is a special ward in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

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. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in

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. 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

Shinagawa Station is a major railway station in the Takanawa and Konan districts of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and the private railway operator Keikyu. The Tokaido Shinkan ...

, which is not in Shinagawa Ward. This Shinagawa is in the Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of Minato 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 The , also translated as Musashino Platform and also named as Musashino Region, is a large tableland (known as a fluvial terrace) in the Kantō region of Honshu, Japan. The Musashino Plateau is a plateau that extends between the Arakawa and Tama R ...

. They include Shiba-Shirokanedai north of the

Meguro River The is a river which flows through Tokyo, Japan. Its tributaries include the Kitazawa River and the Karasuyama River. The river flows into Tokyo Bay near the Tennōzu Isle Station. The river is in length and passes through Setagaya, Meguro an ...

, Megurodai between the Meguro and Tachiai Rivers, and Ebaradai south of the Tachiai River. The Ward lies on

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. Its neighbors on land are all special wards of Tokyo:

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to the east, Minato to the north,

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 ...

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 was the one of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō.Tōkaidō Shinagawa-juku
Haguregumo. Accessed December ...

on the Tōkaidō. * District, formerly a town of that name, stretching from

Ōsaki Station is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR). Lines Ōsaki Station is served by the following JR East lines. * Saikyō Line * Shōnan ...

Gotanda is a district in the Shinagawa ward of Tokyo, Japan. The district straddles the Meguro River, and is located between the Meguro and Ōsaki stations on the JR Yamanote Line. The district is centered on Gotanda Station, which is served by the Toe ...

and

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 ...

s. * District, formerly a town of that name. * District, formerly a town of that name. * District, consisting of reclaimed land, including Higashiyashio on

Odaiba today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built in this area for defensive purposes in the 1850s. Reclaimed land offshore Shinagawa was dramatically expanded durin ...

. ;Shinagawa Area * Higashishinagawa * Hiromachi * Kitashinagawa * Minamishinagawa * Nishishinagawa ;Oi Area * Oi * Higashioi * Katsushima * Minamioi * Nishioi ;Osaki Area * Ōsaki *

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 ...

* Kamiōsaki *

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, ...

;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

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. A large proportion of the reclamation took place during the

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, 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 "

53 Stations of the Tōkaidō The are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.. There were originally 53 government post stations along the Tōkaidō, where traveler ...

" that a traveler would reach after setting out from

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on the Tōkaidō. The

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

maintained the Suzugamori execution grounds 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 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 Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

. In 1932, during the reorganisation of the municipal boundaries of

Tokyo City was a Cities of Japan, municipality in Japan and part of Tokyo Prefecture (1868–1943), Tokyo-fu which existed from 1 May 1889 until its merger with its prefecture on 1 July 1943. The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by ...

following the

1923 Great Kantō earthquake The struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. Extensive firestorms an ...

, 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 The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...

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;

JTB Corporation (aka JTB), is the largest travel agency in Japan and one of the largest travel agencies in the world. It specializes in tourism. There are branches all over the world to help Japanese and non-Japanese guests in both private leisure and corpor ...

, a major travel agency; Nippon Light Metal, an aluminum and chemical products company;

MOS Burger , doing business as (which stands for "Mountain Ocean Sun"), is an international fast-food restaurant chain (fast-casual) from Japan. Its headquarters are in the ThinkPark Tower in Ōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo. At one time its headquarters were ...

(in the

ThinkPark Tower ThinkPark Tower (シンクパークタワー) is a 30-story skyscraper, part of the ThinkPark redevelopment area in Ōsaki, Tokyo. The building construction started in 2004, based on designs by Nikken Sekkei with additional input from CIA, Inc. / ...

, Ōsaki); Lawson (East Tower of Gate City Ohsaki in Ōsaki),

Namco Bandai Holdings also known as the Bandai Namco Group and generally Bandai Namco, is a Japanese multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, formed from the merger of Bandai and Namco on ...

;

Namco Bandai Games is a Japanese multinational video game publisher headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and ...

;

Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly-own ...

;

Rakuten () is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing financial technology, as well as digital content and communicati ...

, Honda brand

Acura Acura is the luxury vehicle, luxury and performance division of Japanese automaker Honda, based primarily in North America. The brand was launched in the United States and Canada on March 27, 1986, marketing luxury and performance automobiles. It ...

;

Toyo Seikan (formerly known as Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.) is a Japan-based packaging container manufacturing company. It became a holding company in 2013, taking the name Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd. As of March 2013, the company has 78 subsidiary and ...

, a packaging manufacturer;

NSK Ltd. , also known in some markets as NSK Automation, is a large manufacturer of bearings globally and the largest in Japan. The company produces industrial machinery bearings, precision machinery and parts, and automotive bearings and components. ...

