Tachikawa, Tokyo
Tachikawa
立川市 | |
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UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) | |
Symbols | |
• Tree | Zelkova serrata |
• Flower | Magnolia kobus |
Phone number | 042-523-2111 |
Address | 1156-9 Izumi-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 190-8666 |
Website | Official website |
Tachikawa (立川市, Tachikawa-shi) is a
Geography
Tachikawa is located on the
Surrounding municipalities
Climate
Tachikawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tachikawa is 13.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C.[2]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Tachikawa has increased steadily over the past century.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1920 | 9,987 | — |
1930 | 19,275 | +93.0% |
1940 | 41,070 | +113.1% |
1950 | 63,218 | +53.9% |
1960 | 81,951 | +29.6% |
1970 | 117,057 | +42.8% |
1980 | 142,675 | +21.9% |
1990 | 152,824 | +7.1% |
2000 | 164,709 | +7.8% |
2010 | 179,668 | +9.1% |
2020 | 183,581 | +2.2% |
History
The area of present-day Tachikawa was part of ancient
Notable events
On May 12, 2011, a robbery of the largest amount of money in Japanese history took place in the city. On that day at 3 a.m., two men wearing masks broke into the office of a security company, bound the sole security guard, beat him until he revealed the code to the company's vault, and then made off with 70 bags of cash containing ¥604 million. The security guard, 36, was seriously injured. Hideaki Ueki, 31, Yutaka Watanabe, 41, Tsutomu Sakuma, 37, and three others were later arrested and charged with perpetrating the crime. All the men allegedly had ties to the Yakuza.[4][5]
Notable people
- Alan Hale (astronomer) co-discovered Comet Hale–Bopp[6]
Government
Tachikawa has a
Economy
Tachikawa is a regional commercial center, and is also a commuter town for downtown Tokyo. It is the central city of the populous "Tokyo Santama district", and commercial facilities such as department stores and offices are concentrated around Tachikawa Station. Agriculture is now largely vestigial, but Tachikawa was formerly known for its production of udo.
Education
Universities and colleges
- Kunitachi College of Music
- Tokyo Health Care University- Tachikawa campus
Primary and secondary schools
The city has two public high schools and one public junior-senior high school operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
- Tachikawa High School
- Sunagawa High School
- Tachikawa Kokusai Secondary Education School - "Kokusai" means international
Tachikawa has 19 public elementary and nine public junior high schools operated by the city government.
Municipal junior high schools:[7]
Municipal elementary schools:[8]
- Tachikawa Daiichi (No. 1) Elementary School (第一小学校)
- No. 2 Elementary School (第二小学校)
- No. 3 Elementary School (第三小学校)
- No. 4 Elementary School (第四小学校)
- No. 5 Elementary School (第五小学校)
- No. 6 Elementary School (第六小学校)
- No. 7 Elementary School (第七小学校)
- No. 8 Elementary School (第八小学校)
- No. 9 Elementary School (第九小学校)
- No. 10 Elementary School (第十小学校)
- Kamisunagawa Elementary School (上砂川小学校)
- Kashiwa Elementary School (柏小学校)
- Matsunaka Elementary School (松中小学校)
- Minamisuna Elementary School (南砂小学校)
- Nishisuna Elementary School (西砂小学校)
- Oyama Elementary School (大山小学校)
- Saiwai Elementary School (幸小学校)
- Shinsei Elementary School (新生小学校)
- Wakabadai Elementary School (若葉台小学校)
There are also three private high schools.
International schools
- Tachikawa International Secondary Education School.[9]
- West Tokyo Korean 1st Elementary and Junior High School (North Korean school[10]
Public libraries
The Tokyo Metropolitan Library Tama Library opened in Tachikawa in 1987 to relieve municipal libraries.[11]
Transportation
Railway
- Tachikawa - Nishi-Tachikawa
- Tachikawa - Nishi-Kunitachi
- Seibu Railway - Seibu Haijima Line
- Sunagawa-Nanaban - Izumi-Taiikukan - Tachihi - Takamatsu - Tachikawa-Kita - Tachikawa-Minami - Shibasaki-Taiikukan
Highway
Tachikawa is not served by any national expressways or national highways.
Local attractions
- Showa Memorial Park, an expansive leisure and recreational facility operated by the national government, occupies 1.49 square kilometres of land that was formerly part of Tachikawa Air Base in Tachikawa and neighboring Akishima.
- Tachikawa Velodrome
Sister city relations
- USA - San Bernardino, California, USA since December 23, 1959
References
- ^ "Tachikawa city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
- ^ Tachikawa climate data
- ^ Tachikawa population statistics
- Japan Times, 2 June 2011, p. 1.
- Japan Times, 1 August 2011.
- ^ "IAUC 6187: 1995 O1". cbat.eps.harvard.edu. IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ "中学校一覧". Tachikawa City. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ "小学校一覧". Tachikawa City. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ http://www.tatikawa-chukou-j.metro.tokyo.jp/ [dead link]
- ^ "ウリハッキョ一覧" (Archive). Chongryon. Retrieved on October 14, 2015.
- ^ Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library
External links
- Tachikawa City Official Website (in Japanese)