is a highly affluent district of

Minato, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits t ...

. The district today is made up of 5 ''

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''. As of November 1, 2007, the population of Shirokanedai is 10,001. The former neighborhood of Shirokanedai (Shirokanedaimachi, 白金台町) consisted only of very narrow area along Meguro-dori (Tokyo Prefectural Route 312) and the former imperial estate called Shirokane Goryochi. It was merged with nearby neighborhoods after the promulgation of the current addressing system in 1969.

Overview

Located at the southwestern end of Minato, the neighborhood of Shirokanedai lies between Ebisu, Kamiōsaki and Higashigotanda on the west, Takanawa on the east, and

Shirokane is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Currently it consists of six ''chōme''. According to Minato, as of November 1, 2007, the population in the neighborhood is 14,840. The term ''Shirokane'' narrowly refers to Shirokane 1-chōme to Shirokane ...

on the north. Shopping amenities and apartment buildings are densely spread along Meguro-dori, Gaien Nishi-dori and Sakurada-dori; however, most in Shirokanedai are quiet residential areas. Shirokanedai remains abundant in natural green space, for historically Shirokanedai-cho was home to the former imperial estate called Shirokane Goryochi (now the

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and the

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum The is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan. The museum is located in Minato ward, just east of Meguro Station. The Art Deco building, completed in 1933, has interiors designed by Henri Rapin and features decorative glass work by René Lalique. His ...

are located) and several national institutions such as the former Institute of Public Health and the former Institute of Infectious Diseases (now the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo). Later, Shirokanedai came to be considered one of the most upmarket residential areas in Tokyo, and women resident there — stereotypically wealthy, idle and fashion-conscious — are jocularly referred to as ''shiroganeeze'' (シロガネーゼ), an imitation of Milanese for residents of Milan. The most famous street in this area is Gaien Nishi-dori, popularly known as , a sort of local equivalent of the prestigious Via Montenapoleone in Milan. The restaurants in this street are very popular for wedding ceremonies.

Places

Shirokanedai 1-chōme

Meiji Gakuin University is a Christian university in Tokyo and Yokohama that was established in 1863. The Reverend Dr. James Curtis Hepburn was one of its founders and served as the first president. The novelist and poet Shimazaki Toson graduated from this coll ...

*Meiji Gakuin Senior High School *Kakurin-ji Temple (Seishōkō) * Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo * HAPPO-EN (A wedding venue, former residence of

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)

Shirokanedai 2-chōme

Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art The is a private museum established in October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. History The first museum director, Hatakeyama Issē (28 December 1881 - 17 November 1971）was the founder of Ebara Corporation. In 1937, Hatakeyama purchased the landlot on ...

Takanawadai Station is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. It is located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its number is A-06. The station serves the Shirokanedai neighborhood. Nearby are Meiji Gakuin Uni ...

*Shoei Girls' Junior and Senior High School

Shirokanedai 3-chōme

* Zuishō-ji Temple

Shirokanedai 4-chōme

* Embassy of the

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in Japan * The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo *

Shirokanedai Station is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, operated jointly by the Tokyo subway operators Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). Lines Shirokanedai Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (station number N-02) ...

Shirokanedai 5-chōme

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan (TECO; , Japanese 台北駐日経済文化代表処 Taihoku Zainichi Keizai Bunka Daihyou Sho) represents the interests of Taiwan in Japan, functioning as a ''de facto'' embassy in the ...

* Embassy of the

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in Japan *The

, National Museum of Nature and Science *

Matsuoka Museum of Art The Matsuoka Museum of Art is a private museum located in Shirokanedai, Minato, Tokyo, founded by Japanese developer Seijiro Matsuoka in November 1975. The museum took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to close for renovations, reopening on 26 ...

Education

Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Shirokanedai 1-3

chōme The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ...

, 4-chōme 1-5 and 7-19-ban, and 5-chōme 13-25-ban are zoned to Shirokane Elementary School ( 白金小学校) and Takamatsu Junior High School ( 高松中学校). Shirokanedai 4-chōme 6-20-ban and 5-chōme 1-12-ban are zoned to Shirogane-no-oka Gakuen ( 白金の丘学園) for elementary and junior high school. The

Shoei Girls' Junior and Senior High School The is a junior and senior high school for girls in Shirokanedai, Minato, Tokyo. Affiliates A boarding college in Winchester, Hampshire, England, Winchester Shoei College at the University of Winchester (英国学校法人 ''Eikoku Gakkō Hōj ...

, a private girls' school, is in Shirokanedai.HomeArchive
. ''Shoei Gakuin''. Retrieved on 9 January 2014. "〒108-0071　東京都港区白金台2-26-5"

References

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