Shinagawa, Tokyo
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Shinagawa (品川区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Shinagawa City. The ward is home to nine embassies. Shinagawa has sister-city relations with Portland, Maine in the United States; Geneva, Canton of Geneva, in Switzerland; Auckland City in New Zealand; Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China, and Hayakawa, Yamanashi.
As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 334,464 and a density of 14720 persons per km². The total area is 22.72 km².
Geography
Shinagawa includes natural uplands and lowlands, as well as reclaimed land. The uplands are the eastern end of the Musashino hills. They include Shiba Shiroganedai 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: Koto to the east, Minato to the north, Meguro to the west, and Ota to the south.
The ward consists of five districts:
- the Shinagawa district, including the former Shinagawa post on the Tokaido
- the Osaki district, formerly a town, stretching from Osaki Station to Gotanda and Meguro Stations
- the Ebara district, formerly a town of that name
- the Oi district, previously the town
- the Yashio district, consisting of reclaimed land
History
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.Places
- The Institute for Research in Human Happiness
- National Institute of Japanese Literature
- Shinagawa Shrine
- Suzugamori Execution Grounds (Edo period)
- TV Tokyo Tennozu Studios
Education
Colleges and universities
- Hoshi University
- Rissho University
- Seisen University
- Showa University
- Sugino Women's University
Transportation
Important train stations
Shinagawa Station in neighboring Minato also serves Shinagawa.Rail
- JR East
- *Yamanote Line: Osaki, Gotanda, Meguro Stations
- *Saikyo Line: Osaki Station
- *Tokaido Main Line: does not stop in Shinagawa
- *Yokosuka Line: Nishi Oi Station
- *Shonan Shinjuku Line: Osaki, Nishi Oi Stations
- Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (Tokyū)
- *Tokyu Meguro Line: Meguro, Fudo-mae, Musashi Koyama, Nishi Koyama Stations
- *Tokyu Oimachi Line: Shimo Shinmei, Togoshi Koen, Nakanobe, Ebaramachi, Hatanodai Stations
- *Tokyu Ikegami Line: Gotanda, Osaki Hirokoji, Togoshi Ginza, Ebara Nakanobu, Hatanodai Stations
- Tokyo Waterfront Railway: Tennozu Isle, Shinagawa Seaside, Oimachi, Osaki Stations
- Tokyo Monorail: Tennozu Isle, Oi Keibajo-mae Stations
- Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keihin Kyuko or Keikyu)
- *Main Line: Kita Shinagawa, Shin-Baba, Aomono Yokocho, Samezu, Tachiaikawa, Omori Kaigan Stations
- Tokyo Metro
- *Nanboku Line: Meguro Station
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- *Mita Line: Meguro Station
- *Asakusa Line: Gotanda, Togoshi, Nakanobu Stations
Road
- Shuto Expressway
- *No. 1 Haneda Route (Edobashi JCT - Iriya)
- *No.2 Meguro Route (Ichinohashi JCT - Togoshi)
- *Bayshore Route (Kawasaki-Ukishima JCT - Koya)
- National highways of Japan
- *Route 1
- *Route 15
- *Route 357
Companies
- Adobe Systems (Japan headquarters)
- Imagica: cinema postproduction
- Isuzu: automobile manufacturer
- Japan Airlines
- JTB: major travel agency
- Pola: cosmetics maker
- Siemens Japan
- Sony
People
- Dokumamushi Sandayu: actor
- Empress Michiko of Japan
- Ishibashi Renji: actor
- Kurosawa Akira: director
- Sanada Hiroyuki: actor
- Yaginuma Junko: Olympic figure skater
Events
The Kariya Kiyoshi Abduction took place in Shinagawa. On February 28, 1995, members of Aum Shinrikyo abducted Kariya, a public employee, and took him to their facility in Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi, where one of their members, Hayashi Ikuo, gave him an overdose of sodium thiopental of which he died. They incinerated his body and dumped his ashes in Lake Kawaguchi.External links
- [Shinagawa City] official website in English
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