is a residential district located in the northeastern portion of

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 ...

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, consisting of 1-

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 ...

and 2-chōme. As of January 1, 2008, it has a total population of 8,843. Nakachō borders Gohongi and

Yūtenji is a temple of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism in Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. In 1718, the 3rd year of the Kyōhō era, the 36th Buddhist monk of Zōjōji called died. One of his disciples, , built Yūtenji as his shrine and made him ...

on the north, Nakameguro on the northeast,

on the east,

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on the south, and Chūōchō on the west.

Education

Meguro City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Nakacho 1-chome and a portion of 2-chome are zoned to Aburamen Elementary School ( 油面小学校). Another part of 2-chome is zoned to Gohongi Elementary School (五本木小学校). Nakacho 1-chome is zoned to Otori Junior High School ( 大鳥中学校) while 2-chome is zoned to Meguro Central Junior High School ( 目黒中央中学校).

References

Districts of Meguro {{Tokyo-geo-stub