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Taitō

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. In English, it is known as Taitō City.

As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 186,276, and a population density of 18,420 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area is . This makes Taito ward the smallest of Tokyo's wards in area, and third-smallest in population.

History

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947, with the merger of the old Asakusa and Shitaya wards when Tokyo City was transformed into Tokyo Metropolis. During the Edo period, the Yoshiwara licensed quarter was in what is now Taitō. Taitō shares the same Chinese characters, "台東", with Taitung, a city in Taiwan.

Geography

Situated in the northeastern portion of the wards area of Tokyo, Taitō is surrounded by five other special wards: Chiyoda, Bunkyō, Arakawa, Sumida and Chūō.

Districts and neighborhoods

Asakusa area
  • Asakusa
  • Asakusabashi
  • Hanakawado
  • Hashiba
  • Higashi-Asakusa (East Asakusa)
  • Imado
  • Kaminarimon
  • Kiyokawa
  • Kojima
  • Komagata
  • Kotobuki
  • Kuramae
  • Matsugaya
  • Misuji
  • Motoasakusa
  • Nihonzutsumi (Japan dike)
  • Nishi-Asakusa (West Asakusa)
  • Torigoe
  • Yanagibashi
Shitaya area
  • Akihabara
  • Higashi-Ueno (East Ueno)
  • Ikenohata
  • Iriya
  • Kita-Ueno (North Ueno)
  • Minowa
  • Ryusen
  • Senzoku
  • Shitaya
  • Taito
  • Ueno
  • Ueno-koen (Ueno Park)
  • Uenosakuragi
  • Yanaka

Landmarks

Taitō is famous for its typical Shitamachi districts. The Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center provides amenities to both tourists and locals.

Temples and shrines

Parks

Museums and zoos

Entertainment

  • Suzumoto Engeijo (Suzumoto Vaudeville Hall)
  • Asakusa Vaudeville Hall

Economy

Eiken Chemical, a clinical diagnostics and equipment manufacturer, has its headquarters in Taito. Tokyo Ricoh Office Solution and Ricoh Technosystems, divisions of Ricoh, are headquartered in Taitō as of 2008. Chikumashobo, a publisher, has its headquarters in the area of the ward.

Retail

Other

  • Taiyo Yuden, electronics and materials company in Ueno

Events

Education

Colleges and universities

Primary and secondary schools

Prefectural public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

  • Ueno Shinobugaoka High School
  • Taito Commercial High School
  • Taito Chuyakan High School

Private schools:

The school district of the metropolis also operates one metropolitan junior high school:

The Taito City Board of Education (台東区教育委員会) operates municipal elementary and junior high schools.

Municipal junior high schools:

  • Asakusa Junior High School ()
  • Hakuyo Junior High School ()
  • Komagata Junior High School (駒形中学校)
  • Okachimachi Taito Junior High School ()
  • Sakurabashi Junior High School ()
  • Shinobugaoka Junior High School ()
  • Ueno Junior High School ()

Municipal elementary schools:

  • Asakusa Elementary School ()
  • Fuji Elementary School ()
  • Heisei Elementary School (平成小学校)
  • Higashi Asakusa Elementary School (東浅草小学校)
  • Ishihama Elementary School ()
  • Kanasogi Elementary School ()
  • Kinryu Elementary School ()
  • Kuramae Elementary School ()
  • Kuromon Elementary School ()
  • Matsuba Elementary School (松葉小学校)
  • Negishi Elementary School ()
  • Senzoku Elementary School (千束小学校)
  • Shinobugaoka Elementary School ()
  • Taisho Elementary School (大正小学校)
  • Taito Ikuei Elementary School (台東育英小学校)
  • Tawara Elementary School (田原小学校)
  • Tosen Elementary School (東泉小学校)
  • Ueno Elementary School (上野小学校)
  • Yanaka Elementary School (谷中小学校)

Public libraries

Taito operates several public libraries, including the Central Library, the Central Library Asakusabashi Branch, the Negishi Library, and the Ishihama Library. The Central Library is located in the first and second floors of the Lifelong Learning Center.

Other

The city operates the Lifelong Learning Center, a complex including a multi-media room, a studio, and other facilities. The Central Library is on the first and second floors of the Lifelong Learning Center.

Transportation

Rail

Highways

Sports and recreation

The City of Taito operates the Taito Riverside Sports Center. The center includes a gymnasium, tennis courts, two baseball fields for adults, one baseball field for children, one large swimming pool, one children's pool, and an athletic field. The gymnasium includes two courts, two budo halls, a Japanese-style archery range, a sumo ring, a training room, a table tennis room, an air-rifle shooting range, and a meeting room.

People

References

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