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Dentsu Building

Shinbashi Station

Shinbashi (新橋) is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located south of Ginza, west of Tsukiji, east of Toranomon and north of Hamamatsucho.

[edit] History

Shinbashi was the Tokyo terminus of the first railway in Japan in 1872. It remains a major railway hub and has since developed as a commercial center, most recently with the construction of the Shiodome "Shiosite" high-rise office complex.

Yakitori place under Shimbashi railway

[edit] Places in Shimbashi

• Reconstructed Shimbashi Station, which now houses a museum and restaurant.
• Shiodome Shiosite high-rise commercial complex.

[edit] Economy

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The Shiodome City Center building in Shiodome includes the corporate headquarters and public and investor relations offices of Fujitsu,^[1] the headquarters of All Nippon Airways,^[2][3] and the headquarters of ANA subsidiaries Air Nippon and ANA & JP Express.^[4][5] In addition ANA subsidiary Air Japan has some offices in Shiodome City Center.^[6]

Other companies in Shinbashi include:^{[citation needed]}

• Dentsu
• Kyodo News
• Nippon Television
• Nittsu
• Panasonic Electric Works (Tokyo head office)
• Shiseido
• Softbank
• Yakult

In May 1967 the headquarters of Asatsu moved to Shinbashi. The headquarters moved to Ginza, Chuo in July 1995.^[7]

[edit] Train stations

• Shimbashi Station (Ginza Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line, Yurikamome)
• Shiodome Station (Toei Oedo Line, Yurikamome)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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