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is a neighborhood in
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 ...
,
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.


Economy

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
operates the Takanawa Office in Takanawa.


Education

Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Tanakawa 1-chōme 6-27 ban and 2-4-chōme are zoned to Takanawadai Elementary School ( 高輪台小学校) and . Takanawa 1-
chōme The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ...
1-3-ban are zoned to Shirogane-no-oka Gakuen ( 白金の丘学園) for elementary and junior high school. Takanawa 1-chōme 4-5-ban are zoned to Mita Elementary School ( 御田小学校) and Mita Junior High School ( 田中学校). Takanawadai Elementary School occupies a historic building that had been renovated. Takamatsu Junior High is a
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. Takamatsunomiya contributed some of its own mansions for Minato and a junior high school was built there. The Takanawa Public Library occupies the 3rd and 4th floors on the Takanawa Branch office, Minato City. It periodically holds film shows for adult users as well as children's programs involving toddlers to elementary pupils. There are gallery walls where the local public elementary school holds art shows. Takanawadai_Elementary_school_03.jpg, Takanawadai Elementary School ( 高輪台小学校)


Takanawa Branch, Minato City Office

The Minato City Office has a district general branch, "Takanawa Sogo shisho" () at 16-25, Takanawa 1-chome, and provides services and duties for the citizens and visitors in the area of 4 and 5-chome Mita, Takanawa, Shirokane and Shirokanedai.(, , , and )


Notable sites

Charity *
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House * Embassies *Embassy of the
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, Tokyo, Japan *The Embassy of
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*Embassy of the
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in Tokyo *Embassy of the
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in Japan *The Embassy of the
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Facilities for fine arts and entertainment *Ajinomoto Corporate Museum ()—lifestyles of different periods shown with replica *
Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa ( ja: マクセルアクアパーク品川, ''Makuseru Akua Pāku Shinagawa''), formerly Epson Aqua Park Shinagawa, Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium is a public aquarium located inside the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Minato, ...
*The
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—collection of Chinese, Korean and Japanese art * Museum of Logistics *
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*Prinzchien Garten *T-Joy PRINCE Shinagawa (Shinagawa Prince Cinema) Historical sites and monuments * Chinquapin at former Hosokawa residence (Metropolitan relic) * Gyoranzaka—backdrop to
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's novel *Kaitōkaku—private club for
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*Site of residence of Iwaya Sazanami—a designated cultural asset of Tokyo *Stone wall in Takanawa seashore—(高輪海岸の石垣石, ''Takanawa kaigan no ishigaki ishi'') is a historical place in Takanawa. In the
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, stone walls were built along the Takanawa seashore, and they are now a historical site. The research excavation at the ruins in the ward facility building in 20th of 1995 Takanawa 2-chome unearthed this historical site. The public now have had access to the historical site, which the
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established in 2002. *Takanawa Imperial Residence—Forty-seven Ronin were executed; access limited. (Former mansion of
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maintained by the
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) *Takanawa Okido—designated national asset Hotels *The
Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa The Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa (グランドプリンスホテル高輪) is a complex of three hotels (Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, and The Prince Sakura Tower) designed by architect Togo Murano in 1982, and ...
*The Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa *Shinagawa Prince Hotel Police stations and fire stations *Takanawa fire station at Nihon-enoki *Takanawa police station Religious institutions *
Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 (facing Nihonenoki dori ) in Tokyo. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wak ...
, branch temple of Koyasan in Tokyo * Maruyama Jinja, a Shinto shrine *Monument to the opening of
Shinagawa Station is a major railway station in the Takanawa and Konan districts of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and the private railway operator Keikyu. The Tokaido Shinkan ...
*
Sengaku-ji is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Sōtō school of Japanese Zen located in the Takanawa neighborhood of Minato-ku, near Sengakuji Station and Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. It was one of the three major Sōtō temples in Edo during t ...
—the graves of the Forty-seven ''rōnin'' and their
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as a Minato-ku designated cultural asset. A designated national asset. *
Tōzen-ji , is a Buddhist temple located in Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen.Cortazzi, Hugh. (2000) ''Collected Writings of Sir Hugh Cortazzi'', Vol. II, pp. 210211. One of th ...
—the site of the first British legation Schools *Takamatsu Junior High School (Municipal) *Takanawadai Elementary School(Municipal) *Takanawa Junior/Senior High School *
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Takanawa campus *Tokai University Takanawadai Junior and Senior High School Shopping streets *Gyoranzaka Ginza Shotenkai () *Merry Road Takanawa () *Takanawadai shotenkai () *Takanawa Sengakuji-mae Shotenkai () File:Takamatsu-no-miya_house_20061221_0014.jpg, Takanawa Imperial Residence File:Sengakuji2.jpg,
Sengaku-ji is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Sōtō school of Japanese Zen located in the Takanawa neighborhood of Minato-ku, near Sengakuji Station and Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. It was one of the three major Sōtō temples in Edo during t ...
File:Takanawa shobosho 0104 2.jpg, Nihon-enoki garage, Takanawa fire station


