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Wikipedia / Setagaya

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orchid, and its tree is the Zelkova serrata.

Setagaya has the largest population and second-largest area (after Ōta) of Tokyo's special wards. As of July 1, 2023, the ward has an estimated population of 940,071, and a population density of 16,194 persons per km2 with the total area of 58.06km2.

Life expectancy

As of 2023, the female life expectancy in Setagaya is 88.9 years.

Geography

Setagaya is located at the southwestern corner of the Tokyo's special wards and the Tama River separates the boundary between Tokyo Metropolis and Kanagawa Prefecture.

Setagaya's residential population size is among the highest in Tokyo as there are many residential neighbourhoods within the ward. Setagaya is served by various rail services providing frequent two- to three-minute headway rush-hour services to the busiest train terminals of Shinjuku and Shibuya as well as through service trains which continue travelling on to the Tokyo Metro lines providing direct access to the central commercial and business districts. Most rail lines run parallel from east to west and there are no north to south rail services within Setagaya, except for Setagaya Line light rail.

The ward is divided into five districts. These are Setagaya, Kitazawa, Tamagawa, Kinuta and Karasuyama. The main ward office and municipal assembly (city hall) is located in Setagaya District, but other districts also have their own branch ward offices as a part of the administrative structure. Each branch office provides almost identical services as the main office, but does not provide the services related to municipal assembly.

Most of the land is in the Musashino Tableland. The parts along the Tama River to the south are comparatively low-lying.

History

The special ward of Setagaya was founded on March 15, 1947.

During the Edo period, 42 villages occupied the area. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, the central and eastern portions became part of Tokyo Prefecture while the rest became part of Kanagawa Prefecture; in 1893, some areas were transferred to Tokyo Prefecture. With the establishment of Setagaya Ward (an ordinary ward) in the old Tokyo City in 1932, and further consolidation in 1936, Setagaya took its present boundaries.

During the 1964 Summer Olympics, the district of Karasuyama-machi in Setagaya was part of the athletics marathon and 50km walk event.

Landmarks

Nature

Parks

Cultural facilities

Religious facilities

Others

Districts and neighborhoods

  1. Karasuyama Area

  2. Hachimanyama

  3. Kamikitazawa

  4. Kamisoshigaya

  5. Kitakarasuyama

  6. Kasuya

  7. Kyūden

  8. Minamikarasuyama

  9. Kinuta Area

  10. Chitosedai

  11. Funabashi

  12. Kamata

  13. Kinuta

  14. Kinutakōen

  15. Kitami

  16. Okamoto

  17. Ōkura

  18. Seijō

  19. Soshigaya

  20. Unane

  21. Kitazawa Area

  22. Akatsutsumi

  23. Daita

  24. Daizawa

  25. Gōtokuji

  26. Hanegi

  27. Ikejiria

  28. Kitazawa (including Shimokitazawa)

  29. Matsubara

  30. Ōhara

  31. Sakurajōsui

  32. Umegaoka

  33. Setagaya Area

  34. Shimouma

  35. Ikejirib

  36. Kamiuma

  37. Komazawac

  38. Kyōdō

  39. Mishuku

  40. Miyasaka

  41. Nozawa

  42. Sakura

  43. Sakuragaoka

  44. Sangenjaya

  45. Setagaya

  46. Taishidō

  47. Tsurumaki

  48. Wakabayashi

  49. Tamagawa Area

  50. Fukazawa

  51. Higashitamagawa

  52. Kaminoge

  53. Kamiyōga

  54. Komazawad

  55. Komazawakōen

  56. Nakamachi

  57. Noge

  58. Okusawa

  59. Oyamadai

  60. Sakurashinmachi

  61. Seta

  62. Shinmachi

  63. Tamazutsumi

  64. Tamagawa

  65. Tamagawadai

  66. Tamagawa-Den'enchōfu

  67. Todoroki

  68. Yōga

  69. Futako-Tamagawa

Notes: a – 4-chōme (33-ban to 39-ban) b – 1, 2, 3-chōme, 4-chōme (1-ban to 32-ban) c – 1, 2-chōme d – 3, 4-chōme

Transportation

Rail

Keio Corporation

Odakyu Electric Railway

Tokyu Corporation

Road

Expressways

Shuto Expressway

National highways

Prefecture roads

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Road 3 "Setagaya Dōri"

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Road 311 "Kanpachi Dōri"

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Road 312 "Meguro Dōri"

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Road 318 "Kan-nana Dōri"

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Road 416 "Komazawa Dōri"

Politics

On April 25, 2011, amid national concern over the safety of nuclear power triggered by the March 11 earthquake and Fukushima I nuclear accidents, former Social Democratic Party House of Representatives legislator Nobuto Hosaka was elected mayor on an anti-nuclear platform. Prior to becoming mayor, Hosaka was also well known for his staunch opposition of the death penalty and his defense of Japan's Otaku culture.

Economy

  • Rakuten has its headquarters building "Rakuten Crimson House" in Setagaya.

  • Toho has studio facilities in Setagaya.

  • OLM, Inc. has its studios in Setagaya.

Education

Higher education

Primary and secondary education

National schools

These are schools operated by agencies of the central Government of Japan.

Metropolitan senior high schools

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates following senior high schools in Setagaya.

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Technical High School

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Tamagawa High School

Municipal junior high schools

The operates 29 junior high schools in Setagaya.

They are:

Former schools:

  • Funabashi Junior High School (船橋中学校)

  • Ikejiri Junior High School (池尻中学校)

  • Kibogaoka Junior High School (希望丘中学校)

  • Wakabayashi Junior High School (若林中学校)

  • Yamazaki Junior High School (山崎中学校)

Municipal elementary schools

The Setagaya City Board of Education operates 61 elementary schools in Setagaya.

