Meguro, Tokyo
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Area | 14.70 km² |
| Population (as of 2005) | |
| Total | 255,833 |
| Density | 16,880/km² |
| Symbols | |
| Meguro City Hall | |
| Official website: Meguro | |
Meguro (目黒区 Meguro-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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[edit] 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).
[edit] History
The Higashiyama shell mound contains remains from the paleolithic, Jomon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods.
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
[edit] Places
- North: Komaba, Ohashi, Aobadai, Higashiyama
- East: Kami Meguro, Naka Meguro, Meguro, Shimo Meguro, Mita, Yuten-ji
- Center: Gohongi, Chūō 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
[edit] Transportation
[edit] 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.
[edit] Highway
- Shuto Expressway No.3 Shibuya Route (Tanimachi JCT - Yoga)
[edit] Education
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Famous people
- Yumiko Fujita: actress
- Waka Inoue: model, actress
- Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
- Shigeru Izumiya: folk singer, entertainer
- Kazuo Tokumitsu: announcer
[edit] External links
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Tokyo Metropolis | |
|---|---|---|
| Wards: Adachi | Arakawa | Bunkyō | Chiyoda | Chūō | Edogawa | Itabashi | Katsushika | Kita | Kōtō | Meguro | Minato | Nakano | Nerima | Ōta | Setagaya | Shibuya | Shinagawa | Shinjuku | 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 | ||
