Minato, Tokyo

Minato (Japanese港区, -ku, dt 'port' ) is one of the 23 districts of Tokyo Prefecture. It is located in the southern center of Tokyo, the capital of Japan.

History

The district was formed on March 3, 1947 by the merger of the former municipalities Akasaka, Azabu, and Shiba in 1943 resolved city of Tokyo.

Attractions

  • The Tokyo Tower, one of the landmarks of Tokyo is located in the district.
  • Odaiba on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay with beach and entertainment district
  • Roppongi nightlife
  • The Atago Shrine (爱 宕 神社, Atago Shrine ) is located on the highest with 26 m hill town districts.
  • The Sengaku -ji (泉 岳 寺) is home to the graves of the 47 ronin.
  • The Zōjō -ji houses the graves of six Tokugawa Shoguns. The graves of Hidetada, the monument of his wife Sūgen'in, the tombs of Ienobu and Ietsugu were pending its destruction in World War II National Treasures and parts of two are now recognized as an important cultural asset.
  • Tokyo Midtown, 2007 eröffneter high-rise complex with the highest skyscraper in Tokyo
  • Nezu Museum, founded by the industrialist Nezu Kaiichirō who built an important collection chinsesischer, Korean and Japanese art, including some national treasures.
  • The Hatakayama Museum of Fine Arts, which houses the collection of the industrialist Issei Hatakayama with Japanese, Chinese and Korean exhibits to the Japanese tea ceremony, including six national treasures.

Traffic

  • Street: Urban motorway Tokyo: No. 1 Haneda Line, No. 2 Meguro Line, No. 11 Daiba Line, B Wangan line, C1 Inner Ring
  • Route 1, according to Chūō or Osaka
  • National Road 15, according to Chūō or Yokohama
  • National Road 246, Chiyoda or Numazu
  • JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen from Shinagawa or Shin- Osaka to Tokyo
  • JR East Yamanote Line ( ring line) of Shinagawa
  • JR East Keihin - Tohoku Line, Shimbashi, Hamamatsucho, Tamachi Shinagawa or after Ōmiya or Kamakura
  • JR East Tōkaidō Main Line, Shimbashi or Shinagawa to Tokyo or Kobe
  • JR East Yokosuka Line from Shimbashi or Shinagawa to Tokyo or Yokosuka
  • Tokyo Metro: Ginza line, of Omotesandō, Gaien - mae, Aoyama - chome, Akasaka- Mitsuke, Tameike - Sanno, Toranomon or Shimbashi to Shibuya or Asakusa station
  • Marunouchi Line, Akasaka -Mitsuke by Suginami or Ikebukuro
  • Hibiya line, by Hiroo, Roppongi or Kamiyacho by Meguro or Adachi
  • Chiyoda Line, of Omotesandō, Nogizaka or Akasaka to Shibuya or Adachi
  • Ginza - line, from Omotesandō or Aoyama - itchome to Shibuya station or Sumida
  • Namboku line of Shirokanedai, Shirokane - Takanawa, Azabu Juban -, Roppongi itchome or Tameike - Sanno by Meguro or Kita Station
  • Asakusa Line, of Takanawadai, Sengakuji Mita, Daimon or Shimbashi after Ōta or Sumida
  • Mita - line, from Shirokanedai, Shirokane - Takanawa, Mita, Shiba kōen, Onarimon or Uchisaiwaicho by Meguro or Itabashi Station
  • Oedo Line, Aoyama - chome, Roppongi, Azabu Juban -, Akabanebashi, Daimon or Shiodome to Shinjuku or Nerima

Economy

Minato is the headquarters of oil company Japan Energy, the technology groups Sony, Toshiba and NEC Corporation, and the tobacco company Japan Tobacco.

