Shinagawa
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品川区 | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
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
Education
Universities
Special colleges
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates two special colleges in Shinagawa:
Sister cities
Shinagawa has sister-city relationships with Auckland in New Zealand, Geneva in Switzerland, and Portland, Maine in the United States.[3]
Shinagawa Media
Shinagawa-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige
Japan Airlines headquarters in Tennōzu Isle, Shinagawa
Sega Sammy's main headquarters in Shinagawa
Ebara Shrine, a Shintō shrine at Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo.
Site of Hamakawa Gun Battery
Shimo-Shimmei Tenso jinjya shrine inari jinja
Tokyo Health Care University
Exterior of Shinagawa Station in Minato
Ōimachi Station at Ōi, Shinagawa
Related pages
References
- ↑ Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-27.
- ↑
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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 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
- ↑ "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
