is a district of

Ōta, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Ōta City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Ōmori, Ōta, Tokyo, Ōmori and Kamata, Ōta, Tokyo, Kamata following Tokyo C ...

, Japan. As of January 1, 2011, Haneda had a total population of 14,885. The district gives its name to

Haneda Airport , also known as and sometimes abbreviated to ''Tokyo-Haneda'', is the busier of the two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT). It serves as the primary domestic base of J ...

, the busiest airport in Japan by passenger traffic.

History

Before the construction of Haneda Airport, the area was a prosperous mineral springs and beach resort centered around . In 1930, the Japanese postal ministry purchased a portion of reclaimed land in

Tokyo Bay is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture, on the southern coast of the island of Honshu. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. Th ...

to the east of Haneda from a private individual in order to construct an airport. Haneda Airfield first opened in 1931 with a flight from the airport on August 25. In 1932, the was merged into the newly created

Tokyo City was a Cities of Japan, municipality in Japan and capital of Tokyo Prefecture (1868–1943), Tokyo Prefecture (or ''Tokyo-fu'') which existed from 1 May 1889 until the establishment of Tokyo Metropolis on 1 July 1943. The historical boundari ...

ward of Kamata, which was in turn merged with

Ōmori is a district located a few kilometres south of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan accessed by rail via the Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keihin Tohoku line, or by road via Japan National Route 15, Dai Ichi Keihin. Ōmorikaigan, the eastern area of Ōmori, can be ...

to form Ōta in 1947.

Climate

References

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