is a district in the

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, Japan. The district straddles the

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, and is located between the

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and Ōsaki stations on the JR

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The district is centered on

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 ...

, which is served by the

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and the elevated Tōkyū Ikegami Line as well as the Yamanote line.

District profile

The JR loop divides the district in half, with Higashi (East) Gotanda lying inside the Yamanote loop, while Nishi (West) Gotanda is outside the loop. Nishi-Gotanda is largely residential, with moderately sized apartment buildings close to the JR station and quiet streets in the outer areas. Higashi-Gotanda is home to Seisen University,

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, several temples and shrines, and many office buildings. Higashi-Gotanda also has many hotels, including some

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s. The global headquarters of

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were previously located along Sony Dōri on the eastern edge of Higashi-Gotanda, but most of the complex has moved to adjacent Shinagawa, Minato Ward. One of Tokyo's busy major avenues, Sakurada Dōri — a part of National Route 1, passes through both halves of Gotanda, carrying traffic between the inner business districts ringing the Imperial Palace grounds and the outlying areas of Shinagawa-ku, Ōta-ku and beyond that the city of

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The area is home to the embassies of Belarus, Indonesia, and North Macedonia, and the Consulates General of Brazil and Peru. Educational and medical institutions in the area include Seisen University,

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and

. Corporations with their headquarters in Gotanda include Allied Telesis,

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, Gakken, and

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