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Japan Chapel Hill

Welcome to Japan!

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Welcome toTokyo

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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

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General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

About TokyoArea: 2,187.58 km2 (< Rhode Island)Population: 14,977,580

Special Municipalities (23 wards)

Central Part of Tokyo

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General Information Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

Railway NetworkPrimary mode of transportation in Tokyo• 13 subway lines• More than 10 private railway companies

Yamanote Line Central Part of Tokyo≒

≒ SpecialMunicipalities

(= Manhattan area)

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ikV6l7SNN0o

Shinjyuku

Shibuya

Roppongi Traditional Areas

Marunouchi

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Sight SeeingGeneral Information Company Visit Cultural Activity

Metropolitan Governmental Building

• Commercial and administrative center• Shinjyuku Station – Main transportation hub

Shinjyuku Skyline

Shinjyuku Station

Krispy Kreme Shinjyuku Isetan

Shinjyuku

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Sight SeeingGeneral Information Company Visit Cultural Activity

Shibuya 109

Center Gai

Hachi-kouShibuya Station

Shibuya Mark City

• Heart of Japanese pop culture!

Shibuya

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Sight SeeingGeneral Information Company Visit Cultural Activity

RoppongiRoppongi Hills

Tokyo Midtown

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Sight SeeingGeneral Information Company Visit Cultural Activity

Asakusa Sensouji Ginza KabukizaTsukiji Fish Market

Traditional Areas

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Sight SeeingGeneral Information Company Visit Cultural Activity

MarunouchiAround the Tokyo station:

Marunouchi area (West)

Yaesu area (East)

Ginza area (South)

Kasumigaseki area (South West)

Nihonbashi area (North)

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Company VisitGeneral Information Sight Seeing Cultural Activity

Company visit

Bank of Japan

Central bank of JapanMember of G7

Governor

Masaaki Shirakawa(白川 方明 )

Japanese Bernanke ?

Former Governor

Toshihiko Fukui(福井 俊彦 )

Japanese Greenspan ?

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Company VisitGeneral Information Sight Seeing Cultural Activity

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

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Company VisitGeneral Information Sight Seeing Cultural Activity

Company visit

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

One of the biggest banks in Japan20% shareholder of Morgan Stanley

Market Capital (2.4.2009): 57 billion dollars# of employees : 78,302

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Cultural ActivityGeneral Information Sight Seeing Company Visit

SumoNational Sport of Japan6 Grand Sumo Tournaments annually• Three in Tokyo (Jan., May and Sep.)• One in Osaka(Mar.), Nagoya(Jul.) and Fukuoka(Nov.)

Tournament runs for 15 daysCurrent Yokozunas (Top ranked Sumo wrestlers)• Hakuho and Asashoryu (both from Mongolia)

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UxhKb-zZoWE(from National Geographic)