Shinagawa

Shinagawa 品川区
Special ward
Shinagawa City
Meguro River at Ōsaki, Shinagawa
Flag
Location of Shinagawa in Tokyo Metropolis
Shinagawa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°36′N 139°44′E / 35.600°N 139.733°ECoordinates: 35°36′N 139°44′E / 35.600°N 139.733°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo Metropolis
Area
• Total	22.84 km^2 (8.82 sq mi)
Population (April 1, 2016)
• Total	380,293
• Density	16,510/km^2 (42,800/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp

Shinagawa (品川区 Shinagawa-ku) is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. While somewhat misleadingly referred to as Shinagawa City in bureaucratic English translations (it is not a city in its own right, but a subsection of the metropolis of Tokyo), in natural English it is more commonly known simply as Shinagawa, as Shinagawa Ward, or (particularly in street addresses) as Shinagawa-ku. The ward is home to ten embassies.

As of 1 April 2016, the ward has an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km². The total area is 22.84 km².^[1]

Geography

Shinagawa 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.

The ward consists of five districts:

• Shinagawa District, including the former Shinagawa-juku on the Tōkaidō.
• Ōsaki (大崎) District, formerly a town of that name, stretching from Ōsaki Station to Gotanda and Meguro Stations.
• Ebara (荏原) District, formerly a town of that name.
• Ōi (大井) District, formerly a town of that name.
• Yashio (八潮) District, consisting of reclaimed land, including Higashiyashio on Odaiba.

History

Shinagawa-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige

Most of Tokyo east of the Imperial Palace is reclaimed land. A large portion of reclamation happened during the Edo period. Following the Meiji Restoration and the Abolition of the han system, Shinagawa prefecture was instituted in 1869. The prefectural administration was planned to be set up in present-day Shinagawa in the Ebara District. In 1871, Shinagawa prefecture was integrated into Tokyo Prefecture.

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947 through the administrative amalgamation of the former Ebara Ward with the former Shinagawa Ward. Both Ebara Ward and Shinagawa Ward had been created in 1932, with the outward expansion of the municipal boundaries of the Tokyo City following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

In the Edo period, Shinagawa-juku was the first shukuba (post town) in the "53 Stations of the Tōkaidō" a traveler would reach after setting out from Nihonbashi on the Tōkaidō highway from Edo to Kyoto. The post-town function is retained today with several large hotels near the train station offering 6,000 hotel rooms, the largest concentration in the city. The Tokugawa shogunate maintained the Suzugamori execution grounds in Shinagawa.

The Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line began serving Shinagawa Station in 2003.

Politics and government

Shinagawa is run by a city assembly of 40 elected members. The mayor as of 2007 is Takeshi Hamano, an independent. Liberal Democratic Party together with New Komeito currently forms government.

• Shinagawa local election, 2007
• Shinagawa mayoral election, 2006

Embassies in Shinagawa

Belarus[2] Brunei[3]

Colombia[4] Indonesia[5]

Serbia[6] Thailand[7]

Macedonia[8] Mauritania[9]

Myanmar[10] Zambia[11]

Economy

Corporate headquarters

Japan Airlines headquarters in Tennōzu Isle, Shinagawa

Many companies are headquartered in Shinagawa. Isuzu, an auto manufacturer;^[12] JTB Corporation, a major travel agency;^[13] Nippon Light Metal, an aluminum and chemical products company;^[14] MOS Burger (in the ThinkPark Tower, Ōsaki);^[15] Lawson (East Tower of Gate City Ohsaki in Ōsaki),^[16] Namco Bandai Holdings;^[17] Namco Bandai Games;^[18] Banpresto;^[19] Rakuten,^[20][21] Honda brand Acura; Toyo Seikan, a packaging manufacturer;^[22] NSK Ltd., a bearing maker;^[23] Fuji Electric, an electrical equipment manufacturer;^[24] Imagica, a media post-production company;^[25] and Pola Cosmetics^[26] all have their headquarters within Shinagawa Ward. Marza Animation Planet also has its headquarters in Shinagawa.^[27][28]

Japan Airlines (JAL), the head office of its subsidiary JAL Hotels, and registered offices of JAL Express and JALways are located in the Tennōzu Isle area.^{[29][30][30][31][32][33]} In addition, Jalux, a subsidiary, has its head office in the I·S Building.^[34] One group of employees moved into the building on July 26, 2010, and one on August 2, 2010.^[35]

Other offices

Other companies maintain branch offices or research facilities in Shinagawa. Sony operates the Gotenyama Technology Center and the Osaki East Technology Center in Shinagawa.^[36] Sony used to have its headquarters in Shinagawa.^[37] Sony moved to Minato, Tokyo around the end of 2006 and closed the Osaki West Technology Center in Shinagawa around 2007.^[38][39] Adobe Systems maintains its Japan headquarters on the 19th Floor of Gate City Ohsaki near Ōsaki Station,^[40] while Siemens AG has its Japan offices in Takanawa Park Tower.^[41] Phoenix Technologies operates its Japan office on the 8th floor of the Gotanda NN Building in Gotanda.^[42] Siemens Japan and Philips also have offices in Shinagawa.

