Yayoi
Yayoi is a neighbourhood in Bunkyo, Tokyo. In 1884, when it was part of Tokyo City, it was the location of a shell mound where a new type of pottery was discovered by Shogoro Tsuboi and his colleagues.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter
- Description: town located in Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Yayoi, Tokyo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and Yasuda Auditorium.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.
Yasuda Auditorium
Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yasuda Auditorium is a building and clock tower at the center of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. It serves as the central symbol of the campus, where special events and graduation ceremonies are held.
Ueno Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Ueno Zoo is a 14.3-hectare zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest zoo, opened on March 20, 1882.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nezu and Ikenohata.
Hongō
Quarter
Photo: Kitadake3193, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hongō is a district of Tokyo located in Bunkyō, due north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and west of Ueno.
Yayoi
Latitude
35.71659° or 35° 42′ 60″ northLongitude
139.76208° or 139° 45′ 44″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8Q7XPQ86+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 12643594450OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Yayoi” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “彌生”
- Dutch: “Yayoi”
- Finnish: “Yayoi”
- French: “Yayoi”
- Japanese: “Yayoi”
- Japanese: “やよい”
- Japanese: “弥生”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Yayoi”
- Persian: “یایوئی”
- Slovenian: “Yayoi”
- Turkish: “Yayoi”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Yayoi”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yayoi 1 and Yayoi 2-chome.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 農学生命科学図書館 and Faculty of Agriculture (University of Tokyo).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yayoi”. Photo: みそがい, CC BY-SA 3.0.