Tokiwadai Dormitory

The Tokiwadai Dormitory is a building where students of Tokiwadai Middle School take residence. There are two Tokiwadai Dormitories in Academy City, the more prominently featured is the dorm where Misaka Mikoto resides in, while the other dorm is located within the School Garden along with the school itself. The dormitory has rules on not allowing males into rooms.

Every year the dorm outside of School Garden, holds a midsummer festival, where guests are invited and the residents of the dormitory serve them, give them tours and show them performances.

Appearance
The dormitory outside of School Garden, is a three storey building and has a fairly large interior. The building encloses a large area where grass is allowed to grow and is used as an area to held important events. The dormitory in School Garden most likely has a similar architecture to that of the area.

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Since Mikoto and Kuroko are the main characters of the sidestory, their dorm alongside the Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor is featured prominently in the story. It's most prominent appearance is during Tokiwadai's Midsummer festival, where many guests where allowed to partake in the festivities, and the residents become hosts to them.

Toaru Majutsu no Index
The dorm where Mikoto resides in is visted by Kamijou Touma, during the Sisters Arc. Here, he discovers that Shirai Kuroko is her roommate despite being her kouhai, and later is forced to hide when the housemaster came to check on their room. During the time he hid, he discovers the documents that Mikoto hid, relating to the experiment with her clones.

Notable residents

 * Misaka Mikoto - Resides in room 208.
 * Shirai Kuroko - Resides in room 208.
 * Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor - Staff in charge of the students within the dorm.
 * Kongou Mitsuko - Resides in the School Garden Tokiwadai Dorm.
 * Wannai Kinuho - Resides in the School Garden Tokiwadai Dorm.
 * Awatsuki Maaya - Resides in the School Garden Tokiwadai Dorm.