is a neighborhood in Setagaya, Tokyo. Its name appears frequently in traffic reports because the junction between the Tà Âmei Expressway and the elevated Shibuya branch (#3) of the Metropolitan Expressway system is there. There is also a stop, Yà Âga Station, on the Tà Âkyà « Den-en-toshi line here. There is also a bus services (Tà Âkyà « Bus) and possible access to the area with numbers of buses.
Two traffic cameras on top of the SBS tower overlook the junction, the YÃ Âga toll gate, and other parts of the neighborhood.
In the Edo period, Yà Âga was a post-town on the à Âyama Kaidà Â, a road connecting Edo and à Âyama Mountain in Sagami Province.
The name comes from Sanskrit root of the word "yoga". The Buddhist temple Shinpuku-ji chose the Sanskrit-derived appellation Yuga-san. The Sanskrit is also the root of the word "yoga" (à ¤¯à ¥Âà ¤ÂâÂÂçÂÂä¼½âÂÂç¨è³Â).
YÃ Âga is home to Kinuta Park, a broad green space established in 1957. The park is located 10 minutes from the YÃ Âga Station and covers . Kinuta Park has sports facilities, including baseball fields, a basketball court, and swimming pools (25m and 50m, also a small pool for kids and diving pool). The Setagaya Art Museum, est. 1986, is located on a corner of Kinuta Park. The museum has a permanent collection with an emphasis on photography, particularly the works of Kineo Kuwabara and KÃ Âji Morooka.
Yà Âga is noted for its educational institutions, and is home to many primary, junior, and high schools. Perhaps the most significant of them all is Sakuramachi State Primary, which had biggest numbers of pupils in Setagaya-ku back in 1992âÂÂ93 with more than 600 pupils. Yà Âga is also home to the all-girls Catholic Seisen International School.
Around the YÃ Âga Station is perhaps the most vibrant area of YÃ Âga. It is a residential area after all and there are numbers of residential friendly facilities including large super markets (OK Store and Fuji supermarket) as well as smaller grocery stores, butcher, off-licence, fish shops, etc.
Setagaya Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
1 and 2-chà Âme are zoned to Sakuramachi Elementary School (æ¡Âçºå°Âå¦校). 3 and 4-chà Âme are zoned to Kyà Âsai Elementary School () and Yà Âga Junior High School (). Different parts of 1 and 2-chà Âme are each zoned to Fukasawa Junior High School () and Seta Junior High School (獰ä¸Âå¦校). There is also international school such as MITA International School.