Tokyo station was opened in 1914. Compared to Shimbashi and Yokohama which were opened in 1872 as the first railway stations in Japan, it is not so long ago. Although Shinjuku station is the busiest station in the world in that the number of passengers per day reaches over 3 million(Tokyo station has 1 million), Tokyo station has an exceptional presence for some reasons. For example, the station building stands face to face with the Imperial Palace, it has the starting point of all railway lines including Shinkansen, Super Express Train or Bullet Train, it has the most plaforms up to 30 in Japan and the station building itself is designated as the Important Cultural Property. In the photo of the title, Zero Post in the station is seen, in other words, trains coming towards Tokyo station are called inbound ones and trains leaving the station are outbound ones. 
Tokyo station and its vicinity generally consists of two districts, Marunouchi and Yaesu. Marunouchi is the most famous business district facing the Imperial Palace which has been developed by Mitsubishi group since the late 19th century. Yaesu district has been developed since the end of World War Ⅱ, which is well known for a large department store, Daimaru. Yaesu, the place name was derived from the Dutch ship navigator's name, Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn whose ship was wrecked off the western part of Japan. After he was saved and hired by Shogun as the consultant, he was given a residence in the present Yaesu district and married a Japanese woman.              

The figure of the statue is Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn from the Netherlands(1556-1623). He was trusted by the first Shogun of Tokugawa Shogunate, Ieyasu Tokugawa. 

The ship which he worked on as a navigator was named De Liefde. The map shows the route the ship took to Japan where it was shipwrecked off the coast of Oita.
Other maps shows two enlarged ones of districts near Yaesu between new(right) and old(old).