Setagaya, Tokyo

Setagaya (世田谷区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood (chou) within the ward.

As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 829,624 and a density of 14,284.16 persons per km². The total area is 58.08 km².

As of December 1, 2004, the official population was 805,854 in 413,112 households. Registered foreign residents: 14,608. (See external links below.)

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

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)

Districts

• Setagaya District (世田谷地域)
  • Sang-en-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)

Train stations

• Chitose-Karasuyama Station (千歳烏山駅)
• Hachimanyama Station (八幡山駅)
• Higashi-Kitazawa Station (東北沢駅)
• Higashi-Shimatsubara 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 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)

External links

• Official website in Japanese
• Wikitravel: Tokyo/Setagaya
• Population figures in English November 1, 2004
• Population figures in Japanese December 1, 2004