Edogawa, Tokyo

Edogawa 江戸川
—  Special ward  —
江戸川区 · Edogawa City
Furukawa Waterside Park in Edogawa
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Location of Edogawa in Tokyo
Edogawa
Coordinates: 35°42′N 139°53′E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Area
• Total	49.86 km2 (19.3 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	671,937
• Density	13,260/km2 (34,343.2/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	Edogawa

Kasai Junction, Shuto Expressway

Edogawa (江戸川区, Edogawa-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 Kōtō (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 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 671,937 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 towns of Komatsugawa and Koiwa and the villages of Kasai, Shinozaki, Matsue, Mizue and Shikamoto.

Sites

• Edogawa Boat Race Course
• Edogawa Stadium
• Kasai Seaside Park

Famous people

• Akiko Hinagata, actress
• Daisuke Matsuzaka, baseball player (played for Seibu Lions and currently with the Boston Red Sox)
• Dozan Fujiwara (藤原道山), shakuhachi musician
• Hayato Aoki, baseball player
• Ira Ishida, novelist
• Kazuhide Uekusa, economist, professor at the graduate school of University
• Kazuya Kamenashi, J-pop idol, singer, actor, television host (member of KAT-TUN)
• Kazuyoshi Nakamura(中村一義), actor
• Keizō Kanie (蟹江敬三), actor
• Kenta Suga (須賀健太), child actor
• Machiko Tsutsumi, entrepreneur
• Maki Goto, J-pop singer (formerly with Morning Musume)
• Norikazu Otsuka (大塚範一), announcer
• Oyama Kana (大山加奈), volleyball player
• Reimy Jones, A professional dancer with ReQuest Dance Crew
• Romi Park, actress and seiyū
• Takamasa Suga, actor
• Takeshi Morishima, professional wrestler
• Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, 44th yokozuna in sumo
• Tomochika Tsuboi, baseball player
• Yoshiko Tamura, professional wrestler

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.

• Edogawa High School [1]
• Kasai Commercial High School [2]
• Kasai South High School [3]
• Koiwa High School [4]
• Komatsugawa High School [5]
• Momijigawa High School [6]
• Shinozaki High School [7]

Private High Schools:

• Edogawa Girls' High School [8]

Universities

• Aikoku Gakuen Junior College

Transportation

Rail

■ East Japan Railway Company

■ Chūō-Sōbu Line

• - Hirai - Shin-Koiwa(Shin-Koiwa Station is in Katsushika, Tokyo) - Koiwa -

■ Keiyō Line

• - Kasairinkai-Kōen -

■ Keisei Electric Railway

■ Keisei Main Line

• - Keisei Koiwa - Edogawa -

■ Toei

○ Toei Shinjuku Line

• - Higashi-Ōjima - Funabori - Ichinoe - Mizue - Shinozaki -

■ Tokyo Metro

○ Tozai Line

• - Nishi-Kasai - Kasai -

Highway

• Shuto Expressway
  • C2 Central Loop
  • No.7 Komatsugawa Route
  • B Bayshore Route

External links

• Edogawa City official website in Japanese
• Edogawa City Guide for Foreign Residents