Takanawa Explained

is a neighborhood in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

Economy

Sony and Hondurentas (a privately-held rental company from Honduras) operates in Takanawa.[1]

Education

Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Tanakawa 1-chōme 6-27 ban and 2-4-chōme are zoned to Takanawadai Elementary School (高輪台小学校) and .[2] Takanawa 1-chōme 1-3-ban are zoned to Shirogane-no-oka Gakuen (白金の丘学園) for elementary and junior high school. Takanawa 1-chōme 4-5-ban are zoned to Mita Elementary School (御田小学校) and Mita Junior High School (田中学校).

Takanawadai Elementary School occupies a historic building that had been renovated.[3] Takamatsu Junior High is a junior high school. Takamatsunomiya contributed some of its own mansions for Minato and a junior high school was built there.[4]

The Takanawa Public Library occupies the 3rd and 4th floors on the Takanawa Branch office, Minato City. It periodically holds film shows for adult users as well as children's programs involving toddlers to elementary pupils. There are gallery walls where the local public elementary school holds art shows.[5]

Takanawa Branch, Minato City Office

The Minato City Office has a district general branch, "Takanawa Sogo shisho" at 16-25, Takanawa 1-chome, and provides services and duties for the citizens and visitors in the area of 4 and 5-chome Mita, Takanawa, Shirokane and Shirokanedai.(and)

Notable sites

Charity

Embassies

Facilities for fine arts and entertainment

Historical sites and monuments

Hotels

Police stations and fire stations

Religious institutions

Schools

Shopping streets

Subway, train and bus services

In Takanawa area, there are three subway stations, one each by two operating companies and the JR train station. Each of them are served with municipal and public bus services.

For bus services, the City of Minato operates community bus system called "Chii Bus", serving Takanawa area with Takanawa Route.[27] [28]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government runs buses nicknamed Toei Bus, or To-Bus in short, and services are available in Takanawa neighborhood, too.[29]

Tokyu Bus operates lines in Takanawa area as well.[30] Takanawa has bus access from Shinagawa station east gate to Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Chiba prefecture[31] as well as from Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa to Haneda Airport.[32]

Subway Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyū Main Line serve Sengakuji station.

Bus routes in Sengakuji area

JR East serves Shinagawa with Tokaido Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line, along with Keikyū Main Line by Keikyū.

Bus routes in Shinagawa area

Shinagawa station Takanawa gate

Two subway systems, or Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line serve Shirokane-Takanawa Station.

Bus routes in Shirokane-Takanawa area

Routes connecting transportation hubs are:

Shirokane Takanawa station[29]
Gyoranzaka-shita crossing[29]

Subway Toei Asakusa Line serves Takanawadai Station.

Bus routes in Takanawadai area

The Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa
The Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa
Shirokanedai 2-chome
Takanawadai

External links

Notes and References

  1. "Access & Map." Sony. Retrieved on January 19, 2009.
  2. Web site: 港区立小・中学校通学区域一覧表（令和4年4月以降）. City of Minato. 2022-10-08.
  3. Web site: Preserving the past. The Japan Times. 2010-09-27. 2022-10-15. - Editorial
  4. Web site: Takamatsu Junior High School—History of Education in Minato Ward, vol.2. Dejitaru Minatoku Kyoikushi [Minato-ku Digital Archive for the History of Education]. ja. Minato Ward Board of Education . 470 . 18 October 2017. From chapter 7: the history and present status of education in Minato ward, section 3: Public kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools.
  5. Web site: Community and Living - City libraries . https://web.archive.org/web/20060514163714/http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/e/liv/serv/com/com03.html. 14 May 2006 . 18 October 2017.
  6. Web site: UNICEF House . Japan Committee for UNICEF . 29 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund. 18 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Ajinomoto Corporate Museum. Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  9. Web site: Shoku to kurashi no chīsana hakubutsukan. AJINOMOTO Co., Ltd.. ja . 29 December 2017 .
  10. Web site: Epson Aqua Stadium in Shinagawa. Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Hatakeyama Memorial Museum . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  12. Web site: Hatakeyama Memorial Museum. 9 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009105715/http://www.ebara.co.jp/csr/hatakeyama/english.html. 29 December 2017. dead.
  13. Web site: Museum of Logistics . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  14. Web site: Prinzchien Garten . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  15. Web site: Shinagawa Prince Cinema . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  16. Web site: Chinquapin at former Hosokawa residence (Metropolitan relic). Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  17. Book: Byōinzaka no kubikukuri no ie: Kindaichi Kōsuke saigo no jiken . The House of Hanging on Hospital Slope: the last of Kōsuke Kindaichi's case files. Seishi Yokomizo. Seishi Yokomizo. Kadokawa shoten. 1978 . 4041304628. 494527380 .
  18. Web site: Site of residence of Iwaya Sazanami . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  19. Web site: 3. Imperial Residences . The Imperial Household Agency . 18 October 2017.
  20. Web site: Takanawa Okido . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  21. Web site: Monument to the opening of Shinagawa Station . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  22. Web site: Sengaku-ji (temple); graves of Asano Naganori and the 47 Ronin (masterless samurai) . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  23. Web site: Harakiri temple and seppuku sweets . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229072038/http://visit-minato-city.com/harakiri-temple-seppuku-sweets/. 29 December 2017. 29 December 2017.
  24. Web site: the site of the first British legation . Minato City. 29 December 2017.
  25. Web site: Takanawa Junior/Senior High School. 28 December 2017.
  26. Web site: Tokai University Takanawadai Junior and Senior High School. ja. 28 December 2017.
  27. Web site: Chii Bus route map. en . 27 December 2017.
  28. Web site: Chii Bus timetables, Takanawa Route. en . 27 December 2017.
  29. Web site: Toei Bus Route Map. en . Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government . 27 December 2017.
  30. Web site: Shina 94: Route map. Tokyu Bus. ja . 27 December 2017.
  31. Web site: Airport Limousine Bus Timetable, Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa [Dep.] - Narita Airport [Arr.]]. Airport Transport Service, Co., Ltd.. 27 December 2017 .
  32. Web site: Haneda Airport Routes (Shiba, Ebisu, Shinagawa to/from Haneda Airport): Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa. Airport Transport Service, Co., Ltd.. 27 December 2017 .
  33. Web site: Timetable,Shina 94: Shinagara Station to Kamata. Tokyu Bus . ja . 27 December 2017 .
  34. Web site: Haneda Airport Routes (Shiba, Ebisu, Shinagawa to/from Haneda Airport): Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa . Airport Transport Service, Co., Ltd.. 27 December 2017 .

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