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Nihonbashi. Nihonbashi [a] (日本橋 (にほんばし), also romanized as Nihombashi [b]) is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan which grew up around the bridge of the same name which has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603.
Nihonbashi is a historical district located at the east of Tokyo Station, in the center of Japan’s capital. Of a modern and luxurious appearance, it is in fact an important part of Tokyo’s feudal past, when the city was called Edo and crisscrossed by a network of waterways. The neighborhood is named from its iconic structure: Nihombashi ...
Feb 13, 2023 · Close to Ginza and Tokyo Station, the city district of Nihonbashi blends traditional charm with ultra-modern architecture. A major commercial center in the Edo period (1603-1868), it was the starting point of the five major roads across Japan, and distances are still measured from here.
Nihonbashi (日本橋, literally "Japan Bridge") is a city district of Tokyo, north of Ginza and within walking distance of Tokyo Station. The bridge, after which the district is named, has been the kilometer zero marker for Japan's national highway network since the early Edo Period. Formerly a wooden bridge, the Nihonbashi was reconstructed ...
Nihonbashi first emerged in the 17th century from the residential and commercial areas called "chonin-chi" that collected around Edo Castle. The Nihonbashi Bridge itself, an iconic symbol of the region, was first built in 1603, the same year that the Edo Period shogunate was established. Nihonbashi Bridge acted as the terminal point for Japan's ...
Straddling a major intersection of key roads and waterways at the front door of Edo Castle, Nihonbashi bridge was one of the first civil engineering projects launched by Tokugawa Ieyasu when he established his shogunate here in 1603. (The Ote-mon gate of today’s imperial palace, the former site of the castle, is just 1.5 kilometers away.)
