Azabu

Azabu ( Jap. 麻布 ) than Azabu- ku ( 麻布区 ) is a district of Tokyo and is now part of the municipality Minato . It was built on a hilly marshland to the south of downtown Tokyo and is known as Tokyo's most prominent residential area for the upper class. Many artists, business people and celebrities live here. The former Azabu district and thus the collective name Azabu includes the current districts of Higashi-Azabu ("East Azabu"), Azabu-Mamianachō, Azabu-Nagasakachō, Azabu-jūban, Minami-Azabu ("South ~"), Moto-Azabu ( "Alt-"), Nishi-Azabu ("West ~"), Azabudai and Roppongi (see also the list of districts in Tokyo's Minato district ).

history

The area has been used as agricultural land since the early Edo period . Archaeological research suggests that the region was settled before the Jōmon period .

The area became urban in the 17th century after Tokugawa Ieyasu moved his seat of government to nearby Edo. The Juban horse stalls, Edo's largest horse market, were set up in Azabu .

Azabu, including the district of Roppongi , became a district of the old Tokyo Prefecture ( Tōkyō-fu ) in 1878 and part of it with the establishment of the city of Tokyo in 1889 . In 1947, as part of a prefecture reform, it went up together with Akasaka and Shiba in the newly created district of Minato. During the industrialization of the Meiji period , Azabu was connected to Tokyo by horse-drawn trams.

Much of Azabu was destroyed during the bombing of Tokyo in 1945 . Azabu's business districts were not revived after the war, so the district is now mostly residential.

Manga artist Naoko Takeuchi lives in this district and Azabu is the venue for her fictional Sailor Moon series. The internationally known singer Ayumi Hamasaki lives in a penthouse apartment in Minami-Azabu (South Azabu).

places

Embassies from Russia , the People's Republic of China , Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Taiwan , Norway , Finland , South Korea , Iran , France and Greece .
Azabu University
Zenpuku-ji , a temple where the first US envoys lived in the 19th century.

Companies

Fujifilm

Subway stations

Akabanebashi Station ( Toei - Ōedo Line )
Azabu-Jūban Station (Toei-Ōedo Line, Namboku Line of the Tōkyō Metro )
Hiroo Subway Station ( Tōkyō Metro Hibiya Line )

Individual evidence

^ Homepage of the University of Azabu. August 1, 2013, accessed August 1, 2013 .

Web links

Homepage of Azabu University Japan

Commons : Azabu - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Homepage of the University of Azabu. August 1, 2013, accessed August 1, 2013 .