Ginza
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- For the Light Rail Stop in Hong Kong, see Ginza (KCRC). For the Swedish mail order company, see Ginza Musik.
History
Ginza is named after the silver-coin mint (Gin = silver, za = mint) established there in 1612 during the Edo period.Modern Ginza began in 1872 when, after a devastating fire, the district was rebuilt with two- and three-story Georgian brick buildings designed by the English architect Thomas Waters, along with a shopping promenade on the street from the Shinbashi bridge to the Kyōbashi bridge in the southwestern part of Chūō Ward. Most of these European-style buildings are gone, but some older buildings are still there, most famously the Wakō building with its clock tower.
Ginza is a popular destination on weekends, when the main north-south artery is closed to traffic. This policy began in the 1960s under Governor Ryokichi Minobe.
Places in Ginza
- Department stores: Komatsu, Matsuya, Matsuzakaya, Mitsukoshi, Mosaic, Printemps and Wako
- Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
- Kabukiza Kabuki theatre
- Sony Building
Companies based in Ginza
Subway stations
- Ginza Station (Hibiya Line, Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line)
- Ginza-itchome Station (Yurakucho Line)
- Higashi-ginza Station (Hibiya Line, Toei Asakusa Line)
External links
- [[wikitravel:Tokyo/Ginza|Ginza]] on [[wikitravel:Main Page|Wikitravel]]
- [Tokyo Essentials: Ginza]
- [Ginza Concierge]
- See also: List of upscale shopping districts
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