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Japan

Welcome to Japan!. Japan. Chapel Hill. Welcome to Tokyo. Today’s Schedule. 9:00 am - 1:00 pm 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity. About Tokyo. Area: 2,187.58 km 2 (< Rhode Island) Population: 14,977,580. Special Municipalities (23 wards).

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Japan

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  1. Welcome to Japan! Japan Chapel Hill

  2. Welcome toTokyo

  3. Today’s Schedule 9:00 am - 1:00 pm 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  4. About Tokyo Area: 2,187.58km2 (<Rhode Island) Population: 14,977,580 Special Municipalities (23 wards) Central Part of Tokyo General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  5. Railway Network • Primary mode of transportation in Tokyo • 13 subway lines • More than 10 private railway companies Yamanote Line≒ Central Part of Tokyo (= Manhattan area) Shinjyuku Marunouchi ≒ SpecialMunicipalities Shibuya Traditional Areas Roppongi http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ikV6l7SNN0o General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  6. Shinjyuku • Commercial and administrative center • ShinjyukuStation – Main transportation hub Shinjyuku Skyline Shinjyuku Station Metropolitan Governmental Building KrispyKreme Shinjyuku Isetan General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  7. Shibuya Hachi-kou Shibuya Station Shibuya 109 • Heart of Japanese pop culture! Center Gai Shibuya Mark City General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  8. Roppongi Roppongi Hills Tokyo Midtown General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  9. Traditional Areas Tsukiji Fish Market Ginza Kabukiza AsakusaSensouji General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  10. Marunouchi Around the Tokyo station: Marunouchi area (West) Yaesu area (East) Ginza area (South) Kasumigaseki area (South West) Nihonbashi area (North) General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  11. Company visit Bank of Japan Central bank of Japan Member of G7 Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (白川　方明) Japanese Bernanke ? Former Governor Toshihiko Fukui (福井　俊彦) Japanese Greenspan? General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  12. Company visit Sony Corporation One of world’s largest electronics manufacturers US subsidiaries: Sony Corporation of America (NY) Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (CA) Sales (2008): 100 billion dollars # of employees : 180,500 General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  13. Company visit Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group One of the biggest banks in Japan 20% shareholder of Morgan Stanley Market Capital (2.4.2009): 57 billion dollars # of employees : 78,302 General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

  14. Sumo • National Sport of Japan • 6 Grand Sumo Tournaments annually • Three in Tokyo (Jan., May and Sep.) • One in Osaka(Mar.), Nagoya(Jul.) and Fukuoka(Nov.) • Tournament runs for 15 days • Current Yokozunas (Top ranked Sumo wrestlers) • Hakuho and Asashoryu (both from Mongolia) http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UxhKb-zZoWE (from National Geographic) General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

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