Chūō, Tokyo

Chūō (Japanese中央 区, -ku ) is one of 23 districts in the east of Tokyo, Japan, prefecture and is located in the center-east of Tokyo, capital of Japan. The district is the main business center of Tokyo, next to the Shinjuku district in the west of the city. Chūō was taken on March 15, 1947 from the merger of the old city districts Nihombashi and Kyobashi. In the district are the famous boulevard Ginza and Tsukiji Fish Market. In Chūō live 134 388 inhabitants, over 650,000 commuters and visitor counts the district daily.

Geography

Chūō lies to the east of Tokyo Prefecture. The district extends from the Tokyo Yamanote Line and the train station in the west to the right bank of the Sumida. In the northeast it extends to the Kanda, in the south to the Bay of Tokyo. Much of the area of ​​Chūō has arisen over the centuries by land reclamation in the bay, most recently the whole area Tsukishima.

Chūō takes its name ( " center " ), therefore, that it was in the middle of the old city areas of the former city of Tokyo, the 23 districts today. The surrounding districts are Kōtō, Sumida, Taitō, Chiyoda and Minato.

Districts (selection)

The district Chūō consists inter alia of the following districts ( For a complete list, see List of districts of Tokyo's Chuo district ):

  • The former municipality Nihombashi covered the north of today's Chūō district. He was named after the bridge, which was the zero point for measuring distance on all roads in Japan since the Edo period. Directly on the Tokyo Station Yaesu is.
  • In today's district Nihombashi them lies the Tokyo main department store Takashimaya.
  • In Kabutochō further to the east there is the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • To the north in Honkokuchō stood on the site of today's Nihon Ginko ( engl. Bank of Japan) used to be the gold coin of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • The east is in the Muromachi Tokyo main department store Mitsukoshi. This is also the former Anjin -chō, which was named after the Japanese name of William Adams.
  • On the banks of the Sumida is Hakozaki, here is the Tokyo City Air Terminal ( TCAT ).
  • Close to the eponymous district Kyobashi, which in turn is named after the namesake bridge station.
  • Hatchobori: location of the police barracks during the Edo period
  • To the south of Yaesu and Kyobashi is Ginza, Tokyo's main boulevard with major department stores, shops of all major fashion brands and fine cafes. Named the area is next to the former silver coin. On the Ginza is also the famous Kabukiza Theatre.
  • In the southeast Akashicho, site of St. Luke's Hospital and the adjacent Garden Tower skyscraper.
  • In the far south on the right Sumida River are Hamarikyu Teien, a public park on the site of an earlier Tokugawa residence, and Tsukiji, best known for the great Tsukiji Fish Market, which supplies the whole region. In addition, the location of the Jōdo Shinshu Temple Tsukiji Honganji.
  • Tsukishima: famous for his " Monja Street ".
  • Harumi: Location of the Harumi Passenger Terminal
  • Kachidoki: location of the eponymous bridge over the Sumida

Attractions

  • Eitai Bashi: a bridge over the Sumida River
  • Hamarikyu Onshi Teien: a spacious public park, right in the harbor. Formerly owned by the daimyo of Kofu and later the Imperial Hofamts, he is open to the public since April 1, 1946.
  • Shimbashi Embujō: a well-known theater
  • Suitengu: A Shinto shrine in which women pray for a safe birth.
  • Sumiyoshi Shrine: A Shinto shrine, which dates back to the year 1590.

Traffic

  • Street: Urban motorway Tokyo: C1 Inner Ring, # 1 Ueno - line, No. 6 Mukogawa - line, No. 9 Fukagawa - line, Y Yaesu - line
  • Tokyo Highway ( runs only to the Ginza district )
  • National Road 1, to Osaka
  • National Road 4, to Aomori
  • National Road 6 to Sendai
  • National Road 14, according to Chiba
  • National Road 15, according to Yokohama
  • National Road 17, to Niigata
  • National Road 20, according to Shiojiri
  • Sobu JR express train line from Shin- Nihombashi or Bakurocho to Tokyo or Choshi
  • JR Keiyo Line from Hatchobori to Tokyo or Chiba
  • Tōkyō Metro Ginza Line, Ginza, Kyobashi, Nihombashi or Mitsukoshi -mae to Shibuya or Asakusa
  • Tōkyō Metro Hibiya Line, Ginza, Higashi- Ginza, Tsukiji, Hatchobori, kayabacho, Ningyocho or Kodemmachō by Meguro or Adachi
  • Tōkyō Metro Marunouchi Line, Ginza after Suginami or Ikebukuro
  • Tōkyō Metro Tozai Line from Nihombashi or kayabacho by Nakano or Funabashi
  • Tōkyō Metro Yurakucho Line, Ginza - chome, Shintomicho or Tsukishima by Wako or Kōtō
  • Tōkyō Metro Ginza Line, Mitsukoshi -mae or suites - gū -mae to Shibuya or Sumida
  • Toei Asakusa line Higashi- Ginza, Takarachō, Nihombashi, Ningyocho or Higashi Nihombashi after Ōta or Sumida
  • Toei Oedo Line, Tsukishima from, Kachidoki or Tsukijishijō to Shinjuku or Nerima
  • Toei Shinjuku line of Bakuroyokoyama or Hamacho to Shinjuku or Ichikawa
  • Toyko Kanko Kisen Miyako: Sumida - line, Odaiba Line
  • Tōkyō-to Kōen Kyōkai Tōkyō- Mizube - line

Policy

  • LDP: 10
  • Kōmeitō: 5
  • JCP: 4
  • DPJ: 3
  • Shinsei Jimintō: 3
  • Minna no Tō / Yui no Tō: 2
  • Other fractions ( one member each ): 2

Mayor of Chūō since 1987 Yoshihide Yada, who was re- elected in the unified local elections in 2011 with LDP - Komei support for a seventh term. The Parliament has 30 regular members and is also elected in uniform regional elections.

For the Prefecture Parliament of the district forms a Einmandatswahlkreis, represented since the 2013 election after four years of interruption in eighth term of the Liberal Democrats Haruyasu Tateishi.

For the lower house of the national parliament Chūō is next Bunkyō and Taitō part of the 2nd electoral district of the prefecture, the 2012 Liberal Democrat Kiyoto Tsuji chose.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), writer
  • Hirao Kishio (1907-1953), composer
  • Iketani Shinzaburo (1900-1933), writer
  • Jun'ichirô Tanizaki (1886-1965), writer
  • Masami Kurumada (* 1953), manga artist
  • Hideki Muto (* 1982 ), race car driver

Twinning

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Tokyo: Municipalities Chiyoda, Minato, Taitō, Kōtō, Sumida
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