is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orchid, and its tree is the Zelkova serrata.
Setagaya has the largest population and second-largest area (after Ã
Âta) of Tokyo's special wards. As of July 1, 2023, the ward has an estimated population of 940,071, and a population density of 16,194 persons per km<sup>2</sup> with the total area of 58.06 km<sup>2</sup>.
Life expectancy
As of 2023, the female life expectancy in Setagaya is 88.9 years.
Geography
Setagaya is located at the southwestern corner of the Tokyo's special wards and the Tama River separates the boundary between Tokyo Metropolis and Kanagawa Prefecture.
Residential population is among the highest in Tokyo as there are many residential neighbourhoods within Setagaya. Setagaya is served by various rail services providing frequent two- to three-minute headway rush-hour services to the busiest train terminals of Shinjuku and Shibuya as well as through service trains which continue travelling on to the Tokyo Metro lines providing direct access to the central commercial and business districts. Most rail lines run parallel from east to west and there are no north to south rail services within Setagaya, except for Setagaya Line light rail.
The ward is divided into five districts. These are Setagaya, Kitazawa, Tamagawa, Kinuta and Karasuyama. The main ward office and municipal assembly (city hall) is located in Setagaya District, but other districts also have their own branch ward offices as a part of the administrative structure. Each branch office provides almost identical services as the main office, but does not provide the services related to municipal assembly.
Most of the land is in the Musashino Tableland. The parts along the Tama River to the south are comparatively low-lying.
History
The special ward of Setagaya was founded on March 15, 1947.
During the Edo period, 42 villages occupied the area. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, the central and eastern portions became part of Tokyo Prefecture while the rest became part of Kanagawa Prefecture; in 1893, some areas were transferred to Tokyo Prefecture. With the establishment of Setagaya Ward (an ordinary ward) in the old Tokyo City in 1932, and further consolidation in 1936, Setagaya took its present boundaries.
During the 1964 Summer Olympics, the district of Karasuyama-machi in Setagaya was part of the athletics marathon and 50 km walk event.
Landmarks
Nature
Parks
Cultural facilities
Religious facilities
Others
Districts and neighborhoods
Karasuyama Area
Kinuta Area
- Chitosedai
- Funabashi
- Kamata
- Kinuta
- KinutakÃ
Âen
- Kitami
- Okamoto
- Ã
Âkura
- SeijÃ
Â
- Soshigaya
- Unane
Kitazawa Area
- Akatsutsumi
- Daita
- Daizawa
- GÃ
Âtokuji
- Hanegi
- Ikejiri<sup>a</sup>
- Kitazawa (including Shimokitazawa)
- Matsubara
- Ã
Âhara
- SakurajÃ
Âsui
- Umegaoka
Setagaya Area
- Shimouma
- Ikejiri<sup>b</sup>
- Kamiuma
- Komazawa<sup>c</sup>
- KyÃ
ÂdÃ
Â
- Mishuku
- Miyasaka
- Nozawa
- Sakura
- Sakuragaoka
- Sangenjaya
- Setagaya
- TaishidÃ
Â
- Tsurumaki
- Wakabayashi
Tamagawa Area
- Fukazawa
- Higashitamagawa
- Kaminoge
- KamiyÃ
Âga
- Komazawa<sup>d</sup>
- KomazawakÃ
Âen
- Nakamachi
- Noge
- Okusawa
- Oyamadai
- Sakurashinmachi
- Seta
- Shinmachi
- Tamazutsumi
- Tamagawa
- Tamagawadai
- Tamagawa-Den'enchÃ
Âfu
- Todoroki
- YÃ
Âga
- Futako-Tamagawa
Notes:<br/> <sup>a</sup> â 4-chÃ
Âme (33-ban to 39-ban)<br> <sup>b</sup> â 1, 2, 3-chÃ
Âme, 4-chÃ
Âme (1-ban to 32-ban)<br> <sup>c</sup> â 1, 2-chÃ
Âme<br> <sup>d</sup> â 3, 4-chÃ
Âme<br>
Transportation
Rail
- Keio Corporation
