is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyà  is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sà Âseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived there. Bunkyà  is home to the Tokyo Dome, Judo's Kà Âdà Âkan, and the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus.
It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Hongo and Koishikawa wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Bunkyo ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division. The and neighborhoods in the ward's eastern corner are attached to the Shitamachi area in Ueno. On the other hand, the remaining areas of the ward typically represent Yamanote districts.
As of 2022, the ward has a population of 240,069 (including about 8,500 foreign residents), and a population density of . The total area is .
Bunkyo was formed in 1947 as a merger of Hongo and Koishikawa wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis.
There are approximately twenty districts in the area and these are as follows:
Bunkyo is governed by Mayor Hironobu Narisawa, an independent supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito. The city council has 34 elected members.
The publishing company Kodansha has its headquarters in the ward, and Kodansha International has its headquarters in the Otowa YK Building in the ward. The drugstore chain Tomod's has its headquarters in the ward. Penta-Ocean, the construction firm specializing in marine works and land reclamation also has its headquarters in Bunkyo. The automobile manufacturer Toyota has its Tokyo headquarters in the ward.
By 2025, increasing numbers of Chinese immigrant families, of wealthy backgrounds, were moving to the ward to enroll their children in local elementary schools.
In 2025, real estate agency worker Bun Kaito stated that "The ward is also renowned for safety, often ranked as the safest in statistics."
Bunkyo built up a reputation as having strong educational facilities, and this stems from institutions being established in the Meiji era in former samurai estates.
Nationally-operated high schools:
Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
The metropolis operates the Koishikawa Secondary Education School.
The metropolis operates the .
Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Bunkyo Board of Education.
Municipal junior high schools:
Municipal elementary schools:
Four of those elementary schools (Kubomachi, Seishi, Sendagi, and Showa) are known as "3S1K", as having a very prominent status; by 2025 many Chinese immigrant families, looking for strong educational facilities, moved to the attendance zones of those schools to enroll their children there.
In 2025 Kaito highlighted that Koishikawa-KÃ Ârakuen made the ward attractive to Chinese families.
Bunkyà  has a sister-city relationship with Kaiserslautern in the Rhineland-Palatinate of Germany.