Shinagawa

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes called Shinagawa City in English.
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. 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.
Education.
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.