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Bunkyō

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| name = Bunkyō

| official_name = Bunkyō City

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| settlement_type = Special ward

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| caption1 = Tokyo Dome

| image2 = Yasuda Auditorium - Tokyo University 4.jpg

| caption2 = University of Tokyo

| image3 = Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens (11168127364).jpg

| caption3 = Bunkyo Civic Center

| image4 = St. Mary's Cathedral Tokyo2.jpg

| caption4 = St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo

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| subdivision_name1 = Kantō

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| subdivision_name2 = Tokyo

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Hironobu Narisawa

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| population_total = 240,069

| population_as_of = October 1, 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tnenkan/2020/tn20q3e002.htm|publisher=Tokyo Statistical Yearbook|language=en|accessdate=2022-07-15|title=Population by District}}

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| blank_name_sec1 = City hall address

| blank_info_sec1 = Kasuga 1-16-21, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
112-6555

| website = {{URL|http://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/}}

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{{Nihongo|Bunkyō|文京区|Bunkyō-ku}} is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sōseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived there. Bunkyō is home to the Tokyo Dome, Judo's Kōdōkan, and the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus.

It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Hongo and Koishikawa wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Bunkyo ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division. The Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in the ward's eastern corner is attached to the Shitamachi area in Ueno. On the other hand, the remaining areas of the ward typically represent Yamanote districts.{{cite book|last=Kokushi Daijiten Iinkai|title=Kokushi Daijiten|edition=1983|volume=4, page 842|language=ja}}

As of 2022, the ward has a population of 240,069 (including about 8,500 foreign residents), and a population density of {{convert|21263|PD/km2}}. The total area is {{convert|11.29|km2}}.{{cite web|title=日本の統計2022|url=https://www.stat.go.jp/data/nihon/pdf/22nihon.pdf|website=Statistics Bureau of Japan|access-date=April 23, 2023}}

History

Bunkyo was formed in 1947 as a merger of Hongo and Koishikawa wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis.

Geography

=Districts and neighborhoods=

There are approximately twenty districts in the area and these are as follows:

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;Koishikawa Area

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;Hongō Area

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Politics and government

Bunkyo is governed by Mayor Hironobu Narisawa, an independent supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito.{{cite web|url=http://politomo.jp/tokyo/2011/04/16/%E6%96%87%E4%BA%AC%E5%8C%BA%E5%80%99%E8%A3%9C%E8%80%85%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7/|script-title=ja:文京区候補者情報一覧 東京都統一地方選挙・候補者紹介サイト|author=SNS-FreeJapan|date=16 April 2011|access-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421032210/http://politomo.jp/tokyo/2011/04/16/%E6%96%87%E4%BA%AC%E5%8C%BA%E5%80%99%E8%A3%9C%E8%80%85%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7/|archive-date=21 April 2011}}

{{Update inline|date=January 2023|?=yes}} The city council has 34 elected members.{{cite web |author=Bunkyo City Government Office |title=Bunkyo city Plot of city council. |url=https://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/kugikai/sikumi2.html |access-date=20 July 2011}}

Economy

The publishing company Kodansha has its headquarters in the ward,"[http://www.kodansha.co.jp/english/company/company.html Company Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426023704/http://www.kodansha.co.jp/english/company/company.html |date=2011-04-26 }}." Kodansha. Retrieved on April 5, 2011. "Address: 12-21, Otowa 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8001, Japan" and Kodansha International has its headquarters in the Otowa YK Building in the ward."[http://www.kodansha-intl.com/corporate-profile/ Corporate Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822221944/http://www.kodansha-intl.com/corporate-profile/ |date=2011-08-22 }}" Kodansha. Retrieved on April 1, 2011. "Address Otowa YK Building 1-17-14 Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8652" [http://www.kodansha-intl.com/media/uploads/map.gif map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726113612/http://www.kodansha-intl.com/media/uploads/map.gif |date=2011-07-26 }} The drugstore chain Tomod's has its headquarters in the ward."[http://www.tomods.jp/company/profile.html Company Profile]." Tomod's. Retrieved on May 19, 2009. Penta-Ocean, the construction firm specializing in marine works and land reclamation also has its headquarters in Bunkyo."[http://www.penta-ocean.co.jp/english/company/overview/index.html Corporate Data]." Penta-Ocean. Retrieved on March 23, 2014.

