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Nerima lies at the northwestern edge of the 23 central wards of Tokyo. Neighboring wards are Itabashi (to the east), Suginami,
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is a special ward in Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.
, the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km2, while 15,326 foreign residents are registered and 21.6% of the ward's population is over the age of 65. The total area is 48.08 km2.
Districts and neighborhoods
;Kamiitabashi Area * Asahigaoka * Kotakechō ;Kaminerima Area * Asahimachi * Doshida * Hikarigaoka * Kasugacho * Mukōyama * Nukui * Tagara * Takamatsu ;Nakaarai Area * Nakamura * Nakamurakita * Nakamuraminami * Toyotamakami * Toyotamakita * Toyotamaminami * Toyotamanaka ;Nerima Area * Hayamiya * Hazawa * Heiwadai * Hikawadai * Kitamachi * Nerima * Nishiki * Sakaemachi * Sakuradai ;Ōizumi Area * Higashiōizumi * Minamiōizumi * Nishiōizumi * Nishiōizumimachi * Ōizumichō * Ōizumigakuen-chō ;Shakujii Area * Fujimidai * Kamishakujii * Kamishakujiiminami-chō * Miharadai * Minamitanaka * Sekimachikita * Sekimachihigashi * Sekimachiminami * Shakujii-chō * Shakujiidai * Shimoshakujii * Tachinochō * Takanodai * Tanihara * TatenochōHistory
In the Edo period, the area was mostly farmland producingdaikon
Daikon or mooli, ''Raphanus sativus'' var. ''longipinnatus,'' is a mild-flavored winter radish usually characterized by fast-growing leaves and a long, white, root. Originally native to continental East Asia, daikon is harvested and consumed ...
radishes, gobo burdocks, and potatoes. After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, many people from central Tokyo moved to the area.
On October 1, 1932, Nerima town, and Kami-Nerima, Naka-Arai, Shakujii and Ōizumi Villages were incorporated in Old Tokyo City
was a municipality in Japan and part of Tokyo-fu which existed from 1 May 1889 until its merger with its prefecture on 1 July 1943. The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by the Special Wards of Tokyo. The new merged gove ...
. Prior to the creation of the ward on August 1, 1947, the area had been part of Itabashi. In 1952, the Japan Self-Defense Forces established a base there. The first division of the eastern group of the Ground Self-Defense Force
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ( ja, 陸上自衛隊, Rikujō Jieitai), , also referred to as the Japanese Army, is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service b ...
has its headquarters there. The United States Forces Japan
is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. USFJ is commanded by the Commander, US Forces ...
already had a base, Grant Heights, which it returned to Japanese control in 1973. Grant Heights had been Narimasu airfield under the Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
until the end of World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. The runway is now the main street in front of the IMA department store in Hikarigaoka.
Geography
Nerima lies at the northwestern edge of the 23 central wards of Tokyo. Neighboring wards are Itabashi (to the east), Suginami, Toshima
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and Nakano, Shinjuku ...
and Nakano (to the south), as well as the cities of Musashino (to the southwest) and Nishi-Tokyo (to the west). To the north lie three cities in Saitama Prefecture: Wako, Asaka and Niiza.
Climate
Economy
Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' '' GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' '' Mazinger Z'', '' Galaxy Express 999'', '' Cutie Honey'', '' Dr. Slu ...
has its headquarters in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima. Anime International Company
, often abbreviated as AIC is a Japanese animation studio founded on June 15, 1982 and located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. On December 10, 2015, AIC RIGHTS Co., Ltd was established through a company split, in which AIC Rights received the transfer ...
has its headquarters in the AIC Digital Building. In addition, Studio Comet, and Mushi Production have their headquarters in Nerima.
Education
Colleges and universities
*Musashino Academia Musicae
, located in Tokyo, Japan, is a music conservatory founded in 1929.
After World War II, the music school expanded, becoming the Musashino College of Music. It now has educational sites in Nerima, Iruma, Saitama, and Tama, Tokyo.
Concert halls ...
