Kanda
Kanda
Station is located in the
Kanda district of Chiyoda Ward of
Tokyo. It serves the JR Chuo, Keihin-Tohoku,
and Yamanote Lines; and the Tokyo
Metro Ginza subway line.
Kanda
Station has both elevated and underground
tracks. The elevated section has
6 tracks that serve the JR Lines,
and the underground section has
2 tracks that serve the Tokyo Metro
subway line.
Kanda
During
the Edo period, Kanda had developed
into an uptown area where nobles
and rich businessmen lived. Later,
as during the Great Kanto Earthquake
and World War II, Kanto suffered
losses and redeveloped, it lost
much of its character. High rise
office buildings replaced the residential
areas.
Kanto
was once one of 35 wards of Tokyo.
When in 1947, Tokyo was reorganized
into 23 wards, Kanto became a district
within Chiyoda Ward. The district
of Kanto today consists of thirty
neighborhoods, each with a character
of its own. Yasukuni Dori runs
across the whole of Kanto, running
through the different neighborhoods,
including Ochanomizu, Jimbocho,
and Akihabara. All the way through,
one comes across many popular attractions,
each worth spending time in.
Kanda
is also an educational area with
several universities and institutes
located here. The university that
lies closest to Kanda Station is
Tokyo Denki University.
Tokyo
Denki University
Tokyo
Denki University was established
in 1907 in Kanda as Tokyo Denki
School. With the establishment of
the School of Engineering in the
Kanda Campus in 1949, it became
a full-fledged university. Today,
Tokyo Denki University has four
campuses including the Kanda one.
The Kanda Campus has the University
Administration, the School of Engineering,
the Graduate School of Engineering,
and the Evening School of Engineering;
the Hatoyama Campus in Saitama Prefecture
houses the Graduate School of Science
and Engineering and the School of
Science and Engineering; the Chiba
New Town Campus has the Graduate
School of lnformation Environment
and the School of lnformation Environment;
and the Koganei Campus houses the
Junior and Senior High Schools.
In all, Tokyo Denki University has
four graduate schools with 26 majors,
four undergraduate schools with
21 departments, and four research
institutes besides a junior school
and a senior high school.
Tokyo
Denki University continues to be
recognized as a reputed seat of
higher learning with the mission
to “Build upon the knowledge of
the past to generate new knowledge
to make our contribution to society,
through education and research;
foster the development of scientists
and engineers who possess outstanding
character, and who are good citizens,
trusted by society, and active in
their fields around the world; and
provide students with the best possible
academic environment for them to
conduct their studies and research”.
