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SHINAGAWA

Takanawa Gateway City is the centerpiece of East Japan Railway¡¯s broader effort to redevelop what it calls the Greater Shinagawa Area into a major international business and transportation hub.
JAPAN / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
The rise of the managed city
Tokyo's newest megadevelopments aim to redesign urban life for an aging, increasingly diverse society
Visitors walk through the Oimachi Tracks development, one of several major projects tied to East Japan Railway¡¯s efforts to transform southern Tokyo station districts into hubs for shopping, tourism and daily life.
BUSINESS / Companies / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
JR East¡¯s next stop? City building.
Faced with shrinking demand, the operator expands beyond transportation into land, commerce and large-scale redevelopment.
Hebikubo Ginza street ¡ª now Sangen-dori street ¡ª is pictured in the 1930s, when Tokyo was rapidly urbanizing alongside the expansion of rail infrastructure.
JAPAN / History / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
The many lives of Shinagawa
A journey through the ancient settlements, ports, railways and redevelopments that shaped Tokyo's southern gateway.
The distinctive architecture of MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives has made the building a standout in the area.
CULTURE / Art / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
Takanawa Gateway¡¯s latest landmark is still working on its own story
The museum's programming may lack focus, but its open spaces already offer Tokyoites a reason to stop in.
More than 500 plants are growing in Luftbaum's rooftop garden.
LIFE / Travel / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
Five things to look out for while getting lost in Takanawa Gateway City
It's not easy to navigate the sprawling new redevelopment complex in what JR East calls the Greater Shinagawa Area, but here are a number of themes to help guide you.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 14, 2020
Tokyo¡¯s Takanawa Gateway Station opens to public as Shinagawa development marks milestone
Takanawa Gateway Station opened its doors to the public on Saturday, becoming the latest addition to Tokyo's Yamanote and Keihin Tohoku lines and marking a major milestone in a decadeslong project to transform a large part of the Shinagawa district into a global transportation and business hub.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2018
It¡¯s still a dirty job, but new vomit vacuum will help Tokyo station staff do it
While your December agenda might be filled with joyful year-end parties, train station staff in Tokyo often face a more disgusting reality ¡ª vomit left behind by drunken holiday revelers at railway hubs across the capital.
JAPAN / Media
Oct 14, 2017
Urban revitalization and exposure spark interest in Shinagawa and Kichijoji
Desirable neighborhoods
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 30, 2017
The name game
'Ask me a question. I want a quiz!'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 10, 2016
Hands on head
I saw a woman with her hand on her head in the rain this morning.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 16, 2016
Manic Monday
I've never seen so many people in such a hurry to get to work.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Mar 28, 2015
Finding your sea legs on Tokyo Bay
It's wretched weather for putting out to sea: gusty winds, cloud banks brooding with rain and water spouts, temperatures a micro-notch above freezing and the waters of Tokyo Bay like wet elephant hide. Nonetheless, at the generous invitation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Bureau of Port and Harbor,...
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Nov 30, 2014
Shinagawa, a gateway to old and new Tokyo
In the Edo Period, Shinagawa was the first "shukuba machi," or "post station town" to be built on the Tokaido, the coastal road linking the bustling Nihonbashi district in Edo, then the de facto capital under the Tokugawa shogunate, to Kyoto, which remained the nominal capital in the west.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2014
Tokyo government seeks public input on Shinagawa development plan
The public is being invited to weigh in on the plans for developing a 630-hectare area around Shinagawa Station in Tokyo into a hub for business and international exchanges.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2014
Keikyu using new app for foreign visitors
Keikyu Corp., a major private railway serving the Tokyo area, began trial operations Wednesday for a service in which staff members use tablet computers to translate information for customers in 27 languages.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 3, 2012
Torishiki: Where a yakitori artisan rules the roost
Arriving for the first time at Torishiki's elegant entrance, you'd be forgiven for thinking you had come to the wrong address. The chic, charcoal-gray facade, artfully illuminated in the dusk; the dwarf maple growing from a ceramic pot; the plain-wood sliding door with its pristine white noren curtain:...
Tropical Storm Jangmi set to lash wide area of Japan
A Meteorological Agency official shows a satellite image of Tropical Storm Jangmi in Tokyo on Sunday.
At least 16 injured as Tropical Storm Jangmi threatens Kyushu
A man looks a departures board showing a canceled flight to Okinawa after Tropical Storm Jangmi shut down the airport there as it moved toward mainland Japan, at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday.
Tokyo wants you to wear shorts to work. Say no.
Tokyo¡¯s push for cooler office attire has sparked backlash in Japan, where conservative workplace norms still shape office culture and critics say shorts and sandals do not belong in the workplace.
Russia finance officials tell Putin war spending is unaffordable
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.
Billionaire behind Japan¡¯s tiny-room hotel empire bets on U.S.
A guestroom at an APA Hotel in Tokyo. APA built its name in Japan on a standardized formula: a long list of amenities packed into tight rooms engineered for efficiency.
JR East¡¯s next stop? City building.
Visitors walk through the Oimachi Tracks development, one of several major projects tied to East Japan Railway¡¯s efforts to transform southern Tokyo station districts into hubs for shopping, tourism and daily life.
Japan taking cautious ¡ª if firm ¡ª approach to avoiding escalation with China
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Sunday.
As immigration rises, Kawasaki¡¯s foreign council shows path toward inclusion
Members of the Kawasaki Foreign Resident Council discuss issues faced by foreign residents during a meeting on May 17.
Mosque fire shows need for better communication with foreign residents
Farooq Soban, a Pakistani resident of Ebetsu, Hokkaido, points to damage from a fire that destroyed a local mosque in the city, on April 29.
How carbon finance could give a boost to Japan¡¯s ailing forestry industry
Everimpact¡¯s Alain Retiere visits a project site in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Through a collaboration that also includes local foresters and Hitachi Systems, the team is striving to connect Japanese forestry with international carbon finance.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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