Katsushika, Tokyo

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Katsushika
葛飾区
Location
Country Japan
Region Kantō
Prefecture Tokyo
Physical characteristics
Area 34.84 km²
Population (as of 2005)
     Total 438,987
     Density 12,600/km²
Symbols
Katsushika City Hall
Official website: Katsushika


Wikipedia has an article about the Edo period Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
Location of Katsushika-ku in Tokyo.
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Location of Katsushika-ku in Tokyo.

Katsushika (葛飾区 Katsushika-ku?) is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It lies in the northeast of the ward area. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English.

The world's longest-running film series, the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora-san, takes place in Katsushika, as does the world's longest-running manga series, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo.

Katsushika has sister-city relationships with Fengtai District in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and with Floridsdorf, a district of Vienna, Austria.

The Shibamata Taishaku-ten Nichiren Buddhist temple is in Katsushika.

As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 438,987 and a density of 12600 persons per km². The total area is 34.84 km².

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[edit] Geography

Katsushika ward is at the east end of Tokyo metropolis. It is on an alluvial plain and it is low above sea level.

The ward office (Katsushika city hall) is located at Tateishi.

[edit] Boundaries

Katsushika has boundaries with three wards of Tokyo: Adachi, Edogawa and Sumida. The cities of Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture, and Misato and Yashio form the northeast border of the ward.

[edit] Rivers

Major rivers in Katsushika include the Edogawa, Arakawa and Ayasegawa. Nakagawa flows through the ward.

[edit] Place names

  • Aoto
  • Higashi Horikiri
  • Higashi Kanamachi
  • Higashi Mizumoto
  • Higashi Shin-koiwa
  • Higashi Tateishi
  • Higashi Yotsugi
  • Horikiri
  • Hosoda
  • Kamakura
  • Kameari
  • Kanamachi
  • Kosuge
  • Minami Mizumoto
  • Mizumoto
  • Mizumoto Koen
  • Niijuku
  • Nishi Kameari
  • Nishi Mizumoto
  • Nishi Shin-koiwa
  • Ohanajaya
  • Okudo
  • Shibamata
  • Shinkoiwa
  • Shiratori
  • Takaramachi
  • Takasago
  • Tateishi
  • Yotsugi

[edit] History

On October 1, 1932, the former Katsushika District of what was then known as Tokyo Prefecture, and its seven towns and villages, merged and became part of the old Tokyo City.

The special ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

Katsushika contains the famous Narihira Santosen Temple, and the "Bound Jizo" of Ooka Echizen fame.

[edit] Famous people

[edit] Famous works set in Katsushika

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Rail

[edit] Highways

[edit] External links

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Shadow picture of Tokyo region Tokyo Metropolis
Wards: Adachi | Arakawa | Bunkyō | Chiyoda | Chūō | Edogawa | Itabashi | Katsushika | Kita | Kōtō | Meguro | Minato | Nakano | Nerima | Ōta | Setagaya | Shibuya | Shinagawa | Shinjuku | Suginami | Sumida | Toshima | Taitō
Cities: Akiruno | Akishima | Chōfu | Fuchū | Fussa | Hachiōji | Hamura | Higashikurume | Higashimurayama | Higashiyamato | Hino | Inagi | Kiyose | Kodaira | Koganei | Kokubunji | Komae | Kunitachi | Machida | Mitaka | Musashimurayama | Musashino | Nishi-Tōkyō | Ōme | Tachikawa | Tama
Districts and Subprefectures: Nishitama District | Hachijō Subprefecture | Miyake Subprefecture | Ogasawara Subprefecture | Ōshima Subprefecture
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