Yayoi, Tokyo

Yayoi is a neighbourhood 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 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.
Its population, not including non-Japanese residents, is 1,908.

Education

Bunkyo Board of Education operates the local public elementary and middle schools.
All of Yayoi is zoned to Nezu Elementary School, and No. 8 Junior High School.