NagatachÅ, Tokyo
Nagatacho (Japanese永田 町) is a district of the Japanese capital Tokyo. It houses the Parliament building, the official residence of the Prime Minister and a number of other government buildings. According to the census of 2005 had 326 inhabitants Nagatacho in 208 households, the daily population was 20,615.
Nagatacho lies in the special district of Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture capital and extends nearly a kilo Menter southwest of the imperial residence. Because in Nagatacho the elected organs of government have their headquarters, the name is often used figuratively to the Japanese government. In contrast, we denote by Kasumigaseki - the name of the district, which adjoins the south-east - the ministerial bureaucracy, because there are many ministries and agencies of the central government.
In Nagatacho there are several metro stations: the Nagatacho Station, the railway station and the train station Kokkaigijidō -mae Tameike - Sanno. On the north western border is the railway station Akasaka- mitsuke. The boundaries of the district in the northeast of the Uchibori - dori (内堀 通り) and the urban motorway Tokyo C1, in the east and southeast of the Roppongi - dori (六本木 通り) and also partially underground the city motorway Tokyo C1, the southwest and west of the Sotobori - dori (外堀 通り), and in the northwest of the Aoyama - dori (青山 通り) and the urban motorway Tokyo 4 the zip code of Nagatacho is 100-0014.
The following government buildings are Nagatacho:
- The Kokkai - gijido, the Parliament building, houses the plenary of the lower and upper house. In addition, several office buildings are for Members.
- Residences of leaders of the two chambers of parliament
- National Parliamentary Library ( there was since the Meiji period up to 1945, the German Embassy)
- Kantei, the official residence of the Prime Minister, and his residence, the Kotei
- Cabinet Office and Cabinet Secretariat
Also located in Nagatacho the national party headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party, several embassies, the Hie Shrine, a secondary school, hotels and some private office buildings, among other things, the corporate headquarters of KK NTT DoCoMo, Seimei Hoken Prudential K. K. and Philip Morris Japan K. K. accommodate.