Which region should I choose for players in Shinagawa?

Singapore for the lowest ping. If your friends are spread across continents, pick the region in the middle of the group; Bengaluru is the next closest to Shinagawa at an estimated 100 ms.

Is the free server available from Japan?

Yes. The free tier is available worldwide and runs on the United States and Spain nodes, subject to capacity. It has 3.5 GB RAM, sleeps after 15 idle minutes and wakes when a player joins. No card is needed.

Can I pay in Japanese Yen?

Plans are charged in US dollars. Any Visa, Mastercard or American Express card from Japan works, and your bank converts at its own rate. The Japanese Yen prices on this page are estimates to help you compare.

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Shinagawa?

Yes. Create a Bedrock server, or run a Java server with Geyser so both editions join the same world. Bedrock uses UDP port 19132, which the panel assigns for you.

Does Enzonic have a data centre in Shinagawa?

No. Enzonic runs its own hardware in the United States and Spain and rents capacity in London, Frankfurt, Bengaluru and Singapore. This page is here to tell you honestly which of those is closest to Shinagawa and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Shinagawa

Shinagawa (Ehime, Japan) is about 4,703 km from Enzonic's Singapore region in Singapore. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 80 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Shinagawa looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Shinagawa to each Enzonic region, with a ping estimate. Real latency depends on your ISP's route; test it from the panel before you pick.

Region	Distance	Estimated ping	Runs
SingaporeSingaporeNearest	4,703 km	~80 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
BengaluruBengaluru, India	6,027 km	~100 ms	Paid plans
FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany	9,216 km	~150 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
LondonLondon, United Kingdom	9,502 km	~155 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
US EastKentucky, United States	11,076 km	~180 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans
SpainCanary Islands, Spain	12,422 km	~200 ms	Free Minecraft · Paid plans

Estimates assume fibre at about 200,000 km/s with routes 1.5 times the straight line, plus a few milliseconds for the last mile. Under 60 ms feels instant in Minecraft; under 120 ms is still comfortable.

Free Minecraft servers run in the United States and Spain. From Shinagawa the closer of the two is US East, an estimated 180 ms.

Local details for Shinagawa

Language: The panel and this site are available in 日本語; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars. The Japanese Yen figures below are approximate, converted at the European Central Bank rate of 2026-11-10. Your bank sets the final rate.
Local time: Shinagawa is on Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09). Scheduled restarts and backups in the panel use your own time zone.
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard and American Express from any country, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in browsers that support them. Checkout runs on Stripe, which shows any extra local methods it supports in Japan. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 420,000 people live in Shinagawa (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Japanese Yen

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Japanese Yen figure next to each one. The first month is cheaper while a sale runs.

Plan	RAM	Per month (USD)	About
Free tier3.5 GB RAM, wakes when a player joins, no card.	3.5 GB	$0.00	—
Dirt	512 MB	$0.99$0.69 first month	≈ ¥157
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$2.65 first month	≈ ¥600
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$3.84 first month	≈ ¥868
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$4.89 first month	≈ ¥1,106
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$6.29 first month	≈ ¥1,422
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$7.48 first month	≈ ¥1,691
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$9.79 first month	≈ ¥2,213
Obsidian Pro	16 GB	$16.99$11.89 first month	≈ ¥2,687

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Java or Bedrock from Shinagawa?

Both editions run on the same regions. Java Edition is the PC version with mods, plugins and most public servers. Bedrock Edition is what phones, consoles and Windows 10/11 play; its servers use UDP port 19132. Not sure who is joining? Start a Java server and add Geyser so Bedrock players can join it too.

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Nearby cities

Other cities with their own page, nearest first.

Matsuyama32 km away
Hiroshima99 km away
Fukuyama100 km away
Takamatsu124 km away
Kurashiki126 km away
Oita138 km away
Okayama141 km away
Kitakyushu201 km away

Cities in Ehime

Matsuyama

Other servers from Japan

Nearby countries

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Questions from Shinagawa

Our estimate is about 80 ms to the Singapore region, based on the 4,703 km distance. Your ISP's route can add or remove 10 to 20 ms. The panel's region picker runs a live latency test from your browser, so check it before you create the server.

Start a server for Shinagawa

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Distances use great-circle maths from city coordinates and Enzonic's published region locations. City names, coordinates, populations and time zones come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Exchange rates: European Central Bank via frankfurter.dev, 2026-11-10. No reviews or customer counts are shown on this page because we do not publish per-city figures.

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