Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits the contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division. The Shinbashi neighborhood in the ward's northeastern corner is attached to the core of Shitamachi, the original commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the Azabu and Akasaka areas are typically representative Yamanote districts.[2]
As of 1 July 2015[update], Minato had an official population of 243,094,[3] and a population density of 10,850 persons per km2. The total area is 20.37 km2.[4]
The ward was founded on 15 March 1947, with the merger of Akasaka, Azabu, and Shiba Wards. Various names were considered for the new ward, such as Atago, Aoyama, Aoba, Iikura, Mita, and Higashiminato. Higashiminato was chosen, meaning "East Harbor", but then Higashi was cut leading to the name Minato, simply meaning "harbor".[citation needed]
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Public librariesedit
The city operates the Minato Library, the Mita Library, the Azabu Library, the Akasaka Library, the Takanawa Library, and the Konan Library.[15]
The metropolis operates the Tokyo Metropolitan Library Central Library in Minato. The library opened in 1973.[16]
The Japanese division of CB&I,[66] the Japanese division of Aramark and Aim Services,[67] Google Japan,[68]Yahoo! Japan,[69] and the main Japanese offices of Hanjin and Korean Air are located there.[70]Air France operates an office and ticketing counter in the New Aoyama Building in Minato.[71] The Japanese division of Deutsche Post, DHL. Air France's Minato office handles Aircalin-related inquiries.[72]Air China has operations in the Air China Building in Minato.[73]Asiana Airlines operates a sales office on the sixth floor of the ATT New Tower Building.[74]Hawaiian Airlines has its Japan offices in the Eagle Hamamatsuchō Building (イーグル浜松町ビル, Īguru Hamamatsuchō Biru) in Minato.[75]Iran Air has its Tokyo office in Akasaka.[76]
On 22 December 2008 operations of Seiko Epson's Tokyo sales office began at Seiko Epson's Hino Office in Hino, Tokyo. Previously operations were at the World Trade Centre in Minato.[87][88]
Diplomatic missionsedit
Several countries operate their embassies in Minato.
Shinbashi Station, in Shinbashi, is the northern terminal of Japan's first railway line. Also home to the Shiosite office and entertainment complex, which houses Nippon Television studios.
Takanawa is home to the Sōtō Temple of Sengaku-ji. Shinagawa Station, one of Tokyo's largest train stations, is located in Takanawa, although it is associated with Shinagawa to the south. It is an area of many 1980s hotels including the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, and Pacific Meridien Hotel, Shinagawa Prince Hotel.
There is an urban aquarium called Aqua Park Shinagawa on the premises of the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, and the number of visitors exceeds 1.5 million annually.
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