I recently learned more about the Ohtemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho area of Tokyo than I’ve learned in my 30+ years of living in Japan, thanks to a tour sponsored by the Destination Marketing Office (DMO) which is located in the Nijubashimae Building in the OMY area.
The area was originally a wasteland and later became the location of the homes of several of Japan’s feudal warlords who were of significant rank to be permitted to live close to the emperor’s palace.
In the ensuing years much of the land occupied by these Daimyo was purchased by Mitsubishi Estate which constructed an office building here in 1894.