Sanbanchō 三番町 | |
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District | |
 Onmayadani slope, Sanbanchō, Chiyoda | |
 Interactive map of Sanbanchō | |
| Coordinates:35°41′26.0″N139°44′36.09″E / 35.690556°N 139.7433583°E /35.690556; 139.7433583 | |
| Country | Japan |
| City | Tokyo |
| Ward | Chiyoda |
| Area | Kōjimachi Area |
| Population (June 1, 2020) | |
• Total | 3,666[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (JST) |
| Postal code | 102-0075 |
| Area code | 03 |
Part of theBanchō area,Sanbanchō (三番町) is an upscale, mostly residential district ofChiyoda,Tokyo,Japan. As of June 2020, the population of this district is 3,666 in 1,707 households. It borders theTokyo Imperial Palace and the Chidorigafuchi moats to the east,Nibanchō andYonbanchō to the west,Ichibanchō to the south, andKudanminami to the north.
LikeYonbanchō, its official English spelling, Sanbanchō, does not follow theHepburn romanization standard.
Similarly to the rest of theBanchō area, Sanbanchō (三番町) was the site of residences of theHatamoto soldiers in charge of guarding Edo Castle. Among those, the residence ofSano Masakoto (on present day site ofOtsuma Women University), who became famous in 1784 by killing in the castle an unpopular government official.
In 1804, theWagakukōdansho (和学講談所), (Institute of Lectures of Japanese classics), founded in 1793 and run by the blind scholarHanawa Hokiichi was moved to Omote-Rokubancho, near nowadays Sanbancho-24. As the Shogunate was nearing its end,Omura Masujiro opened in 1856 Kyukyodo (鳩居堂), arangaku institute in his residence, located next to nowadaysChidorigafuchi National Cemetery.
Tōgō Heihachirō moved to Banchō in 1881 and lived there for 54 years. The location of his residence is the Togo Gensui Memorial Park (東郷元帥記念公園).
The modern district was created on July 1, 1933, through a merger of the former districts of Ichibancho, Kami-Rokubancho and parts of Fujimicho 1-chome.
Sanbanchō was the subject of a famousKyōka by Hanawa Hokiichi during Edo times.
| 番町に | Banchō ni | Banchō |
| 過ぎたるものは | Sugitaru mono ha | can be summed up by |
| 二つあり | Futatsu ari | two things |
| 佐野の桜と | Sano no sakura to | the cherry blossoms of Sano |
| 塙検校 | Hanawa Kengyō | and Hanawa the blind |
Chiyoda Board of Education [ja] operates public elementary and junior high schools. Kudan Elementary School (九段小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Sanbanchō.[2] There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones.[3]
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