, commonly known as Jinbà Âchà  or Jimbà Âchà Â, is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Jimbà Âchà  Book Town is known as Tokyo's center of used-book stores and publishing houses, and as a popular antique and curio shopping area.
The center of Jinbà Âchà  is at the crossing of Yasukuni-dà Âri and Hakusan-dà Âri, above Jimbà Âchà  Station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzà Âmon Line, Toei Mita Line and Toei Shinjuku Line. The prestigious Tokyo Book Binding Club and Literature Preservation Society are located in Jinbà Âchà Â, and the area is within walking distance of a number of major universities, including Nihon, Senshu, Meiji, Hosei and Juntendo.
Jinbà Âchà  is officially known (in addresses, etc.) as , and is part of the former ward of Kanda.
In 2025 Time Out named it the coolest neighborhood in the world.
Jinbà Âchà  is likely named after a member of the , possibly (ç¥Âä¿Âé·治) who lived in the area at the end of the 17th century.
During the late nineteenth century when Japan underwent modernization, foreign studies schools opened in the area, such as Bansho Shirabesho (Institute for Research of Foreign Documents) and Tokyo Gaikokugo Gakko (Tokyo School of Foreign Languages) which would later become the University of Tokyo and Hitotsubashi University. Many bookstores opened in the area, and it became established as a book town. In 1913, a large fire destroyed much of the area. In the wake of the fire, a former teacher named Shigeo Iwanami opened a bookstore in Jinbà Âchà  which eventually grew into today's Iwanami Shoten publishing house. In 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake caused a fire destroying much of the former Kanda-ku including the Jinbocho library and campus of the University of Tokyo, which was subsequently relocated to Bunkyo-ku. Over time, the area became increasingly popular with university students and intellectuals, and many more small bookstores and cafes opened there.
More recently, the Chiyoda municipal government sponsored a major redevelopment project in Jinbà Âchà  which led to three new high-rise office buildings being completed in 2003, further boosting the local economy. The Jinbà Âchà  Theater was completed in 2007.
Many companies are located within Jinbà Âchà Â, including the headquarters of Tà Âkyà Âdà  Shoten, a retail book chain, and manga company Shueisha, known for the anthology manga magazine, Shonen Jump.
operates public elementary and junior high schools. Ochanomizu Elementary School (ãÂÂè¶ã®水å°Âå¦校) is the zoned elementary school for Kanda-Jinbà Âchà  1-3 chà Âme. There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones.