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{{short description|Town located in Chūō-ku, Tokyo}}
{{For|the brand of radio equipment|Yaesu (brand)}}
[[File:GranTokyo North Tower.JPG|thumb|GranTokyo North Tower]]

{{nihongo|'''Yaesu'''|八重洲}} is a district in [[Chūō, Tokyo]], Japan, located north of [[Ginza]], west of [[Nihonbashi]] and [[Kyōbashi, Tokyo|Kyōbashi]], and adjacent to the east side of [[Tokyo Station]]. The Yaesu exit of this station, which faces [[Nihonbashi]], is a recent addition and primarily provides access to the [[Shinkansen]] platforms.

==History==
[[File:GranRoof at night, 13 Dec. 2014.jpg|thumb|GranRoof]]
The area was named after the 17th century [[Netherlands|Dutch]] adventurer [[Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn]], or simply Jan Joosten. For his services to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] he was granted a house in [[Edo]] (now Tokyo) in an area that came to be called "Yayosu Quay" after him — his name was pronounced ''yan yōsuten'' in Japanese (short version: Yayōsu (耶楊子)) — the Yaesu side of [[Tokyo Station]] is also named for him. Yaesu Avenue has a monument dedicated to Jan Joosten and his life after his arrival in Japan on ''De Liefde'' with his shipmate [[William Adams (sailor, born 1564)|William Adams]].

[[Ukiyo-e]] artist [[Andō Hiroshige]] was born in the Yayosu barracks in the Yaesu area in 1797.

==Places in Yaesu==
*[[Tokyo Station]]
*[[Tokyo Midtown Yaesu]]
*[[Yaesu Chikagai|Yaesu underground shopping promenade]], which extends eastward from Tokyo Station down Yaesu Avenue

==Companies based in Yaesu==
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*[[Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co]]
*[[J. Front Retailing]],<ref>"[http://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/ci/corp_data.html Corporate Data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529101331/http://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/ci/corp_data.html |date=2011-05-29 }}." [[J. Front Retailing]]. Retrieved on December 15, 2010. "Office : 1-1, Yaesu 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo "</ref> company that holds the stock in [[Daimaru]] and [[Matsuzakaya]] department-store chains
*[[The Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co.]]
*[[Yaesu (brand)|Yaesu]], a manufacturer of communications equipment, was formerly located here.

==Railway and subway stations==

*[[Kyōbashi Station (Tokyo)|Kyōbashi Station]] ([[Ginza Line]])
*[[Nihombashi Station]] ([[Ginza Line]], [[Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line|Tozai Line]])
*[[Tokyo Station]] ([[Chūō Main Line|Chūō Line]], [[Keihin-Tohoku Line]], [[Keiyo Line]], [[Marunouchi Line]], [[Shinkansen]] lines, [[Yamanote Line]], [[Yokosuka Line]])

==Education==
[[File:Chuo_City_Joto_Elementary_School.jpg|thumb|Joto Elementary School ([[:ja:中央区立城東小学校|中央区立城東小学校]])]]
Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Chuo City Board of Education.

All of Yaesu is zoned to Jōtō Elementary School ([[:ja:中央区立城東小学校|中央区立城東小学校]]). Yaesu 1-chome is zoned to Nihonbashi Junior High School ([[:ja:中央区立日本橋中学校|日本橋中学校]]), while Yaesu 2-chome is zoned to Ginza Junior High School ([[:ja:中央区立銀座中学校|中央区立銀座中学校]])<ref name=Schoolzones>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/smph/kosodate/gakkokyouiku/kuritugakkoannai.html|title=区立学校一覧|publisher=Chuo City|accessdate=2022-10-08}}</ref>

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File:Chuo Joto Elementary School 03.jpg|The former building of Joto Elementary School
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== See also ==
* {{Portal-inline|Tokyo}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{coord|35.680104|139.769806|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}} (Yaesu Avenue)

{{Chūō, Tokyo}}

[[Category:Districts of Chūō, Tokyo]]