Ichibanchō (一番町), part of the Bancho area, is an upscale residential district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The district is located just west of Tokyo Imperial Palace, and is home to the British Embassy and Paraguayan Embassy. It is also home to the Hanzomon Museum.
The district borders Chiyoda (Tokyo Imperial Palace) on the east, Sanbanchō and Yonbanchō on the north, Nibanchō on the west, and Kōjimachi on the south.
Banchō (番町) is an area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of the six "-banchō" districts, Ichibanchō (一番町) to Rokubanchō (六番町), as well as parts of Kudanminami and Kudankita, and Fujimi.
The Banchō area is located to the west of the Imperial Palace. The historical area is roughly triangular in shape, Shinjuku Ave (新宿通り) forms its southern boundary. A rough line from Hanzō Moat (半蔵濠, Hanzō-bori) to Ushigome Mitsuke (牛込見附) forms its eastern boundary, and the railway of the Chūō Main Line along the outer moats of Ichigaya and Ushigome forms its northwestern boundary from Yotsuya to Ushigome Mitsuke.
Part of the Banchō area, Sanbanchō (三番町) is an upscale, mostly residential district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. As of June 2020, the population of this district is 3,666 in 1,707 households. It borders the Tokyo Imperial Palace and the Chidorigafuchi moats to the east, Nibanchō and Yonbanchō to the west, Ichibanchō to the south, and Kudanminami to the north.
Like Yonbanchō, its official English spelling, Sanbanchō, does not follow the Hepburn romanization standard.
Part of the Banchō area, Nibanchō (二番町) is an upscale, mostly residential district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. As of June 2020, the population of this district is 1,538 in 730 households. It borders Ichibanchō East, Kojimachi to the west and south, Rokubanchō and Yonbanchō the north.
It was renamed from Shimo-Nibancho on August 1, 1938.