, sometimes transliterated Shimbashi, is a district of
Minato, Tokyo,
Japan
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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.
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Shiodome Shiosite high-rise commercial complex.
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Nakagin Capsule Tower modular commercial-residential high-rise.
Economy
The
Shiodome City Center building in
Shiodome includes the corporate headquarters and public and investor relations offices of
Fujitsu
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, the headquarters of
All Nippon Airways, and the headquarters of ANA subsidiaries
Air Nippon and
ANA & JP Express. In addition ANA subsidiary
Air Japan has some offices in Shiodome City Center.
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" ''Air Japan''. Retrieved on May 19, 2009. In the late 1960s
All Nippon Airways had its headquarters in the Hikokan Building in Shinbashi.
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Other companies in Shinbashi include:
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Dentsu
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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 millio ...
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Nippon Television
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Nittsu
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Panasonic Electric Works (Tokyo head office)
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Shiseido
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Softbank
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Yakult
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Train stations
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Shimbashi Station (
Ginza Line,
Keihin-Tohoku Line,
Toei Asakusa Line,
Yamanote Line,
Yokosuka Line,
Yurikamome)
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Shiodome Station (
Toei Oedo Line,
Yurikamome)
Education
Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Shinbashi 1-6-
chōme
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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
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{{Authority control
Districts of Minato, Tokyo
1604 establishments in Japan