Nerima, Tokyo
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Nerima (練馬区; -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Nerima City.
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, People's Republic of China.
As of January 1, 2006, the ward has an estimated population of 686,237 (314,248 households), and a density of 14279 persons per km². 12,114 foreign residents are registered in the ward. 17.9% of the ward's population is over the age of 65. The total area is 48.16 km².
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History
The ward was founded on August 1, 1947. Prior to that time, it 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
Nerima lies at the northwestern edge of the 23 special wards of Tokyo. Its neighbors are the special wards of 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
With 3.42 km² of farms, Nerima has the most agricultural land of any of the special wards. Nerima provides 40% of the cabbage grown in Tokyo. One of the famous products of Nerima is the Nerima daikon radish. It is primarily grown for pickling.
Also in Nerima are (as of 1994) 572 factories employing about 8000 people and producing goods worth about ¥170,000,000,000. The factories are mostly small, and machinery has the largest share of production. Parts for radio and communications products are also produced in significant numbers. A large number of anime production studios are also located in Nerima, such as Toei Animation, Mushi Production, and AIC. [1] [2]
Education
Public schools
Public elementary and middle schools are operated by the Nerima City Board of Education. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
Colleges and universities
- Musashino Academia Musicae
- Musashi University
- Nihon University Ekoda Campus
- Sophia University Shakujii Campus: Faculty of Theology
Transportation
Rail
- Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations
- Toei Oedo Line: Shin-egota (on the border with Nakano-ku), Nerima, Toshimaen, Nerima-Kasugacho, Hikarigaoka Stations
- Seibu Railway
- Seibu Ikebukuro Line: Nine stations from Sakuradai to Hoya
- Seibu Shinjuku Line: Kami-shakujii, Musashi Seki Stations
- Seibu Toshima Line: Nerima, Toshimaen Stations
- Seibu Yurakucho Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Shin Sakuradai, Nerima Stations
- Tobu Railway
- Tojo Main Line: Tobu Nerima and Shimo-Akatsuka Stations are on the boundary with Itabashi
Highway
- Kan-etsu Expressway
- Tokyo Gaikan Expressway
- National Route 17 (Shin Ōmiya Bypass)
- Kan-nana
- Kan-hachi
Leisure
- Toshimaen: amusement park
People
From Nerima
- Rie Miyazawa: actress
- Kumi Nakada: three-time Olympic volleyball competitor, bronze-medalist
- Nomura Mansaku: kyogen actor
- Reiko Ohara: actress
- Aya Ueto: singer, actress
- Mayumi Wakamura: actress
Residents
- Ishinomori Shotaro: mangaka
- Leiji Matsumoto: mangaka, anime creator
- Adachi Mitsuru: mangaka
- Takahashi Rumiko: mangaka
- Azuma Kiyohiko: mangaka
Nerima in popular culture
The popular 1990s anime/manga series Ranma ½ took place in Nerima, which is the home of its creator, Rumiko Takahashi.
Doraemon also takes place in Nerima.
External links
- Nerima City official website in Japanese
- Nerima Animation Conference in Japanese and English
- Nerima Gardens page at Ipswich City Council site