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Marunouchi (丸の内) is an area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, located between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat.
The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza commercial district. Due to the large area covered by the station, it is divided into the Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east) sides in its directional signage.
The Marunouchi Building (丸の内ビルディング) is a skyscraper located in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. Construction of the 180-metre, 37-story skyscraper was finished in 2002. Construction of the 180-metre, 37-story skyscraper was finished in 2002.
Meiji Seimei Kan (明治生命館) is a building in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. History. The building was designed by Shinichiro Okada and completed in March 1934. It ...
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Marunouchi headquarters for the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, 1909. Zaibatsu (財閥, lit. ' asset clique ') is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertically integrated business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over significant parts of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period to World War II.
The Marunouchi Line is the second line to be built in the city, and the first one constructed after the Second World War.The route is U-shaped, running from Ogikubo Station in the west of the city via the commercial and administrative district of Shinjuku through to the Marunouchi commercial center around Tokyo Station, before turning back and heading to Ikebukuro.
20 January 1954: The Marunouchi Line station opens. 1 April 1965: The station address becomes Hongō-nichōme. 12 December 2000: The Toei Ōedo Line station opens. 1 April 2004: The station facilities of the Marunouchi Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. [2]