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Shinagawa-juku 品川宿

Shinagawa, Tokyo, JapanAbout 7.9 km from Nihonbashi
Shinagawa-juku
Shinagawa-juku (品川宿) — woodblock printWoodblock print: Utagawa Hiroshige — from The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
Tōkaidō (東海道)Station 1 of 53 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto
Present-day locationShinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
PrefectureTokyo (Kanto region)
Distance from NihonbashiAbout 7.9 km (by the historical station tables)
Next stationKawasaki-juku — about 9.8 km on
Coordinates35.62194° N, 139.73917° E

Shinagawa-shuku (品川宿, Shinagawa-shuku) was one of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Along with Itabashi-shuku (Nakasendō), Naitō Shinjuku (Kōshū Kaidō) and Senju-shuku (Nikkō Kaidō and Ōshū Kaidō), it was one of the Four Stations of Edo (江戸四宿 Edo Shishuku). It was located in the present-day Shinagawa Port area near Shinagawa Station.

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Nihonbashi (starting point) - Shinagawa-juku - Kawasaki-juku
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Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Shinagawa-juku by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Station facts cross-checked with the road station lists (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).

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