1. JapanChapel Hill Welcome to Japan!

2. Welcome to Tokyo

3. Today’s Schedule 9:00 am - 1:00 pm 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Sight Seeing Company Visit Cultural Activity

4. General InformationSight SeeingCompany VisitCultural Activity About Tokyo Area: 2,187.58 km 2 (< Rhode Island) Population: 14,977,580 Special Municipalities (23 wards) Central Part of Tokyo

5. General InformationSight SeeingCompany VisitCultural Activity Railway Network Primary mode of transportation in Tokyo 13 subway lines More than 10 private railway companies Yamanote Line ≒ Central Part of Tokyo ≒ Special Municipalities (= Manhattan area) http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ikV6l7SNN0o Shinjyuku Shibuya Roppongi Traditional Areas Marunouchi

6. Sight SeeingGeneral InformationCompany VisitCultural Activity Metropolitan Governmental Building Commercial and administrative center Shinjyuku Station – Main transportation hub Shinjyuku Skyline Shinjyuku Station Krispy KremeShinjyuku Isetan Shinjyuku

7. Sight SeeingGeneral InformationCompany VisitCultural Activity Shibuya 109 Center Gai Hachi-kou Shibuya Station Shibuya Mark City Heart of Japanese pop culture! Shibuya

8. Sight SeeingGeneral InformationCompany VisitCultural Activity Roppongi Roppongi Hills Tokyo Midtown

9. Sight SeeingGeneral InformationCompany VisitCultural Activity Asakusa Sensouji Ginza Kabukiza Tsukiji Fish Market Traditional Areas Traditional Areas

10. Sight SeeingGeneral InformationCompany VisitCultural Activity Marunouchi Around the Tokyo station: Marunouchi area (West) Yaesu area (East) Ginza area (South) Kasumigaseki area (South West) Nihonbashi area (North)

11. Company VisitGeneral InformationSight SeeingCultural Activity Company visit Bank of Japan Central bank of Japan Member of G7 Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ( 白川 方明 ) Japanese Bernanke ? Former Governor Toshihiko Fukui ( 福井 俊彦 ) Japanese Greenspan ?

12. Company VisitGeneral InformationSight SeeingCultural Activity Company visit Sony Corporation One of world’s largest electronics manufacturers US subsidiaries: Sony Corporation of America (NY) Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (CA) Sales (2008): 100 billion dollars # of employees : 180,500

13. Company VisitGeneral InformationSight SeeingCultural Activity Company visit Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group One of the biggest banks in Japan 20% shareholder of Morgan Stanley Market Capital (2.4.2009): 57 billion dollars # of employees : 78,302

14. Cultural ActivityGeneral InformationSight SeeingCompany Visit Sumo National Sport of Japan 6 Grand Sumo Tournaments annually Three in Tokyo (Jan., May and Sep.) One in Osaka(Mar.), Nagoya(Jul.) and Fukuoka(Nov.) Tournament runs for 15 days Current Yokozunas (Top ranked Sumo wrestlers) Hakuho and Asashoryu (both from Mongolia) http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UxhKb-zZoWE (from National Geographic)