Yayoi (弥生) is a neighbourhood in
Bunkyo, Tokyo. In 1884, when it was part of
Tokyo City
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, 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:)
Education
Bunkyo Board of Education operates the local public elementary and middle schools.
All of Yayoi (1 and 2-
chome
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) is zoned to Nezu Elementary School (
根津小学校), and No. 8 Junior High School (第八中学校).
References
Districts of Bunkyō
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