is a district of
Bunkyo, Tokyo. It consists of five sub-areas, . In Koishikawa are located two well regarded gardens: the
Koishikawa Botanical Garden
The is a botanical garden with an arboretum operated by the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science. They are located at 3-7-1 Hakusan, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, and open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged.
History
The T ...
(operated by the
University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...
) in Hakusan, and the
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Kōraku.
Train stations for accessing this locality include , , , and
Myōgadani Station.
The
Koishikawa Arsenal was an important military installation during the Meiji era.
Education
Bunkyo operates the local public elementary and middle schools.
Zoned elementary schools are: Kanatomi (
金富小学校), Kubomachi (
窪町小学校), Rekisen (
礫川小学校), and Yanagicho (
柳町小学校).
Zoned junior high schools are: No. 1 (
第一中学校), No. 3 (
第三中学校), and Meidai (
茗台中学校).
is operated by the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government 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 most of the Public school (government funded), public secondary schoo ...
. In addition the metropolis operates the
Koishikawa Secondary Education School.
Image:Koishikawastreets.JPG, Residential street in Koishikawa
File:Teahouse at Koishikawa.jpg, Hokusai
, known mononymously as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock print series ''Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'' includes the iconic print ''The Gr ...
print
References
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Districts of Bunkyō