Roppongi ( Jap. 六 本 木 , “Six Trees”) is a quarter of the Minato special district in Tokyo , Japan . Known as a business center and nightlife center. Many embassies are located in Roppongi, and foreigners are actively involved in the nightlife of the quarter. The quarter is located in the southern part of the ring of the Yamanote line , south of Akasaki and north of Azzabu .
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History
The name of the quarter literally means “six trees”, it appeared around the 1660s. The trees, six large and old dzelkvs , marked the quarter. The first three were felled, and the rest were destroyed during World War II [1] . Another legend says that “roppongi” are six daimyo , who lived nearby in the Edo period , and everyone in the name had a hieroglyph “tree” or a type of tree. Roppongi was sparsely populated before the Meiji restoration , but there was always a lively movement in the quarter. Also in Roppongi in 1626, the shogun's wife Tokugawa Hidetada was cremated [2] .
In 1890, the third guard of the Imperial Japanese Army was transferred near Roppongi (today the Pacific bureau of the Stars and Stripes newspaper is located there). Soldiers triggered the growth of nightclubs, slowing down due to the Great Kanto earthquake , which equalized the area with land in 1923 [2] . From 1878 to 1947 Roppongi belonged to the quarter of Azzab .
After World War II, during which Roppongi was again destroyed, this time by bombing, the US Army and Allied forces occupied several buildings this quarter, marking the beginning of Roppongi’s reputation as a haikokudzin quarter. Bars, restaurants, nightclubs and brothels, which were visited by both soldiers and Japanese, appeared near American military facilities.
From the 1960s, Roppongi began to attract visitors to its disco scene, but many clubs closed in the recession that followed the collapse of the market in 1989.
Roppongi began to grow rapidly in 2002–2003, when the high-rise complexes Izumi Garden Tower and Roppongi Hills were built. Thanks to them, Roppongi began to turn into a business center. The trend continued the Tokyo Midtown tower and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel .
Nightlife
Roppongi has many bars, nightclubs, strip clubs, restaurants, clubs with hostesses , cabarets and other places of entertainment. Roppongi love foreign experts , students, businessmen, as well as the American military in the leave.
Roppongi clubs are of any size, and some large institutions connected with the yakuza are closed by the government [3] . Also in the quarter there are several clubs where foreign performers perform.
Crime
Roppongi in the past had the ill fame of a quarter with a large number of yakuza , both as customers and business owners or racketeers . Despite the fact that their influence in Roppongi is still felt, they transferred the center of activity from this quarter [4] [5] .
In 2006, Nigerian immigrants began to open in Roppongi bars and nightclubs that aggressively advertised. In 2009 and 2010, there was a series of robberies of previously intoxicated visitors to “Nigerian” bars, as a result of which the US Embassy warned its citizens against visiting some Roppongi bars. An investigation of the Japan Times newspaper in July showed that, although customer soldering did take place, it usually did not pursue any criminal goals, and clients of non- “Nigerian” bars presented the same complaints, where owners mixed drinks with alcohol to increase profits [6] [ 7] [8] .
Economy
The main offices of the Mori Building Company ( Japan 森 ビ ル 株式会社 Mori Bieru Kabusiki-Gay ) and The Pokémon Company are located in Roppongi, in the Mori Tower [9] [10] [11] .
In addition, Roppongi has:
- Anderson Mori & Tomotsune - one of the “Big Four Law Firms”;
- Ferrari japan
- Genco - Anime Studio
- Yahoo! Japan
- Google Japan [12]
- Tv asahi
Several international companies also have offices in Roppongi, including Credit Suisse , Goldman Sachs , State Street Corporation , Gorilla glass Corning Incorporated , as well as law firms Allen & Overy , Davis Polk & Wardwell , Orrick, Herpston & Sutcliffe and Skadden, Arps , Slate, Meagher & Flom .
In December 1983, the headquarters of Bandai Visual moved to Roppongi, but in May 1985 it moved to Sibuy [13] .
Railway stations
- Roppongi ( Hibiya line (H-04) and Oedo line ) (E-23);
- Roppongi-Ittemö ( line Namboku ) (N-06);
- Nogidzaka ( Chiyoda line ).
Education
In the quarter, there are state elementary and secondary schools run by the Minato Education Administration. Higher schools are run by the Tokyo Educational Board.
Notes
- ↑ Tokyo Weekender - Weekday Archives - Roppongi - A favorite of our favorite watering hole (via The Internet Archive )
- 2 1 2 Gary Cooper, Good ol 'six trees — the way it was Archived on September 27, 2007. Tokyo Weekender .
- ↑ Site of notorious gangster playpen in Roppongi now vacant | The tokyo reporter
- Iting Gangster in Japan (Vintage Departures, 2000) ISBN 0-375-72489-3
- Feature " Feature: Dark Matter Archive dated November 21, 2006 on Wayback Machine ," Metropolis , March 10, 2006.
- ↑ Adult Playground | Trying to tame Tokyo's adult playground - Los Angeles Times
- ↑ Richard, Dreux, " Japan's Nigerians pay price for prosperity ", Japan Times , 19 July 2011, pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Richard, Dreux, " 'Something My Spirit Wanted' Archival copy of May 2, 2016 on the Wayback Machine ", Metropolis , # 905, 29 July - 11 August 2011, pp. 14-15.
- ↑ “ Company Profile Archived copy of October 5, 2016 on Wayback Machine .” The Pokémon Company . Retrieved on December 14, 2011. “Head office Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 18F, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6118”
- Company “ Company Profile .” Mori Building Company. Retrieved on December 14, 2011. “Headquarters Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6155, Japan”
- ↑ " 社 プ ロ ロ フ ィ ー ル ." Mori Building Company. Retrieved on December 14, 2011. "〒106-6155 東京 都 港区 六 本 木 6 10 番 1 号 六 本 木 ヒ ル ズ 森 タ ワ ー"
- ↑ Google offices
- ↑ “ History .” Bandai Visual . Retrieved on March 16, 2010.
Links
- Roppongi Wikigida Guide (eng.)
- Roppongi and Azzabu cards
- Roppongi Nightlife