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Shinagawa

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. It is home to eleven embassies.

, Shinagawa had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area is 22.84&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

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 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, Minato 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 Area
  • Higashishinagawa
  • Hiromachi
  • Kitashinagawa
  • Minamishinagawa
  • Nishishinagawa
Ōi Area
  • Ōi
  • Higashiōi
  • Katsushima
  • Minamiōi
  • Nishiōi
Ōsaki Area
Ebara Area
  • Ebara
  • Futaba
  • Hatanodai
  • Higashinakanobu
  • Hiratsuka
  • Koyama
  • Koyamadai
  • Nakanobu
  • Nishinakanobu
  • Togoshi
  • Yutakachō
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 (post town) in the "53 Stations of the Tōkaidō" that a traveler would reach after setting out from Nihonbashi to Kyoto on the Tōkaidō. The Tokugawa shogunate 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 Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line began serving Shinagawa Station in 2003.

Economy

Corporate headquarters

Former economic operations

Sony had its headquarters and related facilities in Kitashinagawa from 1947, the next year of its founding, until 2007. They were relocated to Minato, Tokyo, and the site was redeveloped into an upscale residential area and office buildings.

Nikon developed and manufactured products at factories in Nishiōi, Shinagawa from 1918 to 2016. In 2024, the company built its headquarters building on the site of those former factories.

Politics and government

The mayor of Shinagawa Ward is , elected on December 4, 2022. She is an independent politician born in 1978.

The , consisting of 40 seats, held its last election on April 23, 2023.

Places

Education

Higher education

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.

Municipal combined elementary and junior high schools:

  • Ebara Hiratsuka Gakuen ()
  • Hino Gakuen ()
  • Houyou no Mori Gakuen ()
  • Ito Gakuen ()
  • Shinagawa Gakuen ()
  • Yashio Gakuen ()

Municipal junior high schools:

  • Ebara No. 1 Junior High School (荏原第一中学校)
  • Ebara No. 5 Junior High School ()
  • Ebara No. 6 Junior High School (荏原第六中学校)
  • Fujimidai Junior High School ()
  • 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 ()
  • Tokai Junior High School ()

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 ()
  • No. 4 Hino Elementary School ()
  • Asamadai Elementary School ()
  • Daiba Elementary School ()
  • Enzan Elementary School ()
  • Genjimae Elementary School ()
  • Gotenyama Elementary School (御殿山小学校)
  • Hamakawa Elementary School (浜川小学校)
  • Hatanodai Elementary School ()
  • Hosui Elementary School ()
  • Ito Elementary School ()
  • Jonan Elementary School ()
  • Jonan No. 2 Elementary School ()
  • Kamishinmei Elementary School ()
  • Keiyo Elementary School ()
  • Koyama Elementary School ()
  • Koyamadai Elementary School ()
  • Mitsugi Elementary School (三木小学校)
  • Miyamae Elementary School ()
  • Nakanobu Elementary School (中延小学校)
  • Ōhara Elementary School (大原小学校)
  • Ōi No. 1 Elementary School (大井第一小学校)
  • Samehama Elementary School (鮫浜小学校)
  • Shimizudai Elementary School ()
  • Suzugamori Elementary School (鈴ヶ森小学校)
  • Tachiai Elementary School (立会小学校)
  • Togoshi Elementary School ()
  • Ushiroji Elementary School (後地小学校)
  • Yamanaka Elementary School (山中小学校)

Transport

Important railway stations

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 Tōkaidō Shinkansen line.

Rail

Road

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 –
  • 1964 –
  • 1987 –
  • 1995 –

International relations

Sister city and friendship cities

Sister city
Friendship cities
  • Geneva, Swiss Confederation (since 1991)
  • Auckland, New Zealand (since 1993)

Diplomatic missons in Shinagawa

Embassies
Consulates-general
Honorary consulate

In popular culture

Notable people from Shinagawa

Gallery

References

External links