Edo was renamed Tokyo on the 17th day of the seventh month of 1868 (Keiō 4), and on the second day of the ninth month, the former Kōriyama domain residence in present-day Uchisaiwaichō, Chiyoda ward, was designated as the Tokyo Prefectural Office building. This marked the official birth of the "Tokyo Prefecture." On the eighth day of
In accordance with the policy of the Meiji government, various government offices were built around the Imperial Palace, and government offices and army training camps were placed in Marunouchi.」
In Tokyo immediately after the Meiji Restoration, former samurai lands continued to deteriorate.
To utilize such lands, the Tokyo Governor Ōki Takatō encouraged the conversion of these lands into mulberry and tea fields.
The aim of this policy was to increase the production of raw silk and tea, the main export commodities at the time; however, it was abolished only two years later in 1871 (Meiji 4).」