Education

The following universities are located in Minato:

  • Kitasato University: Campus Shirokane
  • Pharmacological Faculty of Keio University: Campus Shiba Kyōritsu; formerly Kyōritsu Tsuyakkuka Daigaku ( Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy )
  • Keio University: Campus Mita
  • Shibaura Institute of Technology ( Shibaura Institute of Technology)
  • Temple Daigaku ( Temple University, Japan)
  • Oceanographic Tokyo Institute: Campus Shinagawa ( Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology )
  • Jikei Medical University Tokyo Nishi- Shinbashi campus ( Jikei University School of Medicine )
  • University of Tokyo: Medical research laboratory
  • Meiji Gakuin University: Campus Shirokane
  • Headquarters of the United Nations University
  • Kanazawa Institute of Technology: Graduate College, Campus Toranomon ( Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
  • Seisaku Kenkyu Daigakuin Daigaku: Campus Roppongi ( National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies )

In addition, a state located in Minato, four prefecture -run and 14 private secondary schools as well as numerous mostly operated by the District middle and elementary schools.

Policy

  • LDP: 11
  • Kōmeitō: 6
  • Minato Seisaku Club: 6
  • JCP: 4
  • Hitori no Koe: 3
  • Minna: 2
  • Other fractions ( one member each ): 1

Mayor of Minato 's third term of office of the former municipal officials Masaaki Takei, who was recently confirmed in office in 2012. The District Parliament ( most recently in 2011 ) chosen with uniform regional elections and has 34 regular members.

In Tokyo Prefecture Minato Parliament is represented by two Members; at the last election in 2013 the LDP was able to win both seats in the two- mandate constituency.

For the national House of Representatives, district, together with Chiyoda and Shinjuku the prestigious constituency Tokyo 1, the case of the 2012 election, the Liberal Democrat newcomer Miki Yamada almost won against the experienced Democratic incumbent Banri Kaieda.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Enomoto Ken'ichi (1904-1970), comedian and actor
  • Iida Momo (1926-2011), writer
  • Ishibashi Tanzan (1884-1973), politician
  • Sho Kosugi ( b. 1948 ), actor
  • Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ( born 1933), actress and writer
  • Ozaki Koyo (1868-1903), writer
  • Shō Sakurai ( b. 1982 ), singer and actor
  • Takeichi Nishi (1902-1945), show jumping
  • Hideki Yukawa (1907-1981), Physicist

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Tokyo: Districts Chiyoda, Chūō, Shinagawa, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Kōtō
Wards of Japan Special wards of Tokyo Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo Azabu, Tokyo Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo) Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo Tokugawa clan Tokugawa Hidetada Tokugawa Ienobu Tokugawa Ietsugu Inner Circular Route (Shuto Expressway) Chiyoda, Tokyo Numazu, Shizuoka Shinagawa Station Tokyo Station Shimbashi Station Tamachi Station (Tokyo) Kamakura, Kanagawa Yokosuka, Kanagawa Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Asakusa, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Suginami, Tokyo Ikebukuro Station Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Meguro, Tokyo Adachi, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Shibuya, Tokyo Sumida, Tokyo Meguro Station Kita, Tokyo Toei Asakusa Line Toei Mita Line Itabashi, Tokyo Nerima, Tokyo Yurikamome Tokyo Monorail Japanese Communist Party Shinjuku, Tokyo Shinagawa, Tokyo Arakawa, Tokyo Edogawa, Tokyo Katsushika, Tokyo Nakano, Tokyo Toshima, Tokyo Cities of Japan Akiruno, Tokyo Akishima, Tokyo Fussa, Tokyo Hamura, Tokyo Higashikurume, Tokyo Higashimurayama, Tokyo Hino, Tokyo Inagi, Tokyo Kiyose, Tokyo Kodaira, Tokyo Koganei, Tokyo Kokubunji, Tokyo Komae, Tokyo Kunitachi, Tokyo Machida, Tokyo Mitaka, Tokyo Musashino, Tokyo Tachikawa Tama, Tokyo Hinode, Tokyo Mizuho, Tokyo Okutama, Tokyo Aogashima, Tokyo Ogasawara, Tokyo
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