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[[Image:Wako ginza.jpg|thumb|[[Wako Department Store|Wakō]] department store]]
[[Image:Mitsukoshi department store at Ginza.jpg|thumb|[[Mitsukoshi]] department store at Ginza]]
[[Image:Kabukiza1044.jpg|thumb|[[Kabuki-za]] theater]]
[[Image:CIMG5151.JPG|thumb|[[Sony Building]]]]
[[Image:Sukiyabashi intersection.jpg|thumb|Yūrakuchō Center Building (Yūrakuchō Mullion) at Sukiyabashi intersection]]
[[Image:sto1012.jpg|right|thumb|Ginza during the allied occupation period]]
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'''Ginza''' (銀座) is a district of [[Chūō, Tokyo]], located south of [[Yaesu]] and [[Kyōbashi]], west of [[Tsukiji]], east of [[Yūrakuchō]] and [[Uchisaiwaicho]], and north of [[Shinbashi]]. It is known as an upmarket area of Tokyo with many [[department store]]s, boutiques, restaurants and [[coffeehouse]]s.
==History==
Ginza is named after the [[silver]]-[[coin]] [[mint (coin)|mint]] established there in 1612 during the [[Edo period]].
Modern Ginza began in 1872 when, after a devastating fire, the district was rebuilt with two- and three-story [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] brick buildings designed by the Irish-born [[architect]] [[Thomas Waters]], along with a shopping [[promenade]] on the street from the Shinbashi bridge to the Kyōbashi bridge in the southwestern part of Chūō. Most of these European-style buildings are gone, but some older buildings are still there, most famously the [[Wako Department Store|Wakō]] building with its clock tower.
Ginza is a popular destination on weekends, when the main north-south artery is closed to traffic. This policy began in the 1960s under Governor [[Ryokichi Minobe]].
==Companies based in Ginza==
*[[Matsuya Co., Ltd.|Matsuya]]
*[[Oji Paper]]
*[[Recruit (Japanese company)|Recruit]]
*[[Ricoh]]
*[[Shiseido]]
*[[Wako Department Store|Wako]]
*[[Nissan Motors]]
*[[Infiniti]]
==Subway stations==
*[[Ginza Station]] ([[Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line]], [[Tokyo Metro Ginza Line]], [[Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line]])
*[[Ginza-itchōme Station]] ([[Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line]])
*[[Higashi-Ginza Station]] ([[Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line]], [[Toei Asakusa Line]])
==See also==
*[[Harajuku]]
*[[Amerikamura]]
*[[Dōtonbori]]
* [[List of upscale shopping districts]]
==External links==
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* [[wikitravel:Tokyo/Ginza|Ginza]] on [[wikitravel:Main Page|Wikitravel]]
* [http://www.tokyoessentials.com/ginza.html Tokyo Essentials: Ginza]
* [http://www.ginza.jp/eng/index_e.html Ginza Concierge]
* [http://picturetokyo.com/en/city/ginza.html Ginza Guide @ Picturetokyo.com] Information and Gallery
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