Japanese Red Cross Medical Center

The Japanese Red Cross Medical Center (JRC Medical Center) is a general hospital located in Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. It is the main hospital of the Japanese Red Cross Society, and is directly controlled by it. The site of Hiroo, Tokyo, where the medical center is currently located, was where a mansion of Horita Binakamori once stood.^[1][2][3]

Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
Japanese Red Cross Society
The Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
Geography
Location	Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates	35.654764°N 139.717863°E / 35.654764; 139.717863
Organisation
Funding	Public hospital
Type	District General
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	708
History
Opened	1891
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Japan

The Japanese Red Cross Hospital, the predecessor, was built on the current location in 1891. In front of the bus stop there is a circa 500-year-old tree, which is the largest ginkgo in the area with a circumference of 4.7 meters or more, and was designated a natural monument in Shibuya-ku. The Empress has been the Honorary Governor since 1949.^[4]