Muromachi
Muromachi, or officially Nihonbashi-Muromachi, is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It formerly belonged to the Nihonbashi Ward, which corresponds to the present-day Nihonbashi area.Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Quarter with 299 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Chūō-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Muromachi, Tokyo”, “Nihonbashi-muromachi”, “Nihonbashi-Muromachi”, “室町”, and “日本橋本石町”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mitsui Memorial Museum and Bank of Japan Currency Museum.
Mitsui Memorial Museum
Museum
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The Mitsui Memorial Museum is an art museum in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district. It is located within the Mitsui Main Building, an Important Cultural Property as designated by the Japanese government.
Bank of Japan Currency Museum
Museum
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The Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan, formally known as the Currency Museum, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, is a museum about Japanese currency located in front of the Bank of Japan building in Chūō, Tokyo.
Shin-Nihombashi
Railway station
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Shin-Nihombashi Station is a railway station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nihonbashi-Hongokuchō and Nihonbashi-Honchō.
Nihonbashi-Hongokuchō
Quarter
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Hongokuchō or more formally Nihonbashi Hongokuchō is a neighborhood of Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. It is the location of the Bank of Japan.
Nihonbashi
Quarter
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Nihonbashi 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.
Muromachi
Latitude
35.68685° or 35° 41′ 13″ northLongitude
139.77347° or 139° 46′ 25″ eastPopulation
299Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
8Q7XMQPF+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 13392759492OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
1856401Wikidata ID
Q11508327
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Muromachi” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “日本橋室町”
- Dutch: “Nihonbashi-Muromachi”
- French: “Muromachi”
- French: “Nihonbashi-Muromachi”
- Japanese: “Nihonbashi-Muromachi”
- Japanese: “にほんばしむろまち”
- Japanese: “日本橋室町”
- Korean: “니혼바시무로마치”
- Persian: “موروماچی، توکیو”
- Turkish: “Nihonbashi-Muromachi”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower and Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo.
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