Shibaura ( 芝浦 ) is a district of Minato ward located in Tokyo , Japan . The district is located between the eastern side of the Yamanote Line train and Tokyo Bay. Shibaura consists mostly of artificial islands created by the excavation of industrial canals in the early 20th century. Formerly a light industrial area, it became famous for its night life during the Japanese asset price bubble period and, since the early 2000s, has become a high-rise residential district.
7-548: Shibaura is the home to a number of major Japanese corporations including: The district is served by Tamachi Station on the Yamanote and Keihin-Tōhoku Lines, and by Shibaura-futō Station of the Yurikamome line. The Yokosuka Line also runs in a tunnel below the district, although there are no stops in the area. The Tokyo Expressway system passes through the area, and the central Tokyo side of Route 11 connecting to
14-698: Is a railway station in the Tamachi neighborhood of Minato, Tokyo , Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is served by the circular Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line . All trains stop at this station. Mita Station on the Asakusa and Mita subway lines is within walking distance, although there is no physical connection and the stations are generally not marked as an interchange on route maps. Tamachi
21-539: Is the nearest JR station to Keio University 's Mita campus and Temple University Japan 's Mita and Azabu campuses. The station consists of two island platforms providing cross-platform interchange in the direction of travel between the Yamanote Line (platforms 2 and 3) and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line (platforms 1 and 4). As this is the first cross-platform interchange following the intersection of both lines
28-930: The Rainbow Bridge terminates at Shibaura Junction. Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Shibaura 1 chōme 6-16 ban, Shibaura 2-3 chōme, and 4-chōme 20-22-ban are zoned to Shibahama Elementary School ( 芝浜小学校 ). Shibaura 4-chōme 1-19-ban are zoned to Shibaura Elementary School ( 芝浦小学校 ). The Shibahama Elementary and Shibaura Elementary zones feed into Konan Junior High School ( 港南中学校 ). Shibaura 1 chōme 1-5-ban are zoned to Shiba Elementary School ( 芝小学校 ) and Mita Junior High School ( 港区立三田中学校 ). 35°38′30″N 139°44′54″E / 35.6418°N 139.7482°E / 35.6418; 139.7482 Tamachi Station (Tokyo) 35°38′44″N 139°44′52″E / 35.645605°N 139.74770°E / 35.645605; 139.74770 Tamachi Station ( 田町駅 , Tamachi-eki )
35-673: The Morinaga Plaza Building in 1970. The west side of Tamachi underwent a major redevelopment from 1988, resulting in the current elevated deck and pedestrian bridge over the adjacent Dai-Ichi Keihin road. In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 144,433 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the seventeenth-busiest station operated by JR East. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Japan National Route 15 National Route 15 ( 国道15号 , Kokudō Jūgo-gō )
42-475: The early 1900s. Tamachi Station opened on December 16, 1909 as an intermediate station on the newly opened Shinagawa - Karasumori section of the Yamanote Line, then operated by Japanese National Railways . It was the sixteenth stop to open on the Yamanote Line. The area surrounding the station was predominantly industrial until the 1970s, with several confectionery, electronics and machinery factories. New development shifted to commercial buildings beginning with
49-639: The platforms are comparatively busy. Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in February 2013, entering operation in March. The Tokaido Main Line opened in 1872 and passed through Tamachi, which was at the time still submerged under Tokyo Bay . The area to the west of the Tokaido Line was filled in by the end of the 19th century, and the east side filled in during
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