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Encyclopedia > Akasaka, Tokyo

State Guest House, Akasaka Palace
State Guest House, Akasaka Palace
Akasaka with Suntory Hall at right
Akasaka with Suntory Hall at right

Akasaka (赤坂) is a residential and commercial district of Minato-ku, Tokyo, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi nightlife district. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 521 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) State Guest-House Akasaka Palace Main Entrance-1, photo taken by Transpassive, August 2005, File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 521 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) State Guest-House Akasaka Palace Main Entrance-1, photo taken by Transpassive, August 2005, File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 265 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken by Bobak HaEri. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 265 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken by Bobak HaEri. ... Tokyo Tower and Zojoji by night, Shiba Park Roppongi Hills Rainbow Bridge connecting central Tokyo to Odaiba Minato (港区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... National Diet Building Nagatachō ) is a district of Tokyo, Japan, located in Chiyoda Ward. ... Roppongi Hills Roppongi ) is a district of Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area, an active night club scene, and a relatively large presence of Western tourists and expatriates, though the vast majority of visitors and residents are Japanese. ...


Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama) was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government. Aoyama can refer to: 1. ... A ku (区), translated as ward, is a district in a large Japanese city. ... Tokyo City (東京市 Tōkyō-shi) was a Japanese municipality located in the center of the Tokyo urban area. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Notable sites

State Guest-House Akasaka Palace The State Guest-House ) is a facility in which the government of Japan accommodates visiting state dignitaries. ... State Guest-House Akasaka Palace The State Guest-House (Geihinkan; 迎賓館) is a facility in which the government of Japan accommodates visiting state dignitaries. ... The U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Japan. ... Ark Hills (アークヒルズ) is one of the major office developments of Mori Building in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ... Suntory Hall was constructed in the late 70s and early 80s is a Hall in Tokyo, Japan the first just for Musical concerts. ... Tokyo Midtown ) is a 6. ... The Gallery Saatchi & Saatchi was a contemporary art gallery established in Tokyo, Japan in 2000. ...

Companies based in Akasaka

The Japanese offices of Citigroup and Clifford Chance are also located in Akasaka. JETRO, the Japan External Trade Organization ) was established by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1958 to consolidate Japans efforts in export promotion. ... Komatsu Limited (formally 株式会社小松製作所, commonly コマツ) (TYO: 6301) is a Japanese company on the Nikkei 225 index that manufactures construction and mining equipment, silicon wafers, lasers, and thermoelectric modules. ... TBS Building The initials of this Japanese station are also used by the American company, TBS (former full name: Turner Broadcasting System). ... Look up -ing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Citigroup Inc. ... Clifford Chance LLP is the largest law firm in the world, both by number of lawyers and revenue, and a component of the UKs Magic Circle. ...


Subway stations

Akasaka Station ) is a Tokyo Metro station in the Akasaka district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to the National Diet Building ). The station is located adjacent to the headquarters of Tokyo Broadcasting System. ... Akasaka-mitsuke Station ) is a Tokyo Metro station located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. ... Aoyama-itchōme Station ) is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. ... Nogizaka Station ) is a stop on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line located in the Minato Ward, Tokyo. ... Tameike-Sannō Station ) is a subway station in the Tokyo Metro network. ...

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AKASAKA (344 words)
Akasaka (赤坂) is one of Tokyo's central business districts, full of corporate headquarters and exclusive hotels.
The area is directly adjacent to Nagatacho, one of Tokyo's prime concentrations of bureaucracy, and only a stone's throw from the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda.
Reached by a steep flight of stairs under a veritable tunnel of orange torii, the shrine grounds are an oasis of tranquillity in the middle of Tokyo and, in good weather, a popular place for a lunchtime picnic.
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