About the neighborhood
Neighborhood in Taitō-ku, Tokyo
Yanaka (谷中) is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, Japan and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt. Located north of Ueno, Yanaka includes the large Yanaka Cemetery, which takes up most of Yanaka 7-chome. The Daimyo Clock Museum is also in Yanaka. There are around 70 privately owned small stores in Yanaka.
Education
Taito City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Yanaka 2-7-chome and portions of 1-chome are zoned to Yanaka Elementary School (谷中小学校). Portions of Yanaka 1-chome are zoned to Shinobu Gaoka Elementary School (忍岡小学校). All of Yanaka (1-7-chome) is zoned to Ueno Junior High School (上野中学校).
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External links
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Major stations Asakusa (Metro, Toei, Tobu)
Asakusa (Tsukuba Express)
Asakusabashi (JR, Toei)
Kuramae (Toei)
Okachimachi/Naka-okachimachi/Ueno-Hirokoji/Ueno-Okachimachi (JR, Metro, Toei)
Shin-Okachimachi (Toei, Tsukuba Express)
Ueno/Keisei Ueno (JR, Shinkansen, Metro, Keisei)
Landmarks Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center
Kan'ei-ji
Sensō-ji
Ueno Park National Museum of Nature and Science
National Museum of Western Art
Shinobazu Pond
Shitamachi Museum
Sogakudo Concert Hall
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Tokyo National Museum
Ueno Royal Museum
Ueno Tōshō-gū
Ueno Zoo
Education Tokyo University of the Arts
35°43′26″N 139°46′06″E / 35.723789°N 139.768422°E / 35.723789; 139.768422
Encyclopedic content adapted from the Wikipedia article on Yanaka, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
