is a

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located in the western portion of

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. , the city had an estimated

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of 195,207 in 93,654 households, and a

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of 9500 persons per km². The total area of the city was .

Geography

Kodaira is located in the

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near the geographic centre of Tokyo Metropolis.

Surrounding municipalities

Nishitokyo () is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 206,047, and a population density of 13,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Nishitokyo is located at t ...

Tachikawa 250px, Showa Memorial Park is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 184,383 in 93,428 households, and a population density of 7600 persons per km2. The total area of the ci ...

Higashimurayama is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 148,275, and a population density of 8700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Higashimurayama is located on the ...

* Higashiiyamato *

Higashikurume is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 117,020, and a population density of 9100 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Higashikurume is in the nort ...

* Kokubunji *

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Climate

Kodaira has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kodaira is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kodaira increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s.

History

The area of present-day Kodaira was part of ancient

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, but was a largely unpopulated area under the opening of the

Tamagawa Aqueduct is a 43 km long Japanese aqueduct located in Tokyo. It was constructed by the Tokugawa shogunate to supply drinking and fire-fighting water from the Tama river to Edo, providing irrigation water around farm villages. The aqueduct was made fol ...

in the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

made agriculture possible. In the post-

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cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Kitatama District in

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...

. The village of Kodaira was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. The population of the area expanded after the

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with the relocation of universities and housing areas from central Tokyo. Kodaira was elevated to town status in 1944 and to city status on October 1, 1962.

Government

Kodaira has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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city council of 28 members. Kodaira contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of

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of the

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of the

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Education

Universities

Tsuda College is a private women's university based at Kodaira, Tokyo. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher educational institutions for women in Japan, contributing to the advancement of women in society for more than a century. History The u ...

* Kaetsu University *

Musashino Art University or is a private university in Kodaira, Western Tokyo, founded in 1962 with roots going back to 1929. It is known as one of the leading art universities in Japan. History In October 1929, was founded. In December 1948, it became , and in ...

Hitotsubashi University is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social sciences ...

(Kodaira campus) * Shiraume Gakuen College * Shiraume Gakuen Junior College

Primary and secondary schools

The

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 ''Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai'') is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board directly manages all of the public high schools in all 23 special wards, the Wester ...

operates three public high schools. There is also one special education school for the handicapped. * * * Kodaira has 19 public elementary school and eight public junior high schools. Public junior high schools: * Hana Koganei Minami ( 花小金井南中学校) * Josui ( 上水中学校) * Kodaira No. 1 ( 小平第一中学校) * Kodaira No. 2 ( 小平第二中学校) * Kodaira No. 3 ( 小平第三中学校) * Kodaira No. 4 ( 小平第四中学校) * Kodaira No. 5 ( 小平第五中学校) * Kodaira No. 6 ( 小平第六中学校) Public elementary schools: * Gakuen Higashi (学園東小学校) * Hana Koganei (花小金井小学校) * Kamijuku ( 上宿小学校) * Kodaira No. 1 ( 小平第一小学校) * Kodaira No. 2 (小平第二小学校) * Kodaira No. 3 (小平第三小学校) * Kodaira No. 4 ( 小平第四小学校) * Kodaira No. 5 ( 小平第五小学校) * Kodaira No. 6 ( 小平第六小学校) * Kodaira No. 7 ( 小平第七小学校) * Kodaira No. 8 (小平第八小学校) * Kodaira No. 9 ( 小平第九小学校) * Kodaira No. 10 ( 小平第十小学校) * Kodaira No. 11 (小平第十一小学校) * Kodaira No. 12 ( 小平第十二小学校) * Kodaira No. 13 ( 小平第十三小学校) * Kodaira No. 14 (小平第十四小学校) * Kodaira No. 15 (小平第十五小学校) * Suzuki ( 鈴木小学校) There are two private elementary schools, three private junior high schools, and three private high schools. * * * * Salesians of Don Bosco Salesian Primary and Junior High School ( サレジオ小学校・中学校) *

Miscellaneous school A miscellaneous school is a classification of schools under the education laws of Japan and South Korea. Japan Overview ''Kakushu gakkō'' ( ja, 各種学校), sometimes translated as "miscellaneous vocational school", is a classification of schoo ...

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Transportation

Railway

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–

Musashino Line The is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Tsurumi Station in Yokohama with Nishi-Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture, forming a 100.6 km unclosed loop around central Tokyo. Passenger operations ...

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 ...

Seibu Shinjuku Line The is a Japanese railway line owned by the private railway operator Seibu Railway, connecting Seibu Shinjuku Station in Shinjuku, Tokyo with Hon-Kawagoe Station in Kawagoe, Saitama. The Shinjuku Line is one of two main lines of the Seibu Rail ...

* -

Seibu Tamako Line The is a single-track railway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The line is part of the Seibu Shinjuku group of railway lines that connects suburban areas of western Tokyo to Seibu and JR East main ...

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Seibu Kokubunji Line The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The line is part of the Seibu Shinjuku group of railway lines and connects suburban areas of western Tokyo to Seibu and JR main lines that run to c ...

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Seibu Haijima Line The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Seibu Railway. It acts as a branch line of the Seibu Shinjuku Line, with direct trains to Seibu-Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. Stations :O: stop : SE: : E: : HL: All trains on this line sto ...

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Highway

Kodaira is not served by any national highways or expressways.

Local attractions

Koganei Park is a metropolitan park in Tokyo, having entrances in Koganei City, Kodaira City, Nishitokyo City, and Musashino, Tokyo, Musashino City. Overview The fifth-largest park in the Metropolitan Tokyo Area, Koganei Park is an attraction for local reside ...

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum The in Koganei Park, Tokyo, Japan, is a museum of historic Japanese buildings. The park includes many buildings from the ordinary middle class Japanese experience to the homes of wealthy and powerful individuals such as former Prime Minister T ...

*Kodaira Municipal Cemetery * Kodaiara Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum *Gas Museum

Notable people from Kodaira

Kōji Tsujitani was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and director of audiography credited for voicing many anime and video game characters. Tsujitani used to be affiliated with Sigma Seven. He married Kumiko Watanabe in 2012. He died of a stroke on Octo ...

, voice actor *

Shun Oguri is a Japanese actor and voice actor, son of stage director Tetsuya Oguri, and the youngest of 3 siblings, including older brother Ryo, who is also an actor. He started in small roles as extra in the works in which his father and brother worked ...

, actor * Ryuhei Kawada, politician

References

External links

Kodaira City Official Website
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