Akasaka, Tokyo

Akasaka 赤坂
District
Akasaka with Akasaka-mitsuke Station beneath the intersection in the foreground
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Coordinates: 35°40′29″N 139°43′54″E
Country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Ward	Minato
Area	Akasaka Area
Population  (January 1, 2016)
• Total	17,603
Time zone	UTC+9 (JST)
Area code	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
• 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 Broadcasting Center in Akasaka

• Anycolor 9-7-2, Akasaka^[1]
• DefSTAR Records 4-5 Akasaka^[2]
• EMI Music Japan 5-3-1 Akasaka^[3]
• Epic Records Japan 9-6-35 Akasaka^[4]
• Fujifilm^[5]
• Fuji Xerox^[6]
• Hazama Ando^[7]
• Hudson Soft^[8]
• JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)-1-12-32 Akasaka^[9]
• Johnny & Associates 8-11-20 Akasaka
• Ki/oon Records: Same as Epic Records Japan^[10]
• Kaneka Corporation^[11]
• Komatsu 2-3-6 Akasaka^[12]
• Sigma Seven 2-16-8 Akasaka^[13]
• Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. 5-3-6 Akasaka^[14]
  • Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
  • TBS Radio & Communications, Inc.
  • BS-TBS, Inc.
  • C-TBS, Inc.
• Tokyo Electron Ltd. 3-1-5 Akasaka^[15]
• Toraya Confectionery^[16]
• Universal Music Japan LLC 8-5-30 Akasaka^[17]
• Wa Group Japan 4-3-27 Akasaka^[18]
• Geneon Universal Entertainment 5-2-20 Akasaka^[19]
• WOWOW (Akasaka Park Building)^[20][21]

Previously Jaleco Holding had its headquarters in the Akasaka DS Building (赤坂DSビル, Akasaka DS Biru) in Akasaka.^[22][23]

The Japanese offices of the following are based in Akasaka:

• Becton, Dickinson and Company 4-15-1 Akasaka^[24]
• Clifford Chance^[25]
• Iran Air^[26]
• ING 4-1 Akasaka^[27]
• Milbank Tweed^[28]
• Thomson Reuters^[29]
• GlaxoSmithKline Japan ^[30]

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 Minato City Board of Education ([2] in English,^[31] in Japanese).

Akasaka 1-9-chōme are zoned to Akasaka Elementary School (赤坂小学校) and Akasaka Junior High School (赤坂中学校).^[32]

Akasaka High School [ja] [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 Ōta Sakuradai High School [ja] [4].

Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University was previously in Akasaka, but it moved to Machida in 1976.^[33]

• 
  Akasaka Junior High School (赤坂中学校)
• 
  Akasaka Elementary School (赤坂小学校)

Libraries

The Akasaka Library has moved to a new building in 2007, near the Aoba Park and the Aoyama-itchōme subway station.^[34]

References

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3. [1] Archived June 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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6. "FUJI XEROX Company Profile Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine." Fuji Xerox. Retrieved on July 12, 2010.
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11. "Corporate Data". Kaneka Corporation. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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16. "Company Overview." Toraya Confectionery. Retrieved on June 25, 2018.
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19. "会社案内 -Geneon Universal Entertainment". Geneonuniversal.jp. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
20. "Corporate Info." WOWOW. Retrieved on November 20, 2010. "THE HEAD OFFICE 21F, Akasaka Park Building, 5-2-20, Akasaka, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-6121 Tel.[phone]WOWOW INC. MAP." Address in Japanese: "東京都港区赤坂5-2-20　赤坂パークビル21F"
21. "Head office." (Direct image link) WOWOW. Retrieved on November 20, 2010. Map in Japanese (Direct link)
22. "Company Information." Jaleco. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
23. "JalecoHD+map.pdf." Jaleco. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
24. "会社概要 | 日本BD". Bdj.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
25. "Tokyo". Clifford Chance. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
26. "Iran Air Tokyo Office Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine." Iran Air. Retrieved on January 29, 2011. ""Address c/o Akasaka Habitation Bldg., 1-3-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052"
27. "取引時確認について｜会社案内｜アイエヌジー生命保険株式会社". Ing-life.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
28. "Tokyo". Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
29. "Japan". Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
30. "Our locations | GSK グラクソ･スミスクライン株式会社". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
31. "港区公式ホームページ／みなと教育ネットは港区公式ホームページに統合されました。". City.minato.tokyo.jp. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
32. "港区立小・中学校通学区域一覧表（令和4年4月以降）" (PDF). City of Minato. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
33. "Home page (English)". Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
34. "Minato City Library | Akasaka Library". Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

External links

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