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 The azure-winged magpie (''Cyanopica cyanus'') is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie (''Pica pica'') but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It belong ...

, its flower is the fringed orchid, and its tree is the ''

Zelkova serrata ''Zelkova serrata'' (Japanese zelkova, Japanese elm or keyaki or keaki; ja, 欅 (ケヤキ) keyaki /槻 (ツキ) tsuki; ; ko, 느티나무 neutinamu) is a species of the genus ''Zelkova'' native plant, native to Japan, Korea, eastern China an ...

''. Setagaya has the largest population and second largest area (after Ōta) of Tokyo's special wards. As of January 1, 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 939,099, and a population density of 16,177 persons per km² with the total area of 58.06 km².

Geography

Setagaya is located at the southwestern corner of the Tokyo's special wards and the

Tama River The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government. Its total length is , and the total of the river's basin area spans . The river ...

separates the boundary between Tokyo Metropolis and

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

. Residential population is among the highest in Tokyo as there are many residential neighbourhoods within Setagaya. Setagaya is served by various rail services providing frequent 2 to 3 minutes headway rush hour services to the busiest train terminals of

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

and

Shibuya Shibuya ( 渋谷区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1 ...

as well as

through service A through service is a concept of passenger transport that involves a vehicle travelling between lines, networks or operators on a regularly specified schedule, on which the passenger can remain on board without alighting. It may be in form of eith ...

trains which continue travelling on to the

Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toei ...

lines providing direct access to the central commercial and business districts. Most rail lines run parallel from east to west and there are no north to south rail services within Setagaya, except for

Setagaya Line 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 orc ...

light rail. The ward is divided into five districts. These are Setagaya, Kitazawa, Tamagawa, Kinuta and Karasuyama. The main ward office and municipal assembly (city hall) is located in Setagaya District, but other districts also have their own branch ward offices as a part of the administrative structure. Each branch office provides almost identical services as the main office, but does not provide the services related to municipal assembly. Most of the land is in the Musashino Tableland. The parts along the Tama River to the south are comparatively low-lying.

History

The special ward of Setagaya was founded on March 15, 1947. During the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

, 42 villages occupied the area. With the

abolition of the han system The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period. Under the reform, all daimyos (, ''daimyō'', feudal lords) ...

in 1871, the central and eastern portions became part of Tokyo Prefecture while the rest became part of Kanagawa Prefecture; in 1893, some areas were transferred to Tokyo Prefecture. With the establishment of Setagaya Ward (an ordinary ward) in the old

Tokyo City was a Cities of Japan, municipality in Japan and part of Tokyo Prefecture (1868–1943), Tokyo-fu which existed from 1 May 1889 until its merger with its prefecture on 1 July 1943. The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by ...

in 1932, and further consolidation in 1936, Setagaya took its present boundaries. During the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

, the district of Karasuyama-machi in Setagaya was part of the

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

marathon and 50 km walk event.

Landmarks

Todoroki Valley - Tokyo, Japan - DSC09454

Nature

*Todoroki Valley (Yazawa River)

Parks

*Futako Tamagawa Park *Hanegi Park *

Kinuta Park is a park in Setagaya, Tokyo. The total area is , about two-thirds of which () is grass. Kinuta Park is famous for its cherry blossom (''sakura'') viewing. It has at least three varieties— Someiyoshino (photo), Yamazakura, and Yaezakura ...

Kitami Friendship Square is a park in Kitami, Setagaya, Tokyo. The total area is 38,824.83 m². Kitami Friendship Square is built over an Odakyu Railway train maintenance facility. It is adjacent to the Nogawa River and part of the Nogawa River Greenbelt. As an eleva ...

Komazawa Olympic Park Komazawa Olympic Park (駒沢オリンピック公園) located on land in both Meguro and Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is a sports facility that was constructed for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Approximately 90 per cent of the park's area is in Setag ...

Roka The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; ko, 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國陸軍; RR: ''Daehanminguk Yuk-gun''), also known as the ROK Army or South Korean Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare. It is the l ...

Kōshun-en *Okura Sports Park *Setagaya Park *Soshigaya Park *Tamagawa Nogemachi Park *

Tokyo Equestrian Park The is an equestrian sport venue located in Setagaya, Tokyo. The venue is owned by the Japan Racing Association The Japan Racing Association ( ja, 日本中央競馬会 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai, or JRA) is a public company established to operate ...

