Kojimachi - Kojimachi

Japanese: 麴町 - こうじまち

A place name in the western part of Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. It stretches from east to west across Shinjuku Street (Koshu Kaido), which runs west from Hanzomon Gate of the Imperial Palace. In 1878, Kojimachi Ward of Tokyo Prefecture was established, including Marunouchi and Kasumigaseki, and in 1947 it merged with Kanda Ward to form Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. Today, Kojimachi has many buildings and is primarily an office district. Meanwhile, Bancho, to the north of Kojimachi, became an upscale residential area after the Meiji period, and foreign diplomatic missions such as the British Embassy were established there, but in recent years the number of office buildings has been increasing. [Masai Yasuo]
[history]
This was the name of the starting point of the Koshu Dochu (highway) heading west from Hanzomon. Until around the Keicho period (1596-1615), the area was also called Kokata, eventually becoming Kouji, and then the character for koji was added to form Kojicho.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

東京都千代田区西部の地名。皇居の半蔵門から西にのびる新宿通り(甲州街道)をはさんで東西に広がる。1878年丸の内，霞が関などを含めて東京府麴町区が成立し，1947年神田区と合併して東京都千代田区となった。現在の麴町にはビルが多く，オフィス街としての性格が強い。一方，麴町の北側の番町は，明治以降，高級住宅地となり，イギリス大使館などの外国公館も設けられたが，近年はオフィス･ビルがふえている。【正井泰夫】
［歴史］
　半蔵門から西にむかう甲州道中(街道)起点部の地名で，慶長(1596‐1615)ころまで国府方（こうかた）とも呼ばれ，やがて国府路（こうじ）となり，麴の文字をあてられ麴町となる。

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