Arakawa

Arakawa City Hall
Arakawa-ku ; 荒川区
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Tokyo
Coordinates :	35 ° 44 ' N , 139 ° 47' E Coordinates: 35 ° 44 '10 " N , 139 ° 47' 0" E
Basic data
Surface:	10.20 km²
Residents :	218,434 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	21,415 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	13118-1
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Cherry tree
Flower :	azalea
town hall
Address :	Arakawa City Hall ; 2 - 2 - 3 , Arakawa; Arakawa-ku ; Tōkyō 116-8501
Website URL:	www.city.arakawa.tokyo.jp
Location of Arakawas in Tokyo Prefecture

Arakawa ( Japanese 荒川区 , - ku ) is one of the 23 districts of Tokyo , the capital of Japan . The name of the district is derived from the river of the same name .

history

During the Edo period , the district was still rural. During the industrialization in the Meiji period , factories settled on the banks of the Arakawa. On October 1, 1932, the area was incorporated into the old Tōkyō and became one of the then 35 municipal districts.

traffic

Street:
- National road 4 ( Nikkō Kaidō ), to Chūō or Aomori
Train:
- JR Yamanote Line (Ring Line), from Nishi-Nippori or Nippori
- JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line , from Nishi-Nippori or Nippori to Ōmiya or Yokohama
- JR Jōban line , from Nippori, Mikawashima or Minami-Senju to Ueno or Sendai
- Toden Arakawa Line (tram), from Minowabashi, Arakawa-Itchū-mae, Arakawa-ku-Yakusho-mae, Arakawa Nichōme, Arakawa Nanachōme, Machiya-ekimae, Machiya Nichōme, Higashi-Ogu Sanchōme, Kumano-mae, Miyanomae, Odyanomae , Arakawa-Yūenchi-mae or Arakawa-Shako-mae to Shinjuku
- Tōkyō Metro Chiyoda Line , from Machiya or Nishi-Nippori to Shibuya or Adachi
- Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line , from Minami-Senju to Meguro or Adachi
- Keisei Main Line , from Nippori, Shin-Mikawashima or Machiya to Taitō or Narita Airport
- MIR Tsukuba Express , from Minami-Senju to Akihabara or Tsukuba
- Nippori-Toneri Liner (driverless train), from Nippori, Nishi-Nippori, Akado-Shōgakkō-mae and Kumano-mae to Adachi

education

Arakawa is home to the Tokyo Metropolitan University of Health Sciences ( 東京都立保健科学大学 , Tōkyō-toritsu hoken kakgaku daigaku ), the Shuto Daigaku Tōkyō , the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Aeronautical Engineering ( 東京都立航空工業高等専門学校 , Tōkyō-toritsu kōkū kōgyō kōtō semmon gakkō ) and the Arakawa campus of the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology ( 東京都立産業技術高等専門学校 , Tōkyō-toritsu sangyō gijutsu kōtō semmon gakkō ).

politics

Factions in the Arakawa City Assembly
(as of May 27, 2019)

A total of 32 seats

LDP : 11
Kōmeitō : 6
JCP : 6
Ishin・ Atarashii Tō ("Ishin / New Party [local party founded in 2018 in several municipal assemblies, especially in Tokyo Metropolis]"): 3
Minshu Yui no Kai ("Democratic Unity Association"; incl. DPFP ): 2
Other parliamentary groups (one member each; incl. CDPJ and Ex- Spirit of Japan Party ): 4

The City Hall in the Arakawa district

Mayor of Arakawa City has been the former reformist conservative (LDP / NFP / LP / CP ) MP Taiichirō Nishikawa since 2004 . In 2016 he was elected for the fourth time. The City Assembly has 32 regular members and will be elected in unified local elections (most recently in 2019 ).

Arakawa City is a two-mandate constituency for the Tokyo Metropolis Assembly ; in the 2017 election , the seats went to Shin'ichi Keino (Kōmeitō) and Gaku Takiguchi ( Tomin First -endorsed independent).

In the House of Representatives , the lower house of the National Day, Arakawa, which together with Sumida City forms the 14th constituency of Tokyo , is currently represented by the liberal democrat Midori Matsushima . It was confirmed in the 2017 general election with 46.9% of the vote.