is a special ward in Tokyo,

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. 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 area is 22.84 km². ''Shinagawa'' is also commonly used to refer to the business district around

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, which is not in Shinagawa Ward. This Shinagawa is in the Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of

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Ward, directly north of Kita-Shinagawa.

Geography

Shinagawa Ward includes natural uplands and lowlands, as well as reclaimed land. The uplands are the eastern end of the Musashino Terrace. They include Shiba-Shirokanedai north of the Meguro River, Megurodai between the Meguro and Tachiai Rivers, and Ebaradai south of the Tachiai River. The Ward lies on Tokyo Bay. Its neighbors on land are all special wards of Tokyo: Kōtō to the east,

to the north, Meguro to the west, and Ōta to the south.

Districts and neighborhoods

Shinagawa Ward consists of five areas, each consisting of multiple districts and neighborhoods: *Shinagawa District, including the former Shinagawa-juku on the Tōkaidō. * District, formerly a town of that name, stretching from Ōsaki Station to

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. ;Shinagawa Area * Higashishinagawa * Hiromachi * Kitashinagawa * Minamishinagawa * Nishishinagawa ;Oi Area * Oi * Higashioi * Katsushima * Minamioi * Nishioi ;Osaki Area * Ōsaki * Higashigotanda * Kamiōsaki * Nishigotanda ;Ebara Area * Ebara * Futaba * Hatanodai * Higashinakanobu * Hiratsuka * Koyama * Koyamadai * Nakanobu * Nishinakanobu * Togoshi * Yutakacho ;Yashio Area * Yashio * Higashiyashio

History

Most of Tokyo east of the Imperial Palace is on reclaimed land. A large proportion of the reclamation took place during the Edo period, when Shinagawa-juku was the first ''

shukuba were post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes. They were also called ''shuku-eki'' (宿駅). These post stations (or "post towns") were places where travelers could r ...

'' (post town) in the "

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" that a traveler would reach after setting out from

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to Kyoto on the Tōkaidō. The Tokugawa shogunate maintained the

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in Shinagawa. Following the Meiji Restoration and the abolition of the ''han'' system, Shinagawa Prefecture was instituted in 1869. The prefectural administration was to be set up in the Ebara District, but in 1871 Shinagawa Prefecture was integrated into Tokyo Prefecture. In 1932, during the reorganisation of the municipal boundaries of Tokyo City following the

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, a smaller version of Shinagawa Ward was created. On March 15, 1947, this was merged with the neighboring Ebara Ward to create the present Shinagawa Ward. The Ward's historic post-town function is retained today with several large hotels near the train station offering 6,000 rooms, the largest concentration in Tokyo. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line began serving

in 2003.

Politics and government

Shinagawa is run by an assembly of 40 elected members.

Embassies in Shinagawa

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Economy

Corporate headquarters

Many companies are headquartered in Shinagawa Ward. Isuzu, a diesel engine and commercial truck manufacturer;

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all have their headquarters within Shinagawa Ward. Marza Animation Planet also has its headquarters in Shinagawa on the 18th floor of the NYK Tennoz Building near Tennōzu Isle Station. And recently, since August 2018,

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franchise and also the owner of both the Nakano-based TMS Entertainment and (through TMS Entertainment) the aforementioned Marza Animation Planet, has its headquarters in Shinagawa at the Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Garden Tower near Ōsaki Station. Japan Airlines (JAL), the head office of its subsidiary

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Other offices

Other companies maintain branch offices or research facilities in Shinagawa Ward. Sony operates the Gotenyama Technology Center and the Osaki East Technology Center in Shinagawa. Sony used to have its headquarters in Shinagawa. Sony moved to Minato, Tokyo around the end of 2006 and closed the Osaki West Technology Center in Shinagawa around 2007.

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maintains its Japan headquarters on the 19th Floor of Gate City Ohsaki near Ōsaki Station, while Siemens AG has its Japan offices in Takanawa Park Tower. Phoenix Technologies operates its Japan office on the 8th floor of the Gotanda NN Building in

. Siemens Japan and Philips also have offices in Shinagawa. Microsoft and

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have their Japanese headquarters in Konan,

, near Shinagawa. Kojima Productions offices are also located in Shinagawa.

Former economic operations

A JAL subsidiary, Japan Asia Airways, was also headquartered in the JAL Building until JAL dissolved it.

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, an English language school company, once had its headquarters in Shinagawa. At one time Air Nippon had its headquarters in Shinagawa.

