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Setagaya

{{Short description|Special ward in Tokyo, Japan}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Setagaya

| official_name = City of Setagaya

| native_name = {{nobold|世田谷区}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| settlement_type = Special ward

| other_name =

| image_skyline = Komazawa Gymnasium & Control Tower 2009.jpg

| image_caption = Komazawa Olympic Park

| image_flag = Flag of Setagaya, Tokyo.svg

| image_seal = 東京都世田谷区区章.svg

| image_map = Setagaya-ku in Tokyo Prefecture Ja.svg

| map_caption = Location of Setagaya in Tokyo

| pushpin_map = Japan

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|35|38|47.66|N|139|39|11.69|E|region:JP-13|display=it}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Japan

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Kantō

| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture

| subdivision_name2 = Tokyo

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 =

| established_title = First official recorded

| established_date = middle 15th century

| established_title2 = As Tokyo City

| established_date2 = October 1, 1932

| established_title3 = As Special ward of Tokyo

| established_date3 = July 1, 1943

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Nobuto Hosaka (since May 2011)

| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor

| leader_name1 =

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_total_km2 = 58.06

| population_total = 940071

| population_as_of = July 1, 2023

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = JST

| utc_offset1 = +09:00

| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

| postal_code = 154 to 158 (First three digits)

| area_code = 03

| blank_name_sec1 = City hall address

| blank_info_sec1 =

| website = {{URL|www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/}}

| module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes

| tree = Zelkova serrata

| flower = Habenaria radiata

| bird = Azure-winged magpie

| butterfly =

| fish =

}}

}}

{{Nihongo|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 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

As of 2023, the female life expectancy in Setagaya is 88.9 years.{{cite web |date=June 7, 2023 |title=Life Expectancy Differences by Region Highlight Japan’s Health Inequalities |website=Nippon.com |url=https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01693/ |access-date=October 9, 2024 }}

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 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

The special ward of Setagaya was founded on March 15, 1947.{{cite web |title=Sister city - Ōta, Tokyo General Info |website=Salem, Massachusetts City Hall |url=https://www.salemma.gov/mayors-office/pages/ota-city-general-info |access-date=October 9, 2024 |quote=Thirty-five wards of the former city were integrated into 22 on March 15, 1947... }}

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.[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf 1964 Summer Olympics official report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf |date=February 12, 2012 }} Volume 2. Part 2. p. 74.

Landmarks

=Nature=

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  • Tama River
  • {{ill|Todoroki Valley|ja|谷沢川#等々力渓谷|label=Todoroki Valley}} ({{ill|Yazawa River|ja|谷沢川|label=Yazawa River}})

=Parks=

=Cultural facilities=

=Religious facilities=

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=Others=

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Districts and neighborhoods

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;Karasuyama Area

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;Kinuta Area

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  • Chitosedai
  • Funabashi
  • Kamata
  • Kinuta
  • Kinutakōen
  • Kitami
  • Okamoto
  • Ōkura
  • Seijō
  • Soshigaya
  • Unane

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;Kitazawa Area

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  • Akatsutsumi
  • Daita
  • Daizawa
  • Gōtokuji
  • Hanegi
  • Ikejiria
  • Kitazawa (including Shimokitazawa)
  • Matsubara
  • Ōhara
  • Sakurajōsui
  • Umegaoka

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;Setagaya Area

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  • Shimouma
  • Ikejirib
  • Kamiuma
  • Komazawac
  • Kyōdō
  • Mishuku
  • Miyasaka
  • Nozawa
  • Sakura
  • Sakuragaoka
  • Sangenjaya
  • Setagaya
  • Taishidō
  • Tsurumaki
  • Wakabayashi

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;Tamagawa Area

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  • Fukazawa
  • Higashitamagawa
  • Kaminoge
  • Kamiyōga
  • Komazawad
  • Komazawakōen
  • Nakamachi
  • Noge
  • Okusawa
  • Oyamadai
  • Sakurashinmachi
  • Seta
  • Shinmachi
  • Tamazutsumi
  • Tamagawa
  • Tamagawadai
  • Tamagawa-Den'enchōfu
  • Todoroki
  • Yōga
  • Futako-Tamagawa

