Edogawa, Tokyo

Edogawa 江戸川区
Special ward
Edogawa City[1]
Furukawa Waterside Park in Edogawa
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Location of Edogawa in Tokyo Metropolis
Edogawa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°42′N 139°53′E / 35.700°N 139.883°E / 35.700; 139.883Coordinates: 35°42′N 139°53′E / 35.700°N 139.883°E / 35.700; 139.883
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo Metropolis
Government
• Mayor	Masami Tada (since May 1999)
Area
• Total	49.90 km2 (19.27 sq mi)
Population (May 1, 2015)
• Total	682,418
• Density	13,680/km2 (35,400/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Cinnamonum camphora
• Flower	Rhododendron
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp

Edogawa (江戸川区, Edogawa-ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It takes its name from the Edo River that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City.

The easternmost of the wards, it shares boundaries with the cities of Urayasu and Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture (to the east) and with the wards of Katsushika (to the north), Sumida and Kōtō (to the west). It meets the city of Matsudo in Chiba at a point.

Edogawa has a sister-city relationship with Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. Domestically, it has friendship ties with the cities of Azumino in Nagano Prefecture and Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture.

As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 682,418 and a population density of 13,680 persons per km². The total area is 49.90 km².

Kasai Junction, Shuto Expressway

History

The ward was founded in 1937 with the merger of seven towns and villages in Minami-Katsushika District: the towns of Koiwa and Komatsugawa, and the villages of Kasai, Matsue, Mizue, Shinozaki and Shikamoto.

Districts

Sites

• Edogawa Boat Race Course
• Edogawa Stadium
• Kasai Seaside Park

Famous people

• Seiya Ando, basketball player
• Estelle Asmodelle – Former model, belly dancer, activist. Currently, musician, abstract artist and academic. She is known as Australia's first legal transsexual.
• Keita Ono, darts player
• Akiko Hinagata, actress
• Daisuke Matsuzaka, baseball player (played for Seibu Lions and currently with the Boston Red Sox)
• Hayato Aoki, baseball player
• Ira Ishida, novelist
• Kazuhide Uekusa, economist, professor at the graduate school of University
• Kazuya Kamenashi, J-pop idol, singer, actor, television host (member of KAT-TUN)
• Kazuyoshi Nakamura, actor
• Keizō Kanie, actor
• Kenta Suga, actor
• Kreva, rapper
• Maki Goto, singer (Morning Musume)
• Norikazu Otsuka, announcer
• Romi Park, actress and voice actress
• Takamasa Suga, actor
• Takeshi Morishima, professional wrestler
• Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, 44th yokozuna in sumo
• Tomochika Tsuboi, baseball player
• Yoshiko Tamura, wrestler
• Yūsuke Koide, vocalist and guitarist for Base Ball Bear

Education

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Edogawa Board of Education.

Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

• Edogawa High School^[2]
• Kasai Commercial High School^[3]
• Kasai South High School^[4]
• Koiwa High School^[5]
• Komatsugawa High School^[6]
• Momijigawa High School^[7]
• Shinozaki High School^[8]

Private High Schools:

• Edogawa Girls' High School^[9]

International schools:

• Global Indian International School, Tokyo Campus

Universities

• Aikoku Gakuen Junior College

Transportation

Rail

■ East Japan Railway Company

■ Chūō-Sōbu Line

• - Hirai - Shin-Koiwa(Shin-Koiwa Station is in Katsushika, Tokyo) - Koiwa -

■ Keiyō Line

• - Kasairinkai-Kōen -

■ Keisei Electric Railway

■ Keisei Main Line

• - Keisei Koiwa - Edogawa -

■ Toei

○ Toei Shinjuku Line

• - Higashi-Ōjima - Funabori - Ichinoe - Mizue - Shinozaki -

■ Tokyo Metro

○ Tozai Line

• - Nishi-Kasai - Kasai -

Highway

• Shuto Expressway
  • C2 Central Loop
  • No.7 Komatsugawa Route
  • B Bayshore Route

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edogawa, Tokyo.

• Edogawa City official website (in Japanese)
• Edogawa City Guide for Foreign Residents