Bunkyō, Tokyo

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**Bunkyō**
**文京区**
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Physical characteristics
Area	11.31 km²
Population (as of 2005)
Total	180,209
Density	15,930/km²
Symbols
Bunkyō Hall
Official website: Bunkyō

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Bunkyō (文京区, Bunkyō-ku^?) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Soseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived there. The publishing, printing, and leading-edge medical-care industries are important in the economy of Bunkyō. Most recently, the information and IT industries have flourished. Bunkyō is home to large hospitals, the Tokyo Dome, judo's Kodokan, and the University of Tokyo.

Bunkyō has a sister-city relationship with Kaiserslautern in the Rhineland-Palatinate of Germany.

As of November, 2005 the ward has a population of 180,209, including about 6,500 foreign residents, and a density of 15930 persons per km². The total area is 11.31 km².

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

1 Neighborhoods
2 Landmarks
3 Universities and colleges
- 3.1 National
- 3.2 Private
4 Famous people
5 Transportation
- 5.1 Train stations
- 5.2 Highway
6 External links

[edit] Neighborhoods

Hakusan
Hongō
Hon-komagome
Kasuga
Kohinata
Koishikawa

Kōraku
Mejirodai
Mukōgaoka
Nezu
Nishikata
Otowa

Ōtsuka
Sekiguchi
Sendagi
Sengoku
Suidō
Yayoi
Yushima

[edit] Landmarks

[edit] Universities and colleges

[edit] National

[edit] Private

[edit] Famous people

Hayao Miyazaki (Animator)
Domoto Akiko (Politician, governor of Chiba Prefecture)
Hoshi Shin'ichi (Author)
Nagai Kafū (Author)
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII (Kabuki actor)
Takahashi Miki (Seiyu)
Takemitsu Tōru (Composer)

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Train stations

Toei subway lines:

Mita line: Sengoku, Hakusan, Kasuga, Suidōbashi.
Ōedo line: Iidabashi, Kasuga, Hongō Sanchōme.

Tokyo Metro (formerly Eidan subway) lines:

Chiyoda line: Sendagi, Nezu, Yushima.
Marunouchi line: Shin-Ōtsuka, Myōgadani, Kōrakuen, Hongō Sanchōme, Ochanomizu.
Yūrakuchō line: Gokokuji, Edogawabashi.
Nanboku line: Kōrakuen, Tōdaimae, Honkomagome.

[edit] Highway

Shuto Expressway

No.5 Ikebukuro Route (Takebashi JCT - Bijogi JCT)

[edit] External links

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Bunkyō City official website in English

Image:Tokyo region shadow picture.png	Tokyo Metropolis

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