Ginza (Tokyo, Japan)

Enlarge text Shrink text
  • Place
| System number 987007542501005171

Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
גינזה (טוקיו, יפן)
Name (Latin)
Ginza (Tokyo, Japan)
Other forms of name
Tokyo (Japan). Ginza
Coordinates
139.76717 139.76717 35.66682 35.66682 (gooearth )
E1394600 E1394600 N0354000 N0354000 (geonames )
Associated country
Japan
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 139726076
Wikidata: Q746052
Library of congress: n 97020703
Sources of Information
  • GNS, Nov. 21, 2023(Ginza [approved]; 銀座 [non-roman script]; PPL; 35°40ʹ19ʺN 139°46ʹ02ʺE)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(unknown; 35°40ʹ00ʺN 139°46ʹ00ʺE)

Wikipedia description:

Ginza ( GHIN-zə; Japanese: 銀座 [ɡindza]) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses located in the vicinity. Ginza was a part of the old Kyobashi ward of Tokyo City, which, together with Nihonbashi and Kanda, formed the core of Shitamachi, the original downtown center of Edo (Tokyo).

Read more on Wikipedia >