Kita, Tokyo
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Kita (Japanese: 北区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself the City of Kita.
Kita has a sister-city relationship with Xuanwu District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Domestically, it has similar ties to the city of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture and the towns of Kanra and Nakanojo in Gunma Prefecture.
As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 330,282 and a density of 16040 persons per km². The total area is 20.59 km².
Geography
The name Kita, meaning "north," reflects the location among the wards of Tokyo. To its north lie the cities of Kawaguchi and Toda in Saitama Prefecture. To the east, south and west lie other special wards: Adachi, Arakawa, Itabashi, Bunkyo and Toshima.Rivers include the Arakawa and the Sumida River.
History
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.Famous sites
- Asukayama Park
- Ukima Park
- Chuo Park (formerly Camp Oji)
- Furukawa Garden
- Nanushi-no-taki Park
- Oji Shrine
- Oji Inari shrine
Education
The city's public elementary and middle schools are operated by the City of Kita Board of Education.The city's public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
Transportation
Rail
- JR East
- *Tohoku Main Line, Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line: Ogu, Akabane Stations
- *Saikyo Line (Akabane Line): Itabashi, Jujo, Akabane, Kita Akabane, Ukima Funado Stations
- *Keihin-Tohoku Line: Tabata, Kami Nakazato, Oji, Higashi Jujo, Akabane Stations
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Toden Arakawa Line: Nishigahara Yonchōme, Takinogawa Itchōme, Asukayama, Ōji Ekimae, Sakae-chō, Kajiwara Stations
- Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line: Nishigahara, Oji, Oji Kamiya, Shimo, Akabane Iwabuchi Stations
- Saitama Rapid Railway Line (Sainokuni Stadium Line): Akabane-Iwabuchi Station
Highway
- Shuto Expressway C2 Central Loop (Itabashi JCT - Kasai JCT)
- Route 17 (Nakasendo)
Famous people from Kita
- Kobo Abe, novelist
- Ichiro Furutachi, emcee, entertainer
- Kyoko Fukada, model, actress, singer
- Chieko Baisho, actress, singer
- Megumi Hayashibara, idol singer, seiyu
- Yoshiyuki Kuwahara, soccer player
External links
- [City of Kita official website] in English
- [Kita official website] in Japanese
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| Tokyo Metropolis |
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| Wards: Adachi | Arakawa | Bunkyō | Chiyoda | Chūō | Edogawa | Itabashi | Katsushika | Kita | Kōtō | Meguro | Minato | Nakano | Nerima | Ōta | Setagaya | Shibuya | Shinagawa | Shinjuku (capital) | Suginami | Sumida | Toshima | Taitō | ||
| Cities: Akiruno | Akishima | Chōfu | Fuchū | Fussa | Hachiōji | Hamura | Higashikurume | Higashimurayama | Higashiyamato | Hino | Inagi | Kiyose | Kodaira | Koganei | Kokubunji | Komae | Kunitachi | Machida | Mitaka | Musashimurayama | Musashino | Nishi-Tōkyō | Ōme | Tachikawa | Tama | ||
| Districts and Subprefectures: Nishitama District | Hachijō Subprefecture | Miyake Subprefecture | Ogasawara Subprefecture | Ōshima Subprefecture |
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