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 belo ...

, 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 to Japan, Korea, eastern China and Taiwan.Flora ...

''. 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 separates the boundary between Tokyo Metropolis and Kanagawa Prefecture. 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 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 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 orch ...

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, 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 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 marathon and 50 km walk event.

Landmarks

Todoroki Valley - Tokyo, Japan - DSC09454

Nature

* Tama River *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 elevat ...

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 Setaga ...

* Roka Kōshun-en *Okura Sports Park *Setagaya Park *Soshigaya Park *Tamagawa Nogemachi Park * Tokyo Equestrian Park

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 origi ...

Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum The is an art museum in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. From 1946 until 1974, Machiko Hasegawa drew the comic strip ''Sazae-san'' about an ordinary Japanese family led by a good-natured mother and wife, Sazae. The strip was a huge success and for most of ...

*Honda Theater * Oya Soichi Bunko, 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

Religious facilities

Gōtoku-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Gōtokuji district of Setagaya ward, Tokyo, Japan. It is known as the "cat temple" because of the Maneki-neko The ''maneki-neko'' (招き猫, ) is a common Japanese figurine which is often believed to ...

, 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 l ...

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 Bo ...

, with grave of Ii Naosuke who was assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident in 1860. * Shōin shrine *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 * NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories * Setagaya Business Square (SBS) * Setagaya Castle ruins * Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital

Districts

Carrot Tower and an alley in Sangenjaya, Setagaya, Tokyo

;Karasuyama Area * Hachimanyama * Kamikitazawa * Kamisoshigaya * 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 * 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 is located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, on the north-east bank of the Tama River. The area surrounding the station is commonly called Futako-Tamagawa, and often refers to the Tamagawa and Seta districts of Setagaya, but there is no precise defini ...

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, a ...

(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 **

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 th ...

: Daitabashi, Meidai-mae, Shimo Takaido, Sakura Josui, Kami Kitazawa, Hachiman Yama, Roka Koen, Chitose-Karasuyama Stations ** Keio Inokashira Line: Ikenoue, Shimo-Kitazawa, Shindaita, Higashi-Matsubara, Meidaimae Stations * Odakyu Electric Railway ** Odawara Line: , , , , , , , , Seijōgakuen-Mae,

Kitami is a 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. Kitami is physically in the middle of Okhotsk Subprefecture. Th ...

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

Stations ** Meguro Line: Okusawa Station ** Oimachi Line: Midorigaoka, ( Jiyūgaoka), Kuhon-butsu, Oyamadai, Todoroki, Kaminoge,

Stations **

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

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 Na ...

Daisan Keihin Road (part of National Route 466) * Shuto Expressway ** Shuto Urban Expwy Sign 0003

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 ...

" * 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 and ...

, 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 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 may ...

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 ''Tra ...

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 M ...

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 fr ...

restaurant: a

ramen is a 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 noodle dishes. ...

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 ...

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 communica ...

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

Education

Higher education

* Central Theological College, Tokyo * Japan Women's College of Physical Education *

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 tr ...

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

* Nippon Sport Science University *

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 is a private university in Seijo, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is operated by the Seijo Gakuen institute. Seijo University has its origins in Seijo Gakuen (成城学園), which was founded in 1917 by Dr. Masataro Sawayanagi, a former Mini ...

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 fro ...

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. *

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 ad ...

* *

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 select ...

, University of Tsukuba * 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 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 *

Toho 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 * *

St. Dominic Saint Dominic ( es, Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (), was a Castilian Catholic priest, mystic, the founder of the Dominican Order and is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scienti ...

's Junior and Senior High School * Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School * Setagaya Gakuen School *

Seitoku Senior High School *

Shoin University is a private university in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded as a women's school in 1941, Shoin became coeducational in 2004. It is a member of the Western Metropolitan Area University Association. History The predecessor of the scho ...

Shoin Junior and Senior High School *

Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High School is a girls' junior and senior high school operated by Showa Women's University. It is within two separate buildings on the campus in Setagaya, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative ...

* 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 St. Mary's International School is a private international school for boys located in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, Japan. The school consists of an elementary, middle, and high school, all located in the Setagaya campus. The school’s primary l ...

Seisen International School Seisen International School (SIS) is an all-girls, Catholic school located in Setagaya, in Tokyo, Japan. Students and faculty from over sixty countries are represented at Seisen, with English being the main language of instruction. It offers the ...

British School in Tokyo The British School in Tokyo (BST; ブリティシュ・スクール・イン東京 ''Buritishu Sukūru in Tōkyō'') is an international school in central Tokyo with over 1,100 students from over 65 nationalities. BST takes students aged 3–18 t ...

