Adachi

Adachi City Hall
Adachi-ku ; 足立区
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Tokyo
Coordinates :	35 ° 47 ' N , 139 ° 48' E Coordinates: 35 ° 46 '32 " N , 139 ° 48' 16" E
Basic data
Surface:	53.20 km²
Residents :	683.110 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	12,840 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	13121-1
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	cherry
Flower :	tulip
town hall
Address :	Adachi City Hall ; 1 - 17 - 1 , Chūōhon-machi; Adachi-ku ; Tōkyō 120-8510
Website URL:	http://www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp
Location of Adachis in Tokyo Prefecture

Adachi ( Japanese 足立区 , - ku ) is one of the 23 districts in the east of the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo . It is located in the north of Tokyo , the capital of Japan .

geography

The municipality is located in the northern part of Tokyo and is divided into two areas: a narrow strip between the Arakawa and Sumidagawa rivers , and a larger area north of the Arakawa.

history

In the Ritsuryō system, Adachi was the southernmost gun in Musashi Province . In 826 the Nishiarai Daishi Temple was built. During the Muromachi and Sengoku periods , Adachi was under the control of the Chiba clan. The Great Senju Bridge ( Senju-Ōhashi ) was built in 1594. During the Edo period , Adachi was under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate and was administered by the Kan'ei-ji temple in Ueno . Senju was a post office of the Nikkō Kaidō . After the Meiji Restoration, Adachi County was divided into South Adachi ( Minami-Adachi ) in Tokyo Prefecture and North Adachi ( Kita-Adachi ) in Saitama Prefecture. In 1932, the entire Minami-Adachi District was incorporated into Tokyo City and became the Adachi-ku District as a whole . On March 15, 1947, Adachi became a special district ( tokubetsu-ku ).

traffic

Streets

Tokyo city highway
National road 4 ( Nikkō Kaidō ), to Chūō or Aomori

Train connections

JR Jōban Line , from Kita-Senju or Ayase to Ueno or Sendai
Tōbu Isesaki line , from Horikiri, Ushida, Kita-Senju, Kosuge, Gotanno, Umejima, Nishi-Arai or Takenotsuka to Taitō or Isesaki
Tōbu Daishi Line : Only operates in Adachi over a total distance of 1 km between Nishi-Arai and Daishi-mae.
Keisei Main Line , from Senju-Ōhashi or Keisei-Sekiya to Taitō or Narita Airport
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line , from Kita-Senju to Meguro
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line , from Ayase or Kita-Senju to Shibuya
MIR Tsukuba Express , from Kita-Senju, Aoi or Rokuchō to Akihabara or Tsukuba

politics

Political groups in Parliament
(as of May 31, 2019)

A total of 45 seats

LDP : 16
Kōmeitō : 13
KPY : 7
KDP : 3
Parliament reform: 2
Non-attached (including Tomin First ): 4

The town hall in Chūō-Honchō

The mayor and 45-member parliament of Adachi were both last elected in 2019, but not in the uniform regional elections in April, but on May 26th. As mayor, Yayoi Kondō was re-elected for a fourth term with LDP - Kōmeitō -support against only one opposing candidate, a communist former member of the prefectural parliament. The turnout fell to under 43%. Before her first election in 2007, Kondō was an LDP MP for Adachi in the prefectural parliament . The district sends six MPs there, in the 2017 election two seats each went to Tomin First no Kai and Kōmeitō, and LDP and KPJ won one each .

For the lower house of the national parliament, Adachi extends into the constituencies of Tokyo 12 and 13 . The 12th constituency, which includes Kita and the west of Adachi, is currently represented by the former Kōmeitō chairman Akihiro Ōta , the 13th constituency in the east of the liberal democrat Ichirō Kamoshita .

Town twinning

Japan Uonuma (since 1982)
Japan Yamanouchi (since 1982)
Australia Belmont (Western Australia) (since October 1, 1984)
Japan Kanuma (since 1992)

sons and daughters of the town

Eriko Asai (* 1959), Japanese marathon runner
Jirō Atsumi (* 1952), Japanese singer
Tochiazuma Daisuke (* 1976), sumo wrestler
Kōta Hirano (* 1973), manga artist
Ichirō Kamoshita (* 1949), Environment Minister
Takeshi Kitano (* 1947), director, actor, poet, author, TV and radio presenter, painter, comedian
Satoru Ōki (* 1992), football player
Daiki Sugioka (* 1998), soccer player
Hiroki Takahashi (* 1974), voice actor
Shungo Tamashiro (* 1991), soccer player
Yoshiko Tanaka (1956–2011), actress
Yūki Yamazaki (born 1990), football player