Takadanobaba
District of Tokyo
Tokyo - Japan

Gakushuin University

Gakushuin University is an elite higher educational institution in Mejiro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo. It was re-established after World War II as an affiliate of the Gakushūin School Corporation, the privatized successor to the original Gakushūin University or "Peers School" set up during the Meiji era to educate the children of the Japanese nobility.

Located at 35.7183, 139.709 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1949, Private universities and colleges in Japan, Universities and colleges in Tokyo, Toshima, Tokyo

Takadanobaba

Takadanobaba is a neighborhood in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

Located at 35.7128, 139.704 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods of Tokyo, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Takadanobaba Station

Takadanobaba Station is a railway station in the Takadanobaba area of Tokyo's Shinjuku ward. Situated between the commercial districts of Ikebukuro and Shinjuku, it is a minor commuting hub linking the Seibu Shinjuku Line and the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line with the Yamanote Line.

Located at 35.7128, 139.704 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Yamanote Line, Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, Seibu Shinjuku Line, Stations of East Japan Railway Company, Stations of Tokyo Metro, Stations of Seibu Railway, Railway stations in Tokyo

Mejiro Station

, is a railway station on the Yamanote Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Located at 35.721, 139.707 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Yamanote Line, Stations of East Japan Railway Company, Railway stations in Tokyo

Shin-Ōkubo Station

is a railway station on the Yamanote Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Opened on November 15, 1914, it is close to the large local Korean ethnic neighborhood. Shin-Ōkubo Station has only one exit.

Located at 35.7011, 139.7 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Yamanote Line, Stations of East Japan Railway Company, Railway stations in Tokyo

Yamate Gakusha

The Yamate Gakusha is an international students' dormitory located 10 minutes' walk from Takadanobaba Station in Tokyo, Japan. The Yamate Gakusha is unique in that it is the home to at most 16 students at any one time.

Located at 35.7106, 139.711 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Tokyo

Tokiwa-sō

was an apartment where Osamu Tezuka and many young manga artists once lived before they became famous. Tokiwa-sō was a small, inexpensive apartment in Toshima-ku, Tokyo. Residents included Shotaro Ishinomori, Fujio Akatsuka, Fujiko Fujio, Yoshiharu Tsuge. It existed as a sort of atelier from 1952 to 1982. The business of manga production today in Japan has a prototype in the collaborative activities pioneered at Tokiwa-sō.

Located at 35.7242, 139.688 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Manga industry, Osamu Tezuka

Ochiai Station (Tokyo)

Ochiai Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. It is numbered T-02.

Located at 35.7107, 139.686 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Stations of Tokyo Metro, Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, Railway stations in Tokyo, Railway stations opened in 1966

Zōshigaya Station

is a station on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line located in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Its station number is F-10. The station opened on 14 June 2008. Relics dating back to Edo era were found during construction of the station and subsequently dug up and recovered. The station provides a direct interchange with Kishibojinmae Station on the Toden Arakawa Line. To prevent confuson, the former Zōshigaya Station on the Arakawa Line was renamed Toden Zōshigaya when the Fukutoshin Line opened.

Located at 35.7206, 139.715 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Stations of Tokyo Metro

Nakai Station

Nakai Station is the name of two railway stations in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, served by the Seibu Shinjuku Line (station number SS04) and the Toei Ōedo Line (station number E-32) respectively. The two stations are separated by approximately two minutes' walk through a shopping street.

Located at 35.7146, 139.687 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Toei Oedo Line, Seibu Shinjuku Line, Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, Stations of Seibu Railway, Railway stations in Tokyo, Railway stations opened in 1927, 1927 establishments in Japan

Higashi-Nakano Station

Higashi-Nakano Station is a railway station in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway).

Located at 35.706, 139.686 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Toei Oedo Line, Chūō-Sōbu Line, Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, Railway stations in Tokyo

Gakushuin Women's College

Gakushuin Women's College is a private women's college in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; part of the Gakushūin School Corporation (学習院). The predecessor of the school was founded in 1847 by Emperor Ninkō. It was chartered as a junior college in 1949 and became a four-year college in 1995.

Located at 35.7075, 139.712 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1847, Private universities and colleges in Japan, Universities and colleges in Tokyo, Buildings and structures in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Important Cultural Properties of Japan

Ōkubo Station (Tokyo)

Ōkubo Station is a railway station on the Chūō-Sōbu Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Located at 35.7007, 139.697 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Chūō-Sōbu Line, Chūō Main Line, Stations of East Japan Railway Company, Railway stations in Tokyo

Nishi-Waseda Station

Nishi-Waseda Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Its station number is F-11. The station opened on June 14, 2008.

