🇯🇵 Nerima (練馬区, Nerima-ku) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.
As of 1 May 2016, the ward has an estimated population density of 15,013 persons per km², while 15,326 foreign residents are registered and 21.6% of the ward's population is over the age of 65. The total area is 48.08 km².
Districts and neighborhoods Kamiitabashi Area • Asahigaoka • Kotakechō; Kaminerima Area • Asahimachi • Doshida • Hikarigaoka • Kasugacho • Mukōyama • Nukui • Tagara • Takamatsu; Nakaarai Area • Nakamura • Nakamurakita • Nakamuraminami • Toyotamakami • Toyotamakita • Toyotamaminami • Toyotamanaka; Nerima Area • Hayamiya • Hazawa • Heiwadai • Hikawadai • Kitamachi • Nerima • Nishiki • Sakaemachi • Sakuradai; Ōizumi Area • Higashiōizumi • Minamiōizumi • Nishiōizumi • Nishiōizumimachi • Ōizumichō • Ōizumigakuen-chō; * Shakujii Area* • Fujimidai • Kamishakujii • Kamishakujiiminami-chō • Miharadai • Minamitanaka • Sekimachikita • Sekimachihigashi • Sekimachiminami • Shakujii-chō • Shakujiidai • Shimoshakujii • Tachinochō • Takanodai • Tanihara • Tatenochō.
History In the Edo period, the area was mostly farmland producing daikon radishes, gobo burdocks, and potatoes. After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, many people from central Tokyo moved to the area.
On October 1, 1932, Nerima town, and Kami-Nerima, Naka-Arai, Shakujii and Ōizumi Villages were incorporated in Old Tokyo City. Prior to the creation of the ward on August 1, 1947, the area had been part of Itabashi. In 1952, the Japan Self-Defense Forces established a base there. The first division of the eastern group of the Ground Self-Defense Force has its headquarters there. The United States Forces Japan already had a base, Grant Heights, which it returned to Japanese control in 1973. Grant Heights had been Narimasu airfield under the Imperial Japanese Army until the end of World War II. The runway is now the main street in front of the IMA department store in Hikarigaoka.
Geography Nerima lies at the north-western edge of the 23 central wards of Tokyo. Neighboring wards are Itabashi (to the east), Suginami, Toshima and Nakano (to the south), as well as the cities of Musashino (to the southwest) and Nishi-Tokyo (to the west). To the north lie three cities in Saitama Prefecture: Wako, Asaka and Niiza.
Economy Toei Animation has its headquarters in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima. Anime International Company has its headquarters in the AIC Digital Building. In addition, Studio Comet, and Mushi Production have their headquarters in Nerima.
Education: Universities • Musashino Academia Musicae • Musashi University • Nihon University Ekoda Campus • Sophia University Shakujii Campus: Faculty of Theology.
International Schools • Aoba-Japan International School.
Transport: Rail • Tokyo Metro ◦ Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations ◦ Fukutoshin Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations • Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation ◦ Ōedo Line: Shin-egota (on the boundary with Nakano), Nerima, Toshimaen, Nerima-kasugachō, Hikarigaoka Stations • Seibu Railway ◦ Ikebukuro Line: Ekoda, Sakuradai, Nerima, Nakamurabashi, Fujimidai, Nerima-Takanodai, Shakujii-kōen, Ōizumi-gakuen Stations ◦ Shinjuku Line: Kami-Shakujii, Musashi-Seki Stations ◦ Toshima Line: Nerima, Toshimaen Stations ◦ Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Shin-Sakuradai, Nerima Stations • Tobu Railway ◦ Tōjō Line: Tōbu-Nerima and Shimo-Akatsuka Stations are on the boundary with Itabashi.
Transport: Bus • Kanto Bus • Keio Bus: The Chu 92 bus travels between Nerima and Nakano Stations • Kokusai-Kogyo Bus • Seibu Bus • Toei Bus: The Bus Service Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation operates 5 routes in Nerima Ward.
Transport: Road • Expressways: ◦ Kan-etsu Expressway ◦ Tokyo Gaikan Expressway • National highways: ◦ National Route 17 (Shin Ōmiya Bypass) ◦ National Route 254 (Kawagoe Kaidō)
• Other major roads: ◦ Ōme Kaidō (Prefectural Road 4) ◦ Shin-Ōme Kaidō (Prefectural Road 245) ◦ Mejiro Dōri (Prefectural Road 8) ◦ Hoya Kaidō (Prefectural Road 233) ◦ Kan-nana (Prefectural Road 318) ◦ Kan-pachi (Prefectural Road 311) ◦ Nakasugi Dōri (Prefectural Road 427) ◦ Senkawa Dōri (Prefectural Road 439) ◦ Fuji Kaidō (Prefectural Road 441) ◦ Sasame Dōri (Prefectural Road 443&68) ◦ Igusa Dōri (Prefectural Road 444).
Amusement parks • Toshimaen
Museums • Ward art museum • Iwasaki Chihiro illustrated book museum
Parks • Hikarigaoka Park • Shakujii Park • Ōizumi-Chūō Park • Musashiseki Park • Johoku-Chuo Park • Takamatsu Park.
Media Nerima prepares the Nerima News Azalea, a city newsletter, in English.
Nerima has a population of over 721,858 people. Nerima also forms part of the Greater Tokyo Metropolis which has a population of over 37,843,000 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Nerima see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Nerima has links with:
🇨🇳 Haidian, China 🇯🇵 Ueda, Japan🇯🇵 Higashimurayama 35.75
🇺🇸 Spring Hill 35.752
🇯🇵 Nishitōkyō 35.717
🇯🇵 Sakuragawa 139.683
Locations Near: Nerima 139.65,35.7333
🇯🇵 Nakano 139.671,35.704 d: 3.8
🇯🇵 Sakuragawa 139.683,35.767 d: 4.8
🇯🇵 Itabashi 139.683,35.767 d: 4.8
🇯🇵 Suginami 139.617,35.683 d: 6.3
🇯🇵 Tokyo 139.683,35.683 d: 6.3
🇯🇵 Toshima 139.717,35.733 d: 6
🇯🇵 Kabukicho 139.7,35.683 d: 7.2
Antipodal to: Nerima -40.35,-35.733
🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 19334.6
🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 18868.6
🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 18860.3
🇧🇷 São José -48.617,-27.6 d: 18820.3
🇧🇷 Palhoça -48.667,-27.633 d: 18820.1
🇧🇷 Biguaçu -48.667,-27.5 d: 18808.5
🇧🇷 Itapema -48.612,-27.091 d: 18775.9
🇧🇷 Balneário Camboriú -48.633,-26.983 d: 18765.1