Shinbashi

Shinbashi (新橋), sometimes transliterated Shimbashi, is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

The Dentsu Building in Higashi-Shinbashi
A yakitori shop under the railway tracks near Shimbashi

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.[1] 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

Economy

The Shiodome City Center building in Shiodome includes the corporate headquarters and public and investor relations offices of Fujitsu,[2] the headquarters of All Nippon Airways,[3][4] and the headquarters of ANA subsidiaries Air Nippon and ANA & JP Express.[5][6] In addition ANA subsidiary Air Japan has some offices in Shiodome City Center.[7] In the late 1960s All Nippon Airways had its headquarters in the Hikokan Building in Shinbashi.[8]

Other companies in Shinbashi include:

Train stations

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).[9]

References
Shinbashi in 1908
  1. JAPAN THIS! March 26, 2013 Retrieved September 20, 2015
  2. "Fujitsu's Corporate Headquarters Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine." Fujitsu. Retrieved on February 4, 2009.
  3. "Principal Offices." All Nippon Airways. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  4. "ANA City Offices/Ticketing Offices Japan Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." All Nippon Airways. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  5. "Company Profile Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine." ANA & JP Express. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  6. "会社概要." Air Nippon. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
  7. "Company Guide." Air Japan. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
  8. "World Airline Survey." Flight Global. April 10, 1969. 559.
  9. "港区立小・中学校通学区域一覧表（令和4年4月以降）" (PDF). City of Minato. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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