Article

13102 ／ちゅうおうく

Chuo Ward

The bridge last opened in November 1970.

Kachidoki Bridge, drawbridge

Photo by Mclarensenna (Public domain)

01 ／ Stone marker

A paper describing a lost childwas pasted in a hollow of the stone.

Designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as a historical material. The ward says this granite pillar, about 161 cm high, was put up in 1857 (Ansei 4) at the request of householders of the neighborhood. According to the petition, parents pasted a paper on the side for those searching, and the town holding a lost child on the side for those who inform.

Erected in 1857 (Ansei 4) (ward)
Granite pillar about 161 cm high (ward)
Tokyo Metropolitan designated cultural property (historical material)

02 ／ Bell of time

From the year in its inscription, it isthought to be a bell recast in 1711.

The ward says the Kokucho Toki no Kane is a bronze bell about 1.7 m high and 93 cm in diameter. It told the time in Edo, and after the Great Kanto Earthquake it was moved to a bell tower in Jisshi Park. Today it is used for the New Year's Eve bell.

About 1.7 m high, 93 cm in diameter (ward)
Inscription: Hoei Kanoto-u, fourth month, middle ten days (ward)
Tokyo Metropolitan designated cultural property (craft)

03 ／ Ferry

The Tsukuda ferry ran untilthe Tsukuda Ohashi Bridge opened in 1964.

The Tsukudajima ferry landing site is a ward historic site. The ward writes that the ferry is said to have begun around 1645 (Shoho 2) and was called the "five-rin ferry" because the fare was five rin per person. Stone monuments set up by Tokyo City in 1927 (Showa 2) stand in Tsukuda Park.

Around 1645 to 1964 (ward)
Ward historic site (registered April 1, 1990)
Monument erected in 1927 (Showa 2) (ward)

Chuo 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

Tokyo to Shin-Nihombashi in 2 minutes.

about 170,000 people
30 min to a city centre

On the JR Sobu Line (Rapid), the fastest daily train takes 2 minutes from Tokyo Station to Shin-Nihombashi Station (JR East timetable, October 2026). The ward office is in Tsukiji 1-chome, and the ward guides visitors to a one-minute walk from Exit 1 of Shintomicho Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line.

People living here: 169,179people
Area: 10.21km²
Households: 92,533households
Rent (average for rentals): 145,610yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 778 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —44 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Chuo Ward in Japan35.671°N 139.772°E

to TokyoJR Sobu Line (Rapid)2min

Travel times follow JR東日本『駅の時刻表』（2026年10月号のデータ）の新日本橋駅（総武線快速市川・千葉方面〈下り〉）の列車ごとのページを、docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py（毎日運転の絞り込み版）で数えた。東京の発→新日本橋の着は2分。品川の発→新日本橋の着は11分 (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 2 municipalities.

Territory of Chuo Ward

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

North to south

5.6km

Chiyoda Ward, Minato Ward

Chuo Ward isthis kind of town.

01Kachidoki Bridge, which joins Tsukiji 6-chome and Kachidoki 1-chome, is an Important Cultural Property. The ward writes that its central part opened and closed five times a day for 20 minutes at first, and that opening and closing stopped after November 1970 (Showa 45). The raising part rose 70 degrees in 70 seconds
02The Ikkokubashi Maigoshirase Sekihyo (stone marker for lost children) in Yaesu and the Kokucho Toki no Kane in Jisshi Park, Nihombashi-Kodemmacho, are designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The stone monuments of the Tsukuda ferry are a ward historic site in Tsukuda Park
03Chuo Ward lies almost at the center of Tokyo's 23 wards, facing Tokyo Bay to the south and bounded by the Sumida River to the east. The ward writes that most of it was reclaimed from the sea since the Edo period, and that it is very flat

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Chuo Ward official site ↗Wikipedia ↗