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Yaesu

Coordinates: 35°40′48″N 139°46′11″E / 35.680104°N 139.769806°E / 35.680104; 139.769806
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Yaesu (八重洲) is a district in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, located north of Ginza, west of Nihonbashi and Kyōbashi, and adjacent to the east side of Tokyo Station. The Yaesu exit of this station, which faces Nihonbashi, is a recent addition and primarily provides access to the Shinkansen platforms.

History

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The area was named after the 17th century Dutch adventurer Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, or simply Jan Joosten. For his services to Tokugawa Ieyasu he was granted a house in Edo (now Tokyo) in an area that came to be called "Yayosu Quay" after him — his name was pronounced yan yōsuten in Japanese (short version: Yayōsu (耶楊子)) — the Yaesu side of Tokyo Station is also named for him. Yaesu Avenue has a monument dedicated to Jan Joosten and his life after his arrival in Japan on De Liefde with his shipmate William Adams.

Ukiyo-e artist Andō Hiroshige was born in the Yayosu barracks in the Yaesu area in 1797.

Places in Yaesu

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Companies based in Yaesu

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Railway and subway stations

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Education

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Joto Elementary School (中央区立城東小学校)

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Chuo City Board of Education.

All of Yaesu is zoned to Jōtō Elementary School (中央区立城東小学校). Yaesu 1-chome is zoned to Nihonbashi Junior High School (日本橋中学校), while Yaesu 2-chome is zoned to Ginza Junior High School (中央区立銀座中学校)[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Corporate Data Archived 2011-05-29 at the Wayback Machine." J. Front Retailing. Retrieved on December 15, 2010. "Office : 1-1, Yaesu 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo "
  2. ^ "区立学校一覧". Chuo City. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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35°40′48″N 139°46′11″E / 35.680104°N 139.769806°E / 35.680104; 139.769806 (Yaesu Avenue)