in Shunyi ...

has operations in the Air China Building in Minato.

Asiana Airlines Asiana Airlines Inc. ( ) is a South Korean airline headquartered in Seoul.Home
." Asiana Airlines. Retrieved 13 September 2 ...

operates a sales office on the sixth floor of the ATT New Tower Building.

Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. ( ) is a commercial U.S. airline headquartered in Honolulu, and a subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group. It is the largest operator of commercial flights to and from the island state of Hawaiʻi, and the tenth largest ...

has its Japan offices in the in Minato. Iran Air has its Tokyo office in Akasaka.

Former economic operations

Japanese companies that formerly had headquarters in Minato include Air Next, Airtransse, Asatsu, Jaleco Holding,

Ricoh is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the ''Riken Concern'', on 6 February 1936 as . Ricoh's hea ...

, Toa Domestic Airlines (later Japan Air System and later Japan Air Lines), On 22 December 2008 operations of Seiko Epson's Tokyo sales office began at Seiko Epson's Hino Office in

Hino, Tokyo file:KongojiFudodo20130815.jpg, 250px, Takahata Fudō in Hino is a Cities of Japan, city located in the western Tokyo, western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 187,048, and a population density of 6 ...

. Previously operations were at the World Trade Centre in Minato.

Diplomatic missions

Several countries operate their

embassies A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes a ...

in Minato. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

) * * * * * * * *

Places

* Akasaka is a large residential and commercial area in northern Minato which includes the Akasaka Palace and surrounding gardens, TBS radio and television studios, Ark Hills complex, Tokyo Midtown, and the

embassy A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a Sovereign state, state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase ...

of the

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. * Aoyama is home to Aoyama Cemetery, one of Tokyo's largest graveyards, and the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium. * Atago Shrine is the highest point in all 23 wards of Tokyo. *

is one of Tokyo's more upscale residential areas, home to many embassies. * Fushimi Sanpō Inari Jinja is a Shinto shrine in Shiba 3-chōme. *

is the location of Hamamatsucho Station is the terminal for the

Tokyo Monorail The , officially the , is a straddle-beam, Alweg-type monorail line in Tokyo, Japan. It is an airport rail link that connects Haneda Airport, Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Tokyo's Ōta, Tokyo, Ōta, Shinagawa, and Minato, Tokyo, Minato ...

Haneda Airport , also known as and sometimes abbreviated to ''Tokyo-Haneda'', is the busier of the two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT). It serves as the primary domestic base of J ...

. * Mita is home to

and several small Buddhist temples. * The National Art Center, Tokyo is a museum that opened in 2007. *

Odaiba is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo), Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1850s. The land was dramatically expanded during the late 20th centur ...

is one of Tokyo's most popular entertainment areas, featuring the

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...

studios, Palette Town shopping complex, Dream Bridge,

Tokyo Big Sight , officially known as , is a convention center, convention and exhibition center in Tokyo and the largest such venue in Japan. Opened in April 1996, the center is located in the Ariake, Tokyo, Ariake Minami district of the on the Tokyo Bay waterf ...

, and more. Located on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay, it is connected to central Tokyo by the

Yurikamome , formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'' in Tokyo, Japan. It connects Shimbashi Station, Shimbashi to Toyosu Station, Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba, a market in which it competes with ...

transit line over the Rainbow Bridge. *

is Tokyo's best-known nightlife district, especially popular among foreigners; home to National Art Center, also home to the

Roppongi Hills is a development project in Tokyo and one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo. Constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori, the mega-complex incorporates office space, apartm ...

complex, which houses the studios of

TV Asahi JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as , and better known as , is a Japanese television station serving the Kanto region as the flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network. It is owned-and-operated by the a subsidiary of , itself controlled by ...

, the

J-Wave J-Wave is an commercial radio station based in Tokyo, Japan, broadcasting on 81.3 FM from the Tokyo Skytree to the Tokyo area. J-Wave airs mostly music, including J-pop, C-pop, and Western music, covering a wide range of formats. The station i ...

radio station, the Tokyo Grand Hyatt Hotel, and a shopping complex. *

Shiba Park is a public park in Minato, Tokyo, Japan built around the temple of Zōjō-ji. The park is located between the Minato municipal offices and Tokyo Tower. Many of the footpaths in the park offer excellent views of Tokyo Tower, so the park is a pop ...

houses the Zojoji temple.

Tokyo Tower , also known as the Japan Radio Tower (, ) is a Radio masts and towers, communications and observation tower in the district of Shiba-koen in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, completed in 1958. At , it was the List of tallest structures in Japan, tallest ...

is located one block away. * Shinbashi Station, in

, is the northern terminal of Japan's first railway line. Also home to the Shiosite office and entertainment complex, which houses

Nippon Television JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...

studios. *

is home to Meiji Gakuin University. * Takanawa is home to the

Sōtō Sōtō Zen or is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai school, Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Caodong school, Cáodòng school, which was founded during the ...

Temple of Sengaku-ji. Shinagawa Station, one of Tokyo's largest train stations, is located in Takanawa, although it is associated with

to the south. It is an area of many 1980s hotels including the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, and Pacific Meridien Hotel, Shinagawa Prince Hotel. * There is an urban aquarium called Aqua Park Shinagawa on the premises of the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, and the number of visitors exceeds 1.5 million annually. *

houses the National Printing Bureau,Bureau Overview
" National Printing Bureau. Retrieved on February 28, 2019.

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Toranomon Station underground complex.

Transportation

Rail

Yurikamome 7000 series 17th unit at Fune-no-kagakukan Station

* Keikyu Main Line ( Shinagawa Station) *

Toei Subway The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, Japan, the other being the Tokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by the Tokyo Metropolita ...

