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[[File:KyobashiNoOyabashiraL1068.jpg|thumb|''Kyōbashi no Oyabashira'' is a pillar which is the only remnant of the old Kyōbashi (bridge) in Tokyo.({{nowrap|{{coord|35|40|30.64|N|139|46|9.46|E|type:landmark_scale:5000|display=inline}}}})]] |
[[File:KyobashiNoOyabashiraL1068.jpg|thumb|''Kyōbashi no Oyabashira'' is a pillar which is the only remnant of the old Kyōbashi (bridge) in Tokyo.({{nowrap|{{coord|35|40|30.64|N|139|46|9.46|E|type:landmark_scale:5000|display=inline}}}})]] |
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[[File:100 views edo 076.jpg|thumb|"Bamboo Quay by Kyōbashi Bridge" from the "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" by [[Hiroshige]] - [[Brooklyn Museum]]]] |
[[File:100 views edo 076.jpg|thumb|"Bamboo Quay by Kyōbashi Bridge" from the "[[One Hundred Famous Views of Edo]]" by [[Hiroshige]] - [[Brooklyn Museum]]]] |
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Kyōbashi is a neighborhood east of [[Tokyo Station]] in [[Chūō, Tokyo]], Japan. It is one of the city's oldest commercial districts, although it has since been eclipsed by [[Ginza]] to the south and [[Nihonbashi]] to the north. [[Kyōbashi Station (Tokyo)|Kyōbashi]] and [[Takarachō Station (Tokyo)|Takarachō]] stations provide subway service. Its name comes from the bridge that once spanned the Kyōbashi River. |
Kyōbashi is a neighborhood east of [[Tokyo Station]] in [[Chūō, Tokyo]], Japan. It is one of the city's oldest commercial districts, although it has since been eclipsed by [[Ginza]] to the south and [[Nihonbashi]] to the north. [[Kyōbashi Station (Tokyo)|Kyōbashi]] and [[Takarachō Station (Tokyo)|Takarachō]] stations provide subway service. Its name comes from the bridge that once spanned the Kyōbashi River. |
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Kyōbashi (京橋) is the name of a bridge as well as the geographical region around it. Two regions with this name exist in Japan, one is in Tokyo and one lies in Osaka. It refers to a bridge connecting roads to the capital in castle towns.
Tokyo
Kyōbashi is a neighborhood east of Tokyo Station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the city's oldest commercial districts, although it has since been eclipsed by Ginza to the south and Nihonbashi to the north. Kyōbashi and Takarachō stations provide subway service. Its name comes from the bridge that once spanned the Kyōbashi River.
The Kyōbashi, or Capital Bridge, linked the Ginza and the Kyōbashi neighborhood. According to the sign erected at the site by the Chuo-ku Board of Education, together with Nihonbashi, it was one of the famous bridges of Edo. When the river was filled in 1959, the bridge was removed. Today, a pillar stands to mark the site of the old bridge.
Osaka
Kyōbashi also refers to the commercial district around Kyōbashi Station in Jōtō-ku and Miyakojima-ku, Osaka. It is located in north of Osaka castle. The Kyōbashi area is named after the Kyōbashi bridge which was named as such because the bridge originally lead to Kyoto. Today there are many izakayas, shot bars and love hotels in the area.