Akasaka
Akasaka is one of Tokyo's central business districts, full of corporate headquarters and expensive hotels. The area is directly adjacent to Nagatacho, one of Tokyo's prime concentrations of bureaucracy, and only a stone's throw from the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda.Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: town located in Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Postal code: 107-0052
Notable Places in the Area
National Diet Library
Library
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
The National Diet Library is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world.
The National Art Center, Tokyo
Museum
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Art Center is a museum in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Embassy of the United States in Tokyo
Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Tokyo represents the United States in Tokyo, Japan.
Localities in the Area
Roppongi
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roppongi is an expensive section of Tokyo's Minato ward famous for its nightlife, much of which is geared towards foreigners.
Shinbashi
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shinbashi is a district of central Tokyo which is a significant business center and commercial area, although not quite as busy as Shinjuku or Shibuya to the west.
Nagatachō
Neighbourhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nagatachō is a district of Tokyo, Japan, located in Chiyoda Ward.
Akasaka
Latitude
35.67168° or 35° 40' 18" northLongitude
139.73562° or 139° 44' 8" eastElevation
65 metres (213 feet)Open Location Code
8Q7XMPCP+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 5732715872OpenStreetMap Feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
1865522Wikidata ID
Q416131Akasaka Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: أكاساكا
- Arabic: أكاساكا، طوكيو
- Bulgarian: Акасака
- Catalan: Akasaka
- Cebuano: Akasaka
- Central Kurdish: ئاکاساکا
- Chinese: 赤坂
- Chinese: 赤坂區
- Czech: Akasaka
- Dutch: Akasaka
- English: Akasaka, Tokyo
- Finnish: Akasaka (Tokio)
- French: Akasaka
- French: Akasaka (Tōkyō)
- German: Akasaka
- Hungarian: Akaszaka
- Indonesian: Akasaka, Tokyo
- Italian: Akasaka
- Japanese: Akasaka
- Japanese: あかさか
- Japanese: アカサカ
- Japanese: 溜池 (東京都)
- Japanese: 赤坂
- Korean: 아카사카
- Lithuanian: Akasaka (Tokijas)
- Lithuanian: Akasaka
- Norwegian Bokmål: Akasaka
- Persian: آکاساکا
- Persian: اکاساکا
- Portuguese: Akasaka
- Portuguese: Tóquio/Akasaka
- Russian: Акасака
- Spanish: Akasaka
- Thai: อากาซากะ
- Turkish: Akasaka
Other Places Named Akasaka
In the Area
Akasaka is situated close to the neighbourhood Roppongi 2-chome.
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Akasaka. Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.