Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sōseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived there.

The modern Bunkyo ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division.

The Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in the ward's eastern corner is attached to the Shitamachi area in Ueno.

[8] Penta-Ocean, the construction firm specializing in marine works and land reclamation also has its headquarters in Bunkyo.

[17] Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Bunkyo Board of Education.