, a bearing maker;

Fuji Electric , operating under the brand name FE, is a Japanese electrical equipment company, manufacturing pressure transmitters, flowmeters, gas analyzers, controllers, inverters, pumps, generators, ICs, motors, and power equipment. History Fuji Electric ...

, an electrical equipment manufacturer;

Imagica is a Japanese post-production company for films, television programmes and commercials, etc., established in 1935 and headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Imagica Group. History Imagica was formerly named from 193 ...

, a media post-production company;

Nippon Chemi-Con is a Japanese corporation that produces capacitors and other discrete electronic components. Nippon Chemi-Con was founded in 1931 by Toshio Satoh in Japan. Price fixing On March 22, 2018, the European Union fined Nippon Chemi-Con €98 mill ...

, an electronic components manufacturer; Topy Industries, a machinery and automotive components company; Gakken, a publishing and educational services company;

Comsys is a Japanese construction company, specializing in telecommunication facility construction and engineering. It is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock market index. Renewable energy The company designed and built a 4.87-MW solar plant in ...

, a telecommunications construction and engineering company; and Pola Cosmetics all have their headquarters within Shinagawa Ward.

Marza Animation Planet is a Japan-based CGI animation studio dedicated to making full-length feature films and video game cutscenes. Their extensive résumé includes CGI add-ins for television series and video games. Their head office is located on the 18th floor ...

also has its headquarters in Shinagawa on the 18th floor of the NYK Tennoz Building near

Tennōzu Isle Station is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Monorail and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR). It is a set of two stations connected by an elevated walkway about 100 m long. Lines The Tokyo Monorail station is serve ...

. And recently, since August 2018,

Sega Sammy (also known as the Sega Sammy Group and generally Sega Sammy, stylized as SᴇɢᴀSammy) is a Japanese holding company formed from the merger of Sega and Sammy Corporation in 2004. Both companies are involved in the amusement industry (Sega ...

, best known for its

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franchise and also the owner of both the Nakano-based

TMS Entertainment , formerly known as the , also known as or , is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946. TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as ''Lupin the Third'', ...

and (through TMS Entertainment) the aforementioned Marza Animation Planet, has its headquarters in Shinagawa at the Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Garden Tower near

Japan Airlines , also known as JAL (''Jaru'') or , is an international airline and Japan's flag carrier and largest airline as of 2021 and 2022, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport, as w ...

(JAL), the head office of its subsidiary JAL Hotels, and registered offices of JAL Express and JALways are located in the Tennōzu Isle area.Company Profile
." ''

''. Retrieved on December 8, 2008. In addition, Jalux, a subsidiary, has its head office in the I·S Building. One group of employees moved into the building on July 26, 2010, and one on August 2, 2010. On 8 July 2022, Nikon announced they have begun construction on a new headquarters adjacent to their Oi Plan. The Nikon HQ is supposed to be completed in 2024 and its address is: , Nishioi 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

Other offices

Other companies maintain branch offices or research facilities in Shinagawa Ward.

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

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 is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits th ...

around the end of 2006 and closed the Osaki West Technology Center in Shinagawa around 2007.

Adobe Systems Adobe Inc. ( ), originally called Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Jose, California. It has historically specialized in software for the crea ...

maintains its Japan headquarters on the 19th Floor of Gate City Ohsaki near

, while

Siemens AG Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...

has its Japan offices in Takanawa Park Tower.

Phoenix Technologies Phoenix Technologies Ltd is an American company that designs, develops and supports core system software for personal computers and other computing devices. The company's products commonly referred to as BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) or fir ...

operates its Japan office on the 8th floor of the Gotanda NN Building in

. Siemens Japan and

Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...

also have offices in Shinagawa.

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...

and

ExxonMobil ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on November 30, ...

have their Japanese headquarters in Konan, Minato, near Shinagawa.

Kojima Productions Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. is a Japanese Video game developer, video game development studio founded in 2015 by video game designer Hideo Kojima, creator of the ''Metal Gear'' series. It is the spiritual successor to a production team inside K ...

offices are also located in Shinagawa.

Former economic operations

A JAL subsidiary,

Japan Asia Airways (JAA) was a subsidiary of Japan Airlines (JAL) which existed between 1975 and 2008. JAA was headquartered in the Japan Airlines Building in Shinagawa, Tokyo. JAA was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of JAL on 8 August 1975 and given the ...

, was also headquartered in the JAL Building until JAL dissolved it. GEOS, an English language school company, once had its headquarters in Shinagawa. At one time

Air Nippon was a regional airline based in the Shiodome City Center complex in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). Its main base was Tokyo International Airport. Code data In April 2004, Air Nippon ...

had its headquarters in Shinagawa.

