Marunouchi

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Financial district of Tokyo, Japan

title: "Marunouchi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["marunouchi", "chiyoda,-tokyo", "neighborhoods-of-tokyo"] description: "Financial district of Tokyo, Japan" topic_path: "general/marunouchi" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marunouchi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Financial district of Tokyo, Japan ::

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official_nameMarunouchi
native_name丸の内
native_name_langja
settlement_typeCentral business district
image_skyline{{multiple image
image1Tokyo Marunouchi in autumn.jpg
caption1Gyoko Street with Tokyo Station at the end
image2Marunouchi Illumination 2022 (52646998543).jpg
caption2Naka Street
image3Tokyo Hibiya-bori - Imperial Palace 2.jpg
caption3Hibiya-bori moat
image4Tokyo Station City (234809375).jpeg
caption4Tokyo Station
mapframeyes
mapframe-wikidatayes
founderYanosuke Iwasaki (as a business district)
area_total_km20.8082
elevation_m3.4
population_total9
population_as_of2024
population_density_km2auto
postal_code100-0005
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| official_name = Marunouchi | native_name = 丸の内 | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = Central business district | image_skyline = {{multiple image | border = infobox | perrow = 1/2//2/2 | total_width = 250 | align = center | caption_align = center | image1 = Tokyo Marunouchi in autumn.jpg | caption1 = Gyoko Street with Tokyo Station at the end | image2 = Marunouchi Illumination 2022 (52646998543).jpg | caption2 = Naka Street | image3 = Tokyo Hibiya-bori - Imperial Palace 2.jpg | caption3 = Hibiya-bori moat | image4 = Tokyo Station City (234809375).jpeg | caption4 = Tokyo Station | mapframe = yes | mapframe-wikidata = yes | founder = Yanosuke Iwasaki (as a business district) | area_total_km2 = 0.8082 | elevation_m = 3.4 | population_total = 9 | population_as_of = 2024 | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code = 100-0005 Marunouchi (丸の内) is an area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, located between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. Marunouchi is the core of Tokyo's central business district as well as one of the main financial centres in Japan. 20 of the Fortune Global 500 companies are headquartered in the area as of 2021, while many other such companies based outside Japan have Asian or Japanese offices there. Together with the neighbouring districts of Yūrakuchō (有楽町) and Ōtemachi (大手町), Marunouchi is part of a larger business district sometimes referred to as Daimaruyū (大丸有).

History

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In 1590, before shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo Castle, the area now known as Marunouchi was an inlet of Tokyo Bay and had the name Hibiya. With the expansion of the castle, this inlet was filled, beginning in 1592. A new outer moat was constructed, and the earlier moat became the inner moat. The area took the name Okuruwauchi ("within the enclosure"). Daimyōs, particularly shinpan and fudai, constructed their mansions here, and with 24 such estates, the area also became known as daimyō kōji ("daimyō alley"). The offices of the North and South Magistrates, and that of the Finance Magistrate, were also here. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Tokyo_station_disastrous_scene_of_after_Great_Tokyo_Air_Raid.jpg" caption="Tokyo Station after the Great Raid of 25 May 1945: the foundation of the [[Shin-Marunouchi Building]], whose construction was interrupted due to the war, was used as a fire-fighting reservoir."] ::

Following the Meiji Restoration, Marunouchi came under control of the national government, which erected barracks and parade grounds for the Imperial Japanese Army. In 1890 Iwasaki Yanosuke, brother of the founder (and later the second leader) of Mitsubishi, purchased the land for 1.5 million yen. As the company developed the land, it came to be known as Mitsubishi-ga-hara (the "Mitsubishi Fields"). Much of the land remains under the control of Mitsubishi Estate Co., and the headquarters of many companies in the Mitsubishi Group are in Marunouchi.

The government of Tokyo constructed its headquarters on the site of the former Kōchi han in 1894. They moved it to the present Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku in 1991, and the Tokyo International Forum and Toyota Tsusho Corporation now stands on the site. Nearly a quarter of Japan's GDP is generated in this area. Tokyo Station opened in 1914, and the Marunouchi Building in 1923. Marunouchi was targeted in the 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing by the radical far-left terrorist organisation East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front. Tokyo Station reopened on 1 October 2012 after a 5 year refurbishment.

Landmarks

File:Tokyo International Forum - Marunouchi.jpg|Tokyo International Forum, a multi-purpose culture centre File:Marunouchi sunset (46747808872).jpg|Three buildings in Marunouchi redeveloped in the 2000s; the JP Tower (left), the Marunouchi Building (centre), the Shin-Marunouchi building (right) File:桜田濠 桜田門 八重洲ビル群 ❀ 桜田の 門緑陰に 静まれり （小原善郎） - panoramio.jpg|Part of Marunouchi seen from the west

Extant historical buildings

Fully preserved

Partially preserved

  • (1933, preserved as the lower-storey structure of the JP Tower since 2012)
  • Japan Industry Club (1920, preserved as the lower-storey structure of the Mitsubishi Trust&Banking Head Office since 2003) File:Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building P5228723.jpg|Tokyo Station (1914) File:Industry club of Japan Bldg 2010.jpg|The Industry Club of Japan (1920) File:Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum (2023).jpg|Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum (1894/2009) File:Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Head Office 2009.jpg|Meiji Insurance Headquarters (1934) File:JP-Tower-02.jpg|Tokyo Central Post Office (1933)

Companies based in Marunouchi

Calbee has its headquarters in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main. Konica Minolta has its headquarters in the Marunouchi Center Building in Marunouchi.

Japan Airlines used to have its headquarters in the Tokyo Building in Marunouchi.

International companies

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Marunouchi also houses the Japan offices of Aeroméxico (Pacific Century Place Marunouchi), Bain & Company, Bayerische Landes Bank, Bloomberg, First National Bank of Boston, BT Group, Citigroup, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Bank of India, JPMorgan Chase, KPMG, Latham & Watkins, Mellon Bank, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Morrison & Foerster, NatWest Group, Nikko Cordial, Nikko Citigroup, Rabobank, Bank Negara Indonesia, Overseas Union Bank, Philadelphia National Bank, PwC, Ropes & Gray, Royal Insurance, Standard Chartered and Standard & Poor's.

Rail and subway stations

Education

operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School (千代田小学校) is the zoned elementary of Marunouchi 1-3 chōme. There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones.

References

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