Kasumigaseki
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Kasumigaseki Building

Ministry of Finance building

Metropolitan Police HQ

Ministry of Justice 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.

Notable sites

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 Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Ministry of the Environment
• Public Security Intelligence Agency
• National Police Agency
• Financial Services Agency
• Agency for Cultural Affairs
• National Personnel Authority
• Tokyo Metropolitan Police HQ
• Tokyo High Court and Intellectual Property High Court
• Tokyo District Court, Summary Court and Family Court

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

Subway stations

• Kasumigaseki Station (Chiyoda Line, Hibiya Line, Marunouchi Line)
• Sakuradamon Station (Yurakucho Line)
• Toranomon Station (Ginza Line)

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