is a special ward in

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, 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 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

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. 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

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. Its neighbors on land are all special wards of Tokyo: Kōtō to the east, Minato to the north,

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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

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on the Tōkaidō. * District, formerly a town of that name, stretching from Ōsaki Station to Gotanda and Meguro Stations. * District, formerly a town of that name. * District, formerly a town of that name. * District, consisting of reclaimed land, including Higashiyashio on Odaiba. ;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'' (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 travelers ...

" that a traveler would reach after setting out from Nihonbashi to

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on the Tōkaidō. The

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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. In 1932, during the reorganisation of the municipal boundaries of Tokyo City following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, 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

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high-speed rail line began serving Shinagawa Station 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, 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 wer ...

(in the ThinkPark Tower, Ōsaki); Lawson (East Tower of Gate City Ohsaki in Ōsaki), Namco Bandai Holdings; Namco Bandai Games;

Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...

; Rakuten, Honda brand Acura; Toyo Seikan, a packaging manufacturer; NSK Ltd., a bearing maker; 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, an electronic components manufacturer; Topy Industries, a machinery and automotive components company; Gakken, a publishing and educational services company;

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, 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, best known for its Sonic the Hedgehog 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.

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(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
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''. 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.

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operates the Gotenyama Technology Center and the Osaki East Technology Center in Shinagawa. Sony used to have its headquarters in Shinagawa. Sony moved to

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around the end of 2006 and closed the Osaki West Technology Center in Shinagawa around 2007. Adobe Systems maintains its Japan headquarters on the 19th Floor of Gate City Ohsaki near Ōsaki Station, while

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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 firm ...

operates its Japan office on the 8th floor of the Gotanda NN Building in Gotanda. Siemens Japan and Philips also have offices in Shinagawa.

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and ExxonMobil have their Japanese headquarters in Konan, Minato, near Shinagawa. Kojima Productions offices are also located in Shinagawa.

Former economic operations

A JAL subsidiary,

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, 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

Shimoshinmei tenso jinja futaba shinagawa tokyo 2017-2

*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 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 * 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 Ebara area) * Buddhist temples ** ** Tōkai-ji ** ** * Shintō shrines ** ** ** ** Kashima Shrine *Churches **Meguro

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Church ( St. Anselm's Church) ** St. Stephen's Church, Tokyo St. Mary's Church – Anglican churches **Christ Shinagawa Church –

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church **Shinagawa

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Church, Oi Baptist Church

Education

Tokyo Health Care University Gotanda Campus

Higher education

* Hoshi University * Rissho University * Seisen University * Showa University *

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. *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 * Meguro Station * Ōsaki Station *

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 ...

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

: Nishi-Ōi Station ** Shōnan-Shinjuku Line: Ōsaki and Nishi-Ōi Stations * Tokyu Corporation (Tōkyū) **

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, Fudō-mae, Musashi-Koyama and Nishi-Koyama Stations ** Tōkyū Ōimachi Line: 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 *

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: Tennōzu Isle and

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s * Keikyu Corporation (Keikyū) **

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

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** Namboku Line: Meguro Station * Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) **

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: Meguro Station **

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: Gotanda, Togoshi and Nakanobu Stations

Road

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(Shutokō) ** Route 1 "Haneda Sen" ** Route 2 "Meguro Sen" ** Bayshore Route "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 Harbin in China, and has concluded "hometown exchange agreements" () with Hayakawa in Yamanashi Prefecture and Yamakita in Kanagawa Prefecture. * Harbin, China * Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan *

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, Japan

Notable people from Shinagawa

* Tadasuke Akiyama, Japanese photographer *

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, Japanese figure skater * Nobutoshi Canna (Real Name: Nobutoshi Hayashi,

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: 林延年, ''Hayashi Nobutoshi''), Japanese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator * Char (Real Name: Hisato Takenaka,

: 竹中尚人, ''Takenaka Hisato''), Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer *

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, Japanese anime director and screenwriter * Renji Ishibashi (Real Name: Renji Ishida,

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

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, Japanese composer and arranger * Momoko Kikuchi, Japanese actress, entertainer,

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, and scholar * Yun Kōga (Real Name: Risa Kimura,

: 木村理沙, ''Kimura Risa''), Japanese manga artist *

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, Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producer * Taiki Matsuno (Real Name: Tatsuya Matsuno,

: 松野達也, ''Matsuno Tatsuya''), Japanese actor and voice actor * Takeshi Mori, December 2, 1959, in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan), Japanese television announcer and '' tarento'' * Keiji Nishikawa, Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan *

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

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'' singer and TV presenter * Tetsuo Suda, Japanese TV presenter and news anchor *

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, Japanese mixed martial artist * Taeko Watanabe, Japanese manga artist * Miki Yamada, Japanese politician, member of the

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and member of the Liberal Democratic Party * Masamoto Yashiro, Japanese businessman * Masayoshi Takanaka (高中正義, Takanaka Masayoshi), Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer.

Gallery

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

Cherry blossoms A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of genus ''Prunus'' or ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especially in Japan. They generall ...

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 File:Shinagawa Harbor in Tokyo.jpg, Harbor in Kita-Shinagawa File:100 views edo 083.jpg, Harbor in Kita-Shinagawa by

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