Places

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*Museums **O Art Museum ** ** **The

Museum of Maritime Science The Museum of Maritime Science (船の科学館, ''Fune-no-kagakukan'') is a marine science museum located in Higashiyashio, Shinagawa, Tokyo on Odaiba island, Japan. Exhibits include Japanese boats, items related to the navy, shipping industry, f ...

Sugino is a Japanese manufacturer of road and track bicycle components, founded in Nara, Japan, in 1910. It made a variety of cycling components, including cranksets and chainrings. After flagging in popularity due to Shimano , originally and la ...

Costume Museum ** * * * * *

Ohi Racecourse , also known as Tokyo City Keiba (TCK), is located in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1950 for horse racing, on weekends it also hosts one of the largest Tokyo-area flea markets The racecourse is located near Ōi Keibajō Mae Station on the Tokyo ...

*Site of Suzugamori execution grounds *Site of Hamakawa

Gun Battery In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facil ...

* Shopping District * Shopping District "PALM" *Parks ** ** Rinshi-no-mori Park ** ** – site of a

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's villa ** – site of a daimyō's villa * (

Seven Lucky Gods In Japanese mythology, the Seven Lucky Gods or Seven Gods of Fortune (, shichifukujin in Japanese) are believed to grant good luck and are often represented in netsuke and in artworks. One of the seven (Jurōjin) is said to be based on a historic ...

in Ebara area) *

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

Kashima Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It is dedicated to , one of the patron deities of martial arts. Various dōjō of '' kenjutsu'' and '' kendō'' often display a hanging scroll emblazoned ...

*Churches **Meguro

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Church ( St. Anselm's Church) **

St. Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

's Church, Tokyo St. Mary's Church –

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

churches **Christ Shinagawa Church –

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

church **Shinagawa

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Church, Oi Baptist Church

Education

Tokyo Health Care University Gotanda Campus

Higher education

* Hoshi University *

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 pro ...

* Seisen University *

Showa University is a private comprehensive medical university in Japan with campuses in Tokyo, Yamanashi and Kanagawa Prefectures. It currently has four schools: medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing and rehabilitation sciences. What was to become today's ...

Tokyo Health Care University is a private university headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. The university offers health professional education programs in undergraduate and graduate levels. History The predecessor of the university, Aobagakuen Junior College, was es ...

* Sugino Fashion College *

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology The is a public professional graduate school at Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, established in 2006. The school offers professional education programs in project-based learning (PBL) method. The school is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Un ...

– 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 The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 ''Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai'') is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board directly manages all of the public high schools in all 23 special wards, the Wester ...

. *Metropolitan high schools ** ** ** *Private high schools ** affiliated to the Bunkyo University ** ** ** (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

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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 Gotanda Station ( ja, 五反田駅,) is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation, and the Tokyo subway operator Toei. Lines Gotanda Sta ...

Ōimachi Station is an interchange railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR), and the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. Lines Ōimachi Station is served by th ...

is in fact located in neighboring Minato but also serves the northern part of Shinagawa, and is a stop on the high-speed

line.

Rail

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East) **

Yamanote Line The Yamanote Line ( ja, 山手線, Yamanote-sen) is a loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major stations and urban ...

: Ōsaki, Gotanda and Meguro Stations ** Keihin-Tōhoku Line: Ōimachi Station **

Saikyō Line The Saikyō Line ( ja, 埼京線, ) is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is an abbreviation of ...

: Ōsaki Station **

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

: does not stop at the stations in Shinagawa **

Yokosuka Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km segment between and ...

: Nishi-Ōi Station ** Shōnan-Shinjuku Line: Ōsaki and Nishi-Ōi Stations *

Tokyu Corporation The is a Japanese multinational ''keiretsu'' ( conglomerate) holding company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Its main operation is , a wholly owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area. History The oldest predecessor ...

(Tōkyū) **

Tōkyū Meguro Line The is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between and in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Li ...

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

Rinkai Line The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. It connects central Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on t ...

): Tennōzu Isle, Shinagawa Seaside, Ōimachi and Ōsaki Stations *

Tokyo Monorail The , officially the , is a straddle-beam, Alweg-type monorail line in Tokyo, Japan. It is an airport rail link that connects Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Tokyo's Ōta, Shinagawa, and Minato wards. The line serves 11 stations betwe ...

: Tennōzu Isle and

Ōi Keibajō Mae Station is a station on the Tokyo Monorail in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Lines Ōi Keibajō Mae Station is served by the 17.8 km Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line The , officially the , is a straddle-beam, Alweg-type monorail line in Tokyo, J ...

s *

Keikyu Corporation (), also known as or, more recently, , is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. mea ...

(Keikyū) **

Keikyū Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. The line connects the Tokyo wards of Minato, Shinagawa, Ōta, and the Kanagawa municipalities of Kawasaki, Yokohama and Yokosuka. The Keikyu Main Line began as ...

