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is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo,

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. It is located north of Tokyo Station and

Marunouchi Marunouchi () is a commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. It is also Tokyo's financial di ...

, east of the Imperial Palace, west of

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and south of Kanda. It is the location of the former site of the village of Shibazaki, the most ancient part of Tokyo. Ōtemachi is known as a center of Japanese journalism, housing the main offices of three of the "big five" newspapers as well as being a key financial center and headquarters for large Japanese corporations. It is also the location of the Japan Postal Museum (TeiPark). The Tokyo Fire Department is headquartered in Ōtemachi.

History

Ōtemachi derives its name of ''Ōtemon'' ("Great Hand Gate") of

Edo Castle is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo and is therefore also known as . Tokugawa Ieyasu established the ...

. During the Edo period, various '' daimyōs'' constructed their lavish residences outside the castle, such as the residence of the ''daimyō'' Matsudaira Tadamasa. Ōtemachi was completely destroyed during the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. It was rebuilt, albeit on a smaller, less grand scale. Ōtemachi remained however in the possession of the various ''daimyō'' families until the end of the Tokugawa system and the start of the Meiji period in the 1860s. The various ''daimyō'' families lost their lots as the area was repossessed by the government, who constructed various governmental offices. Today nothing remains of its residential past, the area is dotted with modern high-rise buildings. In order to gain revenue, the government decided to sell the area into private hands. The area was completely redeveloped.

Companies based in Ōtemachi

Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co is a Japanese insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo. The company was founded in 1888 and is, today, one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan. Asahi Mutual Life Insurance is a member of the Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundan ...

. * Daiwa Securities Group * Development Bank of Japan * Japan Post * Kyowa Hakko Kirin *

Marubeni (, OSE: 8002, NSE: 8002) is a ''sōgō shōsha'' (general trading company) headquartered in Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the largest ''sogo shosha'' and has leading market shares in cereal and paper pulp trading as well as a st ...

* Millea Holdings *

Mitsubishi Estate Co. is one of the largest real-estate developers in Japan and is involved in property management and architecture research and design. As of 2018, Mitsubishi Estate has the most valuable portfolio in the Japanese real estate industry, with a total ...

* Mitsui & Co. * Mitsui Life Insurance Co. * Mizuho Financial Group * Japan Finance Corporation *

Nihon Keizai Shimbun ''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tok ...

Nippon Soda is a Japanese chemical company whose products include chemicals, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. Nippon Soda is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu. Subsidiaries In 2012, Nippon Soda acquired 100% of MSSA Chemical Company (formerly known as M ...

* Nippon Telegraph and Telephone * Sankei Shimbun * Shin-Etsu Chemical * Yomiuri Shimbun組織体制
" Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved on March 5, 2010. The Japanese offices of

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, Cushman & Wakefield, and Protiviti are also located in Ōtemachi.

Railway and subway stations

* Ōtemachi Station (

Chiyoda Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).Hanzōmon Line, Marunouchi Line, Toei Mita Line, Tozai Line) * Tokyo Station, actually in the neighboring

district ( Chūō Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Keiyō Line, Marunouchi Line, Shinkansen, Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line) It is possible to transfer between the two stations via underground passages.

References

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History

Companies based in Ōtemachi

Railway and subway stations

See also

References

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