Shinbashi

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 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.

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

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

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

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]