Akasaka のアーカイブ

There are many bus routes in Tokyo, but it might take a lot of nerve to use it for the first time.  Actually, it is easy to take the bus once you get used to it, just like taking it in your mother country.

If you find a bus stop, the bus route and timetable will be written on the pole.  You can check the destination of the bus there.
Hop on the bus.  If you have a Suica or Pasmo (IC cards), you can pay the fee with simply holding it over the sensor.  If you don’t, you can pay by cash, putting in the coins or bill in the box next to the driver.
When the bus approaches to the stop you get off, push the button on the wall or poles, and the bus will stop there.

Below are some bus lines running in the center of Tokyo.

Toei Bus (都営バス)

The routes of Toei Bus are spread around the 23 wards and Tama.

Adult Fee: JPY200 flat price
Route map and time table available at: http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/bus/map/index.html (Jap)

Hachiko Bus (ハチ公バス)

Bus lines in Shibuya-ku, named from Hachiko, the most famous dog in Japan, whose statue stands in front of Shibuya station.  On the buses are drawings of Hachiko.
There are four lines, running around Yoyogi-uehara, Jingu-mae, Honmachi, and Daikanyama.

Adult Fee: JPY100 flat price
Route map and time table available at:
http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/com_bus/index.html (Eng)

Chiibus (ちぃばす)

Bus lines in Minato-ku.  There are 7 routes; Tamachi, Aoyama, Akasaka, Shiba, Azabu, Takanawa, and Shibaura Konan.

Adult Fee: JPY100 flat price
Route map and time table available at:
http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/express/ (Jap)

There are more bus lines running in a particular ward, such as Edo Bus (江戸バス) in Chuo-ku, and Nakanon (なかのん) in Nakano-ku.  The merits of using these lines are that the fee is cheap (most of them are JPY100 flat price), and there are bus stops close to each other.  Find a route in your neighbor, and make the most of it!

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Villurage Nogizaka #303　【Finished / 終了】

Agent commission 50% Off!

Bed Rooms: 1
Floor Area:  59.90 sqm / 644.78 sqft
Address:  28-5-9, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 1 minutes walk to Nogizaka Station / Chiyoda Line
                       8 minutes walk to Roppongi Station / Hibiya Line, Oedo Line
Completion: Mar. 1997
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

 

Rent: JPY198,000/month
Management Fee: JPY10,000/month
Key Money: 1 month
Deposit: 1 month
Parking: Not Available
Pets: Not Allowed

 

 

Villurage Nogizaka is located near Nogi Jinja Shinto Shrine (乃木神社), dedicated to Nogi Maresuke (乃木希典), a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.  The place-name of this area, Nogizaka, was named after him and the shrine.

In the neighbor is also a park, Nogi Koen (乃木公園).

 

There is a convenience store in the next-next building.

Entrance.

There is a small dry Japanese garden outside.

Elevator.

 

Room entrance.

 

The closets are very deep

 

Rest room.

 

Powder room.

The tap extends

 

Bath room.

 

Kitchen, with 3 cooking stoves.
There are some stains left on the cooking stoves and sink…but it is likely to come off if you rub hard.

  

Bed room with many closets.
You won’t be worrying about lack of storage :)

Living dining room lets in light from two sides

 

Balcony.
Presently there is a construction in the neighbor, so there might be some noise.

 

物件名：ヴェルレージュ乃木坂
賃料：198,000
敷／礼　：1/1
仲介手数料50%Off！

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Nogizaka Park House #202

Agent commission 50% Off!
No Key Money!

Bed Rooms: 2
Floor Area:  88.31 sqm / 950.59 sqft
Address:  38-11-8, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 2 minutes walk to Nogizaka Station / Chiyoda Line
                        6 minutes walk to Aoyama-icchome Station / Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line 
Completion: Aug. 2010
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

 

Rent: JPY367,000/month
Management Fee: JPY10,000/month
Key Money: JPY0
Deposit: 2 month
Parking: Available
Pets: Negotiable

 

Nogizaka Park House is an apartment near Nogizaka station.
At the entrance is a concierge in the day time, and a security guard at night.

 

Entrance.

 

 

Many arts, such as paintings and lights are placed in the lounge

There are artistic objects in the courtyard too!

 

Elevator hall.
Room key is required to use the elevator to residential floors.

  

Room entrance.

 

Powder room.
Inside the mirrors are cupboards.