Microsoft and ExxonMobil have their Japanese headquarters in the in Konan, Minato, near Shinagawa.^[43]

Former economic operations

Prior to its dissolution, JAL subsidiary Japan Asia Airways was also headquartered in the JAL Building.^[44] GEOS, an English language school company, once had its headquarters in Shinagawa.^[45] At one time Air Nippon had its headquarters in Shinagawa.^[46]

Places

Tōkai-ji

Ebara Shrine

• Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
• Museum of Maritime Science
• Shinagawa Historical Museum (ja)
• SHINAGAWA AQUARIUM (ja)
• The Shiki Theatre Natsu (ja)
• The Galaxy Thetre (ja)
• Ohi Racecourse
• Ōmori Midden (ja) Site Park
• Former Suzugamori Execution Grounds
• TV Tokyo Tennozu Studios (ja)
• Buddhist temples
  • Honsen-ji (ja)
  • Tōkai-ji (ja)
  • Hōren-ji (ja)
• Shintō shrines
  • Shinagawa Shrine (ja)
  • Ebara Shrine (ja)
  • Kashima Shrine (ja)
• Churches
  • Catholic Meguro Church (St. Anselm Church)^[47]
  • Christ Shinagawa Church - Presbyterianism^[48]
  • Shinagawa Baptist Church,^[49] Oi Baptist Church^[50]
• The Institute for Research in Human Happiness

Education

Tokyo Health Care University

Universities

• Hoshi University
• Rissho University
• Seisen University
• Showa University
• Tokyo Health Care University

Special colleges

The Public University Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan University,^[51] established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, operates two special colleges at Higashi-Ōi in Shinagawa:

• Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
• Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology (ja)

The Educational Corporation Sugino Gakuen^[52] operates two special colleges at Kami-Ōsaki in Shinagawa:

• Sugino Fashion College
• Sugino Fashion Junior College (ja)

Primary and secondary

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.

Public high schools in Shinagawa include:

• Koyamadai High School^[53]
• Osaki High School^[54]
• Yashio High School^[55]

International schools include:

• Canadian International School in Tokyo^[56]

Transport

Important railway stations

Exterior of Shinagawa Station in Minato

Ōimachi Station at Ōi, Shinagawa

Shinagawa Station in neighboring Minato also serves Shinagawa, and is a stop on the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line.

• Gotanda Station
• Meguro Station
• Ōsaki Station
• Ōimachi Station

Rail

• East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
  • Yamanote Line: Ōsaki, Gotanda, Meguro Stations
  • Keihin-Tōhoku Line: Ōimachi Station
  • Saikyō Line: Ōsaki Station
  • Tōkaidō Main Line: does not stop at the stations in Shinagawa
  • Yokosuka Line: Nishi-Ōi Station
  • Shōnan-Shinjuku Line: Ōsaki, Nishi-Ōi Stations
• Tokyu Corporation (Tōkyū)
  • Tōkyū Meguro Line: Meguro, Fudō-mae, Musashi-Koyama, Nishi-Koyama Stations
  • Tōkyū Ōimachi Line: Shimo-Shinmei, Togoshi-kōen, Nakanobu, Ebaramachi, Hatanodai Stations
  • Tōkyū Ikegami Line: Gotanda, Ōsaki-Hirokōji, Togoshi-Ginza, Ebara-Nakanobu, Hatanodai Stations
• Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit: Tennōzu Isle, Shinagawa Seaside, Ōimachi, Ōsaki Stations
• Tokyo Monorail: Tennōzu Isle, Ōi Keibajō-mae Stations
• Keikyu Corporation
  • Main Line: Kitashinagawa, Shimbamba, Aomono-yokochō, Samezu, Tachiaigawa, Ōmorikaigan Stations
• Tokyo Metro
  • Namboku Line: Meguro Station
• Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
  • Mita Line: Meguro Station
  • Asakusa Line: Gotanda, Togoshi, Nakanobu Stations

Road

• Shuto Expressway
  • Route 1 "Haneda Sen"
  • Route 2 "Meguro Sen"
  • Bayshore Route "Wangan Sen"
  • Central Circular Route "Chūō Kanjō Sen"
• National highways of Japan
  • 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 license plates in Tokyo are labeled with the name "Shinagawa."

Events

The abduction of Kiyoshi Kariya by the Aum Shinrikyo cult occurred in Shinagawa. On February 28, 1995, cult members abducted Kariya, a public employee, and took him to their facility in Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi. Cult members, including Ikuo Hayashi, injected Kariya with sodium thiopental in order to discover the location of the man's sister (a former Aum member), but Kariya unexpectedly died.^[57]

Sister cities

Shinagawa has sister-city relationships with Auckland in New Zealand, Geneva in Switzerland, and Portland, Maine in the United States.^[58]

• Geneva, Switzerland
• Auckland, New Zealand^[59]
• Portland, Maine

Others

Shinagawa has exchange city relationships with Harbin in People's Republic of China^[60] and concludes "Hometown exchange agreement"(ふるさと交流協定) with Hayakawa and Yamakita towns.^[61]

• Harbin, People's Republic of China - educational exchange city(教育交流都市)
• Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan
• Yamakita, Kanagawa, Japan

Gallery

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  Goten-yama Hill at Kita-Shinagawa

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  Goten-yama Hill in 1832 by Hokusai

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  Harbor in Shinagawa

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  Harbor in Shinagawa in 1857 by Hiroshige

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  Night view of Higashi-Shinagawa

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External links

• Shinagawa City official website (Japanese)
• Shinagawa City official website (English)