*Musashi University
is a university in Tokyo, Japan. The university grew out of the leading boys private high school, Musashi Junior and Senior High School, first established by businessman Nezu Kaichirō in 1922.
The university has faculties of economics es ...
*Nihon University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...
Ekoda Campus
*Sophia University
Sophia University (Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapientiae'') is a private research university in Japan. Sophia is one of the three ''Sōkeijōchi'' (早慶上智) private universities, a group of the to ...
Shakujii Campus: Faculty of Theology
National schools
* Tokyo Gakugei University Oizumi Elementary School ( 東京学芸大学附属大泉小学校) * *Prefectural high schools
*9 high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education Prefectural high schools: * * * * * * * * *Municipal schools
operates the following: *64 elementary schools *32 junior high schools *1 combined elementary and junior high school Combined elementary and junior high schools: * Oizumi Sakura Gakuen ( 小中一貫教育校大泉桜学園) Junior high schools: * Asahigaoka Junior High School ( 旭丘中学校) * Hikarigaoka No. 1 Junior High School ( 光が丘第一中学校) * Hikarigaoka No. 2 Junior High School ( 光が丘第二中学校) * Hikarigaoka No. 3 Junior High School ( 光が丘第三中学校) * Hokei Junior High School ( 豊渓中学校) * Kaishin No. 1 Junior High School ( 開進第一中学校) * Kaishin No. 2 Junior High School ( 開進第二中学校) * Kaishin No. 3 Junior High School ( 開進第三中学校) * Kaishin No. 4 Junior High School ( 開進第四中学校) * Kami Shakujii Junior High School ( 上石神井中学校) * Kitamachi Junior High School ( 北町中学校) * Miharadai Junior High School ( 三原台中学校) * Minamigaoka Junior High School ( 南が丘中学校) * Nakamura Junior High School ( 中村中学校) * Nerima Junior High School ( 練馬中学校) * Nerima Higashi Junior High School ( 練馬東中学校) * Nukui Junior High School ( 貫井中学校) * Oizumi Junior High School ( 大泉中学校) * Oizumi No. 2 Junior High School ( 大泉第二中学校) * Oizumi Gakuen Junior High School ( 大泉学園中学校) * Oizumi Kita Junior High School ( 大泉北中学校) * Oizumi Nishi Junior High School ( 大泉西中学校) * Seki Junior High School ( 関中学校) * Shakujii Junior High School ( 石神井中学校) * Shakujii Higashi Junior High School ( 石神井東中学校) * Shakujii Minami Junior High School ( 石神井南中学校) * Shakujii Nishi Junior High School ( 石神井西中学校) * Tagara Junior High School ( 田柄中学校) * Toyotama Junior High School ( 豊玉中学校) * Toyotama No. 2 Junior High School ( 豊玉第二中学校) * Yahara Junior High School ( 谷原中学校) * Yasaka Junior High School ( 八坂中学校) Elementary schools: * Asahicho Elementary School ( 旭町小学校) * Asahigaoka Elementary School ( 旭丘小学校) * Fujimidai Elementary School ( 富士見台小学校) * Hashido Elementary School (橋戸小学校) * Hayamiya Elementary School (早宮小学校) * Hikarigaoka No. 8 Elementary School (光が丘第八小学校) * Hikarigaoka Akinohi Elementary School ( 光が丘秋の陽小学校) * Hikarigaoka Harunokaze Elementary School ( 光が丘春の風小学校) * Hikarigaoka Natsunokumo Elementary School ( 光が丘夏の雲小学校) * Hikarigaoka Shikinokaori Elementary School ( 光が丘四季の香小学校) * Hokei Elementary School (豊溪小学校) * Kaishin No. 1 Elementary School ( 開進第一小学校) * Kaishin No. 2 Elementary School (開進第二小学校) * Kaishin No. 3 Elementary School ( 開進第三小学校) * Kaishin No. 4 Elementary School ( 開進第四小学校) * Kamishakujii Elementary School (上石神井小学校) * Kamishakujii Kita Elementary School ( 上石神井北小学校) * Kasuga Elementary School (春日小学校) * Kitahara Elementary School (北原小学校) * Kitamachi Elementary School (北町小学校) * Kitamachi Nishi Elementary School (北町西小学校) * Kotake Elementary School ( 小竹小学校) * Kowa Elementary School ( 光和小学校) * Koyama Elementary School (向山小学校) * Minamicho Elementary School (南町小学校) * Minamigaoka Elementary School (南が丘小学校) * Minami Tanaka Elementary School (南田中小学校) * Nakamachi Elementary School ( 仲町小学校) * Nakamura Elementary School ( 中村小学校) * Nakamura Nishi Elementary School (中村西小学校) * Nerima Elementary School (練馬小学校) * Nerima No. 2 Elementary School (練馬第二小学校) * Nerima No. 3 Elementary School ( 練馬第三小学校) * Nerima Higashi Elementary School (練馬東小学校) * Oizumi Elementary School ( 大泉小学校) * Oizumi No. 1 Elementary School ( 大泉第一小学校) * Oizumi No. 2 Elementary School (大泉第二小学校) * Oizumi No. 3 Elementary School (大泉第三小学校) * Oizumi No. 4 Elementary School (大泉第四小学校) * Oizumi No. 6 Elementary School (大泉第六小学校) * Oizumi Gakuen Elementary School ( 大泉学園小学校) * Oizumi Gakuen Midori Elementary School (大泉学園緑小学校) * Oizumi Higashi Elementary School ( 大泉東小学校) * Oizumi Kita Elementary School (大泉北小学校) * Oizumi Minami Elementary School (大泉南小学校) * Oizumi Nishi Elementary School (大泉西小学校) * Sekimachi Elementary School (関町小学校) * Sekimachi Kita Elementary School ( 関町北小学校) * Senshin Elementary School ( 泉新小学校) * Shakujii Elementary School ( 石神井小学校) * Shakujiidai Elementary School ( 石神井台小学校) * Shakujii Higashi Elementary School ( 石神井東小学校) * Shakujii Nishi Elementary School ( 石神井西小学校) * Shimo Shakujii Elementary School (下石神井小学校) * Tagara Elementary School (田柄小学校) * Tagara No. 2 Elementary School (田柄第二小学校) * Takamatsu Elementary School ( 高松小学校) * Tateno Elementary School (立野小学校) * Toyotama Elementary School (豊玉小学校) * Toyotama No. 2 Elementary School (豊玉第二小学校) * Toyotama Higashi Elementary School (豊玉東小学校) * Toyotama Minami Elementary School (豊玉南小学校) * Yasaka Elementary School (八坂小学校) * Yawara Elementary School (谷原小学校)Private schools
*One elementary school *Four junior and senior high schools *One high school *One international school They are: * * Musashi High School and Junior High School * * (junior and senior high school) * Waseda University Junior and Senior High SchoolInternational Schools
* Aoba-Japan International SchoolTransportation
Rail
*Tokyo Metro
The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...
** Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations
**Fukutoshin Line
The , formally the , is a subway line operated by Tokyo Metro in west-central Tokyo and Wako, Saitama, Japan. The newest line in the Tokyo subway network, it opened in stages between 1994 and 2008. On average, the Fukutoshin line carries 362,654 ...
: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations
* Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
** Ōedo Line: Shin-egota (on the boundary with Nakano), Nerima, Toshimaen, Nerima-kasugachō, Hikarigaoka Stations
*Seibu Railway
is a conglomerate based in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, with principal business areas in railways, tourism, and real estate. Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbrevi ...
** Ikebukuro Line: Ekoda, Sakuradai, Nerima, Nakamurabashi, Fujimidai, Nerima-Takanodai, Shakujii-kōen, Ōizumi-gakuen Stations
** Shinjuku Line: Kami-Shakujii, Musashi-Seki Stations
** Toshima Line: Nerima, Toshimaen Stations
** Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Shin-Sakuradai, Nerima Stations
*Tobu Railway
is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longes ...
