Ōta (Tokyo)

Ōta-ku 大田 区
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Tokyo
Coordinates :	35 ° 34 '  N , 139 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 33 '41 "  N , 139 ° 42' 58"  E
Basic data
Surface:	59.46 km²
Residents :	739,962 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	12,445 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	13111-3
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Camphor tree
Flower :	Ume
Bird :	Japanese Bush Warbler
town hall
Address :	Ōta City Hall 5 - 13 - 14 , Kamata Ōta-ku Tōkyō  144-8621
Website URL:	http://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp
Location Ōtas in Tokyo Prefecture

Ōta ( Jap. 大田区 , -ku ) is the largest area of the 23 wards of Tokyo and the third largest by population community of Tokyo .

geography

As the southernmost of the 23 districts, it borders on the districts of Shinagawa , Meguro and Setagaya in the north , and on Kōtō in the east. To the south and west, Ōta is bordered by the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture . The Tama forms the border between the two cities, the development of which extends to the river on both sides. The dense sea of ​​houses in the metropolitan area of ​​Tokyo extends further south, beyond Kawasaki to the metropolis of Yokohama .

The center of the district is around the two Kamata train stations (JR Kamata and Keikyu Kamata), which is also where the district town hall and the main post office are located.

In the area of the district, on territory in the Bay of Tokyo is the Tokyo International Airport , commonly known as Tokyo International Airport referred, the second (and older) major airport of Tokyo, where a majority of the domestic flights is handled.

history

The special district ( tokubetsu-ku ) Ōta was created on March 15, 1947 by merging the old districts Ōmori ( 大 森 区 ) and Kamata ( 蒲 田 区 ) of the city ​​of Tokyo . The name Ōta arose from the stringing together of the first Kanji from Ōmori and the last from Kamata, neglecting the suffix ku .

Attractions

• The Honmon-ji , a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren-shū from the 13th century.
• The Ōmori- Køkkenmøddinger (site of old mussel heaps)
• The Senzoku pond where Nichiren is said to have washed his feet.

traffic

• Street:
  • Tokyo city highway
  • National Road 1 , to Chūō or Osaka
  • National roads 15 , to Chūō or Yokohama
  • National road 131: is only in Ōta for a total distance of 3.8 km.
  • National Road 357, to Chiba or Yokosuka
• Train:
  • JR East Keihin-Tōhoku Line , from Ōmori and Kamata to Ōmiya or Kamakura
  • Keikyū main line , from Heiwajima, Ōmorimachi, Ume-Yashiki, Keikyū Kamata, Zōshiki and Rokugōdote to Minato or Yokosuka
  • Keikyū Airport Line: Only operates in Ōta over a total distance of 6.5 km between the train stations Keikyū Kamata, Kōjiya, Ōtorii, Anamori-Inari and Tenkūbashi.
  • Tōkyū Tōyoko Line , from Den'en-Chōfu and Tamagawa to Shibuya or Yokohama
  • Tōkyū Ikegami line , from Kamata, Hasunuma, Ikegami, Chidorichō, Kugahara, Ontakesan, Yukigaya-Ōtsuka, Ishikawadai, Senzoku-Ike or Nagahara to Gotanda
  • Tōkyū Tamagawa Line : Operates only in Ōta for a total distance of 5.6 km between Tamagawa, Numabe, Unoki, Shimo-Maruko, Musashi-Nitta, Yaguchinowatashi and Kamata stations.
  • Tōkyō Monorail , from Tokyo-Haneda Airport Terminal 1 and 2, Shin-Seibijō, Tenkūbashi, Seibijō, Shōwajima or Ryūtsū Center to Minato
  • Toei Asakusa Line , from Nishi-Magome or Magome to Sumida

politics

Political groups in Parliament
(as of May 24, 2019)

      

A total of 50 seats

• LDP : 15
• Kōmeitō : 12
• KPY : 8
• Reiwa (Tachiagare ・Ishin・ Gambare ・ Sasshin ・NKoku ) : 5
• KDP : 3
• Others (one member each) incl. Greens , consumer network , ToFi : 7

The Kamata City Hall next to Kamata Train Station

The parliament and mayor of Ōta were both re-elected in the unified regional elections in April 2019 . Mayor Tadayoshi Matsubara was confirmed for a fourth term with support from the LDP and Kōmeitō . Before his first election in 2007, he had spent three terms in office as LDP MP for Ōta in the prefecture parliament, before that from 1983 three in the local parliament of Ōta. In 2019, 70 candidates applied for the 50 seats in Ōta parliament.

For the prefecture parliament of Tokyo , Ōta is one of the largest constituencies, alongside Setagaya, as an eight-seat constituency, which generally makes it easier for smaller parties to win seats. In the last election in 2017 , Ōta elected two members each from the LDP, Kōmeitō and Tomin First no Kai , KPJ and Ishin won one seat each .

In national lower house elections, the larger eastern part of Ōta forms the constituency of Tokyo 4 , the smaller western part, together with the Shinagawa district and the towns and villages of the Izu and Ogasawara Islands, make up constituency 3. Both will remain unchanged from the 2017 election, as they have been since 2012 Liberal Democrats represented.

Town twinning

• Salem (Massachusetts) (The discoverer of Ōmori-Køkkenmøddinger Edward S. Morse was the museum director of Salem; since November 18, 1991)
• Chaoyang , Beijing (since September 21, 1998)

sons and daughters of the town

• Miwa Fukuhara (* 1944), figure skater
• Tsutomu Hata (1935–2017), 80th Prime Minister of Japan
• Daisaku Ikeda (* 1928), philosopher
• Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), director
• Kosuke Onose (* 1993), football player
• Mamoru Oshii (* 1951), director and writer
• Kenjirō Shinozuka (* 1948), rally driver
• Karina Maruyama (* 1983), soccer player
• Kōtarō Sakurai (* 1994), racing car driver

Neighboring cities and communities

• Tokyo : Setagaya , Shinagawa , Meguro , Kōtō Districts
• Kawasaki

See also

• List of neighborhoods in Tokyo Ōta district

Web links

Commons : Ōta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ District Parliament Ōta : MPs (group overview at the end of the page), accessed on June 6, 2019.
2. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 大田 区長 選 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 22, 2019, Retrieved June 5, 2019 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ 統一 地方 選 ２０１９> 東京> 大田 区長 選 . In: Tōkyō Shimbun . April 2019, accessed on June 5, 2019 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ 統一 地方 選 ２０１９> 東京> 大田 区 議 選 . In: Tōkyō Shimbun . April 2019, accessed on June 5, 2019 (Japanese).