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Toyama, Shinjuku
is a district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It is known for ''Toyama Heights'', one of the first and largest danchi ( ja, 団地, literally "group land") is the Japanese word for a large cluster of apartment buildings or houses of a particular style and design, typically built as public housing by government authorities. Older danchi are sometimes compared to ... (public housing) complexes in Tokyo for low-income households. Education The Shinjuku City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Toyama 2- chome and portions of 1-chome (20-21 ban) and most of 3-chome are zoned to Higashitoyama Elementary School (東戸山小学校). The rest of 1-chome is zoned to Waseda Elementary School ( 早稲田小学校). 3-chome 18-ban is zoned to Toyoama Elementary School (戸山小学校). 3-chome 21-ban is zoned to Totsuka No. 2 Elementary School ( 戸塚第二小学校). Almost all of Toyama is zoned to Shinjuku Junior High School ( 新宿中学校). However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
