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Akasaka (赤坂) is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi district. Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama ) was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government.
Akasaka Palace (赤坂離宮, Akasaka Rikyū) is a state guest house (迎賓館, geihinkan) of the government of Japan. Other state guesthouses include the Kyoto State Guest House and the Osaka State Guest House. The palace was originally built as the Imperial Palace for the Crown Prince (東宮御所, Tōgū Gosho) in 1909. Today the palace is ...
Six residences are currently located on the grounds of the estate. At its rough center is a Japanese garden, the Akasaka Imperial Gardens (赤坂御苑, Akasaka-gyoen), where the Emperor holds a garden party (園遊会, Enyūkai) [1] twice annually, to which are invited around 2,000 political figures, diplomatic representatives, and celebrities from various fields.
The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka was slated for demolition and closed in early 2011, because it required extensive renovations, but was reopened to house victims of the massive Japanese earthquake ...
Members of the Japanese Imperial Family inhabit a range of residences around Japan. Some are official imperial palaces; others are used as private residences, although they are all owned and maintained by the state. Other imperial palaces are no longer residences (e.g. the Akasaka Palace). Some remain in irregular use for imperial occasions.
Midtown Tower (ミッドタウンタワー, Middotaun tawā) is a mixed-use skyscraper in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 2007, it is the tallest of the six buildings within the Tokyo Midtown complex, at 248.1 meters (814 ft), and was the tallest building in Tokyo until 2014.