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,
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. 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 * Tatenochō


History

In the Edo period, the area was mostly farmland producing
daikon 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 consume ...
radishes, gobo burdocks, and potatoes. After the
1923 Great Kantō earthquake The struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. Extensive firestorms an ...
, 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 gov ...
. Prior to the creation of the ward on August 1, 1947, the area had been part of
Itabashi is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. In English, it calls itself Itabashi City. Itabashi has sister-city relations with Burlington, Ontario, in Canada; Shijingshan District of Beijing in the People's Republic of China; and ...
. In 1952, the
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established a base there. The first division of the eastern group of the Ground Self-Defense Force has its headquarters there. The
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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 Emper ...
until the end of
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. 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 is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. In English, it calls itself Itabashi City. Itabashi has sister-city relations with Burlington, Ontario, in Canada; Shijingshan District of Beijing in the People's Republic of China; and ...
(to the east),
Suginami is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English. As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km2. The total ...
,
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 is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
: Wako, Asaka and
Niiza is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 166,208 in 76,639 households and a population density of 7300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Niiza is located at the southernmost tip ...
.


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 or Mushi Pro for short, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Fujimidai, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. It previously had a headquarters elsewhere in Nerima. The studio was headed by manga artist Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka started it as a rivalry wi ...
have their headquarters in Nerima.


Education


Colleges and universities

* Musashino Academia Musicae * Musashi University *
Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice, in 1889. It is one of Japan's leading private universit ...
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 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 ...
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 is a privately owned school for boys based in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. History The school was founded in 1922 by industrialist Nezu Kaichirō, as Musashi High School. The school was one of the first institutions of its type to use a seven-year sy ...
* * (junior and senior high school) *
Waseda University Junior and Senior High School is a high school in Japan, located in Tokyo. It was founded in 1920 as a high school affiliated to Waseda University. Its motto is ., which is the same motto as for Waseda University. Notable alumni Politicians *Hirotaka Akamatsu * Tanzan Ish ...


International Schools

*
Aoba-Japan International School Aoba-Japan International School is an international school in Tokyo, with campuses in Nerima is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City. , the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 ho ...


Transportation


Rail

* Tokyo Metro ** Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations ** Fukutoshin Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations *
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** Ōedo Line: Shin-egota (on the boundary with Nakano),
Nerima is a special ward in Tokyo, 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 ...
,
Toshimaen was an amusement park in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, owned by the Seibu Group. It had a variety of rides, including three roller coasters, and a water park with 25 slides and six pools. It closed for good on August 31, 2020. Attractions Carousel ...
, 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 abbrevia ...
** 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 is a special ward in Tokyo, 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 ...
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 Expressway may refer to: * Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. *Limited-access road A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limi ...
: ** Kan-etsu Expressway ** Tokyo Gaikan Expressway * National highways: ** National Route 17 (Shin Ōmiya Bypass) ** National Route 254 (Kawagoe Kaidō) *Other major roads: ** Ōme Kaidō (Prefectural Road 4) **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


Amusement parks

*
Toshimaen was an amusement park in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, owned by the Seibu Group. It had a variety of rides, including three roller coasters, and a water park with 25 slides and six pools. It closed for good on August 31, 2020. Attractions Carousel ...


Museums

*Ward art museum *
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illustrated book museum


Parks

*
Hikarigaoka Park is a public park in the Hikarigaoka and Asahichō regions of Nerima Ward and the Akatsuka-shinmachi region of Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Over 98% of the park is in Nerima Ward, with the north-east corner being in Itabashi Ward. It is the se ...
* Shakujii Park * Ōizumi-Chūō 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 English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...
.


In popular culture

Nerima is the setting of Rumiko Takahashi's long running and popular manga and anime series ''
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'' 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 Takamitsu (written: 貴光, 峻光, 高光 or 崇光) is a masculine Japanese given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name ...
's '' Nerima Daikon Brothers'' and
Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist, known for his ''seinen'' works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for ''Ressentiment'' and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for ''I Am a Hero''. His series '' Boys on the R ...
's ''
I Am a Hero is a Japanese zombie manga series written and illustrated by Kengo Hanazawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from April 2009 to February 2017, with its chapters compiled in twenty-two ''tank ...
''. The main setting of the anime and manga series '' Prison School'' 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'', '' Tokyo Ghoul'', ''
Rent-A-Girlfriend is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since July 2017, and has been compiled into twenty-nine volumes as of December 2022. The series is licens ...
'', 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 in Nerima.


Other

* Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Nerima Base


International relations

Nerima has a sister-city relationship with
Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich () is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated on the Bremer River, it is approximately west of the Brisbane central business district. The city is renowned for its architectural, natural and cultural heritage. Ipswich p ...
, Australia. Nerima Gardens in Ipswich commemorates the tie. Nerima also has a similar link to
Haidian 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 } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...
, China.


See also


References


External links


Nerima City Official Website
{{Authority control Wards of Tokyo