Remains of Tokyo Prefectural Office

A stone monument of the former Tokyo City Hall and Tokyo Prefectural Government Building remains quietly in a corner of the Tokyo International Forum along a road where many cars and people pass by. It brings back memories of what Marunouchi looked like in the distant past.

Located near Yurakucho It is the site of the prefectural government office. There is only one stone and a signboard. Like most people, In front of the US Air Force So it was turned into ashes. ‬

It is well known that Edo was renamed Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration, but during the turmoil of the Pacific War, there was a Tokyo prefecture, and within that prefecture was the city of Tokyo. Just like modern-day Osaka and Kyoto. The current Tokyo International Forum was built by redeveloping the site of the Tokyo Prefectural Government Office, which later became the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building after the prefecture and city were combined. The old government building had been in the Yurakucho area for about 100 years, but due to its age, it was moved to a new, luxurious building in Shinjuku.

The Tokyo Prefectural Government Building Ruins is a cultural property designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on March 28, 1955. According to Tokyo Metropolitan Government ``Tokyo Prefecture was established in 1868, inheriting the functions of the Northern and Southern Municipal Administrative Courts (formerly the Northern and Southern Town Magistrates' Offices of the Edo Shogunate). The area of ​​jurisdiction was the area under the control of the town magistrate in the former Shubikinai area. Initially, the Tokyo Prefectural Government Office was located in the former residence of the Yanagisawa family of the Yamatokoriyama clan within the Yukihashi gate, but it was moved to this location in 1894. For the construction of the local government building, the seven-bunch reserve, which had been accumulated since the Kansei Reforms established by Sadanobu Matsudaira at the time, was used for construction costs. ”

The Tokyo Prefectural Government Office was once located here.