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Ginza (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ n z ə / GHIN-zə; Japanese: 銀座) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.
The original Kabuki-za was a wooden structure, built in 1889 on land which had been either the Tokyo residence of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto, or that of Matsudaira clan of Izu. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The building was destroyed on 30 October 1921, by an electrical fire. [ 3 ]
Much of the area (particularly Ginza and Tsukiji) was loose sand piled at the delta of the Sumida River before being filled in by the shogunate. 1657: After a fire consumes much of the city, the area is re-planned with more canals to accommodate more maritime commerce. 1869: A foreigners' settlement is established in Tsukiji.
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Namiyoke Inari Shrine (波除稲荷神社, Namiyoke inari-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo. It is an Inari shrine that was built on the water's edge when this part of Tokyo (then Edo) was created from landfill after the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. The name of the shrine literally means "protection from waves."
All of Tsukiji is zoned to Ginza Junior High School (中央区立銀座中学校) [15] Rikkyo Junior High School, a private secondary school, was established in Tsukiji in 1896 but the building was destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake, so a new building in Ikebukuro opened in 1923. [16]
Ginza Station (銀座駅, Ginza-eki) is a subway station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It serves the Ginza commercial district, and is the fourth-busiest Tokyo Metro station after Ikebukuro , Ōtemachi , and Kita-senju .
Tsukiji Hongan-ji. Shintomichō Station (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line) (approximately 2 minutes' walk); The station is located in the Tsukiji neighbourhood of Chūō, Tokyo.Only a few blocks south of the station (about 150 m) lies Tsukiji fish market, the largest seafood market in the world. [3]