Cultural facilities

Gotoh Museum The is a private museum in the Kaminoge district of Setagaya on the southwest periphery of Tokyo. It was opened in 1960, displaying the private collection of Keita Gotō, chairman of the Tokyu Group. Today's collection is centered on the origin ...

* Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum *Honda Theater *

Oya Soichi Bunko Soichi Bunko is a library in Japan that holds the popular, non-academic magazines and books collected and prized by Oya Soichi, with continuations of the collection after he died. Magazines include those about the popular culture of the day. Oy ...

, a private library of Japanese magazines for researchers and journalists. *

Setagaya Art Museum The is an art museum in Yōga, Setagaya, Tokyo. The museum, which opened March 30, 1986, houses a permanent gallery and mounts seasonal exhibitions. Structure The main building of the museum, a contemporary design by architect Shōzō Uchii, ...

Setagaya Literary Museum The is an art museum in Minami-Karasuyama, Setagaya, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as ...

Religious facilities

* Gōtoku-ji, a

Zen Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

temple known as birthplace of

maneki-neko The ''maneki-neko'' (招き猫, ) is a common Japanese figurine which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. In modern times, they are usually made of ceramic or plastic. The figurine depicts a cat, traditionally a calico Japanese Bob ...

, with grave of

Ii Naosuke was ''daimyō'' of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858, until his death, assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident on March 24, 1860. He is most famous for signing the Ha ...

who was assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident in 1860. *

Shōin shrine , located in Setagaya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirit of Yoshida Shōin, an activist during the Edo era. History Shoin was executed by the Shogunate in prison in Tenmacho, Edo in 1859, his body was reburied in ...

*Jōshin-ji (Kuhonbutsu) *

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Seta Church, Seta Monastery * Zenyōmitsu-ji *Todoroki Fudōson

Others

Carrot Tower The is a high-rise commercial building located in :ja:三軒茶屋, Sangen-jaya, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in November 1996. The building has 26 stories above ground and 5 basement levels. Its name was the winning entry in a compet ...

NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL, ja, NHK放送技術研究所, NHK Hōsō Gijutsu Kenkyūjo), headquartered in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is responsible for technical research at NHK, Japan's public broadcaster. Work done by th ...

Setagaya Business Square 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 ...

(SBS) *

Setagaya Castle is the remains of a castle structure in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tōkyō), Prefectural Historic Sites. It is believed that the castle was constructed by the Kira clan in the Ōei ...

ruins *

Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital is a public, 1,264-bed psychiatric hospital in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1879. It is a hospital established and operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is a general hospital equipped with other clinical departments as w ...

Districts

Carrot Tower and an alley in Sangenjaya, Setagaya, Tokyo

;Karasuyama Area * Hachimanyama * Kamikitazawa *

Kamisoshigaya is a district of Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Education Setagaya Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Parts of 1-3-chome are zoned to Tsukado Elementary School (塚戸小学校). 6-7-chome and parts of 1-2-chome are ...

* Kitakarasuyama * Kasuya * Kyūden * Minamikarasuyama ;Kinuta Area * Chitosedai * Funabashi * Kamata * Kinuta * Kinutakōen * Kitami * Okamoto * Ōkura * Seijō * Soshigaya * Unane ;Kitazawa Area * Akatsutsumi * Daita * Daizawa * Gōtokuji * Hanegi * Ikejiri^a * Kitazawa (including

Shimokitazawa is a commercial and entertainment area in Kitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo. It is located in the southwestern corner of the Kitazawa district, hence the name "Shimo-kitazawa" (literally ''lower Kitazawa''). Also known as "Shimokita", the neighbourhood ...

) * Matsubara * Ōhara * Sakurajōsui * Umegaoka ;Setagaya Area * Shimouma * Ikejiri^b * Kamiuma * Komazawa^c * Kyōdō * Mishuku * Miyasaka * Nozawa * Sakura * Sakuragaoka *

Sangenjaya is a district of Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. It is also known as Sancha (三茶) for short. It is home to many bars, cafes and restaurants. Some major streets include National Route 246, Setagaya-dori and Chazawara-dori. Education Setagaya Board of ...

