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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. 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 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 ...

, Shinagawa on the northeast; Ǒsaki, Shinagawa on the east; Togoshi and

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, Shinagawa on the southeast; Ebara, Shinagawa on the south; Koyama, Shinagawa on the southwest; Koyamadai, Shinagawa on the west; and

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on the northwest. Pola Cosmetics is headquartered in Nishigotanda. Nishigotanda 7-chome is home to the 13-story commercial building Toc Building. It houses an exhibition hall, a conference room, and a number of shops, including

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, Uniqlo, Natural Lawson, ABC-Mart, Shop99, and Orihica.

Education

Shinagawa City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Portions of Higashigotanda 1 and 2-

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are zoned to Hino Gakuen ( 日野学園) for elementary and junior high school. Other sections of 1-chome are zoned to Hosui Elementary School ( 芳水小学校) and No. 1 Hino Elementary School (第一日野小学校). Other portions of 2-chome are zoned to No. 1 Hino Elementary. Sections of 3-chome are zoned to No. 1 Hino, No. 3 Hino Elementary School ( 第三日野小学校), and No. 4 Hino Elementary School ( 第四日野小学校). All of 4-chome is zoned to No. 4 Hino Elementary. 5-chome is divided between No. 4 Hino and No. 1 Hino. All of 6 and 7-chome are zoned to No. 1 Hino. 8-chome is divided between No. 1 Hino and Hosui. All of Higashi-Gotanda is zoned to Hino Gakuen for junior high school.

References

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