Shinagawa

Shinagawa 品川区
Special ward
Shinagawa City
Meguro River at Ōsaki, Shinagawa
Flag Emblem
Location of Shinagawa in Tokyo Metropolis
Shinagawa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°36′N 139°44′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	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Website	www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp

Shinagawa (品川区, Shinagawa-ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes called Shinagawa City in English.^[1]

As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 344,461 and a density of 15,740 persons per km². The total area is 22.72 km².

History

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947 by combining Ebara Ward with the older Shinagawa Ward.^[2] Both Ebara Ward and Shinagawa Ward had been created in 1932 when Tokyo City expanded after the Great Kantō earthquake.

Shinagawa is a transport hub with the busy Shinagawa Station nearby in Minato Ward.

Politics and government

Shinagawa is run by a city assembly of 40 elected members.

Foreign embassies and consulates

Embassies

• Indonesia
• Colombia
• Zambia
• Serbia
• Thailand
• Paraguay
• Brunei
• Myanmar
• Mauritania

Education

Universities

• Hoshi University
• Rissho University
• Seisen University
• Showa University
• Sugino Women's University

Special colleges

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates two special colleges in Shinagawa:

• Tokyo Metropolitan College of Technology [1] Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology [2]

Sister cities

Shinagawa has sister-city relationships with Auckland in New Zealand, Geneva in Switzerland, and Portland, Maine in the United States.^[3]

• Geneva, Switzerland
• Auckland, New Zealand^[4]
• Harbin, People's Republic of China
• Hayakawa, Japan
• Portland, Maine

Related pages

• List of special wards of Tokyo
• Capital of Japan

References

1. Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-27.
2. 大東京35区物語～15区から23区へ～東京23区の歴史 (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Archives. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
3. 国際交流事業の紹介 | 品川区 Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine ("Introduction to International Relations | Shinagawa") Retrieved on March 10, 2009
4. "Sister Cities". Consulate-General of Japan in Auckland. Embassy of Japan. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-12-09.

Other websites

• http://www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp/s_foreign/english/kucho.html Archived 2006-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Special wards Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine