Setagaya

Setagaya (世田谷区, Setagaya-ku, officially called Setagaya City or the City of Setagaya) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orchid, and its tree is the Zelkova serrata.

Setagaya 世田谷区
Special ward
City of Setagaya
Komazawa Olympic Park
Flag Seal
Location of Setagaya in Tokyo
Setagaya Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°38′47.66″N 139°39′11.69″E / 35.6465722°N 139.6532472°E / 35.6465722; 139.6532472
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
First official recorded	middle 15th century
As Tokyo City	October 1, 1932
As Special ward of Tokyo	July 1, 1943
Government
• Mayor	Nobuto Hosaka (since May 2011)
Area
• Total	58.06 km² (22.42 sq mi)
Population (July 1, 2023)
• Total	940,071
• Density	16,000/km² (42,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Postal code(s)	154 to 158 (First three digits)
Area code	03
Website	www.city.setagaya.lg.jp

Symbols

Bird	Azure-winged magpie
Flower	Habenaria radiata
Tree	Zelkova serrata

Setagaya has the largest population and second-largest area (after Ōta) of Tokyo's special wards. As of July 1, 2023, the ward has an estimated population of 940,071, and a population density of 16,194 persons per km² with the total area of 58.06 km².

Life expectancy edit

As of 2023, the life expectancy of Setagaya is 88.9.

Geography edit

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 two- to three-minute headway rush-hour services to the busiest train terminals of Shinjuku and Shibuya as well as through service 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 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 edit

The special ward of Setagaya was founded on March 15, 1947.^{[citation needed]}

During the Edo period, 42 villages occupied the area. With the abolition of the han system 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 district of Karasuyama-machi in Setagaya was part of the athletics marathon and 50 km walk event.^[1]

Landmarks edit

Nature edit

Todoroki Valley

Tama River
Todoroki Valley [ja] (Yazawa River [ja])

Parks edit

Futako Tamagawa Park [ja]
Hanegi Park [ja]
Kinuta Park
Kitami Friendship Square
Komazawa Olympic Park
Okura Sports Park [ja]
Roka Kōshun-en [ja]
Setagaya Park [ja]
Soshigaya Park [ja]
Tamagawa Nogemachi Park
Tokyo Equestrian Park

Cultural facilities edit

Gotoh Museum
Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum
Honda Theater [ja]
Oya Soichi Bunko, a private library of Japanese magazines for researchers and journalists
Setagaya Art Museum
Setagaya Daikan Yashiki [ja], a daikan's office built in 1737, an Important Cultural Property of Japan
Setagaya Literary Museum
Setagaya Local History Museum [ja]
Setagaya Public Theatre [ja]
Tokyo University of Agriculture Food and Agriculture Museum

Religious facilities edit

Gōtoku-ji

Gōtoku-ji, a Zen temple known as birthplace of maneki-neko, with grave of Ii Naosuke who was assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident in 1860
Kuhonbutsu Jōshin-ji [ja], a Buddhist temple on Okusawa Castle [ja] ruins
Catholic Seta Church, Seta Monastery
Setagaya Hachimangū [ja], a Shintō shrine, a major religious centre from the late Heian period to the end of the Edo period
Shōin shrine
Todoroki Fudōson [ja]
Zenyōmitsu-ji

Others edit

Toho Studios with Seven Samurai mural

Carrot Tower
Futako-Tamagawa Rise
NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories
Setagaya Business Square [ja] (SBS)
Setagaya Castle ruins
Toho Studios
Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital

Districts and neighborhoods edit

Futako-Tamagawa

Kamikitazawa

Sangenjaya

Karasuyama Area

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)
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
Futako-Tamagawa

Notes:
^a – 4-chōme (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 edit

Rail edit

Keio Corporation
- Keiō Line: 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: Higashi-Kitazawa, Shimo-Kitazawa, Setagaya-Daita, Umegaoka, Gōtokuji, Kyōdō, Chitose-Funabashi, Soshigaya-Ōkura, Seijōgakuen-Mae, Kitami Stations
Tokyu Corporation
- Den-en-toshi Line: Ikejiri Ohashi, Sangen-Jaya, Komazawa Daigaku, Sakura Shinmachi, Yōga, Futako-Tamagawa Stations
- Meguro Line: Okusawa Station
- Oimachi Line: Midorigaoka, (Jiyūgaoka), Kuhon-butsu, Oyamadai, Todoroki, Kaminoge, Futako-Tamagawa Stations
- Setagaya Line (LRT): Sangen-Jaya, Nishi Taishido, Wakabayashi, Shoin Jinja-mae, Setagaya, Kami Machi, Miyanosaka, Yamashita, Matsubara, Shimo Takaido Stations
- Toyoko Line: (Jiyūgaoka Station)

Road edit

Seta Intersection at Seta, Setagaya in 2010

Expressways edit

National highways edit

Prefecture roads edit

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

Politics edit

On April 25, 2011, amid national concern over the safety of nuclear power triggered by the March 11 earthquake and Fukushima I nuclear accidents, former Social Democratic Party House of Representatives legislator Nobuto Hosaka was elected mayor on an anti-nuclear platform.^[2] Prior to becoming mayor, Hosaka was also well known for his staunch opposition of the death penalty^[3] and his defense of Japan's Otaku culture.^[4]

Economy edit

Rakuten Crimson House

Rakuten has its headquarters building "Rakuten Crimson House" in Setagaya.
Toho has studio facilities in Setagaya.
OLM, Inc. has its studios in Setagaya.^[5]
Ivan Ramen restaurant: a ramen shop owned by an American chef.

Education edit

Higher education edit

Primary and secondary education edit

National schools edit

These are schools operated by agencies of the central Government of Japan.

Tokyo Gakugei University Senior High School [ja]
Setagaya Junior High School attached to Tokyo Gakugei University [ja]
Junior and Senior High School at [ja] Komaba, 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 edit

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates following senior high schools in Setagaya.

Tokyo Metropolitan Chitosegaoka High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Comprehensive Industrial High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Engei High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Fukasawa High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Matsubara High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Roka High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramachi High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Izumi High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Sogo High School [ja]
Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Technical High School
Tokyo Metropolitan Tamagawa High School

Municipal junior high schools edit

The Setagaya City Board of Education [ja] operates 29 junior high schools in Setagaya.

They are:^[6]

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:^[7]

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 edit

The Setagaya City Board of Education operates 61 elementary schools in Setagaya.

They are:^[8]

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)