* Setagaya * Taishidō * Tsurumaki * Wakabayashi ;Tamagawa Area * Fukazawa * Higashitamagawa * Kaminoge * Kamiyōga * Komazawa^d * Komazawakōen * Nakamachi * Noge * Okusawa * Oyamadai * Sakurashinmachi * Seta * Shinmachi * Tamazutsumi * Tamagawa * Tamagawadai * Tamagawa-Den'enchōfu * Todoroki *

Yōga is a style of artistic painting in Japan, typically of Japanese subjects, themes, or landscapes, but using Western (European) artistic conventions, techniques, and materials. The term was coined in the Meiji period (1868–1912) to distingu ...

* Futako-Tamagawa Notes:
^a – 4-

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 ...

(33- ban to 39-ban)
^b – 1, 2, 3-chōme, 4-chōme (1-ban to 32-ban)
^c – 1, 2-chōme
^d – 3, 4-chōme

Transportation

Rail

Keio Corporation () is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan, and the central firm of the that is involved in transport, retail, real estate and other industries. The name is derived from taking one character each from the places through which the railw ...

Keiō Line The is a 37.9-km railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keiō Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keiō Line is part of a network with interchanges and throug ...

: Daitabashi, Meidai-mae, Shimo Takaido, Sakura Josui, Kami Kitazawa, Hachiman Yama, Roka Koen, Chitose-Karasuyama Stations **

Keio Inokashira Line The is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Keio Corporation in the western suburbs of Tokyo, connecting in Tokyo with in Musashino City. It is not physically connected to the Keio Main Line Network, but a transfe ...

: Ikenoue, Shimo-Kitazawa, Shindaita, Higashi-Matsubara, Meidaimae Stations *

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company fo ...

** Odawara Line: , , , , , , , , Seijōgakuen-Mae,

Kitami is a Cities of Japan, city in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the most populous city and the commercial center in the subprefecture, although the subprefecture capital is Abashiri, Hokkaido, Abashiri. Kitami is physically in th ...

Stations *

Tokyu Corporation The is a Japanese multinational ''keiretsu'' ( conglomerate) holding company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Its main operation is , a wholly owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area. History The oldest predecessor ...

** Den-en-toshi Line: Ikejiri Ohashi, Sangen-Jaya, Komazawa Daigaku, Sakura Shinmachi,

, Futako-Tamagawa Stations **

Meguro Line The is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between and in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Line ...

: Okusawa Station ** Oimachi Line: Midorigaoka, (

Jiyūgaoka 'Liberty Hill' is a neighborhood in southern Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. It consists of districts 1-chome to 3-chome, and had a population of 7,231 as of January 2013. The name also refers to the broader area surrounding Jiyūgaoka Station, which inc ...

), Kuhon-butsu, Oyamadai, Todoroki, Kaminoge, Futako-Tamagawa Stations **

( LRT): Sangen-Jaya, Nishi Taishido, Wakabayashi, Shoin Jinja-mae, Setagaya, Kami Machi, Miyanosaka, Yamashita, Matsubara, Shimo Takaido Stations **

Toyoko Line Toyoko is a village in the Zam Department of Ganzourgou Province in central Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by ...

: ( Jiyūgaoka Station)

Road

Expressways

Tōmei Expressway The is a national expressway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. The expressway is designated as E1 under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering", because it parallels Nati ...

Chūō Expressway The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by NEXCO Central. Naming Officially the expressway is designated as the Chūō Expressway Nishinomiya Route (from Takaido Interchange to Komaki Junction), the Chūō Expressway Nag ...

Daisan Keihin Road is a national highway in Japan connecting Setagaya, Tokyo and Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, with a total length of . List of interchanges and features Daisan Keihin Road A major part of the National Route 466 is known as the , a limited access to ...

(part of National Route 466) *

Shuto Expressway is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels) and central routes have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that requi ...

No. 3 Shibuya Route ** Shuto Urban Expwy Sign 0004

No. 4 Shinjuku Route

National highways

* National Route 20 "

Kōshū Kaidō The was one of the five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shimosuwa-shuku in Na ...

" * National Route 246 "Tamagawa Dōri" * National Route 466

Prefecture roads

* Tokyo Metropolitan Road 3 "Setagaya Dōri" * Tokyo Metropolitan Road 311 "Kampachi Dōri" * Tokyo Metropolitan Road 312 "Meguro Dōri" * Tokyo Metropolitan Road 318 "Kan-nana Dōri" * Tokyo Metropolitan Road 416 "Komazawa Dōri"

Politics

On April 25, 2011, amid national concern over the safety of nuclear power triggered by the March 11 earthquake and

Fukushima I nuclear accidents The was a nuclear accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan. The proximate cause of the disaster was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which occurred on the afternoon of 11 March 2011 ...

