is a neighborhood located in the northern area of

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 ...

, Japan. Consisting of two ''

chōme 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, ad ...

''. As of October 1, 2020, the neighborhood has a population of 7,181.

Geography

It borders with

Komaba 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 selec ...

in the north,

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, Hachiyamac ...

in the east, and Ikejiri,

Setagaya is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...

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

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, land in the north of Ohashi, was used as the location of cavalry and logistics training facilities for the

Imperial Japanese Army The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...

. High school sports facilities, public housing and the headquarters of the third division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police now occupy this site.

Landmarks

* The northern section of the

Meguro River The is a river which flows through Tokyo, Japan. Its tributaries include the Kitazawa River and the Karasuyama River. The river flows into Tokyo Bay near the Tennōzu Isle Station. The river is in length and passes through Setagaya, Meguro and ...

, a popular venue for

cherry blossom A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of genus ''Prunus'' or ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especially in Japan. They generally ...

viewing, borders Ohashi. * The

Meguro Sky Garden is a linear roof garden park in Ōhashi, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, constructed on a sloping roof rising from 15 to 35 meters above street level. The garden serves to cover the intersection of two major expressways; the elevated Route 3 (Shuto Expres ...

, a 400meter linear roof garden constructed 35 meters above street level covering the junction of two major expressways, opened in Ohashi in 2013. The road junction redevelopment also includes high rise residential housing, retail, a local government branch office, a library, community meeting rooms and outdoor sports facilities. *

Toho University is a university in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. History The two brothers Yutaka Nukada and Susumu Nukada founded the Imperial Women's Medical College in Ōmori, Tokyo, the location of the present-day Faculty of Medicine, with their own money in 1925 a ...

Ohashi Hospital

Transportation

Rail

Commuter rail service is provided by Ikejiri-Ohashi Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line located in adjacent

Highways

Elevated road infrastructure for

Route 3 (Shuto Expressway) The , signed as Route 3 of the Shuto Expressway system and AH1 as a part of that route of the Asian Highway Network, is one of the radial routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. The elevated expressway was planned as a ...

and at ground level, Route 246, dominates the streetscene of central Ohashi.

Education

* Dai-Ichi Junior High School

References

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