- KeiÃ
 Line: Daitabashi, Meidai-mae, Shimo Takaido, Sakura Josui, Kami Kitazawa, Hachiman Yama, Roka Koen, Chitose-Karasuyama Stations
- Keio Inokashira Line: Ikenoue, Shimo-Kitazawa, Shindaita, Higashi-Matsubara, Meidaimae Stations
- Odakyu Electric Railway
- Odawara Line: , , , , , , , , SeijÃ
Âgakuen-Mae, Kitami Stations
- Tokyu Corporation
- Den-en-toshi Line: Ikejiri Ohashi, Sangen-Jaya, Komazawa Daigaku, Sakura Shinmachi, YÃ
Âga, Futako-Tamagawa Stations
- Meguro Line: Okusawa Station
- Oimachi Line: Midorigaoka, (JiyÃ
«gaoka), Kuhon-butsu, Oyamadai, Todoroki, Kaminoge, Futako-Tamagawa Stations
- Setagaya Line (LRT): Sangen-Jaya, Nishi Taishido, Wakabayashi, Shoin Jinja-mae, Setagaya, Kami Machi, Miyanosaka, Yamashita, Matsubara, Shimo Takaido Stations
- Toyoko Line: (JiyÃ
«gaoka Station)
Road
Expressways
National highways
Prefecture roads
- Tokyo Metropolitan Road 3 "Setagaya DÃ
Âri"
- Tokyo Metropolitan Road 311 "Kanpachi DÃ
Âri"
- Tokyo Metropolitan Road 312 "Meguro DÃ
Âri"
- Tokyo Metropolitan Road 318 "Kan-nana DÃ
Âri"
- Tokyo Metropolitan Road 416 "Komazawa DÃ
Âri"
Politics
On April 25, 2011, amid national concern over the safety of nuclear power triggered by the March 11 earthquake and Fukushima I nuclear accidents, former Social Democratic Party House of Representatives legislator Nobuto Hosaka was elected mayor on an anti-nuclear platform. Prior to becoming mayor, Hosaka was also well known for his staunch opposition of the death penalty and his defense of Japan's Otaku culture.
Economy
- Rakuten has its headquarters building "Rakuten Crimson House" in Setagaya.
- Toho has studio facilities in Setagaya.
- OLM, Inc. has its studios in Setagaya.
Education
Higher education
Primary and secondary education
National schools
These are schools operated by agencies of the central Government of Japan.
Metropolitan senior high schools
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates following senior high schools in Setagaya.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya Technical High School
- Tokyo Metropolitan Tamagawa High School
Municipal junior high schools
The operates 29 junior high schools in Setagaya.
They are:
- Chitose Junior High School ()
- Fuji Junior High School ()
- Fukasawa Junior High School ()
- Funabashi Kibo Junior High School ()
- Higashi Fukasawa Junior High School ()
- Kamisoshigaya Junior High School ()
- Karasuyama Junior High School ()
- Kinuta Junior High School ()
- Kinuta Minami Junior High School ()
- Kitami Junior High School (Ã¥ÂÂå¤Âè¦Âä¸Âå¦校)
- Kitazawa Junior High School (Ã¥ÂÂæ²¢ä¸Âå¦校)
- Komadome Junior High School (é§ÂçÂÂä¸Âå¦校)
- Komazawa Junior High School (é§Âæ²¢ä¸Âå¦校)
- Matsuzawa Junior High School ()
- Midorigaoka Junior High School ()
- Mishuku Junior High School ()
- Osukawa Junior High School (奥沢ä¸Âå¦校)
- Oyamadai Junior High School ()
- Roka Junior High School ()
- Sakuragaoka Junior High School ()
- Sakuragi Junior High School ()
- Seta Junior High School (獰ä¸Âå¦校)
- Setagaya Junior High School ()
- Taishido Junior High School (太åÂÂå Âä¸Âå¦校)
- Tamagawa Junior High School ()
- Tsurumaki Junior High School ()
- Umegaoka Junior High School (æ¢Â
ä¸Âä¸Âå¦校)
- Yahata Junior High School ()
- Yoga Junior High School ()
Former schools:
- Funabashi Junior High School (è¹æ©Âä¸Âå¦校)
- Ikejiri Junior High School (æ± å°»ä¸Âå¦校)
- Kibogaoka Junior High School ()
- Wakabayashi Junior High School ()
- Yamazaki Junior High School (å±±å´Âä¸Âå¦校)
Municipal elementary schools
The Setagaya City Board of Education operates 61 elementary schools in Setagaya.
