Shinbashi, Shiodome: Jan. 30, 2011

We have very cold winter here in Tokyo this year. It is not comfortable (and probably not good for my health) to walk long in the strong north wind. So, I had a short walk today.
I visited Shinbashi – Shiodome area near Tokyo station.

Shinbashi is known as the birthplace of Japan’s railway. The country’s first railroad services started between Shinbashi and Yokohama in 1872, five years after the Meiji Revolution.
There is a locomotive in the open space in front of current Shinbashi station. There are many other railway-related monuments and facilities – including railway museum – in the area.

The east side of Shinbashi station is called Shiodome area. The district was used for cargo distribution and parking of the trains until the 1980s.

Business and commercial facilities were redeveloped in the early 2000s. There are more than ten skyscrapers and 60 thousands people work here. The complex is called “siosite”.

I visited Advertising Museum Tokyo (Museum of Advertising and Marketing) in the complex. They held an exhibition of “the best advertisings for consumers in 2010”. It was interesting.