 

There is a space for a washing machine in the powder room.
Washing machine can be hidden with doors.

Bath room, equipped with dryer.

Rest room.

 

Bed room.
There is a small display space next to the closet.

 

 

Larger bed room, with a walk-in closet.
The grid window is stylish, and it takes in sun light softly

  

 

 

 

Quarter circle shaped balcony.

 

Living dining room.

Kitchen, with 3 cooking stoves, and a dish washer.

The surface of the drawers and cupboards are all wooden.
Even the dish washer has a wooden surface, putting the whole look together

 

物件名：乃木坂パークハウス
賃料：367,000
敷／礼　：2/0
仲介手数料50%Off！

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Most ski resorts are quite far from the city center, but you don’t have to give up winter sports!  There are several skating rinks in Tokyo, many of them very accessible from the city core.
Below are a list of the famous skating rinks, and to our delight, some are open full year!

Toshimaen Ice Skate Rink
Period: Dec.18-Mar.6
Open Hours: 10:00-18:00 (-19:00 on weekends, holidays, and winter vacation)
Location: Toshimaen, western Tokyo

Meijijingu Gaien
Period: Everyday
Open Hours: weekdays 12:00-18:00, weekends 10:00-18:00
Location: Aoyama
Website: http://www.meijijingugaien.jp/english/ice-skating.html (Eng)

Citizen Ice Skate Rink
Period: Everyday
Open Hours: weekdays&Sat. 12:00-19:45 Sun.&holidays 10:00-18:30
Location: Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku

White Sacas 2011
Period: Dec.10- Feb.14
Open Hours: 12:00-19:00 (differs by day)
Location: Akasaka

Skate Rink in Tokyo Midtown
Period: Jan.7-Feb.28
Open Hours: 11:00-22:00
Location: Roppongi

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Okura Museum of Art (大倉集古館), is a museum in Akasaka, right in front of Hotel Okura.  This museum exhibits Japanese and oriental arts, which was collected by Okura Kihachiro (大倉喜八郎), an entrepreneur.  His son, Kishichiro (喜七郎), is the founder of Okura Hotel.

Okura Museum of Art opened in 1917, as the first proprietary museum in Japan.  After the building and some arts were lost in the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, the museum once closed, but reopened in 1928.
In 1997, the original building was rebuilt for the 80th anniversary event.  The building has classic Chinese taste, and has been selected as the natinal cultural heritage.

Okura Museum of Art owns about 2500 arts, and 1000 writings from ancient China.  The arts have a range in drawings, carvings, calligraphies, etc., and includes 3 national treasures.

Exhibitions differ from time to time.  For inforation of what is on now, check out the website

Okura Museum of Art
Location: Akasaka, Tokyo
Website: http://www.shukokan.org/english/index.html (Eng)

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Le Ciel Akasaka #404　【Finished/終了】

Agent commission FREE!
No Key Money!

Bed Rooms: 1
Floor Area: 31.43 sqm / 338.32 sqft
Address:  12-12-6, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 4 minutes walk to Akasaka Station / Chiyoda Line
8 minutes walk to Nogizaka Station / Chiyoda Line
10 minutes walk to Roppongi Station / Hibiya Line, Oedo
Completion: Nov. 1997
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

Rent: JPY165,000/month
Management Fee: JPY5,000/month
Key Money: JPY0
Deposit: 2 month
Parking: None
Pets: Not Allowed

Le Ciel Akasaka is a furnished apartment located near Suntory Hall, and Tokyo Midtown.  It is also close to Hikawa Jinja Shinto Shrine (氷川神社).

Furnished with TV, DVD player, washing machine, refrigerator, microwave oven, bed, desk, chairs, curtains, etc.

Entrance.

Living dining room.

Kitchen, with 2 cooking stoves.

Powder Room.
Bath room is equipped with bath room dryer.

Bed room.

物件名：ルシェール赤坂
賃料：165,000
敷／礼　：2/0
仲介手数料無料！

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Anzen Building Residence #1902　【Finished/終了】

Agent commission 50% OFF

Bed Rooms: 1
Floor Area: 109.17 sqm / 1175.13 sqft
Address:  2-6-1, Moto-akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access:  4 minutes walk to Akasaka-mitsuke Station /  Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line
Completion: May. 2007
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

Rent: JPY540,000/month
Management Fee: JPY0
Key Money: 2 month
Deposit: 2 month
Parking: None
Pets: Not Allowed

Anzen Building Residence is located in Akasaka, close to Toyokawa Inari Shinto Shrine.
Anzen (安全) means ’security’ in Japanese, and there is the central office of ALSOK, one of the largest security companies in Japan, in this building.

