is a district of

Shinagawa is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total are ...

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. The district is in the northern part of Shinagawa and borders Mita (Meguro-Mita) and Ebisuminami on the north,

Shirokanedai is a highly affluent district of Minato, Tokyo. The district today is made up of 5 ''chome''. As of November 1, 2007, the population of Shirokanedai is 10,001. The former neighborhood of Shirokanedai (Shirokanedaimachi, 白金台町) consisted o ...

on the east,

Higashigotanda is a district located at the northern part of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It consists of 1 to 5-chōme. As of February 1, 2008, the total population is 10,716. Higashigotanda borders Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa and Shirokanedai, Minato on the north, Ta ...

on the southeast,

Nishigotanda is a district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Nishigotanda is located at the northern part of Shinagawa. It consists of 1 to 8-chōme, and its total population is 20,187 (as of February 1, 2008). Nishigotanda borders Kamiōsaki and Higashigotanda, ...

on the southwest, and

Meguro is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light industry, corporate ...

and

Shimomeguro is a district located in the eastern portion of Meguro, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as E ...

on the west. Kamiōsaki is home to

Meguro Station is a railway station in the Kamiōsaki district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, close to the boundary with Meguro ward. Lines Meguro Station is served by the following lines: *East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Yamanote Line * Tokyo Metro Namboku Line ...

; therefore, commercial areas around the station are often recognized as a part of the broader Meguro area. Otherwise, most of Kamiōsaki is a quiet upscale residential district, notably with its 2-chōme and 3-chōme called and , respectively.

Education

Shinagawa City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. 1-3

chome The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ...

are zoned to No. 3 Hino Elementary School ( 第三日野小学校) while 4-chome is zoned to No. 4 Hino Elementary School ( 第四日野小学校). All of it is zoned to Hino Gakuen ( 日野学園) for junior high school.

References

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