千代田
The most
ubiquitous of the 23
wards of
Tokyo, Chiyoda is situated around the
Imperial Palace and a radius of about one kilometer from the palace boundaries, occupying the
Akihabara,
Marunouchi,
Otemachi,
Yurakucho, and
Nagatacho districts.
Tokyo Station, the
Diet Building, the
Kantei, and the
Budokan are all located in Chiyoda.
Hosei University,
Nihon University,
Sophia University,
Meiji University, and
Kyoritsu University are all located in Chiyoda, and so are
Yasukuni Shrine and
Hibiya Park, and the
St. Nicolai Cathedral.
Chiyoda literally means "field of a thousand ages," and the name is intended as a blessing of the Emperor, similar to the first two lines of the national anthem Kimigayo: Kimi ga yo wa / chiyo ni yachiyo ni "May your reign last / for one thousand ages, for eight thousand ages."