Yūrakuchō
Sign in to savethumb|The Peninsula Tokyo in Yūrakuchō is a business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, situated in between the Ginza and Hibiya Park, southeast of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The district takes its name from Oda Nagamasu (1547–1622), who was also known as Yūraku (有楽). Oda Nagamasu built his mansion here on land granted by Tokugawa Ieyasu near the Sukiya-bashi Gate of Edo Castle. The place name dates from the Meiji period.
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- Named after
- Oda Nagamasu
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Chiyoda
- Shares border with
- Kōkyogaien
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- Yurakucyo-marion.jpg
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- Yurakucho
- postal code
- 100-0006
- transliteration or transcription
- Yurakucho
- native label
- 有楽町
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thumb|The Peninsula Tokyo in Yūrakuchō is a business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, situated in between the Ginza and Hibiya Park, southeast of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The district takes its name from Oda Nagamasu (1547–1622), who was also known as Yūraku (有楽). Oda Nagamasu built his mansion here on land granted by Tokugawa Ieyasu near the Sukiya-bashi Gate of Edo Castle. The place name dates from the Meiji period.
Yūrakuchō is served by several train and subway stations, including Hibiya Station (Toei Subway and Tokyo Metro lines) and Yūrakuchō Station (JR East and Tokyo Metro lines).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yūrakuchō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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