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is a
business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
Minato,
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 ...
.
History
![Tora-no-Mon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Tora-no-Mon.JPG)
Literally meaning "Tiger's Gate," Toranomon was the name of the southernmost gate of
Edo Castle
is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo and is therefore also known as .
Tokugawa Ieyasu established the ...
. The gate existed until the 1870s when it was demolished to make way for modern developments. The
Toranomon Incident (虎ノ門事件 Toranomon Jiken) was an assassination attempt on the Prince Regent
Hirohito
Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...
of Japan on 27 December 1923 by communist agitator
Daisuke Namba
was a Japanese student who tried to assassinate the Crown Prince Regent Hirohito in the Toranomon Incident on December 27, 1923.
Family and early life
Daisuke Nanba was born to a distinguished family. His grandfather was decorated by the Emp ...
.
The district is home to many corporate headquarters. From the 1970s through the mid-1990s
Japan Air System
was the smallest of the big three Japanese airlines. In contrast to the other two, JAL and ANA, JAS' international route network was very small, but its domestic network incorporated many smaller airports that were not served by the two large ...
(originally Toa Domestic Airlines) was headquartered in the in Toranomon.
Air China
Air China Limited () is the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China and one of the "Big Three" mainland Chinese airlines (alongside China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines). Air China's headquarters are in Shunyi District, ...
has its Tokyo offices in the Air China Building in Toranomon.
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...
,
Japan Tobacco
Hepburn: ''Nippon Senbai Kōsha''
, type = 1985-: Public (''kabushiki gaisha'') 1949-1985: Statutory corporation
, traded_as =
, industry = FoodTobacco
, foundation = 1898 (as Imperial Japanese Tobacco Company)1 June 1949 (as Japan Tobacco ...
,
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 fi ...
,
Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance
is a Japanese insurance company. It has its corporate headquarters in the Kamiyacho MT Building (神谷町MTビル ''Kamiyachō MT Biru'') in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo and its Osaka offices in Chuo-ku, Osaka.[Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines ( ja, 株式会社商船三井, Kabushiki-gaisha Shōsen Mitsui; abbreviated MOL) is a Japanese transport company headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the largest shipping companies in the world.
...]
have their headquarters in Toranomon.
The
National Printing Bureau
(NPB) is a Japanese governmental agency in charge of the production of Japanese paper money, Japanese yen. It also produces various other products, such as postage stamps and the official governmental gazette.
History
The Paper Money Office w ...
has its headquarters in the district.
Okura Museum of Art and
Hotel Okura Tokyo
is a luxury hotel opened in 1962 in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is operated by Okura Hotels and was a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. The historic main wing was demolished in 2015, with a modern replacement on the site opened in 2019, ...
are also located in Toranomon.
Education
Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Toranmon 1-5-
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 ...
is zoned to Onarimon Elementary School (御成門小学校) and Onarimon Junior High School (御成門中学校).
See also
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Nihonbashi, Tokyo
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 curren ...
References
External links
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Districts of Minato, Tokyo