Yanaka (谷中) is a sector of Taito, Tokyo,

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and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old

Shitamachi and are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace.Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version While citizens once considered it as ...

atmosphere can still be felt. Located north of

Ueno is a district in Taitō, Tokyo. The area extending from Ueno to Asakusa is part of the historical Shitamachi (literally "low city") district of Tokyo, which is often associated with working-class traditions and culture as well as their dist ...

, Yanaka includes the large

Yanaka Cemetery is a large cemetery located north of Ueno in Yanaka 7-chome, Taito, Tokyo, Japan. The Yanaka sector of Taito is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt. The cemetery is famous for its beautif ...

, which takes up most of Yanaka 7-chome. The

Daimyo Clock Museum The Daimyo Clock Museum (大名時計博物館) is a small community-run museum in Yanaka, Tokyo, Yanaka 2-chōme, Tokyo. The museum was established in 1972 to display Japanese clocks from the Edo period collected by Sakujiro (known as "Guro") K ...

is also in Yanaka. There are around 70 privately owned small stores in Yanaka.

Education

Taito City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Yanaka 2-7-

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and portions of 1-chome are zoned to Yanaka Elementary School (谷中小学校). Portions of Yanaka 1-

are zoned to Shinobu Gaoka Elementary School ( 忍岡小学校). All of Yanaka (1-7-chome) is zoned to Ueno Junior High School ( 上野中学校).

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