Shōin shrine

Kokushikan University (国士舘大学, Kokushikan Daigaku) is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 2007. This is the highest order at the participation university from Japan at present. The basic origins of Kokushikan University lie in the Kokushikan private academy which was discovered in Tokyo's Azabu District in 1917, midway through Japan's turbulent Taisho period. Founder Tokujiro Shibata and his young colleagues envisaged that this academy would "cultivate competent individuals endowed with wisdom and courage." Kokushikan, which has produced more than 146,000 graduates active in all spheres of society. Since its foundation in 1917, Kokushikan University has been working diligently to realize the educational philosophy, which is aimed to cultivate students so that they can contribute to the world peace and development. In the statement of the purport for establishing Kokushikan University, the significance of spiritual civilization is noted, lamenting the social malady of material civilization. Also, the university has been working consistently to instill a spirit of "knowledge and action", which has become a tradition over the years, and at present, the university offers education based on this principle.

Setagaya (世田谷区, Setagaya-ku) is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orchid, and its tree is the Zelkova serrata. Setagaya has the largest population and second-largest area (after Ōta) of Tokyo's special wards. As of January 1, 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 939,099, and a population density of 16,177 persons per square kilometre with the total area of 58.06 km2.

Shōin-jinja-mae Station (松陰神社前駅, Shōin-jinja-mae-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyu Setagaya Line in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyu Corporation.

Wakabayashi Station (若林駅, Wakabayashi-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyu Setagaya Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyu Corporation.

Setagaya Station (世田谷駅, Setagaya-eki) is a railway station on the Setagaya Line by Tokyu Corporation located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Daikeizan Gōtoku-ji (大谿山 豪徳寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Gōtokuji district of Setagaya ward, Tokyo, Japan. Gōtoku-ji is a Sōtō Zen temple and served as the Bodai-ji (bodhi temple) of the Ii clan, who were lords of the Hikone Domain, in Edo period. It is known as the "cat temple" because of the Maneki-neko. Gōtoku-ji was established as Kōtoku-in in 1480, and was renamed "Edo Bodaiji" when the entire region came under the ownership of the Hikone Domain in 1633. In 1659, it was renamed Gōtoku-ji after the posthumous Buddhist name of the domain's second feudal lord, Ii Naotaka. The precincts contain the tombs of successive feudal lords of the Ii clan and their wives, including the grave of Ii Naosuke, the 13th head of the Ii clan who also served as a rōjū in the Tokugawa shogunate.

Umegaoka Station (梅ヶ丘駅, Umegaoka eki) is a station on the Odakyu Odawara line, located in Setagaya, Tokyo and is operated by Odakyu Railway.

Kamimachi Station (上町駅, Kamimachi-eki) is a stop on the Setagaya Line by Tokyu Corporation and is located in Segataya, Tokyo, Japan.

Nishi-taishidō Station (西太子堂駅, Nishi-taishidō-eki) is a stop on the Setagaya Line by Tokyu Corporation and is located in Segataya, Tokyo, Japan.

Gōtokuji Station (豪徳寺駅, Gōtokuji-eki) is a station on the Odakyu Odawara line, located in Setagaya, Tokyo.

Miyanosaka Station (宮の坂駅, Miyanosaka-eki) is a stop on the Setagaya Line by Tokyu Corporation and is located in Segataya, Tokyo, Japan.

Yamashita Station (山下駅, Yamashita-eki) is a stop on the Setagaya Line by Tokyu Corporation and is located in Segataya, Tokyo, Japan.