Shimbashi Tastes & Stories A Culinary Foodie Tour By Local Guide

Shimbashi Station (新橋駅, Shinbashi-eki) is a major interchange railway station in Tokyo's Minato Ward, located centrally and a 10-minute walk from the Ginza shopping district, directly south of Tokyo station.

The so-called SL Square was created in 1972 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japan’s railway transport system. The district served as the starting point of the railway going from Tokyo to Yokohama, established in October 1872. At the time, Shimbashi Station was named Karasumori while what is now known as Shiodome Station was called Shimbashi.

Dive into one of oldest shrines that only visited by locales

.The Shimbashi Ekimae Building was originally a bar district called "Tanuki (raccoon dog) Alley." An urban restructuring project to create this building was carried out following the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and construction was completed in 1966. There are shops from the basement to the second floor, and offices from the third to the ninth floor.

The NTV Plaza is the area in front of the NTV Tower in Shiodome. The tower houses the main studios and offices of NTV—one of Japan’s largest television broadcasters. Unless you are a Japanese TV fanatic, the building itself isn’t of much interest.

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