Taitō, Tokyo

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**Taitō**
**台東区**
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Physical characteristics
Area	10.08 km²
Population (as of 2005)
Total	160,130
Density	15,890/km²
Symbols
Taitō Hall
Official website: Taitō

Image:Map Taito-ku en.png

Image:SensojiBell1492.jpg Image:SaigoTakamori1339.jpg Image:SensojiPagoda1468.jpg Taitō (台東区, Taitō-ku^?) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Taitō City.

As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 160,130 and a density of 15890 persons per km². The total area is 10.08 km².

1 Geography
2 History
3 Landmarks
4 Education
- 4.1 Colleges and universities
5 Companies
- 5.1 Retail
- 5.2 Other
6 Events
7 Transportation
- 7.1 Rail
- 7.2 Highway
8 People
9 External links

[edit] Geography

Situated in the northeastern portion of the wards area of Tokyo, Taitō is surrounded by five other special wards: Chiyoda, Bunkyo, Arakawa, Sumida and Chūō.

The Tokyo National Museum in Taitō is at east longitude: 139°46′47″; north latitude 35°42′46.5″.

[edit] History

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

During the Edo period, the Yoshiwara licensed quarter was in what is now Taitō.

[edit] Landmarks

[edit] Districts

[edit] Temples and shrines

Sensoji and Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate)
Akiba Shrine
Kan'ei-ji
Kishibojin

[edit] Parks

[edit] Museums and zoos

[edit] Education

[edit] Colleges and universities

[edit] Companies

[edit] Retail

Matsuzakaya department store in Ueno
Matsuya department store in Ueno

[edit] Other

Taiyo Yuden, electronics and materials company in Ueno

[edit] Events

Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival
Asakusa Samba Carnival
Torigoe Shrine Matsuri
Sanja Matsuri: one of the three great festivals of Tokyo

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Rail

JR East
- Tohoku, Joetsu, Akita, Yamagata Shinkansen: Ueno Station
- Tohoku Main Line
- Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line: Okachimachi, Ueno, Uguisudani Stations. Also, Nippori Station (on the boundary with Taitō)
- Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line: Ueno Station
- Joban Line: Officially, the line begins at Nippori Station; many trains also stop at Ueno Station
Tokyo Metro
- Ginza Line: Ueno Hirokoji, Inaricho, Tawaramachi, Asakusa Stations
- Hibiya Line: Okachimachi, Ueno, Iriya, Minowa Stations
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- Toei Asakusa Line: Asakusa-bashi, Kuramae, Asakusa Stations
- Toei Oedo Line: Ueno Okachimachi, Shin-Okachimachi, Kuramae Stations
Keisei Electric Railway Keisei Main Line: Keisei Ueno Station
Tobu Railway Isesaki Line: Asakusa Station
Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company Tsukuba Express: Shin-Okachimachi, Asakusa Stations

[edit] Highway

Shuto Expressway No. 1 Ueno Route
National Highways
- Route 4
- Route 6

[edit] People

Adachi Yumi: actress
Amami Yuki: actress
Atsumi Kiyoshi: actor famous in the role of Tora-san in the Otoko wa tsurai yo series
Ishida Goro: astronomer
Shōzō Hayashiya (9th): rakugoka
Shotaro Ikenami: novelist, script writer

[edit] External links

Image:Commons-logo.svg	Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Taitō, Tokyo

Taitō official website in English
Wikitravel: Tokyo/Taito

Image:Tokyo region shadow picture.png	Tokyo Metropolis

Wards: Adachi \| Arakawa \| Bunkyō \| Chiyoda \| Chūō \| Edogawa \| Itabashi \| Katsushika \| Kita \| Kōtō \| Meguro \| Minato \| Nakano \| Nerima \| Ōta \| Setagaya \| Shibuya \| Shinagawa \| Shinjuku \| Suginami \| Sumida \| Toshima \| Taitō
Cities: Akiruno \| Akishima \| Chōfu \| Fuchū \| Fussa \| Hachiōji \| Hamura \| Higashikurume \| Higashimurayama \| Higashiyamato \| Hino \| Inagi \| Kiyose \| Kodaira \| Koganei \| Kokubunji \| Komae \| Kunitachi \| Machida \| Mitaka \| Musashimurayama \| Musashino \| Nishi-Tōkyō \| Ōme \| Tachikawa \| Tama
Districts and Subprefectures: Nishitama District \| Hachijō Subprefecture \| Miyake Subprefecture \| Ogasawara Subprefecture \| Ōshima Subprefecture