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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

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=Rail=

=Road=

File:Seta Intersection 01.jpg

==Expressways==

==National highways==

==Prefecture roads==

  • 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

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.{{cite news|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110425p2a00m0na008000c.html|title=Anti-nuclear plant candidate Hosaka wins Setagaya Ward mayoral race|work=Mainichi Shimbun|date=April 25, 2011|access-date=April 26, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111213114/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110425p2a00m0na008000c.html|archive-date=January 11, 2013}} Prior to becoming mayor, Hosaka was also well known for his staunch opposition of the death penalty{{cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070227i1.html|title=Death row: limbo of not knowing when|access-date=April 26, 2011|date=February 27, 2007|publisher=The Japan Times|archive-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607001251/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070227i1.html|url-status=live}} and his defense of Japan's Otaku culture.{{cite web|url=http://www.search.japantimes.jp/cgi-bin/fd20050206t3.html|title=Otaku harassed as sex-crimes fears mount|access-date=May 12, 2011|date=February 6, 2005|publisher=The Japan Times}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Economy

File:Rakuten Crimson House.jpg 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."[http://www.olm.co.jp/en/olm/about_us/ Outlines] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608085243/http://www.olm.co.jp/en/olm/about_us/ |date=2008-06-08 }}". OLM, Inc. Retrieved on January 30, 2009.

Education

=Higher education=

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=Primary and secondary education=

==National schools==

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

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  • Tokyo Gakugei University {{ill|Tokyo Gakugei University Senior High School|lt=Senior High School|ja|東京学芸大学附属高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Setagaya Junior High School attached to Tokyo Gakugei University|ja|東京学芸大学附属世田谷中学校}}
  • {{ill|Junior and Senior High School at Komaba‚ University of Tsukuba|lt=Junior and Senior High School at|ja|筑波大学附属駒場中学校・高等学校}} 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)

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==Metropolitan senior high schools==

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

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  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Chitosegaoka High School|ja|東京都立千歳丘高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Comprehensive Industrial High School|ja|東京都立総合工科高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Engei High School|ja|東京都立園芸高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Fukasawa High School|ja|東京都立深沢高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Matsubara High School|ja|東京都立松原高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Roka High School|ja|東京都立芦花高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramachi High School|ja|東京都立桜町高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Izumi High School|ja|東京都立世田谷泉高等学校}}
  • {{ill|Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Sogo High School|ja|東京都立世田谷総合高等学校}}
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Technical High School
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Tamagawa High School

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==Municipal junior high schools==

The {{ill|Setagaya City Board of Education|ja|世田谷区教育委員会}} operates 29 junior high schools in Setagaya.

They are:{{cite web|url=https://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/mokuji/kusei/012/005/d00120357.html|title=区立中学校一覧|publisher=Setagaya City|accessdate=2022-11-25|archive-date=November 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126034331/https://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/mokuji/kusei/012/005/d00120357.html|url-status=live}}

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Former schools:{{cite web|url=http://www.city.setagaya.tokyo.jp/benricho/shisetsu/contact/gakkou.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991005040724/http://www.city.setagaya.tokyo.jp/benricho/shisetsu/contact/gakkou.html|title=【学校】|publisher=Setagaya City|archive-date=1999-10-05|accessdate=2022-12-04}}

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  • 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)

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==Municipal elementary schools==

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

They are:{{cite web|url=https://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/mokuji/kusei/012/005/d00120334.html|title=区立小学校一覧|publisher=Setagaya City|accessdate=2022-11-25|archive-date=November 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126041036/https://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/mokuji/kusei/012/005/d00120334.html|url-status=live}}

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  • 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)

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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==

