MINATOKU
Minatoku Tokyo
Japan - Minatoku Hotels, Minatoku sight seeing, shopping and Minatoku restaurants. Minatoku
includes Akasaka, Obaiba, Roppongi and Tokyo Tower.
Minatoku (港区) is
one of the 23 Special Wards in central Tokyo. The name means "port",
referring to its seaside location, although due to reclamation many
areas in the district are quite far for the sea these days.
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Getting to
Minatoku
Minatoku is a fairly sprawling ward with no centre as such. The main
train stations along the JR Yamanote line are Shinbashi (新橋),
connection point to the Ginza subway line as well as the Yurikamome
line to Odaiba, and Hamamatsuchō (浜松町), terminus of the
Tokyo Monorail from
Haneda Airport.
What to see in
Minatoku
 One
of Tokyo's central business districts, full of corporate headquarters and
exclusive hotels
including the Akasaka Palace, State Guest House, and surrounding gardens,
TBS radio and television studios, Ark Hills complex, and the embassy of
the United States.
Aoyama - Home to Aoyama
Cemetery, one of Tokyo's largest graveyards.
Azabu - One of Tokyo's more upscale residential areas, home to many
embassies.
Hamamatsucho - Hamamatsucho Station is the terminal for the Tokyo Monorail
to Haneda Airport.
Mita - Home to Keio University and a large number of small Buddhist
temples.
 A large artificial island packed with futuristic
buildings that has become one of Tokyo's most happening shopping and
entertainment districts featuring the Fuji TV studios, Palette Town
shopping complex, Dream Bridge and Tokyo Big Sight. Located on an
artificial island in Tokyo Bay, and connected to central Tokyo by the
Yurikamome transit line over the Rainbow Bridge.
 Famous
for its nightlife where thousands of foreigners are visible. Almost all
restaurants and clubs cater to the English-speaking crowd; also
home to the Roppongi Hills complex, which houses the studios of TV Asahi
and the J-WAVE radio station.
Shiba Park - Houses the
Zojoji temple. Tokyo
Tower is located one block
away.
Shinbashi - Shinbashi Station, the northern terminal of Japan's first
railway line. Also home to the Shiosite office and entertainment complex,
which houses Nippon TV studios.
Shirokanedai - Home to Meiji Gakuin University.
Takanawa - Home to the Soto temple of Sengaku-ji. Shinagawa Station, one
of Tokyo's largest train stations, is located in Takanawa although it is
associated with Shinagawa to the south.
Toranomon - TV Tokyo studios and the Toranomon Station underground
complex.
 Famous
for its appearance in many films and cartoons Tokyo
Tower.
Eating out in
Minatoku
Daigo (醍醐). 2-4-2 Atago (nearest station Onarimon), tel.
3431-0811. The name means "essence of milk", a reference to the
Buddha's highest teachings, and this restaurant aims for the highest
standards of shōjin-ryori (精進料理), the purely vegetarian version of
Japan's refined kaiseki cuisine. Located within the grounds of the
Seishōji temple, all meals here are elaborate, ten-course affairs
served in private rooms with a view of the lovely temple garden. With
dinner courses priced at ¥14,000 or ¥18,000 per person (plus drinks,
tax and service), the experience doesn't come cheap, but it just might
be worth it for an unforgettable occasion — and this is still only a
third of what Ginza's kaiseki joints charge. Reservations obligatory.
(Article
based on
Wikitravel article
by Wikitravel users Sekicho. Based on work by Ted O'Neill and Evan
Prodromou, Wikitravel user(s) Jpatokal and Tim. Article used under
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.)
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