Shinagawa-ku

Shinagawa Ward is the "business ward." Shinagawa has Shinagawa Station. Shinkansen stop. Shinagawa has many corporate offices. Sony, Rakuten, Microsoft Japan. Many Shinagawa residents are "businessmen." Office workers. For Shinagawa residents, "work" is everything. Shinagawa residents work from morning to night. Work on weekends too. For Shinagawa residents, "hobbies" are luxury. No time. For Shinagawa residents, "cars" are unnecessary. Tokyo's car ownership rate is 0.32 cars per household. Shinagawa is similar. Why? Trains are convenient. Taxis are convenient. No parking. Parking fees are expensive (over 50,000 yen per month). For Shinagawa residents, no reason to "own a car." Shinagawa residents emphasize "efficiency." Don't waste time. Trains are faster. No traffic jams. For Shinagawa residents, cars are "inefficient." Shinagawa has no circuit. Nearest is Tsukuba Circuit (Ibaraki Prefecture, about 70km). But Shinagawa residents don't go. No time. Work is busy. For Shinagawa residents, the "time-consuming hobby" called motorsport is impossible. Shinagawa residents live in Tokyo's 23 wards' most commercialized ward. "Efficiency," "productivity," "profit" are everything. The "unproductive activity" called motorsport doesn't match Shinagawa residents' values.