Nerima, Tokyo

Nerima is one of the 23 special wards in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Nerima 練馬区
Special ward
Nerima City
A street in Hikarigaoka, Nerima
Flag Emblem
Location of Nerima in Tokyo
Nerima Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°44′8.24″N 139°39′5.97″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Government
• Mayor	Akio Maekawa (since April 2014)
Area
• Total	48.08 km2 (18.56 sq mi)
Population  (May 1, 2016)
• Total	721,858
• Density	15,013/km2 (38,880/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Kobushi Magnolia
• Flower	Azalea
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City hall address	6-12-1 Toyotama-kita, Nerima 176-8501
Website	www.city.nerima.tokyo.jp

The municipality calls itself "Nerima City" in English.^[2]

Nerima is called "the town of animation" because the earliest anime businesses started up in the area.^[3]

History

On 1 August 1947, the ward of Nerima was formed by separating from the ward of Itabashi.^[4]

Geography

Nerima is a western ward. It borders Nakano and Suginami on the south. Musashino and Nishitokyo are on the ward's western border. Saitamo Prefecture is on the northern border. Itabashi and Toshima are on the west.

There is also a long river in Nerima.

Related pages

• List of special wards of Tokyo
• Capital of Japan

References

1. Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-1.
2. Nerima City Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.
3. Nerima Animation, History Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-1.
4. 大東京35区物語～15区から23区へ～東京23区の歴史 (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Archives. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

Other websites

• Nerima website (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Special wards Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine