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Yaesu Central Square
is a district in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, located north of Ginza, west of Nihonbashi and Kyōbashi, and adjacent to the east side of Tokyo Station. The Yaesu exit of this station, which faces Nihonbashi, is a recent addition and primarily provides access to the Shinkansen platforms. History The area was named after the 17th century Dutch adventurer Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, or simply Jan Joosten. For his services to Tokugawa Ieyasu he was granted a house in Edo (now Tokyo) in an area that came to be called "Yayosu Quay" after him — his name was pronounced ''yan yōsuten'' in Japanese (short version: Yayōsu (耶楊子)) — the Yaesu side of Tokyo Station is also named for him. Yaesu Avenue has a monument dedicated to Jan Joosten and his life after his arrival in Japan on ''De Liefde'' with his shipmate William Adams. Ukiyo-e artist Andō Hiroshige was born in the Yayosu barracks in the Yaesu area in 1797. Places in Yaesu *Tokyo Station *Tokyo Midtown Yaesu * Yaesu underg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GranTokyo North Tower
The is a skyscraper located in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. Construction of the 205-metre tower was finished in 2007. The first fourteen floors of the building are occupied by a Daimaru department store. References External links North Tower official site(Japanese)South Tower official site (Japanese) Towers completed in 2007 Marunouchi Retail buildings in Tokyo Skyscrapers in Chiyoda, Tokyo Skyscraper office buildings in Tokyo 2007 establishments in Japan {{Japan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daimaru
is a Japanese department store chain, principally located in the Kansai region of Japan. The chain is operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing. At one time Daimaru was an independent company, , headquartered in Chūō-ku, Osaka. It has been a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1962 to 1982. As of 2016, Daimaru had seven stores in Japan, and employed about 3,000 people. History Daimaru traces its history to ''Dai-Monjiya'', a dry goods store in Kyoto founded by Shimomura Hikoemon Masahiro in 1717. The name "Daimaru" was first used for a store in Nagoya called ''Daimaruya'', which opened in 1728. The chain was incorporated in 1907 and reincorporated as Daimaru Dry Goods K.K. in 1920, changing its name to Daimaru in 1928. For several years in the 1960s, Daimaru was the largest retailer in Japan. In 1960, Daimaru established a subsidiary called Peacock Sangyo. Now known as Daimaru Peacock, it opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokosuka Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the segment between and Kurihama stations, but the entire route is commonly referred to as the Yokosuka Line by JR East for passenger service. Basic data Official definition *Operators, distances: **East Japan Railway Company (JR East) (Services and tracks) ***Ōfuna — Kurihama: **Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (Services) ***Ōfuna — Zushi: *Double-tracked section: Ōfuna – Yokosuka *Railway signalling: Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) Route as operated by JR East *Tokyo — Kurihama: *Double-tracked section: Tokyo – Yokosuka *Railway signalling: Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) *Maximum speed: Route The Yokosuka Line runs underground between Tokyo and Shinagawa (parallel to the Tōkaidō Main Line, the Yamanote Line and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamanote Line
The Yamanote Line () is a railway Circle route, loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major stations and urban centres, including Marunouchi, the Yūrakuchō/Ginza area, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Tokyo, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, and Ueno, Tokyo, Ueno, with all but two of its 30 stations connecting to other railway or underground (subway) lines. Internally JR East refers to the "Yamanote Line" as the Quadruple-track railway, quadruple-track corridor between Shinagawa and Tabata Station (Tokyo), Tabata via Shinjuku. The corridor consists of a pair of tracks used by Yamanote local trains and another parallel pair of tracks called "the Yamanote Freight Line" used by the Saikyō Line, Saikyō and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku line trains, some limited express services, and freight trains. In everyday usage, branding on maps and station signage, the "Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marunouchi Line
The is a Rapid transit, subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The line runs in a U-shape between Ogikubo Station in Suginami, Tokyo, Suginami and Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo, Toshima, with a branch line between Nakano-Sakaue Station and Hōnanchō Station. The official name is . The line was named after the Marunouchi business district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color red, and its stations are given numbers using the letters "M" for the main line and "Mb" for the branch line. Overview The Marunouchi Line is the second line to be built in the city, and the first one constructed after the Second World War. The route is U-shaped, running from Ogikubo Station in the west of the city via the commercial and administrative district of Shinjuku through to the Marunouchi commercial center around Tokyo Station, before turning back and heading to Ikebukuro. Along with the Tokyo Metro Ginza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiyo Line