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  • 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
  • Komaba Toho Junior and Senior High School
  • Komazawa University Senior High School
  • Kosei Gakuen Girls' High School
  • Kunimoto Girls Junior and Senior High School{{ill||lt=|ja|国本女子中学校・高等学校}}
  • Meguro Seibi Gakuen Junior & Senior High School
  • MITA International School
  • Nihon Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
  • Nihon University Sakuragaoka High School
  • {{ill|Ohyu Gakuen Girls' Junior and Senior High School|ja|鷗友学園女子中学校・高等学校}}
  • St. Dominic's Junior and Senior High School
  • Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School
  • Setagaya Gakuen School
  • Shimokitazawa Seitoku Senior High School
  • Shoin University Shoin Junior and Senior High School
  • Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High School
  • 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

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==Private elementary schools==

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  • 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

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==Special education schools==

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  • Tokyo Metropolitan Komyo Gakuen
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Kugayama Blind School
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Seicho Special Support School

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=International schools=

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  • Kunimoto Alberta International School{{cite web |title=Kunimoto Girls’ Senior and Junior High School |website=Kunimoto Alberta International School – 国本女子中学校・高等学校 |url=https://kunimoto.ac.jp/jsh/en/ |access-date=October 9, 2024 }}
  • St. Mary's International School
  • Seisen International School
  • British School in Tokyo Showa Campus at Showa Women's University"[http://www.bst.ac.jp/why-bst/facilities-and-location/ Facilities and Location] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227013232/http://www.bst.ac.jp/why-bst/facilities-and-location/ |date=2015-02-27 }}." British School in Tokyo. Retrieved on March 8, 2015. "BST Shibuya Campus – (Nursery to Year 3) Address: 1–21–18 Shibuya Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-0002" ([http://www.bst.ac.jp/useful-information/map-directions/#shibuya Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003225538/http://www.bst.ac.jp/useful-information/map-directions/#shibuya |date=October 3, 2015 }}) and "BST Showa Campus – (Year 4 to Year 13) Address: Showa Women's University 5th Bldg. 1–7–57 Taishido Setagaya-ku Tokyo 154-8533"
  • Tokyo International Progressive School

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Former international schools:

  • {{Nihongo|Tokyo No. 8 Korean Elementary School|東京朝鮮第八初級学校}} – North Korean school{{cite web |url=http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html |script-title=ja:ウリハッキョ一覧 |publisher=Chongryon |date=November 6, 2005 |access-date=October 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106010302/http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html |archive-date=2005-11-06}}

International relations

=Sister cities=

  • {{Flagicon|AUS}} Bunbury City in Australia (since 1992{{Cite web |title=バンバリー市(オーストラリア・西オーストラリア州) |url=https://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/mokuji/bunka/007/007/d00004006.html |language=ja |publisher=Setagata City Government |date=2023-10-16 |accessdate=2023-10-25}})
  • {{Flagicon|AUT}} Döbling District, Vienna City in Austria (since 1985{{Cite web |title=ドゥブリング区(オーストリア・ウィーン市) |url=https://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/mokuji/bunka/007/007/d00004005.html |language=ja |publisher=Setagata City Government |date=2022-04-01 |accessdate=2023-10-25}})
  • {{Flagicon|CAN}} Winnipeg City in Canada (since 1970{{Cite web |title=ウィニペグ市（カナダ・マニトバ州） |url=https://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/mokuji/bunka/007/007/d00004004.html |language=ja |publisher=Setagata City Government |date=2022-04-01 |accessdate=2023-10-25}})

=Diplomatic missions in Setagaya=

File:Embassy of Tanzania, Tokyo.jpg

  • {{Flagicon|AGO}} Embassy of the Republic of Angola
  • {{Flagicon|CMR}} Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon
  • {{Flagicon|MOZ}} Embassy of Mozambique
  • {{Flagicon|RWA}} Embassy of Rwanda
  • {{Flagicon|TZA}} Embassy of Tanzania
  • {{Flagicon|CAF}} Honorary Consulate-General of the Central African Republic in Tokyo
  • {{Flagicon|MLT}} Honorary Consulate-General of the Republic of Malta in Tokyo

Notable people from Setagaya

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See also

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References

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External links

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