Chūō (Tokyo)

Chūō City Hall
Chūō-ku ; 中央区
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Tokyo
Coordinates :	35 ° 40 ′ N , 139 ° 46 ′ E Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 14 " N , 139 ° 46 ′ 19" E
Basic data
Surface:	10.18 km²
Residents :	166,536 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	16,359 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	13102-4
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	pasture
Flower :	azalea
town hall
Address :	Chūō City Hall ; 1 - 1 - 1 , Tsukiji; Chūō-ku ; Tōkyō 104-8404
Website URL:	http://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/
Location Chūōs in Tokyo Prefecture

Mitsukoshi - Depāto

Tsukiji Hongan-ji

Chūō ( Japanese 中央区 , - ku , "central district" / "district center") is one of the 23 districts in the east of the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo and is located in the eastern center of Tokyo , the capital of Japan . The district is one of the main business centers of Tokyo , along with Shinjuku district in the west of the city. Chūō was created on March 15, 1947 from the merger of the old city districts Nihombashi and Kyōbashi . The famous Ginza boulevard and the Tsukiji fish market are located in the district . 166,536 inhabitants live in Chūō, and the district counts over 650,000 commuters and visitors every day.

geography

Chūō is located in the east of Tokyo Prefecture. The district stretches from the Yamanote Line and Tokyo Station in the west to the right bank of the Sumida . In the northeast it extends to the Kanda , in the south to the Bay of Tokyo. Much of the area of Chūō has been created over the centuries by reclamation in the bay, most recently the entire area of Tsukishima .

Chūō got its name ("center") from the fact that it was in the middle of the old city districts of the former city of Tokyo , which are now 23 districts. The surrounding districts are Kōtō , Sumida , Taitō , Chiyoda and Minato .

Districts (selection)

The district of Chūō consists of the following districts, among others (For a complete list, see the list of districts in Tokyo District Chūō ):

The former Nihombashi district comprised the north of what is now Chūō. It was named after the bridge that had been the zero point for distance measurement on all roads in Japan since the Edo period.
- Yaesu is right next to Tokyo Station .

In the former Kyōbashi district are:

Close to the station , the eponymous district of Kyōbashi , which is named after the bridge of the same name (which no longer exists).
Hatchobori: location of the police barracks during the Edo period
South of Yaesu and Kyōbashi is Ginza , Tokyo's grand boulevard with large department stores, shops of all major fashion brands and fine cafés. The quarter is named after the former silver coin. The famous Kabukiza theater is also located on the Ginza.
In the southeast Akashichō, location of the St. Luke Hospital and the neighboring Garden Tower high-rise.
In the very south on the right bank of Sumida are the Hamarikyū Teien , a public park on the site of a former Tokugawa residence, and Tsukiji , best known for the large Tsukiji fish market , which supplies the entire region. Also the location of the Jōdo Shinshū temple Tsukiji Hongan-ji .

To the east of the Sumida estuary lies the new land area of Tsukishima.

Tsukishima: famous for its " Monja Street ".
Harumi: location of the Harumi passenger terminal
Kachidoki: location of the bridge of the same name over the Sumida

Attractions

Eitai-Bashi: a bridge over the Sumida River
Hamarikyū Onshi Teien: a spacious public park, right in the harbor. Formerly owned by the daimyo of Kofu and later by the Imperial Court Office , it has been open to the public since April 1, 1946.
Shimbashi Embujō: a well-known theater
Suites-gū : A Shintō shrine where women pray for a safe birth.
Sumiyoshi Shrine : A Shinto shrine with a history dating back to 1590.

traffic

Street:
- Tokyo City Highway : C1 Inner Ring, No. 1 Ueno Line, No. 6 Mukogawa Line, No. 9 Fukagawa Line, Y Yaesu Line
- Tokyo Highway (runs just around Ginza district)
- National Road 1 , to Osaka
- National road 4 , to Aomori
- National Road 6 , to Sendai
- National Road 14 , to Chiba
- National Road 15 , to Yokohama
- National Road 17 , to Niigata
- National Road 20 , to Shiojiri
Train:
- JR :
  - Sōbu express train line , from Shin-Nihombashi or Bakurochō to Tokyo or Chōshi
  - Keiyō Line , from Hatchōbori to Tokyo or Chiba
- Tōkyō Metro :
  - Ginza Line , from Ginza, Kyōbashi, Nihombashi or Mitsukoshi-mae to Shibuya or Asakusa
  - Hibiya Line , from Ginza, Higashi-Ginza, Tsukiji, Hatchōbori, Kayabachō, Ningyōchō or Kodemmachō to Meguro or Adachi
  - Marunouchi Line , from Ginza to Suginami or Ikebukuro
  - Tōzai Line , from Nihombashi or Kayabachō to Nakano or Funabashi
  - Yūrakuchō line , from Ginza-Itchōme, Shintomichō or Tsukishima to Wakō or Kōtō
  - Hanzōmon Line , from Mitsukoshi-mae or Suites-gū-mae to Shibuya or Sumida
- Toei :
  - Asakusa line , from Higashi-Ginza, Takarachō, Nihombashi, Ningyōchō or Higashi-Nihombashi to Ōta or Sumida
  - Ōedo Line , from Tsukishima, Kachidoki or Tsukijishijō to Shinjuku or Nerima
  - Shinjuku Line , from Bakuroyokoyama or Hamachō to Shinjuku or Ichikawa
Water taxi:
- Tōykō Miyako Kankō Kisen: Sumidagawa Line, Odaiba Line
- Tōkyō-to Kōen Kyōkai Tōkyō-Mizube Line

politics

Political groups in Parliament
(as of May 27, 2019)

A total of 30 seats

LDP : 13
Kōmeitō : 4
KDP : 3
Atarashii Chūō ("New Chūō"; with Atarashii tō [regional party]): 2
KPY : 2
Other political groups (one member each) / non-attached: 6

The Chūō-ku Town Hall in Tsukiji

Mayor of Chuo was in uniform regional elections in 2019 the Nori -Unternehmer Taito Yamamoto selected. He prevailed with LDP - Kōmeitō -support against four candidates for the successor to Yoshihide Yada , who no longer ran after eight terms. At the same time the 30 members of parliament were newly elected.

The district forms a single-mandate constituency for the prefecture parliament . In the 2017 election , former District MP Ayumi Saigō won the constituency for Governor Koikes Tomin First no Kai .

For the lower house of the national parliament , along with Bunkyō and parts of Minato and Taitō , Chūō is part of the second constituency of the prefecture, which was redesigned in 2017 and re-elected the Liberal Democrat Kiyoto Tsuji in 2017 and has been the incumbent of the old constituency 2 since 2012.