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Aobadai
is a district located in the northern portion of Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, which consists of 1 to 4-chōme. As of October 1, 2020, it has a total population of 8,362. Geography The Aobadai district borders Shinsenchō, Nanpeidaichō, Hachiyamachō, and Sarugakuchō on the north across ; Kamimeguro on the south; and Higashiyama, Ōhashi, Komaba on the west and northwest across . A hillside neighborhood in Aobadai 2-chōme is known as , literally meaning "Saigō Mountain." It was named so because Saigō Tsugumichi, a Meiji-period politician and a younger brother of Saigō Takamori, owned a mansion there. The mansion was moved to the Meiji Mura museum in Inuyama, Aichi for preservation, and the site where Saigō's house existed is home to and . Places of interest Embassies * Embassy of Egypt (Aobadai 1-5-4) * Embassy of Senegal (Aobadai 1-3-4) Other * Japan Map Center (Aobadai 4-9-6) Education Meguro City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meguro
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light industry, corporate head offices, the Komaba campus of University of Tokyo as well as fifteen foreign embassies and consulates. Residential neighborhoods include, Jiyugaoka, Kakinokizaka, and Nakameguro. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 277,171 and a population density of 18,890 persons per km2. The total area is 14.67 km2. Meguro is also used to refer to the area around Meguro Station, which is not located in Meguro ward, but in neighboring Shinagawa's Kamiōsaki district. History The Higashiyama shell mound in the north of the ward contains remains from the paleolithic, Jōmon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods. The area now known as Meguro was formerly two towns, Meguro proper and Hibusuma, all parts of the former Ebara Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meguro, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light industry, corporate head offices, the Komaba campus of University of Tokyo as well as fifteen foreign embassies and consulates. Residential neighborhoods include, Jiyugaoka, Kakinokizaka, and Nakameguro. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 277,171 and a population density of 18,890 persons per km2. The total area is 14.67 km2. Meguro is also used to refer to the area around Meguro Station, which is not located in Meguro ward, but in neighboring Shinagawa's Kamiōsaki district. History The Higashiyama shell mound in the north of the ward contains remains from the paleolithic, Jōmon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods. The area now known as Meguro was formerly two towns, Meguro proper and Hibusuma, all parts of the former Ebara Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōhashi, Meguro, Tokyo
is a neighborhood located in the northern area of Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. Consisting of two ''Japanese addressing system, chōme''. As of October 1, 2020, the neighborhood has a population of 7,181. Geography It borders with Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Komaba in the north, Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo, Aobadai in the east, and Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo, Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo, Setagaya in the west. History Ōhashi was named after a bridge with the same name on the Meguro River. Formerly, the neighborhood was part of Komaba in the Village of Kamimeguro, District of Ebara. When address modernization was implemented in Japan, the neighborhood was planned to be named Aobadai 5-chōme and 6-chōme, but the residents hoped that it would be an independent neighborhood and thus it was named Ōhashi. Prior to the end of the Second World War, land in the north of Ohashi, was used as the location of cavalry and logistics training facilities for the Imperial Japanese Army. High school sports facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarugakuchō, Shibuya
is a district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. As of October 2020, the population of this district is 1,851. The postal code for Sarugakuchō is 150–0033. The embassy of Denmark is located here, while notable local landmarks include the Kyu Asakura House. Geography Sarugakuchō borders Uguisudanichō in the north, Shibuya to the east, Daikanyamachō to the south, and Aobadai to the west. Places of interest Cultural Shrines * Sarugaku Shrine (猿楽神社) (within the grounds of Hillside Terrace) Embassies * Embassy of Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ... (Sarugakuchō 29-6) Schools operates public elementary and junior high schools. Schools in Sarugakucho: * Sarugaku Elementary School ( 渋谷区立猿楽小学校) (Sarugakuchō 12-35) All of Sarugaku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hachiyamachō
is a district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. As of October 2020, the population of this district is 1,197. The postal code for Hachiyamachō is 150–0035. Geography Hachiyamachō borders Nanpeidaichō in the north, Uguisudanichō to the east, Sarugakuchō to the south, and Aobadai to the west. Places of interest Embassies * Embassy of Guinea (Hachiyamachō 12-9) *Embassy of Uganda (Hachiyamachō 9-23) Schools High schools from the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 ''Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai'') is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board directly manages all of the Public school (government funded), public secondary school ...: * (東京都立第一商業高等学校) (Hachiyamachō 8-1) operates public elementary and junior high schools. All of Hachiyamachō is zoned to Sarugaku Elementary School ( 猿楽小学校), and Hachiyama Junior High School ( 鉢山中学校). - Has junior h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo
is a residential neighborhood in the northern area of Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. Consisting of four districts, the neighborhood has a population of 6,847. The neighborhood is known as a center for education being the location of a number of selective entry high schools and the Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo. Geography Komaba borders Uehara and Tomigaya in the north, Shōtō, Shinsenchō and Aobadai to the east, Ohashi and Ikejiri to the south, and Daizawa and Kitazawa to the west. Landmarks *University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus incorporating the Graduate School of Art and Science, the Graduate School of Mathematics, the Institute of Industrial Science Research, and the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology *Komaba Park, historic 1923 residence and garden estate of the Maeda family. * Japan Museum of Modern Literature (on the grounds of Komaba Park) * Komaba no Koen, featuring a municipal sports center and the Kellner Rice Fields * Japan Folk Crafts M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Wards Of Tokyo
are a special form of municipalities in Japan under the 1947 Local Autonomy Law. They are city-level wards: primary subdivisions of a prefecture with municipal autonomy largely comparable to other forms of municipalities. Although the autonomy law today allows for special wards to be established in other prefectures, to date, they only exist in the Tokyo Metropolis which consists of 23 special wards and 39 other, ordinary municipalities (cities, towns, and villages). The occupy the land that was Tokyo City in its 1936 borders before it was abolished under the Tōjō Cabinet in 1943 to become directly ruled by the prefectural government, then renamed to "Metropolitan". During the Occupation of Japan, municipal autonomy was restored to former Tokyo City by the establishment of special wards, each with directly elected mayor and assembly, as in any other city, town or village in Tokyo and the rest of the country. Minority, mostly leftist calls for a were not answered. The qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chome
The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, addresses follow the convention used by most Western addresses and start with the smallest geographic entity (typically a house number) and proceed to the largest. The Japanese system is complex and idiosyncratic, the product of the natural growth of urban areas, as opposed to the systems used in cities that are laid out as grids and divided into quadrants or districts. Address parts Japanese addresses begin with the largest division of the country, the prefecture. Most of these are called ''ken'' (県), but there are also three other special prefecture designations: ''to'' (都) for Tokyo, ''dō'' (道) for ''Hokkaidō'' and ''fu'' (府) for the two urban prefectures of Osaka and Kyoto. Following the prefecture is the municipality. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Renndaandi Senegaali); Arabic: جمهورية السنغال ''Jumhuriat As-Sinighal'') is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is notably the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inuyama, Aichi
is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 73,420 in 31,276 households, and a population density of 980 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The name of the city literally transliterates to "Dog Mountain". The name appears in historical records from 1336 AD, but its origin is unknown. Geography Inuyama lies along the northwestern edge of Aichi Prefecture, separated from neighboring Gifu Prefecture by the Kiso River. Climate The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Inuyama is 15.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1910 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.4 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Inuyama has been increasing over the past 70 years. Surro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