, former

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

Upper House

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...

legislator

Nobuto Hosaka (born November 26, 1955) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Setagaya in Tokyo. In addition, he was a member of the House of Representatives for the Social Democratic Party until July 21, 2009. Hosaka campaigned and won the mayo ...

was elected mayor on an anti-nuclear platform. Prior to becoming mayor, Hosaka was also well known for his staunch opposition of the death penalty and his defense of Japan's

Otaku is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in ''Manga Burikko''. may be used as a pejorativ ...

culture.

Economy

Atlus is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, arcade manufacturer and distribution company based in Tokyo. A subsidiary of Sega, the company is known for video game series such as ''Megami Tensei'', ''Persona'', ''Etrian Odyssey'' and ''Trau ...

has its headquarters in Setagaya. *

Cookie Jar Entertainment Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX ...

had its Japan offices in Setagaya. *

Game Freak is a Japanese video game developer, best known as the primary developer of the mainline ''Pokémon'' series of role-playing video games published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. History Predating the video game company, ''Game Freak'' ...

has its Japan offices in Setagaya. *

Ivan Ramen Ivan Ramen is a ramen restaurant in New York City (25 Clinton Street, Lower East Side) which is run by chef Ivan Orkin. History Owner Ivan Orkin was born in Syosset, New York, and moved to Japan in the 1980s to teach English after graduating fro ...

restaurant: a

ramen is a Japanese dish, Japanese noodle dish. It consists of served in a broth; common flavors are soy sauce and miso, with typical toppings including , nori (dried seaweed), menma (bamboo shoots), and scallions. Ramen has its roots in Chinese ...

shop owned by an American chef. *

OLM, Inc. , formerly Oriental Light and Magic, is a Japanese animation and film studio headquartered in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, founded on October 3, 1990. Establishment OLM was founded as Oriental Light & Magic, Inc. on October 3rd, 1990 by Toshiaki Ok ...

has its studios in Setagaya. *

Rakuten () is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing financial technology, as well as digital content and communicati ...

has its headquarters building "Rakuten Crimson House" in Setagaya. *

Toho is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the producer an ...

has studio facilities in Setagaya.

Education

Higher education

Central Theological College, Tokyo The Central Theological College (Japanese: 聖公会神学院 ''Seikōkai Shingakuin'') is the Anglican theological college of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai in Yōga, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1908 from the amalgamation of three older Japanes ...

Japan Women's College of Physical Education is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school, a juku, was founded 1922. In 1965 it was chartered as a university. Access The campus is about 7 minutes by bus and 20 minutes by foot from Chitose-Karasuyama Stat ...

Kokushikan University is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 2007. This is the ...

Komazawa University , abbreviated as 駒大 ''Komadai'', is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist tra ...

Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...

Nippon Sport Science University , abbreviated as , is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo and Aoba-ku, Yokohama. The precursor of the school was founded in 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The school is known for the many famous athletes among its alumni. ...

Sanno Institute of Management The , also stylized SANNO Institute of Management, is a private university established in 1979 in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture Japan. It offers highly interdisciplinary and practical programs in the field of management and information science. ...

* Seijo University *

Showa Women's University is a women's private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The university has undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs and five research institutes. It also contains affiliated schools that span from kindergarten to high school. Aside fr ...

Tama Art University or is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan. History The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School (多摩帝国美術学校, Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō) founded in 1935. ...

Kaminoge Campus *

Temple University Japan Campus Temple University, Japan Campus (Abbreviated: TUJ, Japanese: テンプル大学ジャパンキャンパス) is an international campus of Temple University (located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States). TUJ has classrooms and student fac ...

Tokyo City University , often called or TCU for short, is an engineering, environmental and information sciences focused private university located in Tokyo, Japan. The university has four campuses, the Setagaya campus close to the Tama River at Oyamadai, Setagay ...

* Tokyo Healthcare University Setagaya Campus *

Tokyo University of Agriculture The , abbreviated as Nodai (農大, ''nōdai'') or Tokyo nodai (東京農大, ''Tōkyō nōdai''), is a private university of agriculture in Japan. There are three campuses: Setagaya, Atsugi, and Okhotsk (Abashiri). Outline Tokyo University ...

