Yayoi, Tokyo

Yayoi (弥生) is a neighbourhood in Bunkyo, Tokyo. In 1884, when it was part of Tokyo City, it was the location of a shell mound where a new type of pottery was discovered by Shogoro Tsuboi and his colleagues. The pottery became known as Yayoi, and eventually a period of Japanese prehistory was named after the neighborhood where the type site was excavated.

Its population, not including non-Japanese residents, is 1,908. (Bunkyō City Hall statistics:^[1])

Education

Bunkyo Board of Education operates the local public elementary and middle schools.

All of Yayoi (1 and 2-chome) is zoned to Nezu Elementary School (根津小学校),^[2] and No. 8 Junior High School (第八中学校).^[3]

References

^ "文京区町丁別世帯数・人口20年10月". www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
^ "小学校通学区域". City of Bunkyo. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
^ "中学校通学区域". City of Bunkyo. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

35°43′12″N 139°45′35″E / 35.72000°N 139.75972°E / 35.72000; 139.75972

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[1] "文京区町丁別世帯数・人口20年10月". www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.

[2] "小学校通学区域". City of Bunkyo. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

[3] "中学校通学区域". City of Bunkyo. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

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