Yaesu
History
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The area was named after the 17th century Dutch adventurer Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, or simply Jan Joosten. For his services to Tokugawa Ieyasu he was granted a house in Edo (now Tokyo) in an area that came to be called "Yayosu Quay" after him — his name was pronounced yan yōsuten in Japanese (short version: Yayōsu (耶楊子)) — the Yaesu side of Tokyo Station is also named for him. Yaesu Avenue has a monument dedicated to Jan Joosten and his life after his arrival in Japan on De Liefde with his shipmate William Adams.
Ukiyo-e artist Andō Hiroshige was born in the Yayosu barracks in the Yaesu area in 1797.
Places in Yaesu
- Tokyo Station
- Tokyo Midtown Yaesu
- Yaesu underground shopping promenade, which extends eastward from Tokyo Station down Yaesu Avenue
Companies based in Yaesu
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- Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co
- J. Front Retailing, company that holds the stock in Daimaru and Matsuzakaya department-store chains
- The Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co.
- Yaesu, a manufacturer of communications equipment, was formerly located here.
Railway and subway stations
- Kyōbashi Station (Ginza Line)
- Nihombashi Station (Ginza Line, Tozai Line)
- Tokyo Station (Chūō Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keiyo Line, Marunouchi Line, Shinkansen lines, Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line)
Education
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Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Chuo City Board of Education.
All of Yaesu is zoned to Jōtō Elementary School (中央区立城東小学校). Yaesu 1-chome is zoned to Nihonbashi Junior High School (日本橋中学校), while Yaesu 2-chome is zoned to Ginza Junior High School (中央区立銀座中学校)
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The former building of Joto Elementary School