The "City" Chūō中央区
Chuo is one of the 23 special wards that make up Tokyo, but the locals see it as a city and not a neighborhood. Its population exceeds 100,000 people and is divided into three zones of Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and Tsukishima. Nihonbashi and Kyobashi are predominantly commercial areas and include the famous districts of Ginza and Tsukiji. Tsukishima is an artificial island in Tokyo Bay full of Torres and headquarters. The current structure dates from 1947 but Chūō in 1869 were foreign merchants who settled in the area and created a minimal infrastructure.
Until the Second World War, the area was crossed by small rivers and canals that were used as transportation routes and trade among its inhabitants. After the war, many of these channels were filled with soil to make way for new roads, buildings and highways.
However, today the ancient waterways served to set the current districts. Although Chūō is in the eastern part of the city, its name (meaning "center") is because it is in the middle of the districts of the ancient city of Tokyo: Chuo, Minato, Chiyoda and Minato.
Historically, Chuo was also the most commercial area of Tokyo, although Shinjuku has fit this condition for economic growth in postwar Japan.
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