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9-604: Tokyo Dome City ( 東京ドームシティ , Tōkyō Dōmu Shiti ) , referred to as Big Egg City before January 1, 2000, is an entertainment complex in Bunkyō , Tokyo, Japan. It also includes the world's largest roofed baseball stadium, known as Tokyo Dome (AKA "Big Egg"); an amusement park known as Tokyo Dome City Attractions (formerly Kōrakuen Yūenchi); and Korakuen Hall . In May 2003, a spa resort known as LaQua opened for business near Tokyo Dome City Attractions. It also hosts character shows for Toei Company 's Toei Superheroes , including

18-562: A Summer Olympics venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bunky%C5%8D Bunkyō ( 文京区 , Bunkyō-ku ) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period , literati like Natsume Sōseki , as well as scholars and politicians have lived there. Bunkyō

27-520: A merger of Hongo and Koishikawa wards following Tokyo City 's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis . There are approximately twenty districts in the area and these are as follows: Bunkyo is governed by Mayor Hironobu Narisawa, an independent supported by the Liberal Democratic Party , Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito . The city council has 34 elected members. The publishing company Kodansha has its headquarters in

36-778: A sister-city relationship with Kaiserslautern in the Rhineland-Palatinate of Germany . 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 high schools in all 23 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

45-518: Is attached to the Shitamachi area in Ueno . On the other hand, the remaining areas of the ward typically represent Yamanote districts. As of 2022, the ward has a population of 240,069 (including about 8,500 foreign residents), and a population density of 21,263 inhabitants per square kilometre (55,070/sq mi). The total area is 11.29 square kilometres (4.36 sq mi). Bunkyo was formed in 1947 as

54-505: Is home to the Tokyo Dome , Judo 's Kōdōkan , and the University of Tokyo 's Hongo Campus . It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Hongo and Koishikawa wards following Tokyo City 's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis . The modern Bunkyo ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division. The Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in the ward's eastern corner

63-718: The Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series (the Tokyo Dome Corporation is the Super Sentai series' main sponsor). The Tokyo Dome City contains the Tokyo Dome Hotel, a 43-story hotel that is easy to spot from the street and from the Tokyo Subway Suidobashi Station, which is only two blocks away. This Tokyo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about

72-658: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . The metropolis operates the Koishikawa Secondary Education School . The metropolis operates the Bunkyo School for the Blind  [ ja ] . Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Bunkyo Board of Education. Municipal junior high schools: Municipal elementary schools: Shuto Expressway Bunkyō has

81-599: The ward, and Kodansha International has its headquarters in the Otowa YK Building in the ward. The drugstore chain Tomod's has its headquarters in the ward. Penta-Ocean , the construction firm specializing in marine works and land reclamation also has its headquarters in Bunkyo. The automobile manufacturer Toyota has its Tokyo headquarters in the ward. Nationally-operated high schools: Public high schools are operated by

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