Nishitokyo
Nishitokyo
西東京市 | |
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Nishitokyo | |
Phone number | 042-464-1311 |
Address | 5-6-13 Minami-machi, Nishitōkyō-shi, Tokyo 188-8666 |
Website | Official website |
Nishitokyo (西東京市, Nishitōkyō-shi, "City of West
Geography
Nishitokyo is located at the centre of the geological/geographical region known as the
Neighborhoods
- former city of Hoya
- Fuji-machi, Hibarigaoka, Higashi-cho, Higashi-fushimi, Hoya-cho, Izumi-cho, Kita-machi, Naka-machi, Sakae-cho, Shimo-hoya, Shin-machi, Sumiyoshi-cho, Yagisawa
- former city of Tanashi
- Kitahara-cho, Midori-cho, Minami-cho, Mukodai-cho, Nishihara-cho, Shibakubo-cho, Tanashi-cho, Yato-cho
Surrounding municipalities
- Tokyo Metropolis
- Nerima
- Kodaira
- Koganei
- Musashino
- Higashikurume
- Saitama Prefecture
Climate
Nishitokyo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nishitokyo is 14.5°C. The average annual rainfall is 1648 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0°C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1°C.[2]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Nishitokyo increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to grow at a slower pace in recent decades.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1920 | 6,723 | — |
1930 | 8,972 | +33.5% |
1940 | 10,977 | +22.3% |
1950 | 28,343 | +158.2% |
1960 | 78,091 | +175.5% |
1970 | 144,660 | +85.2% |
1980 | 158,235 | +9.4% |
1990 | 170,290 | +7.6% |
2000 | 180,885 | +6.2% |
2010 | 196,494 | +8.6% |
2020 | 207,388 | +5.5% |
History
The area of present-day Nishitokyo was part of ancient
The city of Nishitokyo was established on January 21, 2001 by the merger of the cities of Hoya and Tanashi.
Government
Nishitokyo has a
Economy
The watch manufacturer
Education
Universities and colleges
- Musashino University
- Waseda University - Higashi-Fushimi campus
- Tokyo University- Tanashi campus
Primary and secondary education
The city has three public high schools operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
Nishitokyo has 18 public elementary schools and nine public junior high schools operated by the city government.
Public junior high schools:[4]
Public elementary schools:[4]
- Hekizan (碧山小学校)
- Higashi (東小学校)
- Higashi Fushimi (東伏見小学校)
- Honcho (本町小学校)
- Houya (保谷小学校)
- Houya No. 1 (保谷第一小学校)
- Houya No. 2 (保谷第二小学校)
- Kami Mukodai (上向台小学校)
- Keyaki (けやき小学校)
- Mukodai (向台小学校)
- Nakahara (中原小学校)
- Sakae (栄小学校)
- Shibakubo (芝久保小学校)
- Sumiyoshi (住吉小学校)
- Tanashi
- Yagisawa (柳沢小学校)
- Yato (谷戸小学校)
- Yato No. 2 (谷戸第二小学校)
There are three private high schools:
- Bunka Girls' High School
- Iwakura High School
- Musashino Joshi Gakuin, private combined middle/high school.
Transportation
Railway
Seibu Railway – Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Seibu Railway – Seibu Shinjuku Line
Highway
Nishitokyo is not served by any national expressways or national highways
Notable people
- Shotaro Ashino (born 1990), Japanese professional wrestler
- Nihongo: 竹村 桐子, Takemura Kiriko)
- Naoyuki Yamazaki (born 1991), Japanese football player
- Kohei Sato (born 1996), Japanese Ice Hockey player
- Eiji Ōtsuka (born 1958), social critic, folklorist, media theorist, and novelist.
- Nihongo: 大山忠成, Ōyama Tadanari)
- trampolinist
- Nihongo: 田所豊, Tadokoro Yutaka)
- Kan Kikuchi (born 1977), former Japanese football player
- Misa Shimizu (born 1970), Japanese actress
- Luke Takamura (born 1964), Japanese musician
- Nihongo: 久保田和輝, Kubota Kazuteru)
- Mei Kurokawa (born 1987), Japanese singer and actress
- Ryotaro Hironaga (born 1990), Japanese football player
- Akio Nojima (born 1945), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
- Shota Fukuoka (born 1995), Japanese football player
- ice sledge hockeyplayer
- Tadahito "Gucci" Iguchi (born 1974), Japanese former professional baseball second baseman and current manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
- Takumi Motohashi (born 1982), former Japanese football player
- Mami Yamaguchi (born 1986), Japanese football player (AFC Ann Arbor)
- Tomohiro Hasumi (born 1972), former Japanese football player
- Miho Tanaka (born 1983), Japanese model, entertainer, and actress
References
- ^ "Nishitōkyō city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
- ^ Nishitokyo climate data
- ^ Nishitokyo population statistics
- ^ a b "市立小・中学校". Nishitokyo. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
External links
- Nishitokyo City Official Website (in Japanese)