Yayoi, Tokyo

Yayoi (弥生) is a neighborhood 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 Dr. Shogoro Tsuboi and his colleagues. The pottery became known as Yayoi, and eventually a period of Japanese prehistory was named after the neighborhood where the type site was excavated.

For other uses, see Yayoi (disambiguation).

Its population, not including non-Japanese residents, is 1,908. (Bunkyō City Hall statistics:[1])

References
  1. "Archived copy". www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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