Entrance and lobby.

Room entrance.
There are no bumps in this room, including the entrance

Rest room and walk-in closet, both connected to the entrance.

Living dining room, 55.34sqm.
There is a slide door between theis room and the bed room.

Balcony, with wooden floor.
You can see the forest and lake of the Hotel New Otani very closely.

Kitchen, with 3 induction cookers.

Bed room.

Rest room, connected to the bed room.
The mirror in the center opens, and a chest is inside.

Bath room.
Equipped with bathroom dryer.

物件名：安全ビルレジデンス
賃料：540,000
敷／礼　：2/2
仲介手数料50%Off

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Towa Akasaka Apartment #407　【Finished/終了】

Agent commission 50% OFF!

Bed Rooms: 2
Floor Area: 90.09 sqm / 969.75 sqft
Address:  30-10-8, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 5 minutes walk to Aoyama-icchome Station /  Ginza Line, Hanzomon Line
Completion: Feb. 1999
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

Rent: JPY372,000/month
Management Fee: JPY0
Key Money: 2 month
Deposit: 2 month
Parking: Available
Pets: Not Allowed

Towa Akasaka Apartment stands in the border of Aoyama and Akasaka.
It is located one street away from the business district of Aoyama.
This apartment is not very gourgeous, but has a quiet atmosphere.

Entrance and lobby.

Room entrance.  There is space before the door, where you can place a bicycle, baby carriage, outdoor equipments, etc.

Closets on the corridor.

Rest room.

Powder room.
The doors on the right are closets, and in the door in the left, is a space for a washing machine.

Bath room.

Kitchen, with 4 cooking stoves.
The counter faces the living dining room.

Living dining room.

Japanese style room, with a closet.

Balcony.
There is not much of a view, surrounded by trees and apartments.

物件名：藤和赤坂アパートメント
賃料：372,000
敷／礼　：2/2
仲介手数料50%Off

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Blossom Terrace #601　【Finished/終了】

Agent commission 50% OFF!

Bed Rooms: 2
Floor Area: 215.97 sqm / 2324.76 sqft
Address:  1-14-1, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 4 minutes walk to Tameike-sannno Station /  Ginza Line
8 minutes walk to Kamiyacho Station /  Hibiya Line
Completion: Aug. 2004
Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete

Rent: JPY1,500,000/month
Management Fee: JPY0
Key Money: 2 month
Deposit: 3 month
Parking: Available
Pets: Negotiable

Blossom Terrace is an apartment near Suntory Hall, Hotel Okura, the U.S. Embassy, etc.
There are numbers of convenience stores near by.

Entrance.

Lobby.

#601 uses the whole floor.  The exit of the elevator will be the entrance to the room (key is required to use the elevator).
There is a door to the stairs too.

Bed room with walk-in closet.

Powder room, incluiding a toilet and a shower box.

Closet on the corridor.

Master’s bed room, with a walk-in closet.

Prefabricated bath room, connected to the master’s bed room.

Extra room.  It can be hidden from the corridor by the blind.

Rest room.

Kitchen, with 4 induction cookers, and a dish washer.
There is a door to the corridor, and a slide door to the living dining room.

Living dining room, 67.12 sqm.

Balcony surrounds 3 walls.  And up the stairs is…

your private roof terrace!
Perfect for parties and BBQ

物件名：Blossom Terrace
賃料：1,500,000
敷／礼　：3/2
仲介手数料50%Off

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You may see many Shrines when walking around Tokyo.  Toyokawa Inari (豊川稲荷) is one of them, located in Akasaka.

Toyokawa Inari is a Shrine in Aichi prefecture, constructed in 1441.  The branch temple in Tokyo was founded in 1828, and was relocated to the current location in 1887.
Toyokawa Inari is dedicated to Inarishin (稲荷神), god  of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry and success.

Toyokawa Inari is also famous for Inari-zushi (いなり寿司) which is sold on-site.
Inari-zushi is a kind of Sushi, but quite different from Sushi that is well known: vinegered rice is wrapped with sweet Aburaage (油揚げ, deep-fried Tofu).  It is named ‘Inari’, because foxes were thought to be apostles of Inarishin, and Aburaage were thought to be the favorite food of foxes.

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