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Shinbashi (新橋), sometimes transliterated Shimbashi, is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Read literally, the characters in Shinbashi mean "new bridge".
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.
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:[ citation needed]
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]
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verification. (June 2008) |
Shinbashi (新橋), sometimes transliterated Shimbashi, is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Read literally, the characters in Shinbashi mean "new bridge".
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.
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:[ citation needed]
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]