Minato (Tokyo)

Minato-ku 港区
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Tokyo
Coordinates :	35 ° 39 ′  N , 139 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 39 ′ 29 "  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 6"  E
Basic data
Surface:	20.34 km²
Residents :	259,494 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	12,758 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	13103-2
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Blossom dogwood
Flower :	Garden hydrangea , rose
town hall
Address :	Minato City Hall 1 - 5 - 25 , Shibakōen Minato-ku Tōkyō  105-8511
Website URL:	http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/
Location Minatos in Tokyo Prefecture

Minato ( Japanese 港区 , - ku , dt. "Port") is one of the 23 districts of Tokyo Prefecture . It is located in the southern center of Tokyo , the capital of Japan .

history

The district was founded on March 3, 1947 through the merger of the former Akasaka , Azabu and Shiba districts of Tokyo , which was dissolved in 1943 .

Attractions

The Rainbow Bridge connects Tokyo with Odaiba

• The Tokyo Tower , one of the landmarks of Tokyo, is located in the district.
• Odaiba on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay with a beach and entertainment district
• Roppongi , night life
• The Atago Shrine ( 愛 宕 神社 , Atago Shrine ) is located on the highest hill in the boroughs at 26 m.
• The Sengaku-ji ( 泉 岳 寺 ) houses the tombs of the 47 Rōnin .
• The Zojo houses the tombs of six Tokugawa - Shoguns . The graves of Hidetada , the monument to his wife Sūgen'in , the graves of Ienobu and Ietsugu were national treasures until their destruction in World War II, and parts of two are now recognized as important cultural assets.
• Tokyo Midtown , high-rise complex with the tallest skyscraper in Tokyo, opened in 2007
• Nezu Museum , founded by the industrialist Nezu Kaiichirō , who built up an important collection of Chinese, Korean and Japanese art, including some national treasures.
• The Hatakayama Museum of Fine Arts , which houses the industrialist Issei Hatakayama's collection of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean exhibits related to the Japanese tea ceremony , including six national treasures .
• The Takahashi Korekiyo Memorial Park opened in 1941.

traffic

• Street:
  • Tokyo City Motorway : No. 1 Haneda Line, No. 2 Meguro Line, No. 11 Daiba Line, B Wangan Line, C1 Inner Ring
  • National Road 1 , to Chūō or Osaka
  • National Road 15 , to Chūō or Yokohama
  • National Road 246, to Chiyoda or Numazu
• Train:
  • JR Central : Tōkaidō Shinkansen , from Shinagawa to Tokyo or Shin-Osaka
  • JR East :
    • Yamanote Line (Ring Line), from Shinagawa
    • Keihin-Tōhoku line , from Shimbashi , Hamamatsuchō , Tamachi or Shinagawa to Ōmiya or Kamakura
    • Tōkaidō main line , from Shimbashi or Shinagawa to Tokyo or Kobe
    • Yokosuka Line , from Shimbashi or Shinagawa to Tokyo or Yokosuka
  • Tōkyō Metro :
    • Ginza Line , from Omotesandō, Gaien-mae, Aoyama-Itchōme, Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tameike-Sannō, Toranomon or Shimbashi to Shibuya or Asakusa station
    • Marunouchi Line , from Akasaka-Mitsuke to Suginami or Ikebukuro
    • Hibiya Line , from Hiroo, Roppongi or Kamiyachō to Meguro or Adachi
    • Chiyoda Line , from Omotesandō, Nogizaka or Akasaka to Shibuya or Adachi
    • Hanzōmon Line , from Omotesandō or Aoyama-Itchōme to Shibuya or Sumida Station
    • Namboku Line , from Shirokanedai, Shirokane-Takanawa, Azabu-Jūban, Roppongi-Itchōme or Tameike-Sannō to Meguro or Kita station
    • Asakusa Line , from Takanawadai, Sengakuji, Mita, Daimon or Shimbashi to Ōta or Sumida
    • Mita Line , from Shirokanedai, Shirokane-Takanawa, Mita, Shiba-kōen, Onarimon or Uchisaiwaichō to Meguro or Itabashi Station
    • Ōedo line , from Aoyama-Itchōme, Roppongi, Azabu-Jūban, Akabanebashi, Daimon or Shiodome to Shinjuku or Nerima
  • Yurikamome , from Shimbashi, Shiodome, Takeshiba, Hinode, Shibaura-Futō, Odaiba-Kaihin-kōen or Daiba to Kōtō
  • Keikyū : main line , from Sengakuji or Shinagawa to Yokosuka
  • Tōkyō Monorail : Haneda Line , from Hamamatsuchō to Tokyo Haneda Airport

economy

Minato is the headquarters of the mineral oil company Japan Energy , the technology groups Sony , Toshiba and NEC Corporation , and the tobacco company Japan Tobacco .

