Edogawa, Tokyo
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Edogawa (Japanese: 江戸川区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It takes its name from the river that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City.
The easternmost of the wards, it shares boundaries with the cities of Urayasu and Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture (to the east) and with the wards of Katsushika (to the north), Sumida and Koto (to the west). It meets the city of Matsudo in Chiba at a point.
Edogawa has a sister-city relationship with Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. Domestically, it has friendship ties with the cities of Azumino in Nagano Prefecture and Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture.
As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 660,935 and a density of 13,260 persons per km². The total area is 49.86 km².
History
The ward was founded in 1937 with the merger of seven towns and villages in Minami Katsushika District: the town of Komatsugawa and Koiwa and the villages of Kasai, Shinozaki, Matsue, Mizue and Shikamoto.Sites
- Edogawa Boat Race Course
- Kasai Seaside Park
Famous people
- Kanie Keizo, actor
- Maki Goto, J-Pop singer (formerly with Morning Musume)
- Hinagata Akiko, actress
- Kamenashi Kazuya, singer with KAT-TUN
- Oyama Kana, volleyball player
- Daisuke Matsuzaka, baseball player with the Seibu Lions
- Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, 44th yokozuna in sumo
- Tsutsumi Machiko, entrepreneur
Education
Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Edogawa Board of Education.Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
Transportation
Rail
- JR East
- *Sobu Main Line: Hirai, Koiwa Stations
- *Keiyo Line: Kasai Rinkai Koen Station
- Keisei Electric Railway Keisei Main Line: Keisei Koiwai, Edogawa Stations
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Toei Shinjuku Line: Funabori, Ichinoe, Mizue, Shinozaki Stations
- Tokyo Metro Tozai Line: Nishi Kasai, Kasai Stations
Highway
- Shuto Expressway
- *C2 Central Loop
- *No.7 Komatsugawa Route
- *B Bayshore Route
External links
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| Districts and Subprefectures: Nishitama District | Hachijō Subprefecture | Miyake Subprefecture | Ogasawara Subprefecture | Ōshima Subprefecture |
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