Katsushika

Katsushika City Hall
Katsushika-ku ; 葛飾区
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Tokyo
Coordinates :	35 ° 45 ' N , 139 ° 51' E Coordinates: 35 ° 44 '37 " N , 139 ° 50' 50" E
Basic data
Surface:	34.84 km²
Residents :	454,882 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	13,056 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	13122-9
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Weeping willow
Flower :	Japanese iris
town hall
Address :	Katsushika City Hall ; 5 - 13 - 1 , Tateishi; Katsushika-ku ; Tōkyō 124-8555
Website URL:	http://www.city.katsushika.lg.jp
Location of Katsushikas in Tokyo Prefecture

Katsushika ( Japanese 葛飾区 , - ku , the official spelling uses the Kyūjitai form of 葛 , the lower component of which corresponds to that of 曷 ) is one of the 23 districts of Tokyo Prefecture . It is located in northeast Tokyo , the capital of Japan .

history

The district of Katsushika of the city of Tokyo was created on October 1, 1932 from the merger of 7 small towns ( Machi ) and villages ( Mura ) in the district of South Katsushika ( Minamikatsushika-gun ) of the prefecture (then fu ) Tokyo . In 1943, when the city of Tokyo was dissolved, it became a prefecture-level administrative district of Tokyo. On March 15, 1947, Katsushika became a "special" district ( tokubetsu-ku ) with local self-government at the city level.

traffic

Street:

Tokyo city highway
Mito Highway (National Road 6), to Adachi or Mito
National Road 298

Train:
- JR Sōbu Main Line (Sōbu Express Line ), from Shin-Koiwa to Tokyo or Chōshi
- Keisei Kanamachi Line : Operates only in Katsushika for a total distance of 2.5 km between Keisei-Takasago, Shibamata Station and Keisei Kanamachi stations.

politics

Political groups in parliament
(as of 2019; 2 vacancies)

A total of 38 seats

LDP : 11

Kōmeitō : 9

Katsushika kumin rengō (" Katsushika District Citizens' Union "): 5

KPY : 5

Ishin ・ sasshin ( 颯新 ) Katsushika (~ " Ishin , fresh wind Katsushika"): 2

Non-attached: 6

The town hall in Tateishi

The 40-member local parliament and mayor of Katsushika were both last elected in November 2017. Katsunori Aoki, who has been in office since 2009, was re-elected as mayor with LDP - DFP - Kōmeitō -support against a CPJ -supported challenger. The voter turnout recovered slightly from the low in 2013 to 43.6%.

Katsushika is a four- seat constituency for the Tokyo Prefectural Parliament ; in the June 2017 election , one seat each went to Tomin First no Kai , LDP, Kōmeitō and KPJ.

For the lower house of the National Assembly, the district together with a small part of Edogawa forms the 17th constituency of Tokyo , which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Katsuei Hirasawa since the first election after the introduction of the single-mandate constituencies in 1996 .