Financial district of Tokyo, Japan
Marunouchi
(
丸の?
) is a commercial district located in
Chiyoda
,
Tokyo
,
Japan
. Situated between
Tokyo Station
and the
Imperial Palace
, the name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. It is also Tokyo's financial district and the country's three largest
banks
are headquartered there.
History
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In 1590, before
shogun
Tokugawa Ieyasu
entered
Edo Castle
, the area now known as Marunouchi was an inlet of
Tokyo Bay
and had the name
Hibiya.
With the expansion of the castle, this inlet was filled, beginning in 1592.
A new outer moat was constructed, and the earlier moat became the inner moat. The area took the name
Okuruwauchi
("within the enclosure").
Daimy?s
, particularly
shinpan
and
fudai
, constructed their mansions here, and with 24 such estates, the area also became known as
daimy? k?ji
("daimy? alley"). The offices of the North and South Magistrates, and that of the Finance Magistrate, were also here.
Following the
Meiji Restoration
, Marunouchi came under control of the national government, which erected barracks and parade grounds for the
Imperial Japanese Army
.
In 1890
Iwasaki Yanosuke
, brother of the founder (and later the second leader) of
Mitsubishi
, purchased the land for 1.5 million
yen
. As the company developed the land, it came to be known as
Mitsubishi-ga-hara
(the "Mitsubishi Fields"). Much of the land remains under the control of
Mitsubishi Estate Co.
, and the headquarters of many companies in the Mitsubishi Group are in Marunouchi.
[
citation needed
]
The Marunouchi district was redeveloped after 1890 with
urban blocks
and
high rises
that incorporated
Machiya
units.
[1]
The government of Tokyo constructed its headquarters on the site of the former
K?chi
han
in 1894. They moved it to the present
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
in
Shinjuku
in 1991, and the
Tokyo International Forum
and
Toyota Tsusho
Corporation now stands on the site. Nearly a quarter of Japan's GDP is generated in this area.
Tokyo Station
opened in 1914, and the Marunouchi Building in 1923. Tokyo Station reopened on 1 October 2012 after a 5 year refurbishment.
[2]
Much of the area was damaged in the deadly
1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing
.
Places in Marunouchi
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Tallest Buildings 130m+
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Address
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Alternative name
|
Image
|
Height(m)
|
Number of floors
|
Built
|
5-1 Marunouchi 1
|
Shin Marunouchi Building
|
|
198
|
38
|
2007
|
4-1 Marunouchi 2
|
Marunouchi Building
|
|
179
|
37
|
2002
|
6-1 Marunouchi 2
|
Marunouchi Park Building
|
|
170
|
34
|
2009
|
7-3 Marunouchi 2
|
Tokyo Building
|
|
164
|
33
|
2006
|
4-5 Marunouchi 1
|
Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Head Office
|
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148
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30
|
2003
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1-2 Marunouchi 2
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Meiji Yasuda Life Building
|
|
146
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30
|
2004
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Companies based in Marunouchi
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Calbee
has its headquarters in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main.
[3]
Konica Minolta
has its headquarters in the Marunouchi Center Building in Marunouchi.
[4]
Japan Airlines
used to have its headquarters in the Tokyo Building in Marunouchi.
[12]
International companies
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Marunouchi also houses the Japan offices of
Aeromexico
(
Pacific Century Place Marunouchi
),
[13]
Bain & Company
,
Bayerische Landes Bank
,
Bloomberg
,
First National Bank of Boston
,
BT Group
,
Citigroup
,
Banca Commerciale Italiana
,
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
,
Bank of India
,
JPMorgan Chase
,
KPMG
,
Latham & Watkins
,
Mellon Bank
,
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
,
Morrison & Foerster
,
NatWest Group
,
Nikko Cordial
,
Nikko Citigroup
,
Rabobank
,
Bank Negara Indonesia
,
Overseas Union Bank
,
Philadelphia National Bank
,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
,
Ropes & Gray
,
Royal Insurance
,
Standard Chartered Bank
and
Standard & Poor's
.
[14]
Rail and subway stations
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- Nij?bashimae Station
(
Chiyoda Line
)
- Otemachi Station
(
Chiyoda Line
,
Hanzomon Line
,
Marunouchi Line
,
Toei Mita Line
,
Tozai Line
)
- Tokyo Station
(
Ch?? Line
,
Keihin-Tohoku Line
,
Keiyo Line
,
Marunouchi Line
,
Shinkansen
,
S?bu Line
,
Yamanote Line
,
Yokosuka Line
)
Education
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Chiyoda Board of Education
[
ja
]
operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School (千代田小?校) is the zoned elementary of Marunouchi 1-3
ch?me
.
[15]
There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones.
[16]
References
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- ^
Sam Jacoby (2016).
Drawing Architecture and the Urban
. Wiley. p. 266.
ISBN
9781118879405
.
- ^
Nakata, Hiroko, "
Tokyo Station's Marunouchi side restored to 1914 glory
",
Japan Times
, 23 October 2012, p. 3
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"
Corporate Information
Archived
2009-02-27 at the
Wayback Machine
."
Calbee
. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.
- ^
"
Company Overview
".
Konica Minolta
. Retrieved on May 12, 2009.
- ^
"
About The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
"
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
- ^
"
Fact Sheet
."
Mitsubishi Corporation
. Retrieved on September 28, 2011.
- ^
"
Corporate Profile
."
Tokio Marine Nichido
. Retrieved on July 24, 2011. "Address of Head Office 2-1 Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo"
- ^
"
Company Profile
Archived
2016-12-27 at the
Wayback Machine
."
Asahi Glass
. Retrieved on April 2, 2014.
- ^
"
Company Profile
."
Furukawa Electric
. Retrieved on March 21, 2014.
- ^
"
Corporate Data
."
Ushio, Inc.
Retrieved on May 31, 2018.
- ^
"
Company Outline
."
Tanaka Kikinzoku Group
. Retrieved on March 5, 2019.
- ^
"World Airline Directory".
Flight International
. March 30, 1985.
88
. Retrieved on June 17, 2009.
- ^
"
com03.jpg
".
Aeromexico
. Retrieved on October 13, 2010.
- ^
"
Office Locations Asia
".
Standard & Poor's
. Retrieved on August 12, 2011. "Japan 28 F Marunouchi Kitaguchi Bldg 1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan 100-0005 "
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"?立小?校の通??域"
. Chiyoda Board of Education
. Retrieved
2022-10-08
.
- ^
"?立中?校の通??域と?校選?"
. Chiyoda Board of Education
. Retrieved
2022-10-08
.
千代田?では、[...]
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Major stations
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- Akihabara
/
Iwamotoch?
(JR, Metro, Toei, Tsukuba Express, bus terminal)
- Ichigaya
(JR, Metro, Toei)
- Iidabashi
(JR, Metro, Toei)
- Jimb?ch?
(Metro, Toei)
- Kanda
(JR, Metro)
- Kasumigaseki
(Metro)
- Kokkai-gijid?-mae
/
Tameike-Sann?
(Metro)
- Kudanshita
(Metro, Toei)
- Nagatach?
(Metro)
- ?temachi
(Metro, Toei)
- T?ky?
(JR, Shinkansen, Metro, bus terminal)
- Y?rakuch?
/
Hibiya
(JR, Metro, Toei)
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