Kasumigaseki

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Kasumigaseki Building

Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関, literally Fort of Fog) is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices. The name is often used figuratively to refer to the Japanese bureaucracy, as opposed to Nagatachō, which refers to the elected government or the legislative branch.

1 Notable sites
- 1.1 Government offices
- 1.2 Other buildings
2 Subway stations

[edit] Notable sites

[edit] Government offices

Fair Trade Commission
Coast Guard
Patent Office
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Ministry of the Environment
Tokyo Metropolitan Police HQ
Tokyo High Court and Intellectual Property High Court
Tokyo District Court, Summary Court and Family Court

[edit] Other buildings

Japan Post headquarters
Kasumigaseki Building - Tokyo's first high-rise office building, now houses the Tokyo offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Kasumigaseki R7 Project - New high-rise buildings under construction adjacent to the Kasumigaseki Building.
New Kasumigaseki Building
Nipponkoa Insurance Building