Iikura

Japanese: 飯倉 - いいぐら
Iikura
A district in the northern part of Minato Ward, Tokyo. Currently the area of ​​Azabudai and Higashi-Azabu. The name comes from the fact that this area was once the rice paddy of Ise Shrine, and had rice warehouses for offerings to the gods. During the Edo period, it developed as a town on the route from the Tokaido to Toranomon and Akasaka. Even today, it is a busy road leading from the city center to the Keihin National Highway. In 1894, the University of Tokyo Astronomical Observatory was opened. In 1924, the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory (now the National Astronomical Observatory) moved to Mitaka City, and the Japanese Geodetic Datum was established on the site.

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Japanese:
東京都港区北部にある地区。現在の麻布台,東麻布の地域。地名の由来は,昔,伊勢神宮の御田の地で,神前に捧げる米の倉があったことによる。江戸時代に東海道筋から虎ノ門や赤坂方面へ出る道筋の町として発達。現在も都心から京浜国道に出る道筋として交通が激しい。 1894年に東京大学付属天文台が開設された。 1924年,東京天文台 (現国立天文台) は三鷹市に移転,その跡地に日本経緯度原点が設置されている。

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