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Chiyoda Ward

Japan's height datum is in a stone hut.

Nihon Suijun Genten Hyoko

Photo by Wiiii (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Folk custom

Stones used by Kandagawa Tokuzo's circleare gathered at Yanagimori Shrine, 13 in all.

The Yanagimori Shrine lifting stones are a Ward-designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property. The Ward's register says they gather part of the stones used in life by Kandagawa Tokuzo, known as Iida Tokuzo, who made his name as a champion, and his circle. The 13 stones are 32 to 64 cm long and carry inscriptions such as "sashi-ishi" and "gojikkan".

April 1, 1989: Ward-designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property (13 stones)
32 to 64 cm long (Ward register)
Inscriptions include "sashi-ishi", "gojikkan" and "Kandagawa"

02 ／ Modern civil engineering heritage

A sewer pipe shaped like an upside-down bird's eggremains underground in Kanda.

The Kanda sewer began in 1884 (Meiji 17) in the crowded Kanda district. Its cross-section is an "egg-shaped pipe", like a bird's egg turned upside down, in double-layered brick. The inner height is 90.9 to 136.4 cm. A surviving 614 m section became a Tokyo Metropolitan Historic Site in 1994.

1884 (Meiji 17): construction began
Surviving 614 m section: Tokyo Metropolitan Historic Site (March 1994)
The Metropolitan Board of Education calls it Japan's first modern sewer

03 ／ Guild

A guild of basket makers has nine stone worksin the grounds of Kanda Shrine.

The Kagoso-ko stone works are a Ward-designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property. The Ward's register says the Kagoso guild was made up of waste-basket and basket makers and was based around Kanda Kamei-cho. The torii was erected in 1850 (Kaei 3) and rebuilt in 1939 (Showa 14).

April 1, 2005: Ward-designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property (9 items)
Torii erected 1850 (Kaei 3), rebuilt 1939 (Showa 14)
Water basin: 1925 (Taisho 14)

Chiyoda Ward from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot June–November 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

93 minutes from Nagoya, 141 from Shin-Osaka.

about 70,000 people
2 hours to a city centre
Shinkansen stops here

Tokyo Station, in the ward, is a Tokaido Shinkansen stop. By the JR timetable on Odekake Net (October 2026), the Nozomi takes as little as 93 minutes from Nagoya and 141 minutes from Shin-Osaka. For Ward Office, the ward's guide says it is a five-minute walk from Kudanshita Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai and Hanzomon Lines and the Toei Shinjuku Line.

People living here: 66,680people
Area: 11.66km²
Households: 37,011households
Rent (average for rentals): 151,637yen
Healthcare: 15 hospitals ／ 555 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —10 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Chiyoda Ward in Japan35.694°N 139.754°E

to NagoyaShinkansen Nozomi93min
to Shin-OsakaShinkansen Nozomi141min

Travel times follow JR西日本『JRおでかけネット』区間時刻表『東海道･山陽･九州新幹線(鹿児島中央～博多～東京) 上り』（line-timetable/2229）。ページの日付は2026年10月22日（木）・23日（金）・24日（土）・25日（日）の4日。データは交通新聞社『JR時刻表』2026年10月号に基づく。『運転日注意』の欄が空の列車だけを数えた（◆・平などの印のある列車は除く）。向きは『町の外の都市の駅の発 → 東京駅の着』（名古屋・新大阪から東京駅へ。東京駅は千代田区丸の内で、乗り換えなしで区内に着く） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 2 municipalities.

Territory of Chiyoda Ward

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

4.1km

Chuo Ward, Minato Ward

Chiyoda Ward isthis kind of town.

01Nihon Suijun Genten Hyoko is a stone building in Nagatacho that houses Japan's height datum. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism writes that the datum was set in May Meiji 24 (1891) as the basis for heights across the country, at 24.500 m above mean sea level of Tokyo Bay, and was revised to 24.4140 m in March Showa 3 (1928) and to 24.3900 m in October Heisei 23 (2011). It is a National Important Cultural Property
02Yanagimori Shrine holds 13 Ward-designated lifting stones, Kanda has the Tokyo Metropolitan Historic Site of the Kanda sewer, and Kanda Shrine's grounds hold stone works of a guild of waste-basket and basket makers. The Ward presents the Kanda River, which keeps the outer moat of Edo Castle, and the festival held since Edo times, on its official photo pages
03Chiyoda Ward was formed on March 15, 1947 (Showa 22) by the merger of Kojimachi Ward and Kanda Ward. It holds the Edo Castle Site, a Special Historic Site, the Masakado Mound, a Tokyo Metropolitan Historic Site, and the Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building, a National Important Cultural Property. Tokyo Station is 93 minutes from Nagoya and 141 minutes from Shin-Osaka by the Nozomi

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

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