Yoyogi (代々木) is a neighbourhood in the northern part of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Geography

The area encompassed by Yoyogi is typically defined two ways: This larger definition of Yoyogi is generally used by residents and government to deliver services such as police, fire, and postal delivery.

Characteristics

Yoyogi is composed of ten districts.

Yoyogi Park

Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo, located in the centre of Shibuya directly south of Meiji Shrine. In the years preceding its designation as a public park, Yoyogi Park's site was used as the location of the first successful powered aircraft flight in Japan, an army parade ground, a post-World War II US military installation, and the location for the opening ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Transportation

Rail

Yoyogi Station (代々木駅) is located in the easternmost part of Yoyogi only 700 meters south of Shinjuku Station. JR Yoyogi Station has two platforms for the Chūō-Sōbu and Yamanote lines. Platforms for the Toei Ōedo Line subway line are located underneath Tokyo Metropolitan Route 414 west of the JR station. Shinjuku Station (新宿駅) and Harajuku Station (原宿駅) also extend into or are located adjacent to Yoyogi. Rail lines include:

Roads

Economy

East Japan Railway Company has its headquarters in Yoyogi. Square Enix and subsidiary Taito share the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Yoyogi. Square Enix is no longer headquartered here, but at the Higashi-Shinjuku Station.

Education

Shibuya Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Much of Yoyogi is zoned to Yoyogi Sanya Elementary School (代々木山谷小学校). This includes 1-3 chōme, 4-chōme 1-31, 34, 35, 40, and 47-50 ban, and 5-chōme 42, 48, 54-60 ban. However, 4-chōme 32, 33, 36-39, 41-46, and 51-62 ban, and 5-chōme 13-36, 43-47, and 49-53 ban are instead zoned to Hatashiro Elementary School (幡代小学校). 5-chōme 1-12, 37-41, and 61-67-ban are zoned to Tomigaya Elementary School (渋谷区立富谷小学校). Yoyogi 4-chōme, 1-chōme 5-11 ban, 3-chōme 1-17 and 21-59 ban, and 5-chōme 13-26 and 42-60 ban are zoned to Yoyogi Junior High School (代々木中学校). Yoyogi 2-chōme, 1-chōme 1-4 and 12-61 ban, and 3-chōme 18-20 ban are zoned to Harajuku Gaien Junior High School (原宿外苑中学校). Yoyogi 5-chome 1-12, 37-41, and 61-67 ban are zoned to Uehara Junior High School (渋谷区立上原中学校).