Marunouchi

History

In 1590, before shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo Castle, the area now known as Marunouchi was an inlet of Tokyo Bay and had the name Hibiya. With the expansion of the castle, this inlet was filled, beginning in 1592. A new outer moat was constructed, and the earlier moat became the inner moat. The area took the name Okuruwauchi ("within the enclosure"). Daimyōs, particularly shinpan and fudai, constructed their mansions here, and with 24 such estates, the area also became known as daimyō kōji ("daimyō alley"). The offices of the North and South Magistrates, and that of the Finance Magistrate, were also here.

Following the Meiji Restoration, Marunouchi came under control of the national government, which erected barracks and parade grounds for the Imperial Japanese Army. In 1890 Iwasaki Yanosuke, brother of the founder (and later the second leader) of Mitsubishi, purchased the land for 1.5 million yen. As the company developed the land, it came to be known as Mitsubishi-ga-hara (the "Mitsubishi Fields"). Much of the land remains under the control of Mitsubishi Estate Co., and the headquarters of many companies in the Mitsubishi Group are in Marunouchi.

The government of Tokyo constructed its headquarters on the site of the former Kōchi han in 1894. They moved it to the present Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku in 1991, and the Tokyo International Forum and Toyota Tsusho Corporation now stands on the site. Nearly a quarter of Japan's GDP is generated in this area. Tokyo Station opened in 1914, and the Marunouchi Building in 1923. Marunouchi was targeted in the 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing by the radical far-left terrorist organisation East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front. Tokyo Station reopened on 1 October 2012 after a 5 year refurbishment.

Landmarks

File:Tokyo International Forum - Marunouchi.jpg|Tokyo International Forum, a multi-purpose culture centre File:Marunouchi sunset (46747808872).jpg|Three buildings in Marunouchi redeveloped in the 2000s; the JP Tower (left), the Marunouchi Building (centre), the Shin-Marunouchi building (right) File:桜田濠 桜田門 八重洲ビル群 ❀ 桜田の 門緑陰に 静まれり （小原善郎） - panoramio.jpg|Part of Marunouchi seen from the west

Extant historical buildings

Fully preserved

• Tokyo Station (1914)
• Meiji Insurance Headquarters (1934)
• Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum (1894, rebuilt partially using original materials in 2009)

Partially preserved

• (1933, preserved as the lower-storey structure of the JP Tower since 2012)
• Japan Industry Club (1920, preserved as the lower-storey structure of the Mitsubishi Trust&Banking Head Office since 2003) File:Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building P5228723.jpg|Tokyo Station (1914) File:Industry club of Japan Bldg 2010.jpg|The Industry Club of Japan (1920) File:Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum (2023).jpg|Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum (1894/2009) File:Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Head Office 2009.jpg|Meiji Insurance Headquarters (1934) File:JP-Tower-02.jpg|Tokyo Central Post Office (1933)

Companies based in Marunouchi

Calbee has its headquarters in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main. Konica Minolta has its headquarters in the Marunouchi Center Building in Marunouchi.

• Mitsubishi Group companies:
  • MUFG
  • Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance
  • Mitsubishi Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • Nippon Yusen
  • Tokio Marine Nichido
  • Asahi Glass
• Hitachi
• Furukawa Electric
• Nikko Citigroup
• Ushio, Inc.
• Tanaka Kikinzoku Group

Japan Airlines used to have its headquarters in the Tokyo Building in Marunouchi.

International companies

Marunouchi also houses the Japan offices of Aeroméxico (Pacific Century Place Marunouchi), Bain & Company, Bayerische Landes Bank, Bloomberg, First National Bank of Boston, BT Group, Citigroup, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Bank of India, JPMorgan Chase, KPMG, Latham & Watkins, Mellon Bank, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Morrison & Foerster, NatWest Group, Nikko Cordial, Nikko Citigroup, Rabobank, Bank Negara Indonesia, Overseas Union Bank, Philadelphia National Bank, PwC, Ropes & Gray, Royal Insurance, Standard Chartered and Standard & Poor's.

Rail and subway stations

• Nijūbashimae Station (Chiyoda Line)
• Otemachi Station (Chiyoda Line, Hanzomon Line, Marunouchi Line, Toei Mita Line, Tozai Line)
• Tokyo Station (Chūō Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keiyo Line, Marunouchi Line, Shinkansen, Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line)

Education

operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School (千代田小学校) is the zoned elementary of Marunouchi 1-3 chōme. There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones.

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