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 District, including the former Shinagawa-juku on the Tōkaidō.
  • District, formerly a town of that name, stretching from Ōsaki Station to Gotanda and Meguro Stations.
  • District, formerly a town of that name.
  • District, formerly a town of that name.
  • District, consisting of reclaimed land, including Higashiyashio on Odaiba.

;Shinagawa Area

  • Higashishinagawa
  • Hiromachi
  • Kitashinagawa
  • Minamishinagawa
  • Nishishinagawa

;Ōi Area

  • Ōi
  • Higashiōi
  • Katsushima
  • Minamiōi
  • Nishiōi

;Ōsaki Area

  • Ōsaki
  • Higashigotanda
  • Kamiōsaki
  • Nishigotanda

;Ebara Area

  • Ebara
  • Futaba
  • Hatanodai
  • Higashinakanobu
  • Hiratsuka
  • Koyama
  • Koyamadai
  • Nakanobu
  • Nishinakanobu
  • Togoshi
  • Yutakachō

;Yashio Area

  • Yashio
  • Higashiyashio

History

thumb|right|[[Shinagawa-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige]]

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

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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.

  • The Museum of Package Culture
  • Nikon Museum
  • O Art Museum
  • , a public local museum of Shinagawa
  • Sugino Costume Museum
  • Ohi Racecourse
  • Shopping District
  • Shopping District "PALM"
  • Historic sites
  • Former Tōkaidō Road
  • Former Shinagawa-juku Station
  • Site of Suzugamori Execution Grounds
  • Former
  • Site of Hamakawa Gun Battery
  • Parks
  • Rinshi-no-mori Park
  • , site of a daimyō's villa
  • , site of a daimyō's villa
  • (Seven Lucky Gods in Ebara area)
  • Buddhist temples
  • Tōkai-ji
  • Shintō shrines
  • Churches
  • Meguro Catholic Church (St. Anselm's Church)
  • St. Stephen's Church, Tokyo St. Mary's Church – Anglican churches
  • Christ Shinagawa Church – a Presbyterian church
  • Shinagawa Baptist Church, Oi Baptist Church
  • Kreuzkirche Tokyo - a German-speaking Protestant Church

Education

Higher education

thumb|Tokyo Healthcare University

  • Hoshi University
  • Rissho University
  • Seisen University
  • Showa University
  • Tokyo Healthcare University
  • Sugino Fashion College
  • Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology – a graduate school
  • – a college of technology (kōsen)

Primary and secondary education

thumb|Shinagawa Shouei Junior High School & Senior High School

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.

  • Metropolitan high schools
  • Private high schools
  • affiliated to the Bunkyo University
  • St. Hilda's School ()
  • International schools
  • Canadian International School in Tokyo
  • KAIS International School
  • Special education schools
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Shinagawa Special Needs Education School – public school for intellectually disabled children
  • – private deaf school

Municipal combined elementary and junior high schools:

  • Ebara Hiratsuka Gakuen (荏原平塚学園)
  • Hino Gakuen (日野学園)
  • Houyou no Mori Gakuen (豊葉の杜学園)
  • Ito Gakuen (伊藤学園)
  • Shinagawa Gakuen (品川学園)
  • Yashio Gakuen (八潮学園)

Municipal junior high schools:)

; Friendship cities

  • Geneva, Swiss Confederation (since 1991