Toranomon district
Toranomon (虎ノ門 ) is a
business district of
Minato ,
Tokyo .
History
The Toranomon (Tiger Gate), demolished in the 1870s
Literally meaning "Tiger Gate", Toranomon was the name of the southernmost gate of
Edo Castle . The gate existed until the 1870s, when it was demolished to make way for modern developments. The
Toranomon incident (虎ノ門事件 , Toranomon Jiken ) was an assassination attempt on the Prince Regent
Hirohito of Japan on 27 December 1923 by communist agitator
Daisuke Namba .
The district is home to many corporate headquarters. From the 1970s
[1] through the mid-1990s,
Japan Air System (originally Toa Domestic Airlines) was headquartered in the Ark Mori Building, in the
Ark Hills complex of Toranomon.
[2]
[3]
Air China also has its Tokyo offices in Toranomon,
[4] as well as
TV Tokyo ,
[5]
Japan Tobacco ,
[6]
Oki Electric Industry ,
[7]
Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance ,
[8] and
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines .
[9] The
National Printing Bureau ,
[10] the
Okura Museum of Art and the
Hotel Okura Tokyo are also located in the district.
Education
Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Toranomon 1-5-
chōme is zoned to Onarimon Elementary School (御成門小学校) and Onarimon Junior High School (御成門中学校).
[11]
See also
References
^ World Airline Directory . Flight International. March 20, 1975. "
505 .
^ "World Airline Directory."
Flight International . March 23–29, 1994.
"Japan Air System" 95 .
^ "
Introduction to JAS ." Japan Air System. November 7, 1996. Retrieved on January 7, 2011. "No. 37 Mori Bldg., 3-5-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan."
Address in Japanese : "東京都港区虎ノ門三丁目5番1号(第37森ビル)"
^ "
Worldwide sales offices
Archived 2013-02-02 at the
Wayback Machine ."
Air China . Retrieved on October 19, 2012. "Airchina Bldg, 2-5-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 Japan"
^ "
Corporate Data
Archived 2010-01-30 at the
Wayback Machine ."
TV Tokyo . Retrieved on June 21, 2010.
^ "
Corporate Data (As of March 31, 2014)
Archived February 2, 2010, at the
Wayback Machine ." Japan Tobacco. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
^ "
Corporate Profile ."
Oki Electric Industry . Retrieved on March 12, 2019. "Head Office [...] 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8460, Japan" -
Japanese address : "本社: 東京都港区虎ノ門1-7-12(電話: 03-3501-3111 大代表)"
map
^ "
Company Profile ." (
Archive ) Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance. Retrieved on August 26, 2013. "Headquarter [
sic ] Tokyo head office: Kamiyacho MT Bldg, 4-3-20 Toranomon, Minato-ku,Tokyo, Japan" -
Information in Japanese (
Archive ) "所在地 東京本社 〒105-8622 東京都港区虎ノ門4丁目3番20号 神谷町MTビル"
^ "
Corporate Profile
Archived 2010-02-20 at the
Wayback Machine ."
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines . Retrieved on June 21, 2010.
^ "
Bureau Overview ."
National Printing Bureau . Retrieved on February 28, 2019.
^
"港区立小・中学校通学区域一覧表(令和4年4月以降)" (PDF) . City of Minato. Retrieved 2022-10-08 .
External links
Media related to
Toranomon at Wikimedia Commons
Districts
Major stations
Akasaka-mitsuke (Metro)
Aoyama-itchōme (Metro, Toei)
Azabu-Jūban (Metro, Toei)
Hamamatsuchō /
Daimon (JR, Toei, Monorail)
Omote-sandō (Metro)
Roppongi (Metro, Toei)
Shimbashi (JR, Metro, Toei, Yurikamome)
Shinagawa (JR, Shinkansen, Keikyu)
Takanawa Gateway /
Sengakuji (JR, Toei, Keikyu)
Tamachi /
Mita (JR, Toei)
Tameike-Sannō (Metro)
Landmarks Education
Tertiary Public K-12 Private K-12
* - formerly part of Shiba Area
35°40′01″N 139°44′51″E / 35.6669°N 139.7475°E / 35.6669; 139.7475