is a residential district of

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. It is popular for its unique

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cafes and stores, and the area near the

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is a popular ''

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'' (cherry blossom viewing) destination in mid-spring. It lends its name to Nakameguro Station.

Location

The district is situated along Yamate Dōri (山手通り) and on the southern region of Komazawa Dōri (駒沢通り). Since Nakameguro Station 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.

Temples and shrines

Yūtenji is a temple of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect in Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. History The temple was founded in 1718, the 3rd year of the Kyōhō era. After the 36th Buddhist monk of Zōjō-ji, Zōj ...

, built in 1718, is a temple of the

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located on the easternmost part of Nakameguro; Yūtenji is also the name of a district adjacent to Nakameguro in Meguro which is not where the temple is located.

Education

Meguro City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Nakameguro 1-3

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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