| Taitō | |
| Official Name: | Taitō City[1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 35.7125°N 139.78°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tokyo Metropolis |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Yukuo Hattori |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.11 |
| Population Total: | 211,444 |
| Population As Of: | October 1, 2020[2] |
| Population Density Km2: | 20,914 |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Tree |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Flower |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | City Hall Address |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Higashiueno 4-5-6, Taitō-ku, Tokyo 110-8615 |
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. In English, it is known as Taitō City.[1]
As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 186,276, and a population density of 18,420 persons per km2. The total area is . This makes Taito ward the smallest of Tokyo's wards in area, and third-smallest in population.
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947, with the merger of the old Asakusa and Shitaya wards when Tokyo City was transformed into Tokyo Metropolis. During the Edo period, the Yoshiwara licensed quarter was in what is now Taitō. Taitō shares the same Chinese characters, "台東" with Taitung, a city in Taiwan.
Situated in the northeastern portion of the wards area of Tokyo, Taitō is surrounded by five other special wards: Chiyoda, Bunkyō, Arakawa, Sumida and Chūō.
Taitō is famous for its typical Shitamachi districts. The Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center provides amenities to both tourists and locals.
Eiken Chemical, a clinical diagnostics and equipment manufacturer, has its headquarters in Taito.[3] Tokyo Ricoh Office Solution and Ricoh Technosystems, divisions of Ricoh, are headquartered in Taitō as of 2008.[4] [5] Chikumashobo, a publisher, has its headquarters in the area of the ward.[6]
Prefectural public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
Private schools:
The school district of the metropolis also operates one metropolitan junior high school:
The Taito City Board of Education (台東区教育委員会) operates municipal elementary and junior high schools.
Municipal junior high schools:[7]
Municipal elementary schools:[8]
Taito operates several public libraries, including the Central Library, the Central Library Asakusabashi Branch, the Negishi Library, and the Ishihama Library. The Central Library is located in the first and second floors of the Lifelong Learning Center.[9]
The city operates the Lifelong Learning Center, a complex including a multi-media room, a studio, and other facilities. The Central Library is on the first and second floors of the Lifelong Learning Center.[9]
Officially, the line begins at Nippori Station, although most trains start/terminate at Ueno Station
Ueno-Hirokoji, Inarichō, Tawaramachi, Asakusa Stations
Okachimachi, Ueno, Iriya, Minowa Stations
Asakusa-bashi, Kuramae, Asakusa Stations
Ueno-Okachimachi, Shin-Okachimachi, Kuramae Stations
Shin-Okachimachi, Asakusa Stations
The City of Taito operates the Taito Riverside Sports Center. The center includes a gymnasium, tennis courts, two baseball fields for adults, one baseball field for children, one large swimming pool, one children's pool, and an athletic field. The gymnasium includes two courts, two budo halls, a Japanese-style archery range, a sumo ring, a training room, a table tennis room, an air-rifle shooting range, and a meeting room.[9]