Places

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*Museums **O Art Museum ** ** **The Museum of Maritime Science **

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Costume Museum ** * * * * * Ohi Racecourse *Site of

*Site of Hamakawa Gun Battery * Shopping District * Shopping District "PALM" *Parks ** **

Rinshi-no-mori Park is a public park that straddles the wards of Meguro and Shinagawa in Tokyo, Japan. The park's name derives from the Japanese term , meaning an experimental forestry station. Overview * The thickest tree in the park is a zelkova with a trunk circ ...

** ** – site of a daimyō's villa ** – site of a daimyō's villa * ( Seven Lucky Gods in Ebara area) *

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s ** ** Tōkai-ji ** ** * Shintō shrines ** ** ** **

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*Churches **Meguro Catholic Church (

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's Church, Tokyo

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's Church –

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churches **Christ Shinagawa Church – Presbyterian church **Shinagawa Baptist Church, Oi Baptist Church

Education

Tokyo Health Care University Gotanda Campus

Higher education

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Rissho University , one of the oldest universities in Japan, was founded in 1580, when a seminary was established as a learning center for young monks of the Nichiren shu. The university's name came from the Rissho Ankoku Ron, a thesis written by Nichiren, a prom ...

* Seisen University *

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* Tokyo Health Care University * Sugino Fashion College * Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology – graduate school * – college of technology (''kōsen'')

Primary and secondary education

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Shinagawa Ward Board of Education. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. *Metropolitan high schools ** ** ** *Private high schools ** affiliated to the

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** ** ** (plans to become coeducational in 2023, with the new name Shinagawa Gakugei High School (品川学藝高等学校)) **St. Hilda's School () ** ** **, formerly Ono Gakuen Girls' Junior High and Senior High School (小野学園女子中学・高等学校) ** *International schools ** Canadian International School in Tokyo *Special education schools **Tokyo Metropolitan Shinagawa Special Needs Education School – public school for intellectually disabled children ** – private deaf school Municipal combined elementary and junior high schools: * Ebara Hiratsuka Gakuen ( 荏原平塚学園) * Hino Gakuen ( 日野学園) * Houyou no Mori Gakuen ( 豊葉の杜学園) * Ito Gakuen ( 伊藤学園) * Shinagawa Gakuen ( 品川学園) * Yashio Gakuen ( 八潮学園) Municipal junior high schools: * Ebara No. 1 Junior High School (荏原第一中学校) * Ebara No. 5 Junior High School ( 荏原第五中学校) * Ebara No. 6 Junior High School (荏原第六中学校) * Fujimidai Junior High School ( 冨士見台中学校) * Hamakawa Junior High School (浜川中学校) * Osaki Junior High School (大崎中学校) * Suzugamori Junior High School (鈴ヶ森中学校) * Togoshidai Junior High School ( 戸越台中学校) * Tokai Junior High School ( 東海中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * No. 2 Enzan Elementary School (第二延山小学校) * No. 1 Hino Elementary School (第一日野小学校) * No. 3 Hino Elementary School ( 第三日野小学校) * No. 4 Hino Elementary School ( 第四日野小学校) * Asamadai Elementary School ( 浅間台小学校) * Daiba Elementary School ( 台場小学校) * Enzan Elementary School ( 延山小学校) * Genjimae Elementary School ( 源氏前小学校) * Gotenyama Elementary School (御殿山小学校) * Hamakawa Elementary School (浜川小学校) * Hatanodai Elementary School ( 旗台小学校) * Hosui Elementary School ( 芳水小学校) * Ito Elementary School ( 伊藤小学校) * Jonan Elementary School ( 城南小学校) * Jonan No. 2 Elementary School ( 城南第二小学校) * Kamishinmei Elementary School ( 上神明小学校) * Keiyo Elementary School ( 京陽小学校) * Koyama Elementary School ( 小山小学校) * Koyamadai Elementary School ( 小山台小学校) * Mitsugi Elementary School (三木小学校) * Miyamae Elementary School ( 宮前小学校) * Nakanobu Elementary School (中延小学校) * Ohara Elementary School (大原小学校) * Oi No. 1 Elementary School (大井第一小学校) * Samehama Elementary School (鮫浜小学校) * Shimizudai Elementary School ( 清水台小学校) * Suzugamori Elementary School (鈴ヶ森小学校) * Tachiai Elementary School (立会小学校) * Togoshi Elementary School ( 戸越小学校) * Ushiroji Elementary School (後地小学校) * Yamanaka Elementary School (山中小学校)

Transport

Important railway stations

* Gotanda Station * Meguro Station * Ōsaki Station * Ōimachi Station

is in fact located in neighboring

but also serves the northern part of Shinagawa, and is a stop on the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line.

