Moto Akasaka

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Geihinkan
Entrance to the Tokyo Branch Temple of Toyokawa Inari
The north side of today's Geihinkan in 1911, then near the western edge of the city ​​of Tokyo

Moto-Akasaka ( Japanese 元 赤 坂 , "Old Akasaka ") is a district of the Minato district of the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo . It is located in the western center of Tokyo and consists mainly of parks. Moto-Akasaka is divided into two chôme , in which 582 inhabitants lived according to the 2005 census; the daily population was 7,875.

Moto-Akaksaka 1-chōme consists mainly of office buildings in the southeast of the district near the intersection of Akasaka-Mitsuke, where Sotobori and Aoyama-dōri meet. To the east is the government district of Nagatachō , to the north in Kioichō is the New Ōtani, a large hotel area that was opened for the 1964 Summer Olympics . The construction company Kajima Kensetsu has its headquarters in Moto-Akasaka 1-chōme . There is also a branch temple of Toyokawa Inari , a temple of the Sōtō-shū in Toyokawa .

Moto-Akasaka 2-chôme takes up most of the district. There are essentially only three building complexes surrounded by green spaces:

  • In the north near the Yotsuya train station is the Geihinkan , the residence for state guests. The neo-baroque main building was completed in 1908 as the palace of the Crown Prince, later renamed Akasaka-rikyū, transferred to the state after the Second World War and used by the National Parliament Library , the Judicial Authority and the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, among others . After a renovation, it has served its current purpose since 1974 and was designated as the National Treasure of Japan in 2009 .
  • To the southwest is the Akasaka-goyōchi, an area on which there are several residences of the imperial family , including today's Tōgū-gosho , which has served as the palace of the Crown Prince since 1951. There is also a branch of the kogu keisatsu , the palace police .
  • In the far west of Moto-Akasaka, not far from the Meiji Jingū Stadium and the National Stadium , is the Meiji Kinenkan, an event center that is mainly used for wedding celebrations at the Meiji Shrine .

Moto-Akasaka is bounded in the south by the Aoyama-dōri, to the south of it lies Akasaka, in the west lies Kita-Aoyama and in the north it borders on the districts of Minami-Motomachi, Yotsuya and Wakaba in the Shinjuku district . At the southwest corner of the district is the Aoyama 1-chōme station, at the eastern end the Nagatachō and Akasaka-Mitsuke stations, each of which has several subway lines. The Akasaka Tunnel runs Tokyo City Highway No. 4 (Shinjuku Line) under the Geihinkan Park to the north past Moto-Akasaka. There are also several tunnels that lead the Marunouchi Line and the Chūō Main Line from the south exit of Yotsuya Station.

During the Edo period , residences of noble families and their entourage for their stays in Edo , today's Tokyo , were built in the previously village Akasaka . These included the residence of the feudal lords of Kishu , a branch of the Tokugawa family. When the Tennō moved to Edo / Tōkyō after the Meiji Restoration , which disempowered the Tokugawa, the imperial residences that shape today's Moto-Akasaka were built on this site.

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  1. ↑ Minato District: 国 勢 調査 に よ る 総 合 支 所 別 ・ 町 丁目 別 面積 、 昼夜 間 人口 等 ( Memento from December 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Japanese: "Day and night population by district according to the census")

Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′  N , 139 ° 44 ′  E