Japan's railways started here, and so do office workers' nights out
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In the SL Plaza in front of Shimbashi Station stands the C11 steam locomotive, which sounds its whistle every day at noon, 3pm and 6pm. Japan's first railway set out from here in 1872: the original Shimbashi Station stood in what is now Shiodome, where the station building from the railway's opening has been reconstructed.
The two sides of the station belong to two different eras. Shiodome is a cluster of office towers built after the freight yard closed, linked by underground passages and pedestrian bridges. Out the Karasumori exit is a busy office-worker district where old shopping streets, small mixed-use buildings and izakaya are all mixed together; a real-estate agent's blog says the area under the elevated tracks and along Nishiguchi-dori is packed with izakaya.
For public transit, this neighborhood ranks 6th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo. Shimbashi Station is served by JR, the Ginza Line, the Toei Asakusa Line and the Yurikamome, and JR, the Ginza Line and the Asakusa Line all meet at the same station, so you don't need to go to a different station to change lines.
Shiodome also has Shiodome Station, which opened in 2002 and connects to the Oedo Line and the Yurikamome. For healthcare, it ranks 4th out of 395 neighborhoods, and for buildings it ranks 9th.
Few people live here: 6,780 residents in 2020, against more than 120,000 people during the day, 18.5 times as many; Shimbashi 1-chome has 5,412 people during the day but only 5 residents.
A real-estate agent's blog says that with so few residents there are no large supermarkets, only small ones. For everyday shopping, this neighborhood ranks 59th out of 395 neighborhoods, behind transit and healthcare.
After Tokyo Station opened in 1914, the original Shimbashi Station was converted into Shiodome Freight Station; the current Shimbashi Station, originally called Karasumori Station, was renamed Shimbashi the same year. In 1972, the SL Plaza in front of the Hibiya exit was renovated, and that's where the C11 has stood since.
Shiodome Freight Station was abolished in 1986, and redevelopment of the site began in 1995. Land readjustment was completed in 2002, giving the area the nickname "Shiodome Sio-Site," and office towers were completed one after another from 2003 onward.
Compared with the 395 Tokyo neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
Hospitals with inpatient beds (2020 data), public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area, high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores. Many Tokyo junior high students attend private schools, so junior high catchments are only a guide.
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