Nerima

Nerima City Hall
Nerima-ku ; 練馬区
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Tokyo
Coordinates :	35 ° 44 ' N , 139 ° 39' E Coordinates: 35 ° 44 '8 " N , 139 ° 39' 6" E
Basic data
Surface:	48.16 km²
Residents :	741,649 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	15,400 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	13120-2
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Kobushi magnolia
Flower :	azalea
town hall
Address :	Nerima City Hall ; 6 - 12 - 1 , Toyotamakita; Nerima-ku ; Tōkyō 176-8501
Website URL:	http://www.city.nerima.tokyo.jp/
Location of Nerimas in Tokyo Prefecture

Nerima ( Japanese 練馬区 , - ku , Eng. Nerima City ) is the youngest of the 23 ["special -"] districts ([tokubetsu] -ku) of the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo . It is located in the far northwest of Tokyo , the capital of Japan .

geography

Nerima borders the municipalities of Itabashi and Shinjuku in the east, the cities of Asaka , Wakō and Niiza in Saitama-ken to the north, the city of Nishitōkyō in the west and the municipalities of Suginami , Toshima and Nakano and the city of Musashino in the south .

Nerima consists mostly of residential areas. There is little industry.

history

The municipality became independent from Itabashi on August 1, 1947.

Attractions

The Toshima-en amusement park run by the Seibu Group includes the world's oldest still operating carousel, which started operating in a New York amusement park on Coney Island in 1910 .
Hikarigaoka Park
Shakujii Park
Ōizumichuō Park
Musashiseki Park
Jōhokuchūō Park
Nerima Borough Museum
Iwasakichihiro Picture Book Museum
Rengetsusanaizen Temple
Makino memorial garden

traffic

Street:
- Kanetsu Highway , to Niigata
- Tōkyō-Gaikan Highway , to Ichikawa
- National road 17, to Chūō or Niigata
- National Road 254, to Bunkyō or Matsumoto
Train: Nerima has a total of 22 stations.
- Tōkyō Metro - Yūrakuchō Line , from Chikatetsu-Akatsuka, Heiwadai, Hikawadai or Kotake-Mukaihara to Wakō or Kōtō
- Toei - Ōedo line , from Hikari-ga-oka, Nerima-Kasuga-chō, Toshima-en or Nerima to Shinjuku
- Seibu - Ikebukuro line , from Ekoda, Sakuradai, Nerima, Nakamurabashi, Fujimidai, Nerima-Take-no-dai, Shakujiikōen or Ōizumigakuen to Ikebukuro or Chichibu
- Seibu- Shinjuku Line , from Kamishukujii or Musashiseki to Shinjuku or Kawagoe
- Seibu- Toshima Line : Only operates in Nerima for a total distance of 1 km between the two stations Nerima and Toshima-en.
- Seibu- Yūrakuchō Line : Operates only in Nerima for a total distance of 2.6 km between Nerima, Shin-Sakuradai and Kotakemukaihara stations.

The stations of the Tōbu Nerima and Shimo-Akatsuka of the Tōbu - Tōjō main line belong to the Itabashi district.

education

There are 70 public and one private primary schools, as well as 34 public and four private middle schools, nine public and four private high schools, and the private universities Musashino Academia Musicae , Musashi University , Nihon University and the Shakujii campus of the theological faculty of Sophia University .

politics

Political groups in Parliament
(as of May 30, 2019)

A total of 50 seats

LDP : 17
Kōmeitō : 11
KPY : 5
KDP : 4
Mirai kaigi ("Future Conference"; with DVP ): 3
Shimin no koe Nerima ("voice of the citizens of Nerima"; local party): 3
Seikatsusha Network : 2
Tomin First : 2
Three other factions: 3

The town hall of Nerima (Nerima-kuyakusho) in Toyotama-Kita, completed in 1996

Akio Maekawa, a former employee of the prefecture administration, has been mayor of Nerima (Nerima-kuchō) since a new election in April 2014 caused by the death of Mayor Toyoshirō Shimura. In 2018 he was re-elected for a second term of office against three candidates with LDP-DFP-Kōmeitō support. The voter turnout reached a new record low of 31.4%. In the uniform regional elections in April 2019 , the 50 members of the district parliament (Nerima-kugikai) were elected.

The district is a six-mandate constituency for the Tokyo Prefectural Parliament. In the election in July 2017 , two seats went to Governor Yuriko Koikes Tomin First no Kai , one each to Kōmeitō , LDP , KPJ and DFP .

In elections to the national lower house, Nerima extends into two constituencies: the larger western part forms the 9th constituency of the prefecture , a small part in the east belongs together with parts of Toshima , Nakano and Shinjuku to the 10th constituency. Since the 2017 election , both are again represented by Liberal Democrats: constituency 9 by Isshū Sugawara , Tokyo 10 by Hayato Suzuki .