is a residential district of

Meguro is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light industry, corporate ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

. It is popular for its unique boutique cafes and stores, and the area near the

Meguro River The is a river which flows through Tokyo, Japan. Its tributaries include the Kitazawa River and the Karasuyama River. The river flows into Tokyo Bay near the Tennōzu Isle Station. The river is in length and passes through Setagaya, Meguro an ...

is a popular ''

hanami is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers; in this case almost always refer to those of the or, less frequently, trees. From the end of March to early May, cherry trees bloom all over Japan, and around ...

'' (cherry blossom viewing) destination in mid-spring. The district is situated along Yamate Dōri Ave and on the southern region of Komazawa Dōri Ave. Since

Nakameguro Station is a railway station in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyu Corporation and Tokyo Metro. Despite its name, the station is not located in Nakameguro, but in the neighboring Kamimeguro district. Lines Naka-meguro Station is served ...

is located not in this district but in northern Kamimeguro, the place name Nakameguro is often used for the larger region encompassing Nakameguro and Kamimeguro as well as a small portion of Aobadai and Higashiyama.

Yūtenji is a temple of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism in Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. In 1718, the 3rd year of the Kyōhō era, the 36th Buddhist monk of Zōjōji called died. One of his disciples, , built Yūtenji as his shrine and made him ...

, built in 1718, is a temple of the

Pure Land Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism (; ja, 浄土仏教, translit=Jōdo bukkyō; , also referred to as Amidism in English,) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Buddha's Buddha-field or Pure Land. It is one of the most wid ...

located on the easternmost part of Nakameguro. Note that Yūtenji is also the name of a district adjacent to Nakameguro in Meguro, but it is not the Yūtenji district that is home to the temple.

Education

Meguro City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Nakameguro 1-3 chōme and parts of 4-5 chōme are zoned to Nakameguro Elementary School ( 中目黒小学校). Parts of 5-chōme are zoned to Aburamen Elementary School ( 油面小学校), while other parts are zoned to Kamimeguro Elementary School ( 上目黒小学校). Parts of 4-chōme are zoned to Dendo Elementary School (田道小学校). The majority of Nakameguro is zoned to Meguro Central Junior High School ( 目黒中央中学校). However the portion zoned to Dendo Elementary instead feeds into Otori Junior High School ( 大鳥中学校).

References

{{Neighborhoods of Tokyo Districts of Meguro