Minato

Also known as Minato City, Minato Ward

special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan

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Minato is one of the special wards that make up Tokyo, Japan's capital city. It's an important administrative division within Tokyo's metropolitan government structure.

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Population: 258105
Area: 20.37
Official website: www.city.minato.tokyo.jp
Image: Shiodome Area from Tokyo Tower.jpg

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Commons category: Minato, Tokyo
postal code: 105-8511
inception: 1947-05-03
name in kana: みなとく
native label: 港区
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Minato (港区, Minato-ku) [minato] is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English.

Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits the contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division. The Shinbashi neighborhood in the ward's northeastern corner is attached to the core of Shitamachi, the original commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the Azabu and Akasaka areas are typically representative Yamanote districts.