Meguro, Tokyo
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Meguro (目黒区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It calls itself Meguro City in English.
Meguro hosts fifteen foreign embassies and consulates. It has a friendship-city relationship with Chongwen District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 255,833 and a density of 16880 persons per km². The total area is 14.70 km².
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Geography
Four other special wards surround Meguro. They are Shibuya (to the northeast), Setagaya (to the west), Ota (to the south) and Shinagawa (to the southwest).History
The Higashiyama shell mound contains remains from the paleolithic, Jomon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods.The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
Places
- North: Komaba, Ohashi, Aobadai, Higashiyama
- East: Kami Meguro, Naka Meguro, Meguro, Shimo Meguro, Mita, Yuten-ji
- Center: Gohongi, Chuo Machi, Takaban, Nakamachi, Himonya, Meguro Honmachi, Haramachi, Minami
- West: Higashi-ga-oka, Yakumo, Kakinoki-zaka
- South: Tairamachi, Nakane, Jiyugaoka, Midorigaoka, Ōokayama
- Note: Some place names unconfirmed
Transportation
Rail
- Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
- *Toyoko Line: Naka-Meguro, Yutenji, Gakugei Daigaku, Toritsu Daigaku, Jiyugaoka Stations
- *Oimachi Line: Jiyugaoka, Midorigaoka, Ōokayama Stations
- *Meguro Line: Ōoka, Senzoku Stations
- *Denen Toshi Line: Ikejiri Ohashi Station
- Keio Electric Railway Inokashira Line: Komaba-Todaimae Station
- Note: Meguro Station (JR, Tokyu Meguro Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line) is in Shinagawa, not Meguro.
Highway
- Shuto Expressway No.3 Shibuya Route (Tanimachi JCT - Yoga)
Education
Colleges and universities
- University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Note: Tokyo Gakugei University and Tokyo Metropolitan University were formerly in Meguro. They have moved, but railway stations named for them retain their names.
Public schools
Public elementary and middle schools are operated by the Meguro City Board of Education. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.Religious institutions
- Himonya Catholic Church
- Himonya Hachimon Shrine
- Ōtori Shrine
- Ryūsen-ji (Meguro Fudo temple). Its black-eyed (me-guro) statue of Fudo gave Meguro its name.
- Yūten-ji
Famous people
- Yumiko Fujita: actress
- Waka Inoue: model, actress
- Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
- Shigeru Izumiya: folk singer, entertainer
- Kazuo Tokumitsu: announcer
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
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- [Meguro City official website] in English
- [Wikitravel: Tokyo/Meguro]
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| Tokyo Metropolis |
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| Wards: Adachi | Arakawa | Bunkyō | Chiyoda | Chūō | Edogawa | Itabashi | Katsushika | Kita | Kōtō | Meguro | Minato | Nakano | Nerima | Ōta | Setagaya | Shibuya | Shinagawa | Shinjuku (capital) | Suginami | Sumida | Toshima | Taitō | ||
| Cities: Akiruno | Akishima | Chōfu | Fuchū | Fussa | Hachiōji | Hamura | Higashikurume | Higashimurayama | Higashiyamato | Hino | Inagi | Kiyose | Kodaira | Koganei | Kokubunji | Komae | Kunitachi | Machida | Mitaka | Musashimurayama | Musashino | Nishi-Tōkyō | Ōme | Tachikawa | Tama | ||
| Districts and Subprefectures: Nishitama District | Hachijō Subprefecture | Miyake Subprefecture | Ogasawara Subprefecture | Ōshima Subprefecture |
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