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Koishikawa
is a district of Bunkyo, Tokyo. It consists of five sub-areas, . In Koishikawa are located two well regarded gardens: the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (operated by the University of Tokyo) in Hakusan, and the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Kōraku. Train stations for accessing this locality include , , , and Myōgadani Station. The Koishikawa Arsenal was an important military installation during the Meiji era. Education Bunkyo operates the local public elementary and middle schools. Zoned elementary schools are: Kanatomi ( 金富小学校), Kubomachi ( 窪町小学校), Rekisen ( 礫川小学校), and Yanagicho ( 柳町小学校). Zoned junior high schools are: No. 1 ( 第一中学校), No. 3 ( 第三中学校), and Meidai ( 茗台中学校). Koishikawa High School is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. In addition the metropolis operates the Koishikawa Secondary Education School. Image:Koishikawastreets.JPG, Residential street in Koish ...
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Koishikawa Arsenal
The , formally was an arsenal in the Koishikawa area of Tokyo, on the grounds of today's Tokyo Dome City and the Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden. It was located on the ground of the former residence of the Prince of Mito. History The arsenal was inaugurated in 1871, soon after the Meiji restoration. One of its main early productions was the Murata rifle, the first locally produced Japanese rifle. As of 1893, it was producing about 200 rifles and 200,000 cartridges daily. The arsenal was especially active between the two World Wars, as the Arisaka rifle was produced there. The arsenal also produced licensed Mauser style rifles based on the Gewehr 98 for the military of Siam (now Thailand). The arsenal began producing airplanes after World War I for the Japanese army, and also for the Imperial Russian Army, which placed an order for 10 airplanes before 1916. Discipline and organization at the arsenal are thought to have been extremely strict, leading to the development of labor ...
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Koishikawa Botanical Garden
The is a botanical garden with an arboretum operated by the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science. They are located at 3-7-1 Hakusan, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, and open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged. History The Tokugawa shogunate opened two gardens in 1638 in Azabu and Ōtsuka neighborhoods of Edo for the purposes of growing medicinal herbs. In 1684, the Azabu gardens were abolished and relocated to Koishikawa, to the site of a villa owned by Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. At the time, it was called the . During the time of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, the entire site of Tsunayoshi's former villa was given over to the garden. In 1722, in response to a petition made to Yoshimune's famous "suggestion box" by town doctor Ogawa Tadafune for a medical clinic to serve the needs of the lower classes, the ''machi-bugyō'' of Edo, Ōoka Tadasuke was ordered to create the Koishikawa Yojosho clinic. In 1877, after the Meiji Restoration, the gardens became a par ...
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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden
is a district of Bunkyo, Tokyo. It consists of five sub-areas, . In Koishikawa are located two well regarded gardens: the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (operated by the University of Tokyo) in Hakusan, and the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Kōraku. Train stations for accessing this locality include , , , and Myōgadani Station. The Koishikawa Arsenal was an important military installation during the Meiji era. Education Bunkyo operates the local public elementary and middle schools. Zoned elementary schools are: Kanatomi ( 金富小学校), Kubomachi ( 窪町小学校), Rekisen ( 礫川小学校), and Yanagicho ( 柳町小学校). Zoned junior high schools are: No. 1 ( 第一中学校), No. 3 ( 第三中学校), and Meidai ( 茗台中学校). Koishikawa High School is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. In addition the metropolis operates the Koishikawa Secondary Education School. Image:Koishikawastreets.JPG, Residential street in Koishikaw ...
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University Of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era institutions, its direct precursors include the '' Tenmongata'', founded in 1684, and the Shōheizaka Institute. Although established under its current name, the university was renamed in 1886 and was further retitled to distinguish it from other Imperial Universities established later. It served under this name until the official dissolution of the Empire of Japan in 1947, when it reverted to its original name. Today, the university consists of 10 faculties, 15 graduate schools, and 11 affiliated research institutes. As of 2023, it has a total of 13,974 undergraduate students and 14,258 graduate students. The majority of the university's educational and research facilities are concentrated within its three main Tokyo campuses: Hongō, ...
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Koishikawa Secondary Education School
is a public day school established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The campus is located in the Bunkyō district of Tokyo, Japan. It is a combined junior high school (students study for 3 years) and senior high school (also 3 years). History Ito Choshichi, the first principal of the school, attracted attention for his innovative discussion of various educational issues of the time in "Views on Modern Education" published in the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun newspaper, with topics such as "the spread of uniformitarianism" and "poor scientific research. With the involvement of Tokyo Governor Inoue Tomokazu, Shinpei Goto, and others, he was selected as the first principal of the five prefectural junior high schools. Taking advantage of the location of the Riken institute adjacent to the school, he launched a school that emphasized science and chemistry education, focusing on natural science. The school emphasized experiments such as astronomical and meteorological observations and fi ...
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Myōgadani Station
is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Bunkyo, Tokyo, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Myogadani Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line from and . Station layout The station consists of two open-air side platforms on the first basement ("B1F") level serving two tracks. The station entrance is located at ground level. Platforms File:Myogadani-Station-2005-6-12 3.jpg, Entrance No. 3, June 2005 File:Myogadani-sta-Gate-for-Kasugadori.JPG, The ticket barriers, September 2011 File:Myogadani-Sta-from-Bridge.JPG, Overview of the platforms, September 2011 File:Myogadani-Sta-Platform.JPG, The station platforms, September 2011 History Myogadani station opened on 20 January 1954 with the opening of the first section of the Marunouchi Line from Ikebukuro to . The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2011, t ...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board Of Education
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 ''Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai'') is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board directly manages most of the Public school (government funded), public secondary school, high schools in all 23 Special wards of Tokyo, special wards, the Western Tokyo, and all islands under Tokyo's jurisdiction. In 2019, policies requiring students who do not naturally have black hair to dye it as such were struck down. In 2017, as stated by survey results, 57% of the state-operated schools in the metropolis required students who did not have hair naturally colored black to submit documents proving so. The Japanese Communist Party criticized the so-called hair color code and measures requiring parents to prove hair color. Special wards of Tokyo, The 23 Wards Adachi, Tokyo, Adachi High schools * Aoi High School]* Adachi High School]* Adachi East High School]* Adachi West High School]* Adachi Shinden High School]* Ad ...
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Kōrakuen Station
is a subway train station in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is directly connected by an underground pedestrian passage to the Toei-operated Kasuga Station. It is integrated with the Tokyo Dome City complex and the Bunkyō ward capitol building. Lines Kōrakuen Station is served by the following lines: * Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, station number M-22 * Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, station number N-11 Nearby , connected by a pedestrian passageway, is served by the following lines. * Toei Mita Line, station number I-12 * Toei Ōedo Line, station number E-07 Layout The Marunouchi Line platforms (1 to 2) consist of two side platforms serving two tracks on the second-floor ("2F") level, and the Namboku Line platforms (3 to 4) consist of an island platform serving two deep-level tracks on the sixth basement ("B6F") level. Platforms From March 2015, the Namboku Line platforms use the tune " Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as the ...
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