:''Keiyo may also refer to Keiyo, a district in Kenya, '' Keiyo Line'', a railway line in Japan, or Elgeyo escarpment.'' The Elgeyo (also known as Keiyo) are an ethnic group who are part of the larger Kalenjin ethnic group of Nilotic origin. They live near Eldoret, Kenya, in the highlands of the former Keiyo District, now part of the larger Elgeyo Marakwet County. The Elgeyo originally settled at the foothills of the Elgeyo escarpment, in the area between Kerio river to the east and the escarpment to the west. Due to drought and famine in the valley, the Keiyos climbed the escarpment and started to settle on the highland east of Uasin Gishu plateau. When the British came, the Keiyos were pushed to settle in clusters called reserves. The Keiyos are avid long distance marathon runners and have produced elites such as Ezekiel Kemboi, Vivian Cheruiyot. Kelvin Kiptum, the recent world record holder also comes from the tribe. Economy The Keiyo subsist mainly on grain, milk, blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chūō Main Line
The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is currently the fastest rail link between the cities. The eastern portion, the , is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), while the western portion, the , is operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The dividing point between the two companies is , where express trains from both operators continue north onto the Shinonoi Line towards the cities of Matsumoto and Nagano. Compared to the huge urban areas at either end of the Chūō Line, its central portion is lightly traveled; the Shiojiri-Nakatsugawa corridor is only served by one limited express and one local service per hour. The Chūō Main Line passes through the mountainous center of Honshu. Its highest point (near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line
The is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. Its name translates to "''East-West Line"''. The line runs between Nakano in Nakano-ku, Tokyo and Nishi-Funabashi in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. The Tōzai Line was referred to as Line 5 during the planning stages; the seldom-used official name is . The line carries an average of 1,642,378 passengers daily (2017), making it the busiest line on the Tokyo Metro network. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the Tōzai Line is shown using the color "sky blue" and its stations are given numbers using the letter "T". Overview The line runs through central Tokyo from east to west via Takadanobaba, Waseda, Ōtemachi, Nihombashi, Kiba and Urayasu. It was opened as a bypass route for the Chuo Rapid Line and the Sobu Line, which were heavily congested at the time. It is the only Tokyo Metro line to extend into Chiba Prefecture (although the Shinjuku Line operated by Toei also exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihombashi Station
is a subway station in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) and Tokyo Metro. Lines Nihombashi Station is served by the following lines. Station layout The Ginza Line station originally opened as an island platform serving two tracks, but overcrowding prompted the construction of a side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ... serving Shibuya-bound trains in 1984. The island platform currently serves only Asakusa-bound trains, and the Shibuya side of the platform is fenced off. The Tōzai Line station consists of an island platform serving two tracks, while the Asakusa Line station consists of two side platforms with two tracks between them. At the Asakusa line station, passengers mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginza Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia, having opened in 1927. The line was named after the Ginza commercial district in Chūō, Tokyo, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color orange, and its stations are given numbers using the letter "G". Operations Almost all Ginza Line trains operate on the line's full length from Asakusa to Shibuya. However, two trains depart in the early morning from Toranomon, and some late-night trains from Shibuya are taken out of service at Ueno. Along with the Marunouchi Line, it is self-enclosed and does not have any through services with other railway lines. On weekdays, trains run every 2 minutes 15 seconds in the morning and evening peak and every 5 minutes during the daytime. The first trains start from Shibuya and Asakusa at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōbashi Station (Tokyo)
is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is numbered "G-10". Lines Kyobashi Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line from to , and lies from the starting point of the line at Asakusa. Station layout The station has one underground island platform, located on the 2nd basement (B2F) level, serving by two tracks. Platforms File:Kyobashi Station entrances 1-2 20170813.jpg, Entrances No. 1 and 2 in August 2017 File:Kyobashi Station entrance 3 20170813.jpg, Entrance No. 5 in August 2017 File:Kyobashi Station entrance 5 20170813.jpg, Entrance No. 5 in August 2017 File:Kyobashi Station-1.jpg, Platforms in 2018 History Kyobashi Station opened on 24 December 1932. The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 43,576 passengers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
