Akasaka, Tokyo

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Akasaka 赤坂
District
Akasaka with Akasaka-mitsuke Station beneath the intersection in the foreground
Country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Ward	Minato
Area	Akasaka Area
Population  (January 1, 2016)
• Total	17,603
Time zone	UTC+9 (JST)
Area code(s)	03

Akasaka (赤坂) is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi district.

Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama) was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government.

Notable sites[]

Hikawa Shrine

State Guest House, Akasaka Palace

Rikidōzan's expensive apartment in Japan, called "the Riki Mansion", as it existed in 2007

• Akasaka Sacas
• Embassy of the United States, Mexico, Cambodia, Canada, Iraq, Spain and Syria as well as San Marino
• Ark Hills and Suntory Hall
• Hikawa Shrine
• Nogi Shrine
• Tokyo Midtown - currently the tallest high-rise complex in Tokyo
• Takahashi Korekiyo's residence and memorial park
• Riki Mansion home of Rikidōzan

In neighbouring Moto-Akasaka (literally "original Akasaka") to the North:

• Akasaka Palace (State Guest House)
• Togu Palace Residence of the Crown Prince of Japan

Companies based in Akasaka[]

TBS in Akasaka

• DefSTAR Records 4-5 Akasaka^[1]
• EMI Music Japan 5-3-1 Akasaka^[2]
• Epic Records Japan 9-6-35 Akasaka^[3]
• Fujifilm^[4]
• Fuji Xerox^[5]
• Hazama Ando^[6]
• Hudson Soft^[7]
• JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)-1-12-32 Akasaka^[8]
• Johnny & Associates 8-11-20 Akasaka
• Ki/oon Records: Same as Epic Records Japan^[9]
• Kaneka Corporation^[10]
• Komatsu 2-3-6 Akasaka^[11]
• Sigma Seven 2-16-8 Akasaka^[12]
• Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. 5-3-6 Akasaka^[13]
  • Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
  • TBS Radio & Communications, Inc.
  • BS-TBS, Inc.
  • C-TBS, Inc.
• Toraya Confectionery^[14]
• Universal Music Japan LLC 8-5-30 Akasaka^[15]
• 4-3-27 Akasaka^[16]
• Geneon Universal Entertainment 5-2-20 Akasaka^[17]
• WOWOW (Akasaka Park Building)^[18][19]

Previously Jaleco Holding had its headquarters in the Akasaka DS Building (赤坂DSビル, Akasaka DS Biru) in Akasaka.^[20][21]

The Japanese offices of the following are based in Akasaka:

• Becton, Dickinson and Company 4-15-1 Akasaka^[22]
• Clifford Chance^[23]
• Iran Air^[24]
• ING 4-1 Akasaka^[25]
• Milbank Tweed^[26]
• Thomson Reuters^[27]
• GlaxoSmithKline Japan ^[28]

Subway stations[]

A platform of Akasaka Station

• Akasaka Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
• Akasaka-mitsuke Station (Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line, connected to Nagatacho Station via underpasses)
• Nagatacho Station (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, connected to Akasaka-mitsuke Station via passageways)
• Aoyama-itchōme Station (Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Oedo Line)
• Nogizaka Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
• Tameike-Sannō Station (Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Namboku Line, connected to Kokkai-gijidomae Station via passageways)

Education[]

Schools[]

Akasaka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the ([2] in English,^[29] in Japanese).

[3] was operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. It closed down in March 2009. It reopened the next month as the Aoyama campus of [4].

Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University was previously in Akasaka, but it moved to Machida in 1976.^[30]

Libraries[]

The Akasaka Library has moved to a new building in 2007, near the Aoba Park and the Aoyama-itchōme subway station.^[31]

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Akasaka, Tokyo at Wikimedia Commons
• Akasaka, Tokyo travel guide from Wikivoyage

Coordinates: 35°40′29″N 139°43′54″E / 35.6747°N 139.7317°E / 35.6747; 139.7317