Meguro

Meguro

目黒区
Meguro 目黒区
Special ward
	Meguro City
	Cherry trees along the Meguro River, near Nakameguro
	Flag Emblem
	Location of Meguro in Tokyo Metropolis
	Meguro Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 35°38′N 139°41′E / 35.633°N 139.683°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo Metropolis
Government
• Mayor	Eiji Aoki
Area
• Total	14.67 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population (May 1, 2015)
• Total	277,171
• Density	18,890/km2 (48,900/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Castanopsis
• Flower	Lespedeza
• Bird	Great tit
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Website	www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp

Meguro (目黒区, Meguro-ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

The municipality calls itself "Meguro City" in English.^[2]

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 the 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