Primary and secondary education

National schools

These are schools operated by agencies of the central

Government of Japan The Government of Japan consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and is based on popular sovereignty. The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947. It is a unitary state, c ...

. *

Tokyo Gakugei University Tokyo Gakugei University (東京学芸大学, ''Tōkyō gakugei daigaku'') is a national university in Koganei, Tokyo. Founded in 1873, it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is also known as ''Gakudai'' (学大) and TGU, for short. In add ...

* * Komaba,

University of Tsukuba is a public university, public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Pro ...

* Setagaya Elementary School attached to Tokyo Gakugei University ( 東京学芸大学附属世田谷小学校)

Metropolitan senior high schools

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 all of the public high schools in all 23 special wards, the Western T ...

operates following senior high schools in Setagaya. * * * * * * * * * * Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Technical High School * Tokyo Metropolitan Tamagawa High School

Municipal junior high schools

The operates 29 junior high schools in Setagaya. They are: * Chitose Junior High School ( 千歳中学校) * Fuji Junior High School ( 富士中学校) * Fukasawa Junior High School ( 深沢中学校) * Funabashi Kibo Junior High School ( 船橋希望中学校) * Higashi Fukasawa Junior High School ( 東深沢中学校) * Kamisoshigaya Junior High School ( 上祖師谷中学校) * Karasuyama Junior High School ( 烏山中学校) * Kinuta Junior High School ( 砧中学校) * Kinuta Minami Junior High School ( 砧南中学校) * Kitami Junior High School (喜多見中学校) * Kitazawa Junior High School (北沢中学校) * Komadome Junior High School (駒留中学校) * Komazawa Junior High School (駒沢中学校) * Matsuzawa Junior High School ( 松沢中学校) * Midorigaoka Junior High School ( 緑丘中学校) * Mishuku Junior High School ( 三宿中学校) * Osukawa Junior High School (奥沢中学校) * Oyamadai Junior High School ( 尾山台中学校) * Roka Junior High School ( 芦花中学校) * Sakuragaoka Junior High School ( 桜丘中学校) * Sakuragi Junior High School ( 桜木中学校) * Seta Junior High School (瀬田中学校) * Setagaya Junior High School ( 世田谷中学校) * Taishido Junior High School (太子堂中学校) * Tamagawa Junior High School ( 玉川中学校) * Tsurumaki Junior High School ( 弦巻中学校) * Umegaoka Junior High School (梅丘中学校) * Yahata Junior High School ( 八幡中学校) * Yoga Junior High School ( 用賀中学校) Former schools: * Funabashi Junior High School (船橋中学校) * Ikejiri Junior High School (池尻中学校) * Kibogaoka Junior High School ( 希望丘中学校) * Wakabayashi Junior High School ( 若林中学校) * Yamazaki Junior High School (山崎中学校)

