Musashino, Tokyo
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Musashino (武蔵野市, Musashino-shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan.
The city has an estimated population of 135,769 and a population density of 12,653.22 persons per km², as of February 1, 2012[1]. The total area is 10.73 km².
The city was founded on November 3, 1947. The city is made up of around three neighbourhoods, one of which is Kichijōji, which includes the source of the Kanda River.
Musashino is the former sister city of Lubbock, Texas, in the USA, having begun a partnership in 1983.
Geography
Musashino is composed of the following neighborhoods: Kichijoji Kitamachi, Kichijoji Higashicho, Kichijoji Honcho, Kichijoji Minamicho, Kyonancho, Gotenyama, Sakai, Sakurazutumi, Sekimae, Nakacho, Nishikubo, Midoricho, and Yahatacho.[2]
Education
The city operates all public elementary and junior high schools within its borders.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates the following schools:
- Musashi High School
- Musashino North High School
The metropolitan school district operates Musashino Junior High School.
Musashino University and Musashino Joshi Gakuin are technically just across the border in the neighboring city of Nishitokyo.
There are several universities in Musashino.
Economy
The anime and manga company Coamix has its headquarters in Kichijōji, Musashino.[3]
Musashino in popular culture
- Satoshi Kon's anime series Paranoia Agent and Konno Oyuki's shōjo novel series Maria-sama ga Miteru take place in Musashino.
- Shōhei Ōoka's novel A Wife in Musashino (Musashino Fujin) (1951) is a drama in which a moral and stoic woman, trapped in a loveless marriage with a selfish and morally decadent man, becomes implicated against her will in what looks like an affair with her younger cousin. The story ends tragically as she is let down by him as well as by her husband. Kenji Mizoguchi made the story into a film in 1951, starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Masayuki Mori.
- Innocent Grey's 2007 visual novel Kara no Shoujo features many scenes set in the Musashino of 1956. Inokashira Park in particular serves as a pivotal setting for much of the story.
References
External links
Media related to Musashino, Tokyo at Wikimedia Commons