is a district 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, located in Chiyoda

Ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

. It is the location of the

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and the

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's residence ( Kantei). The

Supreme Court of Japan The , located in Hayabusachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, is the highest court in Japan. It has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Japanese constitution and decide questions of national law. It has the power of judicial review, which allows it ...

is located in neighboring Hayabusachō. Nagatachō is often used to refer to the elected Japanese government, while

Kasumigaseki Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関) is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Most government ministries are located in the neighbourhood, making its name a metonym for the Civil service of Japan, Japanese bureaucracy, while Nag ...

refers to the Japanese civil service.

Landmarks

File:Torii of Hie Shrine in Nagatachō 日枝神社 - panoramio.jpg, Hie Shrine File:Hibiya-Highschool-01.jpg,

Hibiya high school is a public high school located in Nagata-chō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1878 as the . It was well known in the 1950s and 1960s for the large proportion of graduates who gained admission to the prestigious University of Tokyo; ...

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National Diet Building The is the building where both houses of the National Diet, National Diet of Japan meet. It is located at Nagatachō, Tokyo, Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Sessions of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives ta ...

* Parliamentary Museum *

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*Headquarters of the

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* Hie Shrine *

Hibiya High School is a public high school located in Nagata-chō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1878 as the . It was well known in the 1950s and 1960s for the large proportion of graduates who gained admission to the prestigious University of Tokyo; ...

Subway stations

Akasaka-mitsuke Station is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. Lines Akasaka-mitsuke Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, providing same-platform transfers between the two lines in the same dir ...

(

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, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia, having opened in 1927. The line ...

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 ...

) * Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station (

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).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 ...

) *

Nagatachō Station is a subway station in the Nagatacho district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Nagatachō Station is served by the following three lines. * (N-07) * (Y-16) * (Z-04) It is also connected ...

( Hanzōmon Line, Namboku Line,

Yūrakuchō Line Yūrakuchō Line may refer to: * Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line * Seibu Yūrakuchō Line * Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line The , formally the , is a subway line operated by Tokyo Metro in west-central Tokyo and Wako, Saitama, Japan. The newest line i ...

) * Tameike-Sannō Station (

, Namboku Line)

Education

operates public elementary and junior high schools. Kōjimachi Elementary School ( 麹町小学校) is the zoned elementary of Nagatcho 1-2 chōme. Kōjimachi Elementary was formed from the merger of the former Kōjimachi Elementary and Nagatachō Elementary School (永田町小学校). It began holding classes, in the year 2000, at the former Nagatachō Elementary facility. Its current building opened on April 1, 2003. There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school attendance zones.

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Landmarks

Subway stations

Education

See also

References