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Shinagawa, Tokyo

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Shinagawa
品川区
Location
Country Japan
Region Kantō
Prefecture Tokyo
Physical characteristics
Area 22.77 km²
Population (as of 2005)
     Total 334,464
     Density 14,720/km²
Symbols
Shinagawa Hall
Official website: Shinagawa


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Shinagawa (品川区 Shinagawa-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.

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[edit] 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 Tōkaidō
  • 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

[edit] History

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 City of Tokyo (Tokyo-shi) following the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake.

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[edit] Education

[edit] Colleges and universities

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Important train stations

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

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[edit] Road

Shinagawa is also home to the main motor vehicle registration facility for central Tokyo (located east of Samezu Station). As a result, manylicense plates in Tokyo are labeled with the name "Shinagawa."

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[edit] 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.

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