It also has an underground retail and restaurant area where direct access to the Otemachi subway station will open in 2013.

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The mighty Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan had its head office in Otemachi on an urban site that overshadowed the Masakado shrine.

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The headquarters, recently relocated to a prime building in the heart of Otemachi (Tokyo's Wall Street), contrasts with the usual Japanese corporate scene.

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