They are:
- Akazutsumi Elementary School ()
- Asahi Elementary School ()
- Chitose Elementary School ()
- Chitosedai Elementary School (Ã¥ÂÂæ³å°å°Âå¦校)
- Daita Elementary School (代ç°å°Âå¦校)
- Daizawa Elementary School ()
- Fukasawa Elementary School (深沢å°Âå¦校)
- Funabashi Elementary School (è¹æ©Âå°Âå¦校)
- Futako Tamagawa Elementary School ()
- Hachimanyama Elementary School ()
- Higashi Fukasawa Elementary School ()
- Higashi Tamagawa Elementary School (æ±çÂÂå·Âå°Âå¦校)
- Kamikitazawa Elementary School (ä¸ÂÃ¥ÂÂæ²¢å°Âå¦校)
- Karasuyama Elementary School ()
- Karasuyama Kita Elementary School ()
- Kibogaoka Elementary School (å¸ÂæÂÂä¸Âå°Âå¦校)
- Kinuta Elementary School ()
- Kinuta Minami Elementary School (ç §åÂÂå°Âå¦校)
- Kitami Elementary School ()
- Komatsunagi Elementary School (é§Âç¹Âå°Âå¦校)
- Komazawa Elementary School (é§Âæ²¢å°Âå¦校)
- Kuhonbutsu Elementary School (ä¹ÂÃ¥ÂÂä»Âå°Âå¦校)
- Kyodo Elementary School ()
- Kyosai Elementary School ()
- Kyuden Elementary School ()
- Ikejiri Elementary School (æ± å°»å°Âå¦校)
- Ikenoue Elementary School (æ± ä¹Âä¸Âå°Âå¦校)
- Matsubara Elementary School ()
- Matsugaoka Elementary School (æ¾ä¸Âå°Âå¦校)
- Matsuzawa Elementary School (æ¾沢å°Âå¦校)
- Meisei Elementary School ()
- Mishuku Elementary School (ä¸Â宿å°Âå¦校)
- Musashigaoka Elementary School ()
- Nakamachi Elementary School (ä¸Âçºå°Âå¦校)
- Nakamaru Elementary School (ä¸Â丸å°Âå¦校)
- Nakazato Elementary School ()
- Okusawa Elementary School (奥沢å°Âå¦校)
- Oyamadai Elementary School ()
- Roka Elementary School ()
- Sakura Elementary School (æ¡Âå°Âå¦校)
- Sakuragaoka Elementary School (æ¡Âä¸Âå°Âå¦校)
- Sakuramachi Elementary School (æ¡Âçºå°Âå¦校)
- Sangenjaya Elementary School (ä¸Âè»Âè¶å±Âå°Âå¦校)
- Sasahara Elementary School (笹åÂÂå°Âå¦校)
- Seta Elementary School (獰å°Âå¦校)
- Setagaya Elementary School (ä¸Âç°谷å°Âå¦校)
- Shimokitazawa Elementary School ()
- Shiroyama Elementary School (Ã¥ÂÂå±±å°Âå¦校)
- Soshigaya Elementary School ()
- Taishido Elementary School (太åÂÂå Âå°Âå¦校)
- Tamagawa Elementary School ()
- Tamazutsumi Elementary School ()
- Tamon Elementary School (å¤ÂèÂÂå°Âå¦校)
- Todoroki Elementary School ()
- Tsukado Elementary School (å¡Âæ¸å°Âå¦校)
- Tsurumaki Elementary School (弦巻å°Âå¦校)
- Wakabayashi Elementary School ()
- Yahata Elementary School ()
- Yamazaki Elementary School ()
- Yamano Elementary School ()
- Yoga Elementary School ()
Former schools:
- Hanamido Elementary School ()
- Higashi Ohara Elementary School (æ±大åÂÂå°Âå¦校)
- Kitazawa Elementary School (Ã¥ÂÂæ²¢å°Âå¦校)
- Moriyama Elementary School (å®Âå±±å°Âå¦校)
Private secondary schools
- Daito Gakuen High School
- Den-en Chofu Gakuen Junior & Senior High School
- Denenchofufutaba Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
