It is located north of Tokyo Station and Marunouchi, east of the Imperial Palace, west of Nihonbashi and south of Kanda.

Ōtemachi remained however in the possession of the various daimyō families until the end of the Tokugawa system and the start of the Meiji period in the 1860s.

The various daimyō families lost their lots as the area was repossessed by the government, who constructed various governmental offices.

Today nothing remains of its residential past, the area is dotted with modern high-rise buildings.

The Japanese offices of Sullivan & Cromwell, Citibank, Cushman & Wakefield, and Protiviti are also located in Ōtemachi.