Municipal elementary schools

The Setagaya City Board of Education operates 61 elementary schools in Setagaya. They are: * Akazutsumi Elementary School ( 赤堤小学校) * Asahi Elementary School ( 旭小学校) * Chitose Elementary School ( 千歳小学校) * Chitosedai Elementary School (千歳台小学校) * Daita Elementary School (代田小学校) * Daizawa Elementary School ( 代沢小学校) * Fukasawa Elementary School (深沢小学校) * Funabashi Elementary School (船橋小学校) * Futako Tamagawa Elementary School ( 二子玉川小学校) * Hachimanyama Elementary School ( 八幡山小学校) * Higashi Fukasawa Elementary School ( 東深沢小学校) * Higashi Tamagawa Elementary School (東玉川小学校) * Kamikitazawa Elementary School (上北沢小学校) * Karasuyama Elementary School ( 烏山小学校) * Karasuyama Kita Elementary School ( 烏山北小学校) * Kibogaoka Elementary School (希望丘小学校) * Kinuta Elementary School ( 砧小学校) * Kinuta Minami Elementary School (砧南小学校) * Kitami Elementary School ( 喜多見小学校) * Komatsunagi Elementary School (駒繋小学校) * Komazawa Elementary School (駒沢小学校) * Kuhonbutsu Elementary School (九品仏小学校) * Kyodo Elementary School ( 経堂小学校) * Kyosai Elementary School ( 京西小学校) * Kyuden Elementary School ( 給田小学校) * Ikejiri Elementary School (池尻小学校) * Ikenoue Elementary School (池之上小学校) * Matsubara Elementary School ( 松原小学校) * Matsugaoka Elementary School (松丘小学校) * Matsuzawa Elementary School (松沢小学校) * Meisei Elementary School ( 明正小学校) * Mishuku Elementary School (三宿小学校) * Musashigaoka Elementary School ( 武蔵丘小学校) * Nakamachi Elementary School (中町小学校) * Nakamaru Elementary School (中丸小学校) * Nakazato Elementary School ( 中里小学校) * Okusawa Elementary School (奥沢小学校) * Oyamadai Elementary School ( 尾山台小学校) * Roka Elementary School ( 芦花小学校) * Sakura Elementary School (桜小学校) * Sakuragaoka Elementary School (桜丘小学校) * Sakuramachi Elementary School (桜町小学校) * Sangenjaya Elementary School (三軒茶屋小学校) * Sasahara Elementary School (笹原小学校) * Seta Elementary School (瀬田小学校) * Setagaya Elementary School (世田谷小学校) * Shimokitazawa Elementary School ( 下北沢小学校) * Shiroyama Elementary School (城山小学校) * Soshigaya Elementary School ( 祖師谷小学校) * Taishido Elementary School (太子堂小学校) * Tamagawa Elementary School ( 玉川小学校) * Tamazutsumi Elementary School ( 玉堤小学校) * Tamon Elementary School (多聞小学校) * Todoroki Elementary School ( 等々力小学校) * Tsukado Elementary School (塚戸小学校) * Tsurumaki Elementary School (弦巻小学校) * Wakabayashi Elementary School ( 若林小学校) * Yahata Elementary School ( 八幡小学校) * Yamazaki Elementary School ( 山崎小学校) * Yamano Elementary School ( 山野小学校) * Yoga Elementary School ( 用賀小学校) Former schools: * Hanamido Elementary School ( 花見堂小学校) * Higashi Ohara Elementary School (東大原小学校) * Kitazawa Elementary School (北沢小学校) * Moriyama Elementary School (守山小学校)

Private secondary schools

* Daito Gakuen High School * Den-en Chofu Gakuen Junior & Senior High School * Denenchofufutaba Gakuen Junior and Senior High School * Japan Women's College of Physical Education Nikaido High School * Japan Women's University affiliated Homei High School and Junior High School * Kagaku Gijutsu Gakuen High School * Keisen Jogakuen High School * Kokushikan Senior High School and Kokushikan Junior High School * Komaba Gakuen High School * Komaba

Junior and Senior High School * Komazawa University Senior High School * Kosei Gakuen Girls' High School * * Meguro Seibi Gakuen Junior & Senior High School * MITA International School * Nihon Gakuen Junior and Senior High School * Nihon University Sakuragaoka High School * *

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* Tamagawa Seigakuin Girls' Junior & Senior High School * Tokyo City University Junior and Senior High School * Tokyo City University Todoroki Junior and Senior High School * Tokyo University of Agriculture First High School and Junior High School

Private elementary schools

* Denenchofufutaba Gakuen Elementary School * Kunimoto Elementary School * St. Dominic's Elementary School * Seijo Gakuen Elementary School * Showa Women's University Showa Elementary School * Tokyo City University Elementary School * Wako Elementary School

Special education schools

* Tokyo Metropolitan Komyo Gakuen * Tokyo Metropolitan Kugayama Blind School * Tokyo Metropolitan Seicho Special Support School

International schools

* St. Mary's International School *

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International relations

Sister cities

Setagaya has sister-city relationships with Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada; the Döbling district of Vienna, Austria; and Bunbury, Western Australia.

Diplomatic missions in Setagaya

* Embassy of the Republic of

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* Embassy of the Republic of

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* Embassy of

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* Embassy of

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* Embassy of

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* Honorary Consulate-General of the

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in Tokyo * Honorary Consulate-General of the Republic of

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in Tokyo

Notable people from Setagaya

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, Politician, 32nd President of the

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Shota Umino is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Early life Umino was born on April 13, 1997, in the special ward of Setagaya in Tokyo, Japan. He is the son of NJPW referee Hiroyuki Umino (also known un ...

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* Yoshinori Muto, International footballer *

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, Voice actress *

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, Voice actress *

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References

External links

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Nature

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Others

Districts

Transportation

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International relations

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Diplomatic missions in Setagaya

Notable people from Setagaya

See also

References

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