** Tōjō Line: Tōbu-Nerima and Shimo-Akatsuka Stations are on the boundary with Itabashi
Bus
*Kanto Bus *Keio Bus
is a core bus-operating company of the Keio Group which was established on February 1, 2002, inherited business all of the Keio Electric Railway (present Keio Corporation) automobile operation division and started business on August 1 of the sa ...
: The Chu 92 bus travels between Nerima and Nakano Stations
*Kokusai-Kogyo Bus
*Seibu Bus
* Toei Bus: The Bus Service Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation operates 5 routes in Nerima Ward.
Road
* Expressways: **Kan-etsu Expressway
The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
is the ''kanji'' acronym of and the old comprising modern-day Niigata Prefecture.
Officially, the Kan-Etsu consists of two routes. Bot ...
**Tokyo Gaikan Expressway
The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Overview
The name Gaikan refers to the route's status as an outer ring road (beltway) for Tokyo. The expressway is also referred to simply as G ...
*National highways
National Highways, formerly the Highways Agency and later Highways England, is a government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major A roads in England. It also sets highways standards used by all f ...
:
** National Route 17 (Shin Ōmiya Bypass)
** National Route 254 (Kawagoe Kaidō)
*Other major roads:
**Ōme Kaidō
is one of the main roads leading westwards out of Tokyo. It begins in Shinjuku, passes through Ōme, and ends in Kōfu, Yamanashi.
* Hikarigaoka Park
* Shakujii Park
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Nerima City Official Website
{{Authority control Wards of Tokyo
Amusement parks
* ToshimaenMuseums
*Ward art museum * Iwasaki Chihiro illustrated book museumParks
* Hikarigaoka Park
* Shakujii Park
*Ōizumi-Chūō Park
is a public park in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, Japan.
Facilities
*Water square
*Sun plaza
*Square of the four seasons
*Fountain
*Athletics stadium (400m all-weather track; free of charge for individuals)
*Baseball field (with night equipment; there i ...
* Musashiseki Park
* Johoku-Chuo Park (on the boundary with Itabashi)
*Takamatsu Park
Media
Nerima prepares the ''Nerima News Azalea'', a city newsletter, in English.In popular culture
Nerima is the setting ofRumiko Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with '' Urusei Yatsura'' in 1978, Takahashi is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have ...
's long running and popular manga and anime series ''Ranma ½
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. The s ...
'' and ''Urusei Yatsura
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1978 to February 1987. Its 366 individual chapters were published in 34 ''tankōbon'' volume ...
''. As one of the first series in either media to achieve widespread popularity in the English speaking world, ''Ranma'' introduced Nerima to western audiences, with several locations recognizable as backgrounds.
It is also the setting of Takamitsu Kondou's '' Nerima Daikon Brothers'' and Kengo Hanazawa's '' I Am a Hero''.
The main setting of the anime and manga series ''Prison School
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's '' Weekly Young Magazine'' from February 2011 to December 2017. Yen Press licensed the manga for English release in North America. The sto ...
'' is a high school named Hachimitsu Academy, which is located in Nerima.
It is also the setting for four popular anime and manga series, ''Your Lie in April
is a Japanese romantic drama manga series that was written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa, and has been adapted into an anime television series, a live-action movie, a light novel, and multiple stage productions. The manga was seri ...
'', ''Tokyo Ghoul
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Jump'' between September 2011 and September 2014, and was collected in fou ...
'', '' Rent-A-Girlfriend'', and ''Doraemon
''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ''tankōbon'' volumes and ...
''.
The popular Japanese horror franchise, '' Ju On'', takes place predominantly in Nerima.
Nekoma High School, one of the main teams of popular manga and anime ''Haikyu!!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 '' tank ...
'', is in Nerima.
Other
* Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Nerima BaseInternational relations
Nerima has a sister-city relationship with Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Nerima Gardens in Ipswich commemorates the tie. Nerima also has a similar link toHaidian District
Haidian District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It is mostly situated in northwestern Beijing, but also to a lesser extent in the west, where it has borders with Xicheng District and Fengtai District.
It is 431 square km in ar ...
, Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, China.
See also
References
External links
Nerima City Official Website
{{Authority control Wards of Tokyo