Nerima

Nerima
Special ward
Nerima City
A street in Hikarigaoka, Nerima A street in Hikarigaoka, Nerima
Flag of Nerima Flag
Location of Nerima in Tokyo Location of Nerima in Tokyo
Nerima Nerima Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°44′8.24″N 139°39′5.97″E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Government
• Mayor	Akio Maekawa (since April 2014)
Area
• Total	48.08 km2 (18.56 sq mi)
Population  (May 1, 2016)
• Total	721,858
• Density	15,013/km2 (38,880/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Kobushi Magnolia
• Flower	Azalea
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City hall address	6-12-1 Toyotama-kita, Nerima 176-8501
Website	www.city.nerima.tokyo.jp

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Nerima ward office

Nerima (練馬区, Nerima-ku) is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.

As of 1 May  2016 (2016 -05-01) , 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
• Haruhichō
• Hikarigaoka
• 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

History

In the Edo period, the area was mostly farmland producing daikon radishes, gobo burdocks, and potatoes. After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, many people from central Tokyo moved to the area.

In October 1, 1932, Nerima town, and Kami-Nerima, Naka-Arai, Shakujii and Ōizumi Villages were incorporated in Old Tokyo City. 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 has its headquarters there. The United States Forces Japan 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 until the end of World War II. The runway is now the main street in front of the IMA department store in Hikarigaoka.

Geography

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Shakujii River and cherry blossoms

Nerima lies at the northwestern edge of the 23 central wards of Tokyo. Neighboring wards are Itabashi (to the east), Suginami, Toshima 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.

Economy

Toei Animation has its headquarters in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima. Anime International Company has its headquarters in the AIC Digital Building. In addition, Studio Comet, and Mushi Production have their headquarters in Nerima.

Education

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Nihon University Ekoda Campus

Public schools

• 65 elementary schools are operated by the Nerima City Board of Education
• 34 junior high schools are operated by the Nerima City Board of Education
• 10 high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education

High schools

• Fourth Commercial High School
• Hikarigaoka High School
• Igusa High School
• Nerima High School
• Nerima Technical High School
• Oizumi High School
• Oizumi Gakuen High School
• Oizumi Sakura High School
• Shakujii High School
• Tagara High School

National schools

• Oizumi elementary school attached to Tokyo Gakugei University
• Oizumi junior high school attached to Tokyo Gakugei University
• Tokyo Gakugei University senior high school

Private schools

• One elementary school
• Three junior high schools
• Four high schools

Colleges and universities

• Musashino Academia Musicae
• Musashi University
• Nihon University Ekoda Campus
• Sophia University Shakujii Campus: Faculty of Theology

International Schools

• Aoba-Japan International School

Transportation

Rail

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Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

• Tokyo Metro
  • Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations
  • Fukutoshin Line: 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

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Seibu Ikebukuro Line

• Seibu Railway
  • 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
  • Tōjō Line: Tōbu-Nerima and Shimo-Akatsuka Stations are on the boundary with Itabashi

Bus

• Kanto Bus
• Keio Bus: 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
  • Tokyo Gaikan Expressway
• National highways:
  • National Route 17 (Shin Ōmiya Bypass)
  • National Route 254 (Kawagoe Kaidō)
• Other major roads:
  • Shin-Ōme Kaidō (Prefectural Road 245)
  • Mejiro Dōri (Prefectural Road 8)
  • Hoya Kaidō (Prefectural Road 233)
  • Kan-nana (Prefectural Road 318)
  • Kan-pachi (Prefectural Road 311)
  • Nakasugi Dōri (Prefectural Road 427)
  • Senkawa Dōri (Prefectural Road 439)
  • Fuji Kaidō (Prefectural Road 441)
  • Sasame Dōri (Prefectural Road 443&68)
  • Igusa Dōri (Prefectural Road 444)

Leisure

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Toshimaen amusement park

Amusement parks

• Toshimaen

Museums

• Ward art museum
• Iwasaki Chihiro illustrated book museum

Parks

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Johoku-Chuo Park

• Hikarigaoka Park
• Shakujii Park
• Ōizumi Chuo Park
• 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 of Rumiko Takahashi's long running and popular manga and anime series Ranma ½. 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.

It is also the setting for three popular anime and manga series, Your Lie in April, Tokyo Ghoul, and Doraemon.

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 in Nerima.

Other

• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Nerima Base

International relations

Nerima has a sister-city relationship with Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Nerima Gardens in Ipswich commemorates the tie. Nerima also has a similar link to Haidian District, Beijing, China.

External links

• Nerima City Official Website (in Japanese)

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