Setagaya, Tokyo
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A view of southern Setagaya-Ku
Setagaya (世田谷区; -ku) is a special ward located in southwest Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood (chou) within the ward. It was founded on March 15, 1947. Its official bird is the Azure-Winged Magpie, its flower the Fringed Orchid, and its tree the Zelkova.
As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 829,624 and a density of 14,284.16 persons per km². Its total area is 58.08 km², making it Tokyo's second largest. As of December 1, 2004, the official population was 805,854 in 413,112 households. Registered foreign residents: 14,608. (See external links below.)
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Landmarks
- Carrot Tower (at 124&nbps;m, the tallest building in Setagaya Ward)
- Gotokuji (豪徳寺)
- Kinuta Park (東京都立砧公園)
- Komazawa Olympic Park (駒沢オリンピック公園)
- Setagaya Art Museum (世田谷美術館)
- Setagaya Castle ruins (世田谷城址)
- Setagaya Business Square (SBS) (世田谷ビジネススクエア)
- NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories (日本放送協会技術研究所)
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Districts
- Setagaya District (世田谷地域)
- Sang-gen-Jaya (三軒茶屋)
- Setagaya (世田谷)
- Kitazawa District (北沢地域)
- Shimo-Kitazawa (下北沢)
- Meidaimae (明大前)
- Tamagawa District (玉川地域)
- Futako-Tamagawa (二子玉川)
- Yōga (用賀)
- Todoroki (等々力)
- Kinuta District (砧地域)
- Seijo (成城)
- Kinuta (砧)
- Soshigaya (祖師ヶ谷大蔵)
- Karasuyama District (烏山地域)
- Karasuyama (烏山)
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Train stations
- Chitose-Karasuyama Station (千歳烏山駅)
- Hachimanyama Station (八幡山駅)
- Higashi-Kitazawa Station (東北沢駅)
- Higashi-Matsubara Station (東松原駅)
- Ikenoue Station (池ノ上駅)
- Futako-Tamagawa Station (二子玉川駅)
- Gotokuji Station (豪徳寺駅)
- Meidaimae Station (明大前駅)
- Sakurajosui Station (桜上水駅)
- Sangen-Jaya(Sang-gen-jaya) Station (三軒茶屋駅)
- Seijogakuen-Mae Station (成城学園前駅)
- Setagayadaita Station (世田谷代田駅)
- Shimo-Kitazawa Station (下北沢駅)
- Shimotakaido Station (下高井戸駅)
- Shindaita Station (新代田駅)
- Umegaoka Station (梅ヶ丘駅)
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External links
- Official website (http://www.city.setagaya.tokyo.jp/) in Japanese
- Wikitravel: Tokyo/Setagaya (http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Tokyo/Setagaya)
- Population figures in English November 1, 2004 (http://www.city.setagaya.tokyo.jp/english/eigo_koho/2004/0412/0412index.html)
- Population figures in Japanese December 1, 2004 (http://www.city.setagaya.tokyo.jp/toukei/index.html)
