Ōtemachi
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Ōtemachi (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.
Ōtemachi 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. It is also the location of the Japan Postal Museum (TeiPark).
[edit] Companies based in Ōtemachi
- Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co.
- Daiwa Securities Group
- Development Bank of Japan
- Japan Post
- Marubeni
- Millea Holdings
- Mitsubishi Estate Co.
- Mitsui & Co.
- Mitsui Life Insurance Co.
- Mizuho Financial Group
- National Life Finance Corporation
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun
- Nippon Suisan Kaisha
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
- Sankei Shimbun
- Yomiuri Shimbun
The Japanese offices of Sullivan & Cromwell are also located in Ōtemachi.
[edit] Railway and subway stations
- Ōtemachi Station (Chiyoda Line, Hanzomon Line, Marunouchi Line, Toei Mita Line, Tozai Line)
- Tokyo Station, actually in the neighboring Marunouchi district (Chūō Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keiyo Line, Marunouchi Line, Shinkansen, Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line)
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