Showa Campus at

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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 Cameroon * Embassy of Mozambique * Embassy of

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* Embassy of Tanzania * Honorary Consulate-General of the Central African Republic in Tokyo * Honorary Consulate-General of the Republic of

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in Tokyo

Notable people from Setagaya

* Yasuo Fukuda, Politician, 91st Prime Minister *

Akiko Santō is a Japanese politician who served as the President of the House of Councillors of Japan from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, she previously served as the Vice President of the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2010. ...

, Politician, 32nd President of the House of Councillors *

Fusako Shigenobu is a Japanese communist activist and founder of the disbanded militant group Japanese Red Army (JRA).< ...

, Terrorist, leader of the

Japanese Red Army The was a militant communist organization active from 1971 to 2001. It was designated a terrorist organization by Japan and the United States. The JRA was founded by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira in February 1971 and was most active i ...

Fighting Harada Masahiko Harada (born April 5, 1943), better known as Fighting Harada, is a Japanese former professional boxer. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the NYSAC, WBA, and ''The Ring'' undisputed flyweight titles from 1962 ...

, World boxing champion *

Akiko Kojima is a Japanese model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1959, making her the first Japanese and Asian woman to win the title. Biography Kojima was a 22-year-old model from Tokyo, Japan when she bested four other finalists from ...

Miss Universe 1959 Miss Universe 1959, the 8th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 July 1959 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 34 contestants competed and in the end Akiko Kojima of Japan won the competition, becoming the ...

Nobuyuki Idei Nobuyuki Idei (出井伸之, ''Idei Nobuyuki''; 22 November 1937 – 2 June 2022) was a Japanese businessman. He was chairman and group chief executive officer of Sony Corporation until 7 March 2005. He was a director of General Motors, Baidu, Y ...

, Former

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

Akihiko Hoshide is a Japanese engineer, JAXA astronaut, and former Commander of the International Space Station. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space. Early life and education He was born in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. ...

Astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally ...

Shirō Sagisu is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. With a career spanning over 40 years (beginning in the late 1970s), he is best known for his works as a record producer for acts including various choir members Mike Wyzgowski, Misia, Satoshi ...

, Composer *

Kiichi Nakai is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the ...

Actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

Kaz Hayashi is a Japanese professional wrestler known simply as . He is best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where in addition to being a wrestler for the promotion, he also served as the head booker for the company's junior heavyweig ...

Professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

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 unde ...

, Professional wrestler * Hideo Kojima, Video game designer best known as the creator of the ''

Metal Gear is a series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operativ ...

'' franchise *

Satoshi Tajiri is a Japanese video game designer and director best known for being the creator of the ''Pokémon'' franchise and one of the founders, and president of video game developer Game Freak. A fan of arcade games, Tajiri wrote for and edited his own v ...

, Video game designer and director best known as the creator of the ''

Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of what each of those c ...

'' media franchise *

Noritake Kinashi is a Japanese comedian, actor, singer and artist. He is the short member of the comedy duo Tunnels, with whom he was a member of the pop group Yaen. His partner is Takaaki Ishibashi. He is the executive vice president of the entertainment office ...

, Comedian, actor, singer, artist and J-Pop idol, member of

comedy duo A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act. Pairings are typically long-term, in some cases fo ...

Tunnels A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube constr ...

and former member of

J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...

group

Yaen Yaen (野猿, "Wild Monkey") was a Japanese pop group composed of Takaaki Ishibashi and Noritake Kinashi of the comedy duo The Tunnels, and nine staff members from their television variety show '' The Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone''. From 1998 t ...

* Yoshinori Muto, International footballer *

Mika Kanai is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is attached to Ken Production. She is best known for her roles in '' Idol Tenshi Yokoso Yoko'' (as Yoko Tanaka), '' Tanoshii Moomin Ikka'' (as the Snork Maiden), '' Goldfish Warning!'' (as Wapiko), ' ...

Voice actress Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

Rei Sakuma is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. She is best known in Japan for her voice work in the long running children's series '' Soreike! Anpanman''; her most famous role in the English-speaking world, however, ...

, Voice actress * Shino Kakinuma, Voice actress *

Ichirou Mizuki , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 50 years, he had recorded over 1,200 songs for Japanese film, televisio ...

, Singer, voice actor *

Yuki Kunii is a Japanese motorcycle racer. Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season By class Races by year (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation ...

, Motorcycle racer * Mariko Kawana, Porn actress, erotic novelist, human rights activist *

Matt Kuwata , known professionally as or Matt Rose, is a Japanese media personality, model, and musician. Early life His father is former professional baseball player Masumi Kuwata; his older brother Masaki is also a former professional baseball player, a ...

, Model, musician, media personality

References

External links

Setagaya City Official Website
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