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Meguro, Tokyo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Meguro's location in Tokyo, Japan. |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Area | 14.70 km² (5.7 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2005) | |
| Total | 255,833 |
| Density | 16,880/km² (43,719/sq mi) |
| Symbols | |
| Tree | Castanopsis |
| Flower | Lespedeza |
| Bird | Great Tit |
| Meguro Government Office | |
| Mayor | Aoki Eiji |
| 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.
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
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The Higashiyama shell mound contains remains from the paleolithic, Jōmon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods.
Four other special wards surround Meguro. They are Shibuya (to the northeast), Setagaya (to the west), Ōta (to the south) and Shinagawa (to the southeast).
The current mayor is Aoki Eiji, an independent. Meguro has a city assembly with 36 elected members.
- North: Komaba, Ohashi, Aobadai, Higashiyama
- East: Kami Meguro, Naka Meguro, Meguro, Shimo Meguro, Mita, Yuten-ji
- Center: Gohongi, Chūōchō, Takaban, Nakamachi, Himonya, Meguro Honchō, Haramachi, Minami
- West: Higashi-ga-oka, Yakumo, Kakinoki-zaka
- South: Tairamachi, Nakane, Jiyugaoka, Midorigaoka, Ōokayama
- Note: Some place names unconfirmed
- Further information: Transportation in Greater Tokyo
- Tokyu Corporation
- Tōyoko Line: Naka-Meguro, Yutenji, Gakugei Daigaku, Toritsu Daigaku, Jiyugaoka Stations
- Ōimachi Line: Jiyugaoka, Midorigaoka, Ōokayama Stations
- Meguro Line: Ōokayama, Senzoku Stations
- Den-en-toshi Line: Ikejiri-Ōhashi Station
- Keio Electric Railway Keiō Inokashira Line: Komaba-Todaimae Station
- Note: Meguro Station (JR, Tokyu Meguro Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line) is in Shinagawa, not Meguro.
- Shuto Expressway No.3 Shibuya Route (Tanimachi JCT - Yoga)
- 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 elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Meguro City Board of Education. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
- Geijutsu High School [1]
- International High School [2]
- Komaba High School [3]
- Meguro High School [4]
- Tokyo Metropolitan University High School [5]
In addition the metropolis operates a consolidated junior and senior high school called Ohsyukan Secondary Education School [6].
- KA International School in Jiyugaoka
- St. Mary's International School
- Himonya Catholic Church
- Himonya Hachiman Shrine
- Ōtori Shrine
- Ryūsen-ji (Meguro Fudo temple). Its black-eyed (me-guro) statue of Fudo gave Meguro its name.
- Yūten-ji
- Yumiko Fujita: actress
- Waka Inoue: model, actress
- Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
- Shigeru Izumiya: folk singer, entertainer
- Kazuo Tokumitsu: announcer
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