Tamachi
Tamachi
Station
is located in the Tamachi area of
Minato Ward of Tokyo, and is served
by the JR East Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku
Lines. The station consists of two
platforms with a cross-platform
interchange in the direction of
travel between the two lines.
Tamachi
refers to the area surrounding Tamachi
Station, and also includes some
parts of Shiba, Shibaura and Mita.
The name ‘Tamachi' literally means
“field town”, referring to the rice
fields that stood here during the
Meiji period. Earlier during the
Edo era, Tamachi was a hatamoto
(upper vassals of the Tokugawa
house) residential quarter. In the
early Meiji period, the houses were
removed, and rice was planted on
the land. Today Tamachi is a modern
commercial area with a several company
headquarters located here – among
them NEC, Nippon Kinzoku, and Morinaga.
Behind the business area is a quiet
residential district.
Also
located a two-minute walk from Tamachi
Station is the Tamachi Campus of
the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Tokyo
Institute of Technology
Tokyo
Institute of Technology is the highest
institution of learning in Japan
dedicated to science and technology.
It ranked 21 st among the world's
best technology universities in
the Times QS World University
Rankings of 2008.
The
Tokyo Institute of Technology was
founded in 1881 by the Japanese
Government Department of Education
in Kuramae as Vocational School.
It was moved to its present location
in Ookayama in 1924. In 1929, it
was elevated from a diploma awarding
institute to a degree-conferring
university. Soon the School of Engineering
was established within the university.
With time more undergraduate schools
were started, which were followed
by graduate schools and research
institutions.
Today
Tokyo Institute of Technology has
3 undergraduate faculties – Faculty
of Science (with the Departments
of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,
Information Science, and Earth Sciences);
Faculty of Engineering (with the
Departments of Metallurgical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Aerospace Engineering,
Electrical Engineering, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Architecture
and Building Engineering, Social
Engineering, Computer Science, Organic
Materials, and Inorganic Materials);
and the Faculty of Bioscience and
Biotechnology (with the Department
of Bioscience, and the Department
of Biotechnology). TIT has 6 graduate
schools – School of Engineering
(offering master's programs in all
the engineering departments); School
of Bioscience and Biotechnology
(with master's programs in both
bioscience and biotechnology); School
of Interdisciplinary Science and
Engineering (offering post graduate
courses in various interdisciplinary
sciences); School of Information
Science (with courses in computer
science and environmental infomatics);
School of Decision Science and technology
(offering master's programs in human,
social, and decision sciences);
and the School of Innovation Management
(with courses in management technology
and innovation). Doctoral degrees
are also offered in all the various
engineering fields.
All
these studies are spread over 3
campuses – Ookayama, Suzukakedai,
and Tamachi. Tamachi Campus is located
a short walk from Tamachi Station.
