Marunouchi (丸の内) is a commercial district located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Situated between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace, the name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. It is also Tokyo's financial district and the country's three largest banks are headquartered there.
Buildings surrounding the moat (2022)
Marunouchi at night (2019)
Marunouchi in flames following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
The Marunouchi north exit of Tokyo Station
Chiyoda , known as Chiyoda City in English, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. Located in the heart of Tokyo's 23 special wards, Chiyoda consists of the Imperial Palace and a surrounding radius of about a kilometer, and is known as the political and financial center of Japan. As of October 2020, the ward has a population of 66,680, and a population density of 5,709 people per km2, making it by far the least populated of the special wards. The total area is 11.66 km2, of which the Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park, National Museum of Modern Art, and Yasukuni Shrine take up approximately 2.6 km2, or 22% of the total area.
Image: Seimon Ishibashi
Image: Diet of Japan Kokkai 2009
Image: Yasukuni Shrine 201005
Image: Tokyo STA Marunouchi Entrance 2023