, sometimes transliterated Shimbashi, is a district of

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Name

Read literally, the characters in Shinbashi mean "new bridge".

History

The area was the site of a bridge built across the Shiodome River in 1604. The river was later filled in. Shinbashi was the Tokyo terminus of the first railway in Japan in 1872. It remains a major railway hub and has since developed into a commercial center, most recently with the construction of the Shiodome "Shiosite" high-rise office complex.

Places in Shinbashi

*Reconstructed Shimbashi Station, which now houses a museum and restaurant. * Shiodome Shiosite high-rise commercial complex. * Nakagin Capsule Tower modular commercial-residential high-rise.

Economy

The

Shiodome City Center is a skyscraper in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan managed by Mitsui Fudosan and Alderney Investments Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Limited. Fujitsu's worldwide headquarters are in Sh ...

building in

Shiodome is an area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to Shinbashi and Ginza, near Tokyo Bay and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, Shiodome has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas. It is a collection of 11 ti ...

includes the corporate headquarters and public and investor relations offices of

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, the headquarters of

All Nippon Airways , also known as ANA (''Ē-enu-ē'') or is an airline in Japan. Its headquarters are located in Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area of Minato ward of Tokyo. It operates services to both domestic and international destinations and had m ...

, and the headquarters of ANA subsidiaries

Air Nippon was a regional airline based in the Shiodome City Center complex in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). Its main base was Tokyo International Airport. Code data In April 2004, Air Nippon ...

and ANA & JP Express. In addition ANA subsidiary Air Japan has some offices in Shiodome City Center.Company Guide
" ''Air Japan''. Retrieved on May 19, 2009. In the late 1960s

had its headquarters in the Hikokan Building in Shinbashi."World Airline Survey." ''

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''. April 10, 1969
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Other companies in Shinbashi include: *

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Kyodo News is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo. It was established in November 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan. The newspapers using its news have about 50 million ...

Nippon Television JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed ...

* Nittsu *

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(Tokyo head office) *

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* Softbank *

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Train stations

* Shimbashi Station ( Ginza Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line,

Toei Asakusa Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes. The Asa ...

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, Yokosuka Line,

Yurikamome , formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'', connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with the Rinkai Line. The line is na ...

) * Shiodome Station ( Toei Oedo Line,

)

Education

Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Shinbashi 1-6-

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is zoned to Onarimon Elementary School (御成門小学校) and Onarimon Junior High School (御成門中学校).

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Districts of Minato, Tokyo 1604 establishments in Japan