Nihonbashi (the bridge)

Marker from which distances are measured

Bank of Japan

For the place in Osaka written with the same kanji in Japanese, see Nipponbashi.

Nihonbashi (日本橋, Nihonbashi^? lit. Japan Bridge), or Nihombashi, is a business district of Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Japan, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name. The district covers a large area to the north and east of the bridge, reaching Akihabara to the north and the Sumida River to the east. Otemachi is to the west and Yaesu and Ginza to the south. Nihombashi, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... Nihombashi, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... Nihombashi, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... Nihombashi, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... Download high resolution version (1000x758, 257 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1000x758, 257 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... View on downtown Osaka from Umeda Sky Building Osaka )   is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji Kanji (Japanese:  ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮名), katakana (片仮名), and the Hindu-Arabic numerals. ... Denden Town For Tennoji Denden Town For Nanba Gundams Osaka at Denden Town For the place in Tokyo written with the same kanji in Japanese, see Nihonbashi. ... Location of Chuo-ku in Tokyo. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ... Akihabara in 2006 Akihabara ), also known as Akihabara Electric Town ), is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. ... The Sumida River flowing through Adachi, Tokyo The Sumida River (隅田川, Sumida-gawa) is a river which flows through Tokyo, Japan. ... Yomiuri Shimbun headquarters Otemachi (大手町) is a district of Chuo Ward, Tokyo. ... Taxis line up in front of the Yaesu side of Tokyo Station. ... The Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan The Wako department store occupies a busy corner in Ginza Ginza (銀座) is a place in Chūō Ward, Tokyo named after the silver coin foundry or Ginza established here in 1612 (Edo period). ...

History

The Nihnbashi district was a major mercantile center during the Edo period: its early development is largely credited to the Mitsui family, who based their wholesaling business in Nihonbashi and developed Japan's first department store, Mitsukoshi, there. The Edo-era fish market formerly in Nihonbashi was the predecessor of today's Tsukiji fish market. In later years, Nihonbashi emerged as Tokyo's (and Japan's) predominant financial district. The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Edo Period. ... Mitsui (三井) is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (Keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... The Mitsukoshi Department Store in the Nihonbashi section of Tokyo Utagawa Hiroshige printed an Ukiyoe, in which Mt. ... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ... Tsukiji as seen from Shiodome End of the fresh tuna auction at Tsukiji. ...

The Nihonbashi bridge first becama famous during the 1600s, when it was the eastern terminus of the Tōkaidō road between Edo and Kyoto. During this time, it was known as Edobashi, or "Edo Bridge." In the Meiji era, the wooden bridge was replaced by a larger stone bridge, which still stands today (a replica of the old bridge has been exhibited at the Edo-Tokyo Museum). It is the point from which Japanese people measure distances: highway signs that report the distance to Tokyo actually state the number of kilometers to Nihonbashi. November 5, 1605 â€” The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the British Parliament. ... Tōkaidō (東海道) (literally, East Sea Route) may refer to: National Route 1, which link Tokyo and Osaka The Tōkaidō Main Line, which links Tokyo and Kobe One of the Edo Five Routes, which linked Edo (now Tokyo) and Kyoto along the shore (see below) An ancient route from the... Edo (Japanese: 江戸, literally: bay-door, estuary, pronounced //), once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo. ... This article is about the city Kyoto. ... History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Meiji period (Japanese: Meiji Jidai 明治&#26178... Category: ... A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ...

Trivia

• Nihonbashi features as a playable area in the 2005 PlayStation 2 game, Shadow Hearts: Covenant.

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Places in Nihonbashi

• Bank of Japan
• Mitsukoshi and Takashimaya department stores
• Tokyo Stock Exchange

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Companies based in Nihonbashi

Mitsukoshi Department Store

• Daiichi Pharmaceuticals
• Daiwa Securities
• IBM Japan
• Marubeni
• Marubun
• Maruzen
• Merrill Lynch Japan
• Mitsui
• Mitsubishi Securities
• Mitsukoshi
• Nikkō Securities
• Nomura
• Takeda
• TDK

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Railway and subway stations

• Bakurocho Station (Sobu Rapid Line)
• Bakuro-yokoyama Station (Toei Shinjuku Line)
• Hamamachi Station (Toei Shinjuku Line)
• Kayabacho Station (Hibiya Line, Tozai Line)
• Kudemmacho Station (Hibiya Line)
• Mitsukoshimae Station (Ginza Line, Hanzomon Line)
• Nihombashi Station (Ginza Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tozai Line)
• Ningyocho Station (Hibiya Line, Toei Asakusa Line)
• Shin-nihombashi Station (Sobu Rapid Line)
• Suitengumae Station (Hanzomon Line)