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| | Chiyoda's good circulation | The Japan Times Online |
 | | "Chiyoda would like to increase its number of residents, to boost income from real estate and individual taxes," says Shoko Matsumura, 23-year resident of the ward and chief manager of Matsumura Kaikei Jimusho, a tax accounting office in Kudankita. |
 | | For centuries, present-day Chiyoda was practically nothing but sky, an elevated plateau of land in the little fishing village of Edo (literally "coastline opening," or estuary). |
 | | No less dramatic is twilight in the outer grounds near Hibiya Park, with sun gilding the huge pines (Chiyoda's appointed tree), and the descendents of Germany's 1953 gift of swans (Chiyoda's bird) plying the quiet waters of the moat. |
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