Konyachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo

Konyachō (紺屋町), formally Kanda-Konyachō (神田紺屋町), is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

Landscape of the old-time Konyachō, drawn by Utagawa Hiroshige as one of the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.

The district is made up of two non-contiguous (northern and southern) neighborhoods split by Kitanorimonochō. Originally, only the southern portion had been called Konyachō. But in 1719, the Edo government ordered a part of Konyachō's residents to move to the north of Kitanorimonochō for disaster prevention. Since then, both portions adjacent to Kitanorimonochō have been called Konyachō.

Today, the district is a business district near Kanda Station.

Education

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Chiyoda Board of Education [ja] operates public elementary and junior high schools. Chiyoda Elementary School (千代田小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Kanda-Konyachō.[1] There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "区立小学校の通学区域". Chiyoda Board of Education. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  2. ^ "区立中学校の通学区域と学校選択". Chiyoda Board of Education. Retrieved 2022-10-08. 千代田区では、[...]