Chūō, Tokyo
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ch-tokyo-177-1951677
title:
Chūō, Tokyo
text:
Chūō is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Chūō City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Kyobashi and Nihonbashi wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. Chūō-ku, as a combination of Kyobashi and Nihonbashi, is the core of Shitamachi, the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo. Literally meaning "Central Ward", it is historically the main commercial center of Tokyo, although Shinjuku has risen to challenge it since
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Special ward in Tokyo, Japan
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D,_Tokyo
date created:
2003-10-07T04:02:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T10:13:35Z
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13
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