Taito

Taitō is a northeastern ward of . Talk to a Tokyoite about "downtown", and he will think of the Taito district: the train station of , where migrants from the first arrived in their search for a better life, and the temples of , once a boom town full of prostitutes and gangsters, now again a boom town full of tourists.
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Yoshikazu TAKADA, CC BY 2.0.
  • City with about 212,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
  • Description: special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan
  • Also known as
    “Taitō City”
    “Taito Ward”
    “Taitō-ku”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and National Museum of Western Art.
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Museum
The or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of , Japan.
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Museum
The is the premier…
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Museum
The is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akihabara and Ueno.
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, or Akiba in slang, is 's "Electric…
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If you want to get a feel for old , in the Taito district is a good place to start.
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is a part of Tokyo's downtown Taito district…

Taito

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Latitude
35.71258° or 35° 42′ 45″ north
Longitude
139.78007° or 139° 46′ 48″ east
Open location code
8Q7XPQ7J+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042491447
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
11790369
Wiki­data ID
Q232641

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Taito” goes by many names.
Taito, TokyoAchinese
TaitouAchinese
تايتوArabic
تايتو، طوكيوArabic
ԹայթոArmenian
TaytoAzerbaijani
Taitō, TokyoBalinese
TaitōBasque
ТайтаBelarusian
তাইতো-কুBengali
TaitōCatalan
Taitō-kuCebuano
ТайтоChechen
Тайто (махсус район)Chechen
台东区Chinese
台東Chinese
台東區Chinese
臺東區Chinese
TaitóCzech
TaitouDanish
TaitoDutch
تايتوEgyptian Arabic
تايتو, طوكيوEgyptian Arabic
Kvartalo TaitōEsperanto
TaitōEstonian
TaitōFinnish
arrondissement de TaitōFrench
TaitōFrench
Taitō-kuFrench
TaitōGalician
台东区Gan Chinese
台東區Gan Chinese
ტაიტოGeorgian
TaitōGerman
Taitō-kuGerman
ΤαϊτόGreek
ટેટો-કુGujarati
TaitoHaitian
טאייטוHebrew
टैटो -कूHindi
TaitóHungarian
TaitōIndonesian
Taitō-kuIndonesian
Taitō, TokyoIndonesian
台東区Indonesian
Taitō-kuIrish
TaitōItalian
Taitō-kuJapanese
たいとうくJapanese
台東Japanese
台東区Japanese
東京都台東区Japanese
ತೈಟೊ-ಕುKannada
ತೈಟೊ, ಟೋಕ್ಯೊKannada
다이또 구Korean
다이토구Korean
타이토 구Korean
Taito īpašais rajonsLatvian
TaitasLithuanian
Taito seniūnijaLithuanian
TaitoMacedo-Romanian
TaitōMalay
Taitō, TokyoMalay
तातो-कुMarathi
Tâi-tang-khuMin Nan Chinese
Taitô-khuMin Nan Chinese
TaitoNorwegian
TaitoNorwegian Bokmål
TaitoOccitan (post 1500)
تایتوPersian
تایتو-کوPersian
TaitōPolish
Taitō-kuPolish
TaitōPortuguese
TaitōRomanian
ТаитоRussian
ටයිටෝ -කුSinhala
TaitōSlovenian
TaitōSpanish
Taito TokioSpanish
Taitō TokyoSpanish
Taito, TokyoSundanese
TaitōSwedish
TaitōTagalog
டைடோ-குTamil
ТайтоTatar
Тайто (махсус район)Tatar
టైటో-కుTelugu
เขตไทโตThai
ไทโตThai
TaitōTumbuka
TaitōTurkish
Taitō-kuTurkish
Район ТайтоUkrainian
ТайтоUkrainian
Тайто-куUkrainian
تائتو، ٹوکیوUrdu
TaitōVietnamese
Taitō, TokyoVietnamese
TaitōWaray (Philippines)
台東區Yue Chinese

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