Otemachi

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Otemachi (大手町) is a district of Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. It is located north of Tokyo Station and Marunouchi, east of the Imperial Palace, west of Nihombashi and south of Kanda. It is the location of the former site of the village Shibazaki, the most ancient part of Tokyo.

Otemachi is known as a center of Japanese journalism, housing the main offices of three of the "big five" newspapers as well as being a key financial center and headquarters for large Japanese corporations.

[edit] Places in Otemachi

• Japan Postal Museum

[edit] Companies based in Otemachi

• Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co.
• Daiwa Securities Group
• Japan Post
• Marubeni
• Millea Holdings
• Mitsubishi Estate Co.
• Mitsui & Co.
• Mitsui Life Insurance Co.
• Mizuho Financial Group
• Nihon Keizai Shimbun
• Nippon Suisan Kaisha
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
• Sankei Shimbun
• Yomiuri Shimbun

The Japanese offices of Sullivan & Cromwell are also located in Otemachi.

[edit] Railway and subway stations

• Otemachi Station (Chiyoda Line, Hanzomon Line, Marunouchi Line, Toei Mita Line, Tozai Line)
• Tokyo Station (Chūō Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keiyo Line, Marunouchi Line, Shinkansen, Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line)