Meguro River

Hokusai's "Shimomeguro" from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Hiroshige's "Meguro Taiko Bridge" from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Shimomeguro (下目黒) is a district located in the eastern portion of Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. It consists of 1- to 6-chōme.

Shimomeguro is home to Ryūsenji (瀧泉寺), also known as Meguro Fudō (目黒不動).

Meguro Gajoen (目黒雅叙園) is a historic hotel and restaurant building located on the eastern edge of Shimomeguro.

Landmarks and facilities

ARCO TOWER at Meguro Gajoen

• Meguro River
• Embassy of Nepal
• Embassy of Papua New Guinea
• Royal Thai Embassy Military Attaché Office
• Meguro Parasitological Museum
• Yamaha Music Foundation head office
• Horipro head office
• Books Kinokuniya head office
• Meguro Gajoen
  • ARCO TOWER, a 19-story office building^[1]
    • Amazon Japan head office
• Rinshi-no-mori Park
• Tama University Meguro High School
• Ōtori Shrine, a Shintō shrine established in 806^[2]
• Ryūsen-ji
  • Grave of Aoki Konyō
  • Grave of Shūmei Ōkawa
  • Cenotaph and grave of Ikki Kita
• St. Alexander Nevsky's Russian Orthodox Church

Education

Meguro City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Shimomeguro 1-3 chōme are zoned to Shimomeguro Elementary School (下目黒小学校), while 4-6-chōme are zoned to Fudō Elementary School (不動小学校). All of Shimomeguro (1-6 chōme) is zoned to Ōtori Junior High School (大鳥中学校).^[3]

References

35°37′44″N 139°42′26″E / 35.62889°N 139.70722°E / 35.62889; 139.70722