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Shinagawa, Tokyo
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in 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 area is 22.84 km2. ''Shinagawa'' is also commonly used to refer to the business district around Shinagawa Station, which is not in Shinagawa Ward. This Shinagawa is in the Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of Minato, Tokyo, 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. They include Shirokanedai, Minato, Tokyo, 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, Tokyo, Kōt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Wards Of Tokyo
The of Tokyo are a special form of Municipalities of Japan, municipalities in Japan under the 1947 Local Autonomy Act, Local Autonomy Law. They are city-level wards: primary subdivisions of a prefecture with municipal autonomy largely comparable to other forms of municipalities. With a land area of , it is about three-quarters the size of Singapore. As of 2024, it has a population of almost 10 million, with a density of about . Although the autonomy law today allows for special wards to be established in other prefectures, to date they exist only in Tokyo, which consists of 23 special wards and 39 other, ordinary municipalities (cities of Japan, cities, list of towns in Japan, towns, and list of villages in Japan, villages). The special wards of Tokyo occupy the land that was once the core Tokyo City in its 1936 borders before it was abolished under the Tōjō Cabinet in 1943 to become directly ruled by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, prefectural government, then renamed to " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirokanedai, Minato, Tokyo
is a 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 only of very narrow area along Meguro-dori (Tokyo Prefectural Route 312) and the former imperial estate called Shirokane Goryochi. It was merged with nearby neighborhoods after the promulgation of the current addressing system in 1969. Overview Located at the southwestern end of Minato, the neighborhood of Shirokanedai lies between Ebisu, Kamiōsaki and Higashigotanda on the west, Takanawa on the east, and Shirokane on the north. Shopping amenities and apartment buildings are densely spread along Meguro-dori, Gaien Nishi-dori and Sakurada-dori; however, most in Shirokanedai are quiet residential areas. Shirokanedai remains abundant in natural green space, for historically Shirokanedai-cho was home to the former imperial estate called Shirokane Goryoch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishigotanda
is a district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, 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, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Kamiōsaki and Higashigotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Higashigotanda, Shinagawa on the northeast; Ǒsaki, Shinagawa on the east; Togoshi, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Togoshi and Hiratsuka, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Hiratsuka, Shinagawa on the southeast; Ebara, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Ebara, Shinagawa on the south; Koyama, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Koyama, Shinagawa on the southwest; Koyamadai, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Koyamadai, Shinagawa on the west; and Shimomeguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Shimomeguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Meguro 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 Office Depot, Uniqlo, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo
is a district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. The district is in the northern part of Shinagawa and borders Mita (Meguro-Mita) and Ebisuminami on the north, Shirokanedai on the east, Higashigotanda is a district located at the northern part of Shinagawa, Tokyo, 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, Tokyo, Kamiōsaki, Shin ... on the southeast, Nishigotanda on the southwest, and Meguro and Shimomeguro on the west. Kamiōsaki is home to Meguro Station; 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 are zoned to No. 3 Hino Elementary School ( 第三日野小� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashigotanda
is a district located at the northern part of Shinagawa, Tokyo, 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, Tokyo, Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa and Shirokanedai, Minato, Tokyo, Minato on the north, Takanawa, Minato on the east, Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa on the southeast, Ōsaki, Tokyo, Ōsaki, Shinagawa (across Meguro River) on the south, and Nishigotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Nishigotanda, Shinagawa (across JR Yamanote Line) on the west. Gotanda Station is located in Higashigotanda 1-chōme. Higashigotanda has several well-known upper-class residential districts including and , which roughly correspond to Higashigotanda 3-chōme and 5-chōme, respectively. Higashigotanda is home to two private universities. Seisen University (Tokyo), Seisen University is located in Higashigotanda 3-chōme, and Tokyo Health Care University is located in Higash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odaiba