Rail

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(JR East) ** Yamanote Line: Ōsaki, Gotanda and Meguro Stations ** Keihin-Tōhoku Line: Ōimachi Station **

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: Ōsaki Station ** Tōkaidō Main Line: does not stop at the stations in Shinagawa ** Yokosuka Line:

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** Shōnan-Shinjuku Line: Ōsaki and Nishi-Ōi Stations * Tokyu Corporation (Tōkyū) ** Tōkyū Meguro Line: Meguro, Fudō-mae, Musashi-Koyama and Nishi-Koyama Stations **

Tōkyū Ōimachi Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. It extends from in Shinagawa, Tokyo to in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. Stations All-stations "Local" services are classified as blue and green. The latter r ...

: Shimo-Shinmei and Togoshi-kōen, Nakanobu, Ebaramachi and Hatanodai Stations **

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: Gotanda, Ōsaki-Hirokōji, Togoshi-Ginza, Ebara-Nakanobu and Hatanodai Stations *Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit ( Rinkai Line):

, Shinagawa Seaside, Ōimachi and Ōsaki Stations * Tokyo Monorail: Tennōzu Isle and Ōi Keibajō Mae Stations *

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(Keikyū) ** Keikyū Main Line: Kitashinagawa, Shimbamba, Aomono-yokochō, Samezu, Tachiaigawa and

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s * Tokyo Metro ** Namboku Line: Meguro Station * Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) ** Mita Line: Meguro Station ** Asakusa Line: Gotanda, Togoshi and Nakanobu Stations

Road

* Shuto Expressway (Shutokō) ** Route 1 "Haneda Sen" ** Route 2 "Meguro Sen" **

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"Wangan Sen" ** Central Circular Route "Chūō Kanjō Sen" * National highways ** Route 1 "Sakurada Dōri", "Dai-Ni Keihin" ** Route 15 "Dai-Ichi Keihin" ** Route 357 "Tokyo Wangan Dōro" Shinagawa is also home to the main motor vehicle registration facility for central Tokyo (located east of Samezu Station). As a result, many license plates in Tokyo are labeled with the name "Shinagawa."

Major incidents / accidents

* 1863 – British Liberines burning case * 1964 – Shinagawa Katsushima warehouse explosion fire * 1987 – Explosion accident at the Oi thermal power plant * 1995 – Death case of arrest and detention of public affairs notary public office

Sister cities

Shinagawa has sister-city relationships with Auckland in New Zealand, Geneva in Switzerland, and Portland, Maine, in the United States. * Geneva, Switzerland * Auckland, New Zealand * Portland, Maine

Others

Shinagawa has an relationship with

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in China, and has concluded "hometown exchange agreements" () with Hayakawa in Yamanashi Prefecture and Yamakita in Kanagawa Prefecture. *

, China * Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan * Yamakita, Kanagawa, Japan

Notable people from Shinagawa

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, Japanese

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* Riho (Real Name Unknown), Japanese professional wrestler and idol * Yuki Sato, Japanese actor *

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, '' enka'' singer and TV presenter *

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, Japanese TV presenter and news anchor * Issei Tamura, Japanese mixed martial artist *

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, Japanese businessman *

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(高中正義, Takanaka Masayoshi), Japanese

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Gallery

File:Togoshi park 2009.JPG, Togoshi Park File:Goten-yama Hill, Kita Shinagawa 5Chome.jpg, Cherry blossoms at Goten-yama Hill in Kita-Shinagawa File:Katsushika Hokusai, Goten-yama hill, Shinagawa on the Tōkaidō, ca. 1832.jpg, Cherry blossoms at Goten-yama Hill by

Hokusai , known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock print series ''Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'', which includes the ...

File:Shinagawa Harbor in Tokyo.jpg, Harbor in Kita-Shinagawa File:100 views edo 083.jpg, Harbor in Kita-Shinagawa by Hiroshige File:Higashi-Shinagawa at night.JPG, Night view of Higashi-Shinagawa

References

External links

Shinagawa City Official Website
{{Authority control Wards of Tokyo