Hibiya

Hibiya (日比谷) is a colloquial name for a neighborhood of Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo.

Hibiya was part of the old Kōjimachi ward in Tokyo City, before it was transformed into a metropolis.

Originally an inlet of the sea ran northwards to a cove at present-day Hibiya and Kokyo Gaien plaza, into which the Kanda River flowed.

On September 5, 1905, Hibiya Park was the initial site of the Hibiya riots, which expanded into a citywide riot, triggered by the terms of the Treaty of Portsmouth which ended the Russo-Japanese War (1904−1905).

In the 1930s, the first electric traffic light in Japan appeared at a Hibiya crossing point.