Located at 35.7072, 139.709 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Stations of Tokyo Metro

Kishibojinmae Station

Kishibojinmae Station is a station in the Toden Arakawa Line . It is located in Toshima, Tokyo. Tokyo Metro Station Zōshigaya on the Fukutoshin line is built directly underneath the station.

Located at 35.7206, 139.715 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Shiinamachi Station

Shiinamachi Station is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Located at 35.7265, 139.694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Railway stations in Tokyo

Tokyo Fuji University

Tokyo Fuji University is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1943. It was chartered as a junior college in 1951 and became a four-year college in 2002. In 2008 the Department of Psychology was established.

Located at 35.7148, 139.701 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1943, Private universities and colleges in Japan, Universities and colleges in Tokyo

Agariyashiki

is an area in Nishi-Ikebukuro 2-chōme and 3-chōme, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, mainly along Seibu Ikebukuro Line. This term is commonly used, but has never been used as an official district name. The etymology of Agariyashiki is considered to be the historical fact that its southern area, today officially known as Mejiro, Toshima and Shimo-Ochiai, Shinjuku, was a hunting zone owned by Tokugawa clan and its shoguns came to the present-day Agariyashiki area as a resting place.

Located at 35.7264, 139.705 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods of Tokyo, Toshima, Tokyo

Mejiro, Toshima, Tokyo

Mejiro, Toshima, Tokyo is an upscale residential district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, centered at Mejiro Station of Yamanote Line. The district's name is after Mejiro Fudō, which is one of the Goshiki Fudō. Mejiro is home to the prestigious Gakushuin University. The university's predecessor was established in 1877 to educate the children of the nobility. Its notable alumni include most members of the present Imperial House of Japan as well as the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan Taro Aso.

Located at 35.7206, 139.71 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods of Tokyo, Toshima, Tokyo

Panasonic Globe Theatre

The Panasonic Globe Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, was designed by Isozaki Arata and opened in 1988 to showcase local and international productions of Shakespeare's plays. Guest companies and artists have included the British Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Ingmar Bergman, Peter Brook, Barry Kyle and Robert Lepage, as well as such Kabuki stars as Bando Tamasaburo (Lady Macbeth), and Ichikawa Somegoro (Kabuki Hamlet).

Located at 35.7048, 139.7 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Theatres in Tokyo, Buildings and structures in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Arata Isozaki buildings

Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School

, the "House of Tomorrow," is the original building complex of Jiyu Gakuen, designed by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Arata Endo, working as an assistant for Wright's project constructing the Imperial Hotel, introduced Wright to his acquaintances Yoshikazu and Motoko Hani, who founded Jiyu Gakuen. Impressed by the couple's self-reliant, Christian-oriented educational philosophy, Wright accepted to undertake the design of their new school.

Located at 35.7264, 139.707 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Frank Lloyd Wright buildings

Japan Braille Library

Japan Braille Library is a special private library in Tokyo, Japan, serving individuals who are unable to read standard printed material, and those who research the field of visual impairment. JBL is one of the biggest and oldest libraries for the blind in Japan. The library's collection includes about 81,000 braille books (23,000 titles), 210,000 talking books (24,000 titles), and various documents concerning the blind and braille.

Located at 35.7109, 139.705 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Library buildings completed in 1948, Libraries in Tokyo, Libraries for the disabled, Braille organizations

Shimo-Ochiai Station

Shimo-Ochiai Station is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Located at 35.7161, 139.695 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway stations in Tokyo, Railway stations opened in 1927, 1927 establishments in Japan

Yodobashi ward

is one of the 35 former wards of Tokyo-Fu, Tokyo City. On October 1, 1932, the towns of Yodobashi, Okubo, Totsuka, and Ochiai town were merged into Yodobashi ward. In 1947, along with Yotsuya ward and another town, became part of present day Shinjuku ward. It covered 9.33 square kilometres and 51,090 people on October 1, 1945, shortly after the end of World War II and after mass loss of population due to Bombing of Tokyo. Yodobashi Camera is a store with its name taken from the town and ward.

Located at 35.6969, 139.704 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Dissolved municipalities of Japan, Populated places established in 1932, Populated places disestablished in 1947

Kansen-en Park

Kansen-en Park is a Japanese garden located in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It covers an area of about 14,000 square metres. This small park was previously the residence of the Shimizu family, one of Tokugawa Gosankyō, and one of the most prominent families of the Edo era. After the Meiji Restoration in 1867, it was transferred to Marquis Souma. The name Kansen-en (literally "sweet spring garden") derives from the fact that the spring water in the garden was sweet and suitable for tea.

Located at 35.7117, 139.716 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Gardens in Tokyo