Hiroshige Le quartier des teinturiers de Kanda

is an area in northeastern

Chiyoda, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile< ...

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. It encompasses about thirty neighborhoods. Kanda was a ward prior to 1947. When the 35 wards of Tokyo were reorganized into 23, it was merged with Kojimachi to form the modern Chiyoda. Kanda, together with

Nihonbashi is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan which grew up around the bridge of the same name which has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603. The curre ...

and Kyobashi, is the core of

Shitamachi and are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace.Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version While citizens once considered it as ...

, the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo, before the rise of newer secondary centers such as

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

and

Shibuya Shibuya (渋谷区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1 ...

. It is home to the Kanda Myojin (

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)

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, devoted to the ancient rebel

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, who led an uprising against the central government during the

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with the aim of establishing himself as "Shinnō" (New Emperor) of an eastern Court. In the Edo period, the shrine's festival was one of the three most famous in the city. It is also home to the "Mausoleum of Confucius at Yushima", a temple dedicated to

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. Kanda is the home of the Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral which was built by Nicholas of Japan and is the main Cathedral of the

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. A popular Japanese franchise, '' Zenigata Heiji'', from the literary series by Kodô Nomura, features a fictitious police patrolman (the title character) whose beat is Kanda. Near the end of every show, Heiji fells the dastardly villain by throwing a coin at him.

Economy

The Japanese offices of

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are in Parkside 1 Building (パークサイド1ビル) in Tsukasamachi.International Offices
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. Retrieved on February 17, 2019. "Japan: American Megatrends 〒101-0048 東京都千代田区神田司町 2-2-7 パークサイド 1 ビル 5 階 (American Megatrends, 2-2-7 Parkside 1 BLDG. 5F, Kanda-tsukasamachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, 101-0048)"

Neighborhoods

* Aioichō * Awajichō * Hanaokachō * Higashi-Kanda * Higashikonyachō * Higashimatsushitachō *

Hirakawachō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme and 2-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 1,104. Note that Kanda-Hirakawachō, also located in the Chiyoda ward, is a completely different district. Hirakawachō's pos ...

* Iwamotochō * Izumichō * Jinbōchō - the largest bookstore district in Japan * Kajichō *

Kanda-Misakichō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting three chōme. Its population was 833 as of April 1, 2007. Its postal code is 101-0061. Kanda-Misakichō is located on the northern part of Chiyoda Ward. It borders Kōraku and Hongō, Bunkyō ...

Kanda-Sarugakuchō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-Japanese addressing system, chōme and 2-chōme. As of March 1, 2007, its population is 656. Note that the Shibuya, Tokyo, Shibuya ward also has a district with the same nam ...

* Kitanorimonochō * Konyachō * Matsunagachō * Mikurachō * Mitoshirochō * Neribeichō * Nishifukudachō *

Nishi-Kanda is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 3-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 1,044. This district is located on the northern part of Chiyoda Ward. It borders Kanda-Misakichō to the north, (across Kinda- ...

Nishikichō , officially , is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-Japanese addressing system, chōme to 3-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 673. This district is located on the northern part of Chiyoda. It borde ...

* Ogawamachi * Sakumachō * Sakumagashi *

Soto-Kanda is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ...

Akihabara is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ca ...

* Sudachō * Surugadai * Tachō * Tomiyamachō * Tsukasamachi * Uchi-Kanda

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{{Authority control Neighborhoods of Tokyo Chiyoda, Tokyo

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