Ota, Tokyo

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This article is about the Tokyo ward, for other uses, see Ota.

Location of Ota-ku in Tokyo.

Ōta (Japanese: 大田区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan.

As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 675,614 and a density of 11360 persons per km². The total area is 59.46 km², the largest of the 23 special wards.

Ota's hub is situated around the two Kamata Stations (JR Kamata & Keikyu Kamata) where the Ota Ward Office and central Post Office can be found.

Ota has a sister-city relationship with Salem, Massachusetts. The discovery of a shell mound in Ōmori, one of the forerunners of Ōta, by Edward S. Morse, director of the museum in Salem, occasioned the tie. Ota has a friendship link with Chaoyang District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Geography

The southernmost of the 23 special wards, Ota borders the special wards of Shinagawa, Meguro and Setagaya stand to the north, and Koto lies to the east. Across the Tama River in Kanagawa Prefecture is the city of Kawasaki, forming the boundaries to the south and west.

History

Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport, HND), now the main domestic airport for the Greater Tokyo Area, began with the establishment of Haneda Airfield in 1931 in the town of Haneda, Ebara District of Tokyo Prefecture. In 1945, it became Haneda Army Air Base under the control of the United States Army. In the same year, the Occupation ordered the expansion of the airport, evicting people from the surroundings on 48 hours' notice. With the end of the occupation, the Americans returned part of the facility to Japanese control in 1952, completing the return in 1958. Haneda Airport in Ota was the major international airport for Tokyo, and handled traffic for the Tokyo Olympics.

Landmarks

• Honmonji, a Buddhist temple founded by Nichiren in the 13th century
• Ōmori Shell Mound site
• Senzoku Pond, where Nichiren is said to have washed his feet. The grave of Katsu Kaishu is nearby.

Transportation

Air

Rail

• JR East Keihin Tohoku Line: Omori, Kamata Stations
• Keihin Kyuko
• *Main Line: Heiwajima, Omorimachi, Ume Yashiki, Keikyu Kamata, Zoshiki, Rokugo-dote Stations
• *Airport Line: Keikyu Kamata, Kojiya, Otorii, Anamori Inari, Tenkubashi, Haneda Kuko Stations
• Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
• *Tokyu Toyoko Line: Denen Chofu, Tamagawa Stations
• *Tokyu Ikegami Line: ten stations
• *Tokyu Tamagawa Line: Tamagawa, Numabe, Unoki, Shimo Maruko, Musashi Nitta, Yaguchi no Watashi, Kamata Stations (entire line)
• *Tokyu Oimachi Line: Kita Senzoku Station
• Tokyo Monorail: Ryutsu Center, Showajima, Seibijo, Tenkubashi, Shin Seibijo, Haneda Kuko Dai 1 Biru, Haneda Kuko Dai 2 Biru Stations
• Toei Asakusa Line: Magome, Nishi Magome Stations

Highway

• Shuto Expressway
• *No. 1 Haneda Route (Edobashi JCT - Iriya)
• *B Bayshore Route (Namiki - Kawasaki-ukishima JCT)
• National highways
• *Route 1
• *Route 15
• *etc.

Companies

• Alps Electric Corporation
• Canon Inc.
• Gakken Co., Ltd.: school textbook publisher
• Ikegami: manufacturer of broadcast equipment
• Namco: game maker
• Ricoh: electronics and copier maker
• Sega: game maker
• Toyoko Inn: hotel chain

Education

Colleges and universities

• Aeronautical Safety College
• The Toho University Omori Campus
• Tokyo Institute of Technology: the Ōokayama Campus straddles the boundary with Meguro

People

• Atsuko Asano: actress
• Asuka Fukuda: singer, formerly of Morning Musume
• Daisaku Ikeda: president of Soka Gakkai International
• Keiko Matsuzaka: actress
• Kazushige Nagashima: baseball player
• Mamoru Oshii: writer/director
• Nobuyoshi Kuwano: television personality
• Yoko Nagayama: enka singer and actress
• Honami Suzuki: actress
• Masayuki Suzuki: musician
• Hideyuki Tanaka: seiyu
• Kei Tani: actor and comedian
• Koji Tsuruta: actor

Ota in fiction

External links

• [Ota official website] in Japanese
• [The Toho University web site] in English

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