In front of the Marunouchi gate of Tokyo Station

The Marunouchi gate of Tokyo Station

Skyline of Marunouchi district, viewed from Imperial Palace gardens

Marunouchi (丸の内) 35°40′52.87″N, 139°45′51.67″E is a commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English it calls itself Chiyoda City is a Train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the is the imperial main residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in Chiyoda Tokyo close to Tokyo Station and contains various buildings The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. It is a center of Japan's financial industry, as the country's three largest banks are headquartered there. A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money

History

In 1590, before Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo Castle, the area now known as Marunouchi was an inlet of Edo Bay and had the name Hibiya.  was the founder and first Shogun  of the Tokugawa shogunate also known as, is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan. is a bay in the southern Kantō region of Japan. Its old name was. 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"). Daimyo, particularly shinpan and fudai, constructed their mansions here, and with 24 such estates, the area also became known as daimyō kōji ("daimyo alley"). The ( were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings This article about a judge in sumo For a kind of a feudal domain in the Edo period see Shinpan (daimyo. 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 army. The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan 's political and social structure The Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA) ( Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国陸軍 Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Those moved in 1890, and Iwasaki Yanosuke, brother of the founder (and later the second leader) of Mitsubishi, purchased the land for 1. The, Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi 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, and the headquarters of many companies in the Mitsubishi Group are in Marunouchi. ( is a Japanese corporation It is one of the core Mitsubishi companies

The government of Tokyo constructed its headquarters on the site of the former Kochi han in 1894. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located on the south Coast of Shikoku. The, or domains, were the Fiefs of Feudal Lords of Japan that were created by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and existed until their They moved it to the present Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku in 1991, and the new Tokyo International Forum now stands on the site. The, also referred to as Tokyo City Hall or Tochō (都庁 for short houses the headquarters of the Tokyo local government; this comprises not only the 23 wards is one of the 23 Special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center housing the busiest train station in the world ( Shinjuku Station The is an an exhibition and concert hall and conference center in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Station opened in 1914, and the Marunouchi Building in 1923. is a Train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the

Places in Marunouchi

• Marunouchi Building, said to sit atop the most expensive real estate in Japan, with a land value of ¥21 million/m². Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom
• Tokyo Central Post Office
• Tokyo International Forum
• Tokyo Station, the city's main intercity rail terminal

Companies based in Marunouchi

• Mitsubishi Group companies:
  • The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
  • Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance
  • Mitsubishi Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • Nippon Yusen
  • Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance
• Hitachi,Ltd
• Nikko Citigroup

Marunouchi also houses the Japan offices of Citigroup, Nikko Cordial, Nikko Citigroup, Banca Commerciale Italiana, JPMorgan Chase, Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank of India, Bayerische Landes Bank, Bloomberg, BT Asia Securities, First National Bank of Boston, KPMG, Latham & Watkins, Mellon Bank, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Morrison & Foerster, Overseas Union Bank, Philadelphia National Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Royal Insurance, Standard Chartered Bank, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The, Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi or BTMU, is a Japanese Bank that was established on January 1, 2006, with the merger of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd is a Japanese life insurance company History In 1880 entrepreneur Zenjiro Yasuda founded the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company making it part of the Yasuda is Japan 's largest trading company ( Sogo shosha) a member of the Mitsubishi Keiretsu. ( is a Japanese company based in the Tokyo Building in Tokyo, manufactures electric and architectural equipment as well as a major worldwide producer of Japan -based ( ( Japan Mail Shipping Line) or NYK Line, is one of the largest Shipping companies in the world is a Japanese insurance company based in the Marunouchi area of Chiyoda in Tokyo Japan. () is a Multinational corporation specializing in high-technology and services headquartered in Marunouchi Itchome Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. is a Financial services firm in Japan. It is a Joint venture between Citigroup and the Nikko Cordial Corporation. () is a major Japanese brokerage firm and is the holding company for Nikko Cordial Securities and other subsidiaries is a Financial services firm in Japan. It is a Joint venture between Citigroup and the Nikko Cordial Corporation. JPMorgan Chase & Co ( is the largest Banking institution in the United States by deposits and market capitalization and is one of the oldest operating Bank Negara Indonesia, commonly known known as BNI is an Indonesian bank Bank of India (BoI established on 7 September, 1906 is a bank with headquarters in Mumbai. BayernLB or Bayerische Landesbank (Bavarian State Bank is a publicly regulated bank based in Munich, Germany and one of the eight Landesbanken Bloomberg LP is a financial software services news and data company BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (ˌbiːˈtiː bee tee) (previously known as British Telecom and still BankBoston was a bank based in Boston Massachusetts, which was created by the 1996 merger of Bank of Boston and BayBank. KPMG is one of the largest Professional services firms in the world Latham & Watkins LLP is a prominent global law firm It is one of the largest law firms in the world currently employing more than 2100 attorneys in the US Europe the Middle East Mellon Financial Corporation, ( was one of the world's largest money management firms Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP is a Law firm that was founded as Morgan & Lewis on March 10, 1873. Morrison & Foerster LLP is a full-service and large Law firm. United Overseas Bank Limited ( Simplified Chinese: 大华银行有限公司 Pinyin: Dàhuá Yínháng Yǒuxìan Gōngsī abbreviated as UOB (Simplified PricewaterhouseCoopers (or PwC is one of the world's largest Professional services firms RSA Insurance Group plc ( is a British General insurance company which rebranded under the RSA brand in April 2008 Standard Chartered Bank (, is a British Bank headquartered in London with operations in more than seventy countries Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (also branded as Deloitte) is one of the largest Professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along

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)

External Websites

Marunouchi Building - Japanese

Marunouchi Building - English

Shin Marunouchi Building - Japanese Shin means "new"

Shin Marunouchi Building - English