Nihonbashi Area Nihonbashi Area

In the Edo period, it was derived from the Japanese name "Yayang" of Dutch merchant Jan Jooss Ten, who had a residence around Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, and was adopted as a town name after becoming Meiji period. In 1929, the name was changed to Marunouchi, and the name of Yaesu disappeared. Later, in 1954 (1954), the town around Yaesu Exit of Tokyo Station was reorganized and named Yaesu.

Kyobashi was born because it was the first bridge on the Tokaido, starting from Nihonbashi to Kyoto, and that became the town name. During the Edo period, the banks of the Kyobashi River were markets for unloading vegetables, mainly radish. From the Meiji era until the Great Kanto Earthquake, the blue goods market was located here.

Honishi-cho is the opposite side of Muromachi across Chuo-dori. It is derived from the fact that many grain merchants in the United States once lived in this area. In the early Edo period, it was called Kokumachi, but later, Shin Kokumachi (now Chiyoda-ku) was established in Kanda, so the word "book" was added.

There is a theory that it was followed by Muromachi in Kyoto, and a theory that many merchants gathered and the storehouses (rooms) were lined up. There were many financiers and large merchants since the Edo period, and there were also "Ninben", a bonito wholesaler, "Nagasakiya" at a Dutch accommodation in Edo Sanfu, and "Mii Echigoya" at a large kimono dealer.

In the early Edo period, Ieyasu Tokugawa first performed a town split, and is a town name born because it is the central area of Edo or Nihonbashi. The building rush after the war is the most intense, characterized by the extremely large daytime population. "Bettara City" at Takarada Ebisu Shrine in Honmachi 3-chome is one of Tokyo's specialties.

The name of the bridge became the town. The bridge is literally one of Japan's leading bridges and is the starting point of the five highways. The Nihonbashi area has been a first-class shopping street since the Edo period, and today there are many prominent buildings lined up.

It is said to be derived from the legend that Yoshiie Minamotono, a warlord in the Heian period, sunk his armor in the sea and prayed to the god of water, and the storm stopped, so he buried the helmet on the way home and built a helmet mound to worship the god. In the past, it was a samurai area, but in 1873, the First National Bank was established here, and after the war, the Tokyo Stock Exchange was established, it has been called Wall Street in Japan and continues to this day.

At the time of the Edo Castle expansion, the name of the town was derived from the fact that the merchant handling kaya, which is the material of the roof, was moved here from outside Kanda Bridge and opened the town. It was a town of sake wholesalers in the Edo period. Because it is adjacent to Kabuto-cho, there are many securities-related buildings, and office districts around Nihonbashi and Kyobashi are expanding.