: Kitashinagawa, Shimbamba, Aomono-yokochō, Samezu, Tachiaigawa and Ōmorikaigan Stations *

Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...

** Namboku Line: Meguro Station *

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation The , also known as , is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government which operates public transport services in Tokyo. Among its services, the Toei Subway is one of two rapid transit systems which make up the Tokyo subway system, the other b ...

(Toei) **

Mita Line The is a subway line of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) network in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Nishi-Takashimadaira in Itabashi and Meguro in Shinagawa. Trains continue with direct service into the Meguro Line o ...

: Meguro Station **

Asakusa Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes. The Asak ...

: Gotanda, Togoshi and Nakanobu Stations

Road

Shuto Expressway is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels) and central routes have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that requi ...

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

Bayshore Route The signed as Route B, is one of the routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area. The Bayshore Route is a stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of ...

"Wangan Sen" ** Central Circular Route "Chūō Kanjō Sen" *

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** 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

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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

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in New Zealand,

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in Switzerland, and

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, in the United States. *

, Switzerland *

, New Zealand *

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 270px, Hayakawa Town Hall is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 10,679 in 610 households, and a population density of 28.9 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . It has the smallest ...

, Japan *

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, Japan

Notable people from Shinagawa

* Tadasuke Akiyama, Japanese photographer *

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, Japanese

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Nobutoshi Canna , better known by the stage name , is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He first started acting as a child. Canna is best known for his performances as Tasuki (''Fushigi Yûgi''), Ban Mido ...

(Real Name: Nobutoshi Hayashi,

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: 林延年, ''Hayashi Nobutoshi''), Japanese actor,

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, singer and narrator *

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(Real Name: Hisato Takenaka,

: 竹中尚人, ''Takenaka Hisato''),

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ian, singer-songwriter and record producer *

Osamu Dezaki , also known as , , or , was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter.

, Japanese

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and screenwriter *

Renji Ishibashi , born is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 15th Hochi Film Award for '' Rōnin-gai''. Filmography Film Television Video game * '' Yakuza: Dead Souls'' - Oyassan References External links * Renji Ishi ...

(Real Name: Renji Ishida,

: 石田蓮司, ''Ishida Renji''), Japanese actor *

Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer and arranger. Known as one of the biggest names in the soundtrack world, he has worked on a wide range of mixed media productions, including anime, TV shows, films and video games. Among his credits are Toei's Kam ...

, Japanese composer and arranger *

Momoko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress, entertainer, singer, and scholar who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Parfit Production. On June 22, 2020, Kikuchi announced that she has left Parfit Production and gone independent. Her ex-husband is profes ...

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, entertainer,

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, and scholar *

Yun Kōga , better known by her pen name is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. She is married to fellow manga artist Tatsuneko, from whom he took the name of . She is a graduate of Mita Senior High School, Tokyo. She currently lives in Setagaya, Tokyo with ...

(Real Name: Risa Kimura,

: 木村理沙, ''Kimura Risa''), Japanese

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Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...

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, screenwriter, and producer *

Taiki Matsuno Taiki Matsuno ( ja, 松野太紀, Matsuno Taiki, born October 16, 1967) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Shinagawa, Tokyo. He is attached to Aoni Production. His real name, as well as his former stage name, is Tatsuya Matsuno ( ja, 松� ...

(Real Name: Tatsuya Matsuno,

: 松野達也, ''Matsuno Tatsuya''), Japanese actor and

* Takeshi Mori, December 2, 1959, in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan), Japanese television announcer and ''

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'' *

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, Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-

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(Real Name Unknown), Japanese professional wrestler and

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* Yuki Sato, Japanese actor * Chiyoko Shimakura, ''

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'' singer and TV presenter *

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, Japanese TV presenter and

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, Japanese mixed martial artist * Taeko Watanabe, Japanese

Miki Yamada is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. She was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo and received an LLB from the University of Tokyo, following which she joined the Ministry of ...

, Japanese politician, member of the

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and member of the Liberal Democratic Party *

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, Japanese businessman *

Masayoshi Takanaka is a Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer. He was born in 1953 in the Shinagawa ward in Tokyo, Japan. Takanaka's music was influential in the city pop genre of the late 1970s and '80s. Early life Takanaka was born to a Chinese fathe ...

(高中正義, Takanaka Masayoshi), Japanese

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, and producer.

Gallery

File:Togoshi park 2009.JPG, Togoshi Park File:Goten-yama Hill, Kita Shinagawa 5Chome.jpg,

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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 ...

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Hiroshige Utagawa Hiroshige (, also ; ja, 歌川広重 ), born Andō Tokutarō (; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ''ukiyo-e'' artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format l ...

File:Higashi-Shinagawa at night.JPG, Night view of Higashi-Shinagawa

References

External links

Shinagawa City Official Website
{{Authority control Wards of Tokyo