is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo), Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1850s. The land was dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and was redeveloped in the 1990s into a major commercial, residential and leisure area. Odaiba, along with Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, is one of the few manmade seashores in Tokyo Bay where the waterfront is accessible and not blocked by industry and harbor areas. The majority of the island is located in Tokyo's Koto, Tokyo, Kōtō ward, with the north and northwest of the island in Minato, Tokyo, Minato and Shinagawa, Tokyo, Shinagawa wards. formally refers to one district of the island located in Minato. Governor Shintaro Ishihara used ''Odaiba'' to refer to the entire , which includes the Ariake, Tokyo, Ariake and Aomi, Tokyo, Aomi districts of Kōtō, Tokyo, Kōtō Ward and the Higashi-Yashio district of Shin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meguro Station
is a railway station in the Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 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 - through service with Tokyu Meguro Line *Toei Mita Line - through service with Tokyu Meguro Line *Tokyu Meguro Line - through service with Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line Station layout The JR East part of the station consists of one island platform serving two tracks. It also has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency. The combined Tokyu, Tokyo Metro, and Toei part of the station consists of an island platform located on the 4th basement ("4BF") level. JR East platforms File:JR Yamanote-Line Meguro Station Central Gates.jpg, JR East ticket gates, 2019 File:JR_Yamanote-Line_Meguro_Station_Platform_(20210410).jpg, The Yamanote Line platforms in April 2021 To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotanda Station
Gotanda Station (,) 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 Station is served by the following lines: * JR East Yamanote Line * Toei Asakusa Line (Station number A-05) * Tokyu Ikegami Line - terminus station Station layout JR East The JR East station consists of an elevated island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ... serving two tracks. The station has a " Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in February 2015, with operation commencing in March. File:JR_Yamanote-Line_Gotanda_Station_Platform_(20210410 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōsaki Station
is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, jointly owned and 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-Shinjuku Line * Yamanote Line It also forms the western starting point of the TWR Rinkai Line to . Most Saikyō Line trains operate through to Shin-Kiba on the Rinkai Line. Station layout The station has four island platforms serving eight tracks. Platforms 1 to 4 are for the Yamanote Line, and 5 to 8 are shared by the Saikyō Line, the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and the Rinkai Line. Ōsaki is one of the stations on the Yamanote Line loop where trains are put into and taken out of service. It therefore has four tracks (two in each direction) for the Yamanote Line so as not to interfere with continuing trains (trains go several rounds before being taken out); usually platforms 1 and 3 are used by regular services, while platforms 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōkaidō (road)
The , which roughly means "eastern sea route," was the most important of the Edo Five Routes, Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan, connecting Kyoto to the ''de facto'' capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshū, hence the route's name. The Tōkaidō was first used in ancient times as a route from Kyoto to central Honshu before the Edo period. Traveling the Tōkaidō Most of the travel was on foot, as wheeled carts were almost nonexistent, and heavy cargo was usually sent by boat. Members of the higher class, however, traveled by ''kago''. Women were forbidden from travelling alone and had to be accompanied by men. Other restrictions were also put in place for travelers, but, while severe penalties existed for various travel regulations, most seem not to have been enforced. Captain Sherard Osborn, who traveled part of the road in around 1858, noted that: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinagawa-juku
was one of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō.Tōkaidō Shinagawa-juku Haguregumo. Accessed December 10, 2007. It is located in , , . Along with Itabashi-shuku (), Naitō Shinjuku ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōta, Tokyo
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Ōta City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Ōmori, Ōta, Tokyo, Ōmori and Kamata, Ōta, Tokyo, Kamata following Tokyo City's Local Autonomy Act, transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The southernmost of the 23 special wards, Ōta borders the special wards of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Meguro, Tokyo, Meguro and Setagaya, Tokyo, Setagaya to the north, and Kōtō, Tokyo, Kōtō to the east. Across the Tama River in Kanagawa Prefecture is the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kawasaki, forming the boundaries to the south and west. Ōta is the largest special ward in Tokyo by area, spanning 59.46 square kilometres (22.96 sq mi). As of 2024, the ward has an estimated population of 744,849, making it the third largest special ward by population, with a population density of 12,041 inhabitants per square kilometre (31,190/sq mi). Notable neighborhoods and districts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