: **

Toei Asakusa Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the municipal subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta, Tokyo, Ōta and in Sumida, Tokyo, Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, un ...

( Shimbashi Station, Daimon Station, Mita Station, Sengakuji Station, Takanawadai Station) ** Toei Oedo Line (

Shiodome Station is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It serves as an interchange for the Toei Ōedo Line (E-19) and Yurikamome (U-02). Line *Yurikamome *Toei Ōedo Line Station layout The two parts of the station are not directly linked to one anothe ...

, Daimon Station, Akabanebashi Station,

Azabu-juban Station is the name of two subway stations in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, one operated by Tokyo Metro and the other by Toei Subway. Lines This station is served by the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Ōedo Line. The station is numbered N-04 for the Namboku L ...

, Roppongi Station, Aoyama-itchome Station) ** Toei Mita Line ( Uchisaiwaicho Station, Onarimon Station, Shiba-koen Station, Mita Station, Shirokane-Takanawa Station, Shirokanedai Station) *

Tokyo Metro The Tokyo Metro () is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the #Organization, Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the Tokyo subway, two s ...

: **

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).Akasaka Station, Nogizaka Station, Omotesando Station) **

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, and Taitō, Tokyo, Taitō. It is the old ...

( Shimbashi Station, Toranomon Station, Tameike-sanno Station, Akasaka-mitsuke Station, Aoyama-itchome Station, Gaienmae Station, Omotesando Station) ** Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line ( Aoyama-itchome Station, Omotesando Station) ** Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line ( Kamiyacho Station, Roppongi Station, Hiroo Station) **

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line The is a Rapid transit, subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The line runs in a U-shape between Ogikubo Station in Suginami, Tokyo, Suginami and Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo, Toshima, with a branch line between Nakano-Sa ...

( Akasaka-mitsuke Station) **

Tokyo Metro Namboku Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita. The Namboku Line was referred to as Line 7 during the planning stages, thus the seldom-used off ...

( Tameike-sanno Station, Roppongi-itchome Station,

, Shirokane-Takanawa Station, Shirokanedai Station) *

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

(JR East) ** Keihin-Tohoku Line/

Yamanote Line The Yamanote Line () is a railway Circle route, loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major stations and urban centres ...

( Shimbashi Station, Hamamatsucho Station, Tamachi Station, Shinagawa Station) ** Tōkaidō Main Line ( Shimbashi Station, Shinagawa Station) **

Yokosuka Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the segment between and Kurihama sta ...

( Shimbashi Station, Shinagawa Station) *

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (). The term ''Tōkai'' refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, ...

(JR Central) **

Tōkaidō Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the San'yō Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opening in 19 ...

( Shinagawa Station) *

( Hamamatsucho Station) *

( Shimbashi Station,

, Takeshiba Station, Hinode Station, Shibaura-futō Station, Odaiba-kaihinkōen Station, Daiba Station)

Road

Shuto Expressway The is a network of Toll road, tolled expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are Grade separation, grade separated and have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that require cauti ...

: **No. 1 Haneda Route (Edobashi JCT – Iriya) **No. 2 Meguro Route (Ichinohashi JCT – Togoshi) **No.11 Daiba Route (Shibaura JCT – Ariake JCT) **B Bayshore Route (Namiki – Kawasaki-ukishima JCT) **C1 Inner Loop (Edobashi – Takaracho – Kyobashi – Ginza – Shiodome – Hamazakibashi – Shiba Park – Tanimachi – Kasumigaseki – Daikanmachi – Edobashi) *National roads: **Route 1 (Sakurada-dori) **Route 15 (Dai-Ichi Keihin) **Route 246 (Aoyama-dori) *Other major roads: **Atago-dori **Kaigan-dori **Kyu-kaigan-dori **Gaien-higashi-dori **Gaien-nishi-dori **Hibiya-dori **Roppongi-dori

Ferry

Tokyo's main ferry terminal is located adjacent to Takeshiba Station on the Yurikamome, due east of JR Hamamatsucho Station.

Notable people from Minato

Hirohito , Posthumous name, posthumously honored as , was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, from 25 December 1926 until Death and state funeral of Hirohito, his death in 1989. He remains Japan's longest-reigni ...

, the 124th

Emperor of Japan The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan. The emperor is defined by the Constitution of Japan as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, his position deriving from "the will of ...

* Takeichi Nishi, an

Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...

officer, equestrian show jumper, and Olympic gold medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics * Kanoko Okamoto (1889–1939), poet, born in Akasaka Ward (present-day Minato) * Sho Sakurai, actor and singer, affiliated with

Arashi is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15, 199 ...

* Haruomi Hosono,

experimental An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs whe ...

electronic pop musician, noted for the commissioned Muji background music * Jado, Japanese professional wrestler (

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a Puroresu, Japanese professional-wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo. It is currently majority owned by card-game company Bushiroad, with TV As ...

) * Fishmans, a pop and dub band composed primarily of Shinji Sato, Yuzuru Kashiwabara, Kin-ichi Motegi, Hakase-Sun and Kensuke Ojima *

Nujabes , born , better known by his stage name Nujabes (; ), was a Japanese record producer, audio engineer, DJ, composer and arranger best known for his atmospheric instrumental mixes sampling from Japanese hip hop, hip hop, soul music, soul, and jazz, a ...

, real name Jun Seba, a record producer, audio engineer, DJ, composer, arranger and pioneer of the

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

subgenre chillhop or

lo-fi Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate stylistic ch ...

* Taisei Miyashiro,

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player

References

External links

Minato City Official Website
{{Authority control Diplomatic districts Wards of Tokyo