Nihonbashi

This article is about the place in Tokyo. For the place in Osaka written with the same kanji in Japanese, see Nipponbashi.
Nihonbashi
日本橋
Central business district
Nihonbashi Bridge, after which the area was named
Mitsui Headquarters
Mitsui Tower
Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Flagship Store
Kilometre zero of Japan
Bank of Japan
Takashimaya Nihonbashi Flagship Store
Map
Population
 (2019 [1])
 • Total
341

Nihonbashi[a] (日本橋 (にほんばし), also romanized as Nihombashi[b]) is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan which sprung up around the bridge of the same name that has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603. The current bridge, designed by Tsumaki Yorinaka and constructed of stone on a steel frame, dates from 1911.[2] The district covers a large area to the north and east of the bridge, reaching Akihabara to the north and the Sumida River to the east. Ōtemachi and Yaesu are to the west and Kyobashi to the south.

Nihonbashi, together with Kyobashi and Kanda, is the core of Shitamachi,[3] the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo, before the rise of newer secondary centers such as Shinjuku and Shibuya.

  1. ^ https://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/kusei/gaiyou/toukeidate/jinkou/choubetsu/index.html
  2. ^ Guide Map/Nihonbashi Archived 2008-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Kokushi Daijiten Iinkai. Kokushi Daijiten (in Japanese). Vol. 4, page 842 (1983 ed.).


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