Editing Shinbashi

{{Short description|District of Minato, Tokyo, Japan}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2008}}
[[Image:Dentsu.jpg|thumb|The [[Dentsu Building]] in Higashi-Shinbashi]]
[[Image:Yakatori bar at Shimbashi.jpg|thumb|A [[yakitori]] shop under the railway tracks near Shimbashi]]
{{nihongo|'''Shinbashi'''|新橋}}, sometimes transliterated '''Shimbashi''', is a district of [[Minato, Tokyo]], [[Japan]].

==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.<ref>[https://markystar.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/why-is-shinbashi-called-shinbashi/ JAPAN THIS! March 26, 2013] Retrieved September 20, 2015</ref> [[Shiodome Freight Terminal|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|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]],<ref>"[http://faq.us.fujitsu.com/all/std_adp.php?&p_faqid=755&p_created=1032998958&p_sp=cF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTcmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1jb3Jwb3JhdGUgaGVhZHF1YXJ0ZXJzJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9MyZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT02NSZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPTMmcF9jYXRfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX3NjZl9mYXFzKmMkcmVnaW9uPTMmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li= Fujitsu's Corporate Headquarters] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427013048/http://faq.us.fujitsu.com/all/std_adp.php?&p_faqid=755&p_created=1032998958&p_sp=cF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTcmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1jb3Jwb3JhdGUgaGVhZHF1YXJ0ZXJzJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9MyZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT02NSZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPTMmcF9jYXRfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX3NjZl9mYXFzKmMkcmVnaW9uPTMmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li= |date=2006-04-27 }}." ''[[Fujitsu]]''. Retrieved on February 4, 2009.</ref> the headquarters of [[All Nippon Airways]],<ref>"[http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/aboutana/corporate/info/index_sm.html Principal Offices]." ''[[All Nippon Airways]]''. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/flights/ticketoffices/japan/index.html ANA City Offices/Ticketing Offices Japan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304152431/http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/flights/ticketoffices/japan/index.html |date=2009-03-04 }}." ''[[All Nippon Airways]]''. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.</ref> and the headquarters of ANA subsidiaries [[Air Nippon]] and [[ANA & JP Express]].<ref>"[http://www.ajv.ana-g.com/eng/corp/index.html Company Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226214905/http://www.ajv.ana-g.com/eng/corp/index.html |date=2009-02-26 }}." ''[[ANA & JP Express]]''. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070419094121/http://www.air-nippon.co.jp/company/index.html 会社概要]." ''[[Air Nippon]]''. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.</ref> In addition ANA subsidiary [[Air Japan]] has some offices in Shiodome City Center.<ref name="AirJapanOff">"[http://www.air-japan.co.jp/company.html Company Guide]." ''Air Japan''. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.</ref> In the late 1960s [[All Nippon Airways]] had its headquarters in the Hikokan Building in Shinbashi.<ref name="flightglobal.com">"World Airline Survey." ''[[Flight Global]]''. April 10, 1969. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%200631.html?search=%22Air%20Micronesia%22 559].</ref>

Other companies in Shinbashi include:{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
*[[Dentsu]]
*[[Kyodo News]]
*[[Nippon Television]]
*[[Nippon Express|Nittsu]]
*[[Panasonic Electric Works]] (Tokyo head office)
*[[Shiseido]]
*[[Softbank]]
*[[Yakult]]

==Train stations==

*[[Shimbashi Station]] ([[Ginza Line]], [[Keihin-Tohoku Line]], [[Toei Asakusa Line]], [[Yamanote Line]], [[Yokosuka Line]], [[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)<!--https://onarimon-es.minato-tky.ed.jp/--> and Onarimon Junior High School (御成門中学校)<!--https://onarimon-js.minato-tky.ed.jp/-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/gakkouuneishien/kodomo/gakko/tetsuzuki/tennyugaku/tetsuzuki/documents/kuiki-r4.pdf|title=港区立小・中学校通学区域一覧表（令和4年4月以降）|publisher=City of Minato|accessdate=2022-10-08}}</ref>

==References==
[[Image:hakuhinkan.jpg|thumb|Shinbashi in 1908]]
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==External links==
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