Subway, train and bus services

In Takanawa area, there are three subway stations, one each by two operating companies and the JR train station. Each of them are served with municipal and public bus services. For bus services, the City of Minato operates community bus system called "Chii Bus", serving Takanawa area with Takanawa Route. Tokyo Metropolitan Government runs buses nicknamed Toei Bus, or To-Bus in short, and services are available in Takanawa neighborhood, too. Tokyu Bus operates lines in Takanawa area as well. Takanawa has bus access from Shinagawa station east gate to Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Chiba prefecture as well as from Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa to Haneda Airport.


Sengakuji

Subway
Toei Asakusa Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes. The Asak ...
and
Keikyū Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. The line connects the Tokyo wards of Minato, Shinagawa, Ōta, and the Kanagawa municipalities of Kawasaki, Yokohama and Yokosuka. The Keikyu Main Line began a ...
serve Sengakuji station.


Bus routes in Sengakuji area

*Shina 97: Shinjuku station west gate *Tan 96: Gotanda station - Sengakuji - Roppongi Hills


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JR East serves Shinagawa with
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,
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, Keihin-Tōhoku Line,
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and
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, along with Keikyū Main Line by Keikyū.


Bus routes in Shinagawa area

;Shinagawa station Takanawa gate *Shina 93: Shinagawa - Meguro (Toei Bus) *Shina 94: Shinagawa - Kamata station (Tokyu Bus) *Shina 97: Shinagawa - Shinjuku station west gate (Toei Bus) *Tan 96: Shinagawa - Gotanda - Roppongi Hills (Toei Bus) *Shinagawa station east gate - Narita Airport


Shirokane-Takanawa

Two subway systems, or
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 officia ...
and
Toei Mita Line The is a subway line of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) network in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Nishi-Takashimadaira in Itabashi and Meguro in Shinagawa. Trains continue with direct service into the Meguro Line ...
serve Shirokane-Takanawa Station.


Bus routes in Shirokane-Takanawa area

Routes connecting transportation hubs are: ;Shirokane Takanawa station *Ta 87: Shibuya station - Shirokane-Takanawa - Tamachi station *Tan 94: Gotanda station via Takanawadai station ;Gyoranzaka-shita crossing *Shina 97: Shinjuku station west gate *Ta 87: Tamachi - Shirokane-Takanawa - Shibuya *Tan 94: Akabanebashi - Shirokane-Takanawa - Gotanda via Takanawadai station *Tan 96: Gotanda - Shirokane-Takanawa - Roppongi Hills *Tan 97: Shinagawa station Takanawa gate - Shirokane-Takanawa


Takanawadai

Subway Toei Asakusa Line serves Takanawadai Station.


Bus routes in Takanawadai area

;The Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa *Airport Limousine (Haneda): Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa - Terminal 2, Haneda - Terminal 1, Haneda - International Terminal, Haneda *Shina 93: Ōi Keibajō - The Grand Prince Hotel New takanawa - Meguro *Shina 97: Shinjuku station west gate - The Grand Prince Hotel New takanawa - Shinagawa station Takanawa gate ;The Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa *Airport Limousine (Haneda): Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa - Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa - Terminal 2, Haneda - Terminal 1, Haneda - International Terminal, Haneda *Airport Limousine (Narita): Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa - Shinagawa station east gate - Terminal 2, Narita Airport - Terminal 1, Narita Airport - Terminal 3, Narita Airport ;Shirokanedai 2-chome *Tan 94: Akabanebashi - Shirokanedai 2-chome - Gotanda ;Takanawadai *Tan 94: Akabanebashi - Takanawadai - Gotanda


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Japan, Takanawa Geography of Minato, Tokyo