Nerima

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

Nerima

練馬区
Special ward
Nerima City
A street in Hikarigaoka, Nerima
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Location of Nerima in Tokyo
Nerima
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°44′8.24″N 139°39′5.97″E
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureTokyo
Government
 • MayorAkio Maekawa (since April 2014)
Area
 • Total48.08 km2 (18.56 sq mi)
Population
 (May 1, 2016)
 • Total721,858
 • Density15,013/km2 (38,880/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address6-12-1 Toyotama-kita, Nerima
176-8501
Websitewww.city.nerima.tokyo.jp
Symbols
FlowerAzalea
TreeKobushi Magnolia
Nerima ward office

As of 1 May 2016, 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

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.[1]

On 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
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.[2] Anime International Company has its headquarters in the AIC Digital Building.[3] In addition, Studio Comet,[4] and Mushi Production have their headquarters in Nerima.[5]

Education
Nihon University Ekoda Campus

Public schools

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

International Schools
  • Aoba-Japan International School

Transportation

Rail
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
Seibu Ikebukuro Line

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

Leisure
Toshimaen amusement park

Amusement parks

Museums

Parks
Johoku-Chuo Park

Media

Nerima prepares the Nerima News Azalea, a city newsletter, in English.[6]

Nerima is the setting of Rumiko Takahashi's long running and popular manga and anime series Ranma ½ and Urusei Yatsura. 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 four popular anime and manga series, Your Lie in April, Tokyo Ghoul, Rent-A-Girlfriend, 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. Nerima is also twinned with Annecy, France.

References
  1. http://www.city.nerima.tokyo.jp/kocho_koho/koho/publication/file/file01.pdf%5B%5D
  2. "Outline Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine." Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 26, 2010.
  3. "Company Profile." Anime International Company. Retrieved on February 26, 2010. "AIC Digital Bldg. 3-19-9 Nakamura Kita, Nerima-Ku, Tokyo, Japan 176-0023"
  4. "company (会社案内) Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine." Studio Comet. Retrieved on March 15, 2012. "〒176-0013 東京都練馬区豊玉中3-1-3"
  5. Home. Mushi Production. Retrieved on March 15, 2012. "〒177-0034 東京都練馬区 富士見台2-30-5"
  6. http://www.city.nerima.tokyo.jp/kuho_gaikokugo/2006_10_5/english.pdf%5B%5D
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