The automobile manufacturer Toyota has its Tokyo headquarters in the ward.{{cite web|title=Overview {{!}} Profile {{!}} Company|url=https://global.toyota/en/company/profile/overview/|website=Toyota|access-date=March 13, 2022}}

Landmarks

File:Dennduuinn1.jpg

File:Bunkyo-ku from air.jpg

Education

=Universities and colleges=

==National==

File:Akamon.jpg gate at the University of Tokyo]]

==Private==

File:Hosuinomori.jpg

=Primary and secondary schools=

Nationally-operated high schools:

  • {{ill|Ochanomizu University High School|ja|お茶の水女子大学附属高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Junior and Senior High School at Otsuka, University of Tsukuba|ja|筑波大学附属中学校・高等学校}}

Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

  • {{ill|Kogei High School|ja|東京都立工芸高等学校}}{{cite web |author=東京都立工芸高等学校 |url=http://www.kogei-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ |script-title=ja:東京都立工芸高等学校 |publisher=Kogei-h.metro.tokyo.jp |access-date=2012-06-26 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194434/http://www.kogei-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Koishikawa High School{{cite web|url=http://www.koishikawa-h.metro.tokyo.jp/|script-title=ja:東京都立小石川高等学校・東京都立小石川中等教育学校|publisher=Koishikawa-h.metro.tokyo.jp|access-date=2012-06-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20021105070247/http://www.koishikawa-h.metro.tokyo.jp/|archive-date=2002-11-05}}
  • {{ill|Mukogaoka High School|ja|東京都立向丘高等学校}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mukogaoka-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ |title=Home |website=mukogaoka-h.metro.tokyo.jp}}
  • {{ill|Takehaya High School|ja|東京都立竹早高等学校}}{{cite web|url=http://www.takehaya-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ |script-title=ja:竹早高校 ウェブページ |publisher=Takehaya-h.metro.tokyo.jp |access-date=2012-06-26}}

The metropolis operates the Koishikawa Secondary Education School.{{cite web |url=http://www.bunkyo-chuko-j.metro.tokyo.jp/ |title=[untitled] |access-date=2007-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114055732/http://www.bunkyo-chuko-j.metro.tokyo.jp/ |archive-date=2007-11-14 }}

The metropolis operates the {{ill|Bunkyo School for the Blind|ja|東京都立文京盲学校}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.bunkyo-sb.metro.tokyo.jp/ |script-title=ja:東京都立文京盲学校のホームページ |publisher=Bunkyo-sb.metro.tokyo.jp |access-date=2012-06-26}}

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Bunkyo Board of Education.

Municipal junior high schools:{{cite web|url=https://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/kyoiku/kyoiku/gakko/campus/shisetu/_1012.html|title=区立中学校一覧|publisher=Bunkyo|accessdate=2022-11-10}}

Municipal elementary schools:{{cite web|url=https://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/kyoiku/kyoiku/gakko/campus/shisetu/_1009.html|title=区立小学校一覧|publisher=Bunkyo|accessdate=2022-11-10}}

Culture

=Museums=

Transportation

=Train stations=

==Toei subway lines==

==Tokyo Metro subway lines==

=Highways=

Shuto Expressway

  • No.5 Ikebukuro Route (Takebashi JCT—Bijogi JCT)

Sister cities

Bunkyō has a sister-city relationship with Kaiserslautern in the Rhineland-Palatinate of Germany.{{cite web|url=http://www.b-academy.jp/icc/d05_e.html?area=mainColumn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328004442/http://www.b-academy.jp/icc/d05_e.html?area=mainColumn|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2012|title=Bunkyo Academy International exchanges|author=Bunkyo Academy Foundation|access-date=20 July 2011}}

Notable people from Bunkyō

See also

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References

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External links

{{Commons category|Bunkyo, Tokyo}}

  • {{Wikivoyage-inline|Tokyo/Bunkyo}}
  • [http://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/ Bunkyo City Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}

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{{Metropolitan cities of Japan}}

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Category:Wards of Tokyo