education

The following universities are located in Minato:

• Kitasato University : Shirokane Campus
• Faculty of Pharmacology at Keiō University : Shiba-Kyōritsu Campus; formerly Kyōritsu Tsuyakkuka Daigaku ( Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy )
• Keiō University : Mita Campus
• Shibaura Institute of Technology ( Shibaura Institute of Technology )
• Temple Daigaku ( Temple University Japan)
• Tokyo University of Oceanography : Campus Shinagawa ( Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology )
• Jikei Medical University Tokyo : Nishi-Shinbashi Campus ( Jikei University School of Medicine )
• University of Tokyo : Medical Research Laboratory
• Meiji Gakuin University : Shirokane Campus
• Headquarters of the United Nations University
• Kanazawa University of Technology : Graduate School, Toranomon Campus ( Kanazawa Institute of Technology )
• Seisaku Kenkyū Daigakuin Daigaku : Campus Roppongi ( National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies )

In addition, Minato has one state, four prefectural and 14 private high schools as well as numerous middle and elementary schools mostly operated by the district.

politics

Political groups in Parliament
(as of 2019)

       

A total of 34 seats

• LDP : 11
• Minato Seisaku Kaigi ("Political Conference Minato"; with KDP , DVP , SDP ): 10
• Kōmeitō : 5
• Tomin First no Kai & Nippon Ishin no Kai : 3
• KPY : 3
• Machizukuri Minato (" Urban Design Minato"): 1
• Sumairu-tō (Smile Party): 1

Minato City Hall in the Shiba-kōen district

The entrepreneur, smile activist and running candidate Mac Akasaka , known for his colorful campaign stagings , here in the Tokyo gubernatorial election campaign in 2014 , became a member of parliament in the Minato district after numerous unsuccessful candidacies in national, prefectural and local elections in 2019

In his fifth term, the mayor of Minato is the former municipal official Masaaki Takei, who was last confirmed in office in June 2020 with the support of LDP , DVP , Kōmeitō and SDP and over 60% of the votes against four challengers. The 34-member district parliament was re-elected in the uniform regional elections in 2019 .

In the prefecture of Parliament Tokyo Minato is represented by two deputies; in the last election in 2017 , the Tomin-First candidate Nobuko Irie and LDP incumbent Kōichi Kanno shared the seats, with Irie (35,263 votes) receiving more than twice as many votes as Kanno (15,350). Another Tomin-backed candidate missed the second seat by almost 2,000 votes.

For the national House of Representatives, most of the district, along with Chiyoda and Shinjuku, make up the prestigious Tokyo 1 constituency , which Banri Kaieda ( KDP ) won in the 2017 election . A small part of Minato has belonged to constituency 2, which the LDP defended, since 2017.

sons and daughters of the town

• Ken'ichi Enomoto (1904–1970), comedian and actor
• Iida Momo (1926-2011), writer
• Ishibashi Tanzan (1884–1973), politician
• Shō Kosugi (born 1948), actor
• Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (* 1933), actress and writer
• Ozaki Kōyō (1868-1903), writer
• Shō Sakurai (* 1982), singer and actor
• Takeichi Nishi (1902–1945), show jumper
• Yukawa Hideki (1907-1981), physicist

Neighboring cities and communities

• Tokyo : Chiyoda , Chūō , Shinagawa , Shinjuku , Shibuya , Kōtō districts

See also

• List of neighborhoods in the Minato district of Tokyo

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Minato district parliament : Members by parliamentary group , accessed on June 8, 2019.
2. ↑ 港区 長 選 （東京） 武 井 さ ん ５ 選 . In: Tōkyō Shimbun . June 8, 2020, accessed June 15, 2020 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ Minato-ku: 港区 長 選 挙 に つ い て Minato-kuchō bekyo ni tsuite (pages on the mayoral election of Minato), accessed on June 15, 2020
4. ↑ district of Minato, the mayor's office : Short bio
5. ↑ 統一 地方 選 ２０１９> 東京> 港区 議 選 . In: Tōkyō Shimbun . April 2019, accessed on June 8, 2019 (Japanese).