Yoyogi

Skyscrapers near Yoyogi Station

Yoyogi (代々木) is a neighbourhood in the northern part of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Geography

The area encompassed by Yoyogi is typically defined two ways:

This larger definition of Yoyogi is generally used by residents and government to deliver services such as police, fire, and postal delivery.

Characteristics

Yoyogi is composed of ten districts.

Transport

Rail

Yoyogi Station (代々木駅 -eki) is located in the easternmost part of Yoyogi only 700 meters south of Shinjuku Station. JR Yoyogi Station has two platforms for the Chūō-Sōbu and Yamanote lines. Platforms for the Toei Ōedo Line subway line are located underneath Tokyo Metropolitan Route 414 west of the JR station.

Rail lines include:

Roads

Yoyogi Park

Main article: Yoyogi Park
Yoyogi Park

Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo, located in the centre of Shibuya directly south of Meiji Shrine. In the years preceding its designation as a public park, Yoyogi Park's site was used as the location of the first successful powered aircraft flight in Japan, an army parade ground, a post-World War II US military installation, and the location for the opening ceremonies of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Economy

East Japan Railway Company have its headquarters in Yoyogi.[1] Square Enix and subsidiary Taito Corporation share the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Yoyogi.[2][3][4] Square Enix is no longer headquartered here, but at the Higashi-Shinjuku Station.

References

  1. East Japan Railway Company. "JR East Corporate Data". Retrieved 20 June 2009.(English)
  2. "Corporate Profile." Square Enix. Retrieved on January 30, 2011. "Headquarters Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg. 3-22-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 151-8544, Japan."
  3. "Map." Square Enix. Retrieved on January 30, 2011. "Location Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg. 3-22-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8544, Japan."
  4. "Company Overview." Taito Corporation. Retrieved on January 30, 2011. "Head Office 15F, Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg,3-22-7 Yoyogi,Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 151-8648,JAPAN."

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Coordinates: 35°40′26″N 139°41′12″E / 35.67389°N 139.68667°E / 35.67389; 139.68667

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