is an area in

Minato, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba, Tokyo, Shiba wards following Tokyo City's Local Autonomy Ac ...

, Japan, located adjacent to

Shinbashi , 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 l ...

and

Ginza Ginza ( ; ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo ...

, near

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and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, Shiodome has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas. It is a collection of 11 smaller town districts or cooperative zones, but generally there are three main areas: *The , a collection of

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s containing mostly businesses, hotels, and restaurants. Its thirteen skyscrapers house the headquarters of

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is a Japanese airline headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. ANA operates services to both domestic and international destinations and is Japan's largest airline, ahead of its main rival flag carrier Japan Airlines. the airline has approximate ...

Dentsu , simply known as , stylized as dentsu, is a Japanese international advertising and public relations joint stock company headquartered in Tokyo. Dentsu is the largest advertising agency in Japan and the fifth largest advertising agency network in ...

, Fujitsu, , Mitsui Chemicals, Nippon Express,

Nippon TV JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...

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''. Retrieved on December 24, 2008. *The western district, located west of the JR tracks and populated by European-style buildings. *The southern extension, east of the JR tracks from Hamamatsucho 1-chome. This area is for residential use, and there are three tall apartment buildings located there, along with a small park.

Shiodome Station is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It serves as an interchange for the Toei Ōedo Line (E-19) and Yurikamome (U-02). Line *Yurikamome *Toei Ōedo Line Station layout The two parts of the station are not directly linked to one anothe ...

is a stop on the

Yurikamome , formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'' in Tokyo, Japan. It connects Shimbashi Station, Shimbashi to Toyosu Station, Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba, a market in which it competes with ...

and

Toei Ōedo Line The is a rapid transit railway line of the municipal Toei Subway network in Tokyo, Japan. It commenced full operations on December 12, 2000; using the Japanese calendar this reads "12/12/12" as the year 2000 equals Heisei 12. The line is comple ...

; the complex is also within walking distance of Shimbashi Station. Yurikamome

History

Like its neighbors

and Tsukiji, Shiodome is built on what was originally marshland on the shore of

. Shōgun

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

issued an order in 1603 to fill in the area, and throughout the

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Shiodome housed the local residences of various ''

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'' (feudal lords). The name ''Shiodome'', which translates to "keeping out the tide", probably referred to the shōgun's desire to isolate

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(now the Imperial Palace) from Tokyo Bay. There was a Shiodome River but it has been largely filled in. A small portion of the river remains on the west side of Hamarikyu Gardens. A water bus used to service the river. Following the

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, the new Imperial government expropriated the daimyo-held lands in Shiodome to build . This served as the Tokyo terminus of the

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, the first railway in Japan, from 1872 until 1914. In 1914, the line was extended to

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, the passenger terminal at Shiodome was closed down, and Karasumori Station on the

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was renamed Shimbashi Station. Shiodome Freight Terminal remained the primary freight yard for Tokyo through

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, despite extensive damage from the Great Kanto earthquake which destroyed the original passenger terminal. The 1936 opening of the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in nearby Tsukiji increased the terminal's importance in the Tokyo distribution network. The development of expressways in Japan after the war lessened the importance of rail freight. Shiodome Station was officially closed in October 1987, shortly following the privatization of

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. The abandoned 22 hectare (54.36 acre) facility, one of the largest open plots of land in central Tokyo, was transferred to the JNR Settlement Corporation in 1988 and earmarked for sale in order to discharge remaining JNR liabilities. The Japanese government and Tokyo Metropolitan Government held various review sessions between 1984 and 1995 before settling on a redevelopment plan. Under this plan, thirteen skyscrapers were built in Shiodome, as well as a number of smaller buildings, resulting in a new urban center. The old Shimbashi Station has also been rebuilt as a monument, although it is not operational.

Buildings

Major high-rise developments in Shiodome include: * Acty Shiodome (190.25 m): Japan's tallest

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tower, developed by the Urban Renaissance Agency.http://www.ur-net.go.jp/profile/english/kiseki/index.html * Dentsu Building (213.34 m) * Nittele Tower (198.2 m) * Shiodome City Center (215.75 m): Corporate headquarters of

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, contains the Hotel Villa Fontaine Shiodome. * Tokyo Shiodome Building (173.2 m): Corporate headquarters of

and several major subsidiaries; upper floors house the Conrad Tokyo hotel. File:ACTY shiodome.JPG, Acty Shiodome File:Dentsu_Head_Office_Day.jpg, Dentsu Building File:Nittele Tower 2013.jpg, Nittele Tower, headquarters of

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Shiodome

Parks

* Hamarikyu Gardens * Italy Park

References

External links

* {{Coord, 35, 39, 46.00, N, 139, 45, 35.45, E, region:JP_type:city, display=title Geography of Minato, Tokyo Neighborhoods of Tokyo

History

Buildings

Parks

See also

References

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