- Japan Women's College of Physical Education Nikaido High School
- Japan Women's University affiliated Homei High School and Junior High School
- Kagaku Gijutsu Gakuen High School
- Keisen Jogakuen High School
- Kokushikan Senior High School and Kokushikan Junior High School
- Komaba Gakuen High School
- Komaba Toho Junior and Senior High School
- Komazawa University Senior High School
- Kosei Gakuen Girls' High School
- Kunimoto Girls Junior and Senior High School
- Meguro Seibi Gakuen Junior & Senior High School
- MITA International School
- Nihon Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
- Nihon University Sakuragaoka High School
- St. Dominic's Junior and Senior High School
- Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School
- Setagaya Gakuen School
- Shimokitazawa Seitoku Senior High School
- Shoin University Shoin Junior and Senior High School
- Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High School
- Tamagawa Seigakuin Girls' Junior & Senior High School
- Tokyo City University Junior and Senior High School
- Tokyo City University Todoroki Junior and Senior High School
- Tokyo University of Agriculture First High School and Junior High School
Private elementary schools
- Denenchofufutaba Gakuen Elementary School
- Kunimoto Elementary School
- St. Dominic's Elementary School
- Seijo Gakuen Elementary School
- Showa Women's University Showa Elementary School
- Tokyo City University Elementary School
- Wako Elementary School
Special education schools
- Tokyo Metropolitan Komyo Gakuen
- Tokyo Metropolitan Kugayama Blind School
- Tokyo Metropolitan Seicho Special Support School
International schools
Former international schools:
International relations
Sister cities
Diplomatic missions in Setagaya
Notable people from Setagaya
Politics
Economics
Culture
- Kuniko MukÃ
Âda, Screenwriter, Novelist, Essayist
- KÃ
Âki Mitani, Playwright, Screenwriter, Theatre director
- ShirÃ
 Sagisu, Composer
- Kyoko Okazaki, Manga artist
- Motoka Murakami, Manga artist
- Hideo Kojima, Video game designer best known as the creator of the Metal Gear franchise
- Satoshi Tajiri, Video game designer and director best known as the creator of the Pokémon media franchise
Sports
Entertainment
- Akiko Kojima, Miss Universe 1959
- Kiichi Nakai, Actor
- Yoshino Kimura, Actress
- Eiko Koike, Actress
- Sayaka Kanda, Singer, Actress
- Keigo Oyamada, Singer
- Noritake Kinashi, Comedian, Actor, Singer, Artist
- Mika Kanai, Voice actress
- Rei Sakuma, Voice actress
- Shino Kakinuma, Voice actress
- Ichirou Mizuki, Singer, Voice actor
- Matt Kuwata, Model, Musician, Media personality
- Mariko Kawana, Porn actress, Erotic novelist, Human rights activist
Others
See also
References
External links