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.

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Akasaka 赤坂
District
Akasaka with Akasaka-mitsuke Station beneath the intersection in the foreground
Akasaka Location in Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Akasaka Location in Japan Show map of Japan
Coordinates: 35°40′29″N 139°43′54″E
Country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Ward	Minato
Area	Akasaka Area
Population  (January 1, 2016)
• Total	17,603
Time zone	UTC+9 (JST)
Area code	03

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.

Notable sites

• Akasaka Sacas
• Embassy of the United States, Mexico, Cambodia, Canada, Iraq, Spain and Syria as well as San Marino
• Ark Hills and Suntory Hall
• Hikawa Shrine
• Nogi Shrine
• Tokyo Midtown - currently the tallest high-rise complex in Tokyo
• Takahashi Korekiyo's residence and memorial park
• Riki Mansion home of Rikidōzan

In neighbouring Moto-Akasaka (literally "original Akasaka") to the North:

• Akasaka Palace (State Guest House)
• Togu Palace Residence of the Crown Prince of Japan

Companies based in Akasaka

• DefSTAR Records 4-5 Akasaka[1]
• EMI Music Japan 5-3-1 Akasaka[2]
• Epic Records Japan 9-6-35 Akasaka[3]
• Fujifilm[4]
• Fuji Xerox[5]
• Hazama Ando[6]
• Hudson Soft[7]
• JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)-1-12-32 Akasaka[8]
• Johnny & Associates 8-11-20 Akasaka
• Ki/oon Records: Same as Epic Records Japan[9]
• Kaneka Corporation[10]
• Komatsu 2-3-6 Akasaka[11]
• Sigma Seven 2-16-8 Akasaka[12]
• Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. 5-3-6 Akasaka[13]
  • Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
  • TBS Radio & Communications, Inc.
  • BS-TBS, Inc.
  • C-TBS, Inc.
• Toraya Confectionery[14]
• Universal Music Japan LLC 8-5-30 Akasaka[15]
• Wa Group Japan 4-3-27 Akasaka[16]
• Geneon Universal Entertainment 5-2-20 Akasaka[17]
• WOWOW (Akasaka Park Building)[18][19]

Previously Jaleco Holding had its headquarters in the Akasaka DS Building (赤坂DSビル, Akasaka DS Biru) in Akasaka.[20][21]

The Japanese offices of the following are based in Akasaka:

• Becton, Dickinson and Company 4-15-1 Akasaka[22]
• Clifford Chance[23]
• Iran Air[24]
• ING 4-1 Akasaka[25]
• Milbank Tweed[26]
• Thomson Reuters[27]
• GlaxoSmithKline Japan [28]

Subway stations

• Akasaka Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
• Akasaka-mitsuke Station (Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line, connected to Nagatacho Station via underpasses)
• Nagatacho Station (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, connected to Akasaka-mitsuke Station via passageways)
• Aoyama-itchōme Station (Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Oedo Line)
• Nogizaka Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
• Tameike-Sannō Station (Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Namboku Line, connected to Kokkai-gijidomae Station via passageways)

Education

Schools

Akasaka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Minato City Board of Education ( in English,[29] in Japanese).

Akasaka 1-9-chōme are zoned to Akasaka Elementary School (赤坂小学校) and Akasaka Junior High School (赤坂中学校).[30]

Akasaka High School [ja] was operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. It closed down in March 2009. It reopened the next month as the Aoyama campus of Ōta Sakuradai High School [ja] .

Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University was previously in Akasaka, but it moved to Machida in 1976.[31]

• 
  Akasaka Junior High School (赤坂中学校)
• 
  Akasaka Elementary School (赤坂小学校)

Libraries

The Akasaka Library has moved to a new building in 2007, near the Aoba Park and the Aoyama-itchōme subway station.[32]

References

External links

• Media related to Akasaka, Tokyo at Wikimedia Commons
• Akasaka, Tokyo travel guide from Wikivoyage