, sometimes transliterated Shimbashi, is a district of

Minato, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba, Tokyo, Shiba wards following Tokyo City's Local Autonomy Ac ...

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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 Station 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.

Economy

The Shiodome City Center building in Shiodome includes the corporate headquarters and public and investor relations offices of Fujitsu, the headquarters of

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is a Japanese airline headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. ANA operates services to both domestic and international destinations and is Japan's largest airline, ahead of its main rival flag carrier Japan Airlines. the airline has approximate ...

, and the headquarters of ANA subsidiaries

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

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." '' Flight Global''. April 10, 1969
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Other companies in Shinbashi include: * Dentsu *

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 (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...

* Nittsu * Panasonic Electric Works (Tokyo head office) * Shiseido *

Softbank is a Japanese multinational Investment company, investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management. The group primarily invests in companies operating in technology that offer goods and services ...

* Yakult

Train stations

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

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

, Yamanote Line,

Yokosuka Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the segment between and Kurihama sta ...

, Yurikamome) * Shiodome Station ( Toei Oedo Line, Yurikamome)

Education

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