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Tachikawa, Tokyo

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Tachikawa(Lập xuyên thị,Tachikawa-shi)is acitylocated in thewestern portionof theTokyo Metropolis,Japan.As of 1 March 2021,the city had an estimatedpopulationof 184,383 in 93,428 households, and apopulation densityof 7,600 persons per km2.[1]The total area of the city is 24.36 square kilometres (9.41 sq mi).

Tachikawa
Lập xuyên thị
City
Tama Intercity Monorail viewed from Green Springs
Tama Intercity Monorail viewed from Green Springs
Flag of Tachikawa
Flag
Official seal of Tachikawa
Seal
Location of Tachikawa in Tokyo
Location of Tachikawa in Tokyo
Tachikawa is located in Japan
Tachikawa
Tachikawa
Coordinates:35°41′39.2″N139°25′10.8″E/ 35.694222°N 139.419667°E/35.694222; 139.419667
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureTokyo
First official recorded8th century (official)
Town settledDecember 1, 1924
City settledDecember 1, 1940
Government
• MayorDaishi Sakai(from September 2023)
Area
• Total
24.36 km2(9.41 sq mi)
Population
(March 1, 2021)
• Total
184,383
• Density7,600/km2(20,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9(Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• TreeZelkova serrata
• FlowerMagnolia kobus
Phone number042-523-2111
Address1156-9 Izumi-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 190-8666
Websitecity.tachikawa.lg.jp
Showa Memorial Park

Geography

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Tachikawa is located on theMusashino Terraceof western Tokyo, approximately 40 km west of the center of Tokyo. TheTama Riverflows between Tachikawa and the neighboring city of Hino. TheTamagawa-jousui(Tamagawa Aqueduct) flows north of the city, with a great promenade on both banks.

Surrounding municipalities

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Tokyo Metropolis

Climate

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Tachikawa has ahumