Culture
Places and Events for looking back at the history and culture of Minato-ku.
Plenty of cool ness! Minato-ku "Night Summer Festival" Special Feature
Jun 19, 2019
Minato-ku is a city with a wide range of cities, from areas with deep history such as Azabu, Roppongi, Shimbashi and Daimon to areas where trends gather. Especially in the way of enjoying the night, you can meet many shapes in each city. This time, I would like to introduce the summer festival of th...
Minato-ku Time Travel Tour
Feb 16, 2019
Many new spots that are ahead of the times are created in Minato-ku - a place where businesses and trends start. This is not a recent thing - Minato-ku has been home to trendy spots throughout history, and many of these places still exist. Minato-ku Time Travel Tour takes a look around those histori...
A meeting of trendy and historic! Minato-ku as a cosmopolitan city
Feb 14, 2019
In the present day, Minato-ku is a place where trends are invented; a center of commerce and business marked by rows of skyscrapers. This landscape, which seems completely normal now, looks completely different if we travel back in time 100 years. The place where Minato stands today has twice bee...
Japan's internationalization starts from Minato-ku! Easy world tour
Feb 14, 2019
There are currently around 140 embassies in Japan, more than half of which are in Minato-ku. The reason why there are so many in this one area dates back to the opening up of Japan. Many foreign diplomatic establishments seeking diplomatic relations became necessary in Japan, when the "Sakōku" iso...
A luxury residential area since the Edo period? The reason why Minato has so many temples & shrines
Feb 14, 2019
Have you ever been stopped in your tracks by a beautiful shrine appearing out of nowhere between the modern buildings of Minato-ku? That's no surprise - there are about 40 shrines, and 280 temples in Minato-ku alone. Minato-ku has had areas of high ground since even the Heian period, so many templ...