Toshima (day care center)

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A loop of Sumidagawa limits Toshima to the north and south-east. In the east, the district extends to the Arakawa .
Seitoku University Upper and Middle School in Toshima 8

Toshima ( Japanese 豊 島 ) is a district of the northern district ( Kita-ku , English Kita City ) of the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo . It is located in the east of the district in northern Tokyo on the banks of the Sumidagawa . Toshima is divided into eight numbered quarters, chôme . According to the 2010 census, the district had 31,139 inhabitants on an area of ​​1.56 km². The postal code of Toshima is 114-0003.

From ancient times to the 19th century, the area was part of the Toshima district , to which the later city of Edo / Tōkyō also belonged until the Middle Ages . The district was also the home and power base of the noble family of the same name . According to tradition, the Seikō-ji in what is now Toshima 7-chōme was donated in the 12th century by Toshima Kiyomoto , an early head of the family. In the Meiji period , the district was part of Tokyo Prefecture and in 1878 it was divided into North ( Kita-Toshima ) and South Toshima ( Minami-Toshima ) . In 1889 the village community Ōji (Ōji-mura) - from 1908 city, -machi - was established in the district of North Toshima, and Toshima was one of its six districts (ōaza) . In 1932 Ōji was incorporated into the city ​​of Tokyo and Toshima became part of the Ōji district , and during the occupation part of the “special district” of the day care center. Toshima received its current boundaries and the current division into chôme in the 1960s.

Individual evidence

  1. Tokyo Prefectural Administration, General Affairs Office ( sōmu-kyoku ), Statistics Department ( tōkei-bu ): 国 勢 調査> 平 成 22 年 東京 都 区 市町村 町 丁 別 報告
  2. District administration day care center, tourism promotion: 清 光寺 ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kanko.city.kita.tokyo.jp

Coordinates: 35 ° 46 '  N , 139 ° 45'  E