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Kitanomaru Park

Public park in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Summary

Public park in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Field	Value
name	Kitanomaru Park
photo	Kitanomaru Park 2.jpg
photo_width	250
location	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
coords
area	193,297 m2
created	1969
operator	Ministry of the Environment

Kitanomaru Park is a public park in Chiyoda, central Tokyo, Japan, just north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is the location of the Nippon Budokan indoor sports and performance venue, the Science Museum, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

History

Kitanomaru Park was originally the northernmost section of Edo Castle, known as the Kitanomaru. It was used as a medicinal garden and as a secure residential compound for members of the Tokugawa extended family. The park is almost encircled by deep moats and defensive fortifications from the original castle.

Prior to 1969, when Kitanomaru Park was opened, this district had been called Daikanchō because many daikan (local governors) lived in the place soon after the construction of Edo Castle. Today, the name Daikanchō is known more commonly as the name of an interchange of the Inner Circular Route of the Shuto Expressway.

Two gated entrances survive from time of Edo Castle, the Tayasu-mon and the Shimizu-mon. The Tayasu-mon was the northernmost gate of Edo Castle and consists of both a Korai-mon style outer gate and a Yagura-mon style fortified inner gatehouse, with highly stacked stone walls forming a narrow defensive courtyard between the two. An inscription on the outer side of the Tayasu-mon states the gate was constructed in 1685, making it one of the oldest surviving structures of the original castle.

Population

As of May 1, 2008, Kitanomaru Park area had a registered population of 598, of which 361 are male and 237 are female, although this population almost exclusively consists of serving members and dependents of the Imperial Guard or the National Police Agency.{{cite web |access-date=2008-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517195301/http://www.city.chiyoda.tokyo.jp/service/00098/d0009837.html |archive-date=2008-05-17

Education

operates public elementary and junior high schools. Fujimi Elementary School (富士見小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Kitanomaru Park. There is freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones.

Gallery

File: Tayasu-mon, Chiyoda.jpg|Tayasu-mon entrance to Kitanomaru Park File:Kitanomaru Park - 2024 Feb 16.webm|Several scenes inside the park, 2024 File:Kitanomaru Park - Tokyo, Japan - DSC04843.jpg|in summer

References

"区立小学校の通学区域". Chiyoda Board of Education.
"区立中学校の通学区域と学校選択". Chiyoda Board of Education.

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