Meguro, Tokyo facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Meguro 目黒
Special ward
目黒区 · Meguro City
Cherry blossoms along Meguro River, Nakameguro, Meguro.
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Location of Meguro in Tokyo
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Area
• Total	14.70 km2 (5.68 sq mi)
Population  (September 1, 2008)
• Total	261,033
• Density	17,757/km2 (45,990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Castanopsis
- Flower	Lespedeza
- Bird	Great Tit
Website	Meguro

Meguro (目黒区, Meguro-ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan.

The municipality calls itself "Meguro City" in English.

As of December 31, 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 259,968 and a density of 17,685 persons per km². The total area is 14.70 km².

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

History

The area now known as Meguro was originally two towns. One was called Meguro, and the other was called Hibusuma. Both used to be parts of the Ebara District of Musashi Province. The two were combined to create Meguro ward for Tokyo City in 1932. The ward area has not changed since then.

Population

The number of people living in Meguro has not changed over the last forty years. The high was almost 300,000 people in 1970, and the low was under 250,000 in 1995. See census information below.

• 1970: 295,612 people
• 1975: 285,003 people
• 1980: 273,791 people
• 1985: 269,166 people
• 1990: 251,222 people
• 1995: 243,100 people
• 2000: 250,140 people
• 2005: 264,064 people
• 2010: 268,719 people

Geography

Hokusai ukiyo-e of a view of Mount Fuji from Shimo Meguro.

There are four other special wards next to Meguro. They are Shibuya (to the northeast), Setagaya (to the west), Ōta (to the south) and Shinagawa (to the southeast).

Districts

Meguro Area

Hibusuma Area

Foreign embassies and consulates

There are many embassies from African nations in the ward.

• Embassies
  • Bangladesh（Meguro）
  • Uzbekistan（Shimomeguro）
  • Kyrgyzstan（Shimomeguro）
  • Poland（Mita）
  • Algeria（Mita）
  • Egypt（Aobadai）
  • Kenya（Yagumo）
  • Djibouti（Shimomeguro）
  • Uganda（Himonya）
  • Nigeria（Shimomeguro）
  • Gabon（Higashigaoka）
  • Senegal（Aobadai）
  • Cuba（Shimomeguro）
  • Kazakhstan（Himonya）
• Consulates
  • Iceland（Nakameguro）

Education

Colleges and universities

• University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
• Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Note: Tokyo Gakugei University and Tokyo Metropolitan University used to be in Meguro. They have moved, but railway stations named for them kept the university names.

Culture

• Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo

Religion

• Himonya Catholic Church
• Himonya Hachiman Shrine
• Ōtori Shrine
• Ryūsen-ji (Meguro Fudo temple). Its black-eyed (me-guro) statue of Fudo gave Meguro its name.
• Yūten-ji

People

Famous people from Meguro

• Yumiko Fujita: actress
• Waka Inoue: model, actress
• Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
• Shigeru Izumiya: folk singer, entertainer
• Kazuo Tokumitsu: announcer

Notable residents

• Takuya Kimura: singer and actor in male idol group SMAP
• Shizuka Kudo: popular singer, Takuya Kimura's wife
• Keisuke Kuwata: singer, Southern All Stars
• Nobuyo Ōyama: voices the cartoon character Doraemon
• Halca & Yucali of the Hip-hop duo Halcali

Photographs of Meguro

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  Street with cherry blossoms along the Meguro River, Aobadai 1-Chōme

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  Street posters at Nakameguro Station

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  Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ōokayama

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  Komaba Park

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  National Center for University Entrance Exams

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  Former Maeda Estate

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  View of Japanese Ministry of Defense, Meguro from the air

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  Meguro City Office, designed by Tōgo Murano

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  Ōhashi Junction

Related pages

• List of special wards of Tokyo
• Capital of Japan

Images for kids

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  Meguro Sky Garden

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  Persimmon Hall, Meguro

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  Grilled Pacific saury at the Meguro Autumn Sanma Festival

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  Naka-Meguro Station

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  University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus

See also

In Spanish: Meguro (Tokio) para niños