Zōshigaya (雑司が谷, also 雑司ヶ谷) is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo. Zōshigaya includes Zōshigaya 1-chome though Zōshigaya 3-chome as well as parts of Minami-Ikebukuro.
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The Zoshigaya Missionary Museum is located at 1-25-5 Zōshigaya, Toshima, Tokyo. The museum is closest to Toden-zoshigaya Station on the Tokyo Sakura Tram and the Zoshigaya Station on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.
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Women's College, Meiji University was a private junior college in Japan which was located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded in 1950.
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Zōshigaya Cemetery is a public cemetery in Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan government.
The cemetery is nonsectarian, and contains the graves of many famous people in its 10 ha area. It is maintained by the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association.
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Japan Women's University is the oldest and largest of private Japanese women's universities. The university was established on 20 April 1901 by education reformist Jinzo Naruse.
The university has around 6000 students and 200 faculty. It has two campuses, named after the neighborhoods in which they are located: Mejirodai in Bunkyō, Tokyo, and Nishi-Ikuta in Tama, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
There are associated schools from kindergarten through senior high school.
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Kishibojimmae Station is a station in the Tokyo Sakura Tram. It is located in Toshima, Tokyo. Tokyo Metro Zoshigaya Station on the Fukutoshin line is built directly underneath the station.
Major locations
Zōshigaya Cemetery, in Minami-Ikebukuro Two sequential Tokyo Sakura Tram train stations: Kishibojimmae Station Toden-zoshigaya Station, in Minami-Ikebukuro A Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line train station: Zōshigaya Station (Tokyo Metro), constructed directly underneath Kishibojimmae Station
See also
Kishibojin is Japanese for Hariti, a Buddhist goddess