They are:

  • Akazutsumi Elementary School (赤堤小学校)

  • Asahi Elementary School (旭小学校)

  • Chitose Elementary School (千歳小学校)

  • Chitosedai Elementary School (千歳台小学校)

  • Daita Elementary School (代田小学校)

  • Daizawa Elementary School (代沢小学校)

  • Fukasawa Elementary School (深沢小学校)

  • Funabashi Elementary School (船橋小学校)

  • Futako Tamagawa Elementary School (二子玉川小学校)

  • Hachimanyama Elementary School (八幡山小学校)

  • Higashi Fukasawa Elementary School (東深沢小学校)

  • Higashi Tamagawa Elementary School (東玉川小学校)

  • Kamikitazawa Elementary School (上北沢小学校)

  • Karasuyama Elementary School (烏山小学校)

  • Karasuyama Kita Elementary School (烏山北小学校)

  • Kibogaoka Elementary School (希望丘小学校)

  • Kinuta Elementary School (砧小学校)

  • Kinuta Minami Elementary School (砧南小学校)

  • Kitami Elementary School (喜多見小学校)

  • Komatsunagi Elementary School (駒繋小学校)

  • Komazawa Elementary School (駒沢小学校)

  • Kuhonbutsu Elementary School (九品仏小学校)

  • Kyodo Elementary School (経堂小学校)

  • Kyosai Elementary School (京西小学校)

  • Kyuden Elementary School (給田小学校)

  • Ikejiri Elementary School (池尻小学校)

  • Ikenoue Elementary School (池之上小学校)

  • Matsubara Elementary School (松原小学校)

  • Matsugaoka Elementary School (松丘小学校)

  • Matsuzawa Elementary School (松沢小学校)

  • Meisei Elementary School (明正小学校)

  • Mishuku Elementary School (三宿小学校)

  • Musashigaoka Elementary School (武蔵丘小学校)

  • Nakamachi Elementary School (中町小学校)

  • Nakamaru Elementary School (中丸小学校)

  • Nakazato Elementary School (中里小学校)

  • Okusawa Elementary School (奥沢小学校)

  • Oyamadai Elementary School (尾山台小学校)

  • Roka Elementary School (芦花小学校)

  • Sakura Elementary School (桜小学校)

  • Sakuragaoka Elementary School (桜丘小学校)

  • Sakuramachi Elementary School (桜町小学校)

  • Sangenjaya Elementary School (三軒茶屋小学校)

  • Sasahara Elementary School (笹原小学校)

  • Seta Elementary School (瀬田小学校)

  • Setagaya Elementary School (世田谷小学校)

  • Shimokitazawa Elementary School (下北沢小学校)

  • Shiroyama Elementary School (城山小学校)

  • Soshigaya Elementary School (祖師谷小学校)

  • Taishido Elementary School (太子堂小学校)

  • Tamagawa Elementary School (玉川小学校)

  • Tamazutsumi Elementary School (玉堤小学校)

  • Tamon Elementary School (多聞小学校)

  • Todoroki Elementary School (等々力小学校)

  • Tsukado Elementary School (塚戸小学校)

  • Tsurumaki Elementary School (弦巻小学校)

  • Wakabayashi Elementary School (若林小学校)

  • Yahata Elementary School (八幡小学校)

  • Yamazaki Elementary School (山崎小学校)

  • Yamano Elementary School (山野小学校)

  • Yoga Elementary School (用賀小学校)

Former schools:

  • Hanamido Elementary School (花見堂小学校)

  • Higashi Ohara Elementary School (東大原小学校)

  • Kitazawa Elementary School (北沢小学校)

  • Moriyama Elementary School (守山小学校)

Private secondary schools

* Daito Gakuen High School

  • Den-en Chofu Gakuen Junior & Senior High School

  • Denenchofufutaba Gakuen Junior and Senior High School

  • Japan Women's College of Physical Education Nikaido High School

  • Japan Women's University affiliated Homei High School and Junior High School

  • Kagaku Gijutsu Gakuen High School

  • Keisen Jogakuen High School

  • Kokushikan Senior High School and Kokushikan Junior High School

  • Komaba Gakuen High School

  • Komaba Toho Junior and Senior High School

  • Komazawa University Senior High School

  • Kosei Gakuen Girls' High School

  • Kunimoto Girls Junior and Senior High School

  • Meguro Seibi Gakuen Junior & Senior High School

  • MITA International School

  • Nihon Gakuen Junior and Senior High School

  • Nihon University Sakuragaoka High School

  • St. Dominic's Junior and Senior High School

  • Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School

  • Setagaya Gakuen School

  • Shimokitazawa Seitoku Senior High School

  • Shoin University Shoin Junior and Senior High School

  • Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High School

  • Tamagawa Seigakuin Girls' Junior & Senior High School

  • Tokyo City University Junior and Senior High School

  • Tokyo City University Todoroki Junior and Senior High School

  • Tokyo University of Agriculture First High School and Junior High School

Private elementary schools

  • Denenchofufutaba Gakuen Elementary School

  • Kunimoto Elementary School

  • St. Dominic's Elementary School

  • Seijo Gakuen Elementary School

  • Showa Women's University Showa Elementary School

  • Tokyo City University Elementary School

  • Wako Elementary School

Special education schools

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Komyo Gakuen

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Kugayama Blind School

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Seicho Special Support School

International schools

Former international schools:

International relations

Sister cities

Diplomatic missions in Setagaya

Notable people from Setagaya

Politics

Economics

Culture

Sports

Entertainment

Others

See also

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