Akasaka, Tokyo


Akasaka is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi district.
Akasaka was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government.

Notable sites

In neighbouring Moto-Akasaka to the North:

Companies based in Akasaka

Previously Jaleco Holding had its headquarters in the Akasaka DS Building in Akasaka.
The Japanese offices of the following are based in Akasaka:

Subway stations

Education

Schools

Akasaka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Minato City Board of Education.
Akasaka 1-9-chōme are zoned to Akasaka Elementary School and Akasaka Junior High School.
was operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. It closed down in March 2009. It reopened the next month as the Aoyama campus of .
Third Junior & Senior High School of Nihon University was previously in Akasaka, but it moved to Machida in 1976.

Libraries

The Akasaka Library has moved to a new building in 2007, near the Aoba Park and the Aoyama-itchōme subway station.