Hibiya Park

at 日比谷公園1－4, Chiyoda-ku , 100-0012 Japan

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Description

is a park in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan. It covers an area of 161,636.66m2 between the east gardens of the Imperial Palace to the north, the Shinbashi district to the southeast and the Kasumigaseki government district to the west.The land was occupied by the estates of the Mōri clan and Nabeshima clan during the Edo period, and was used for army maneuvers during the Meiji period. It was converted to a park and opened to the public on June 1, 1903.On September 5, 1905 the park was the scene of the Hibiya Incendiary Incident a major citywide riot that erupted in protest of the terms of the Treaty of Portsmouth which ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.The park is famous for the, a brick building built in Gothic style in 1929, which once housed the Domei Tsushin state wire service and its postwar successors Kyodo News and Jiji Press.The park is also known for its open-air concert venue, Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall, and for its tennis courts (for which reservations are hotly contested due to their proximity to the financial and government districts).

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Summary

Hibiya Park is Tokyo based place and this enity listed in Region category. Located at 日比谷公園1－4 Tokyo 100-0012. Contact phone number of Hibiya Park: +81 3-3501-6428