Living in Kanda

An office and lively district explained by one factor: it is one stop from Tokyo Station. Restaurants are packed in, from long-established soba and eel shops to office-worker izakaya, but the supply of residential rentals is not large and even new small units are not cheap. By day it is a quiet office district, and by night it turns into bar alleys crowded with drunk revelers, so it is hard to expect quiet living.

It is an office and lively district in Chiyoda Ward served by four lines including the JR Chuo, Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines and the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. Long-established restaurants and a street for office-worker gatherings are developed, so the bars are crowded on weekday nights. With a stronger business and entertainment character than residential, it is not highly recommended as a place to live. Being one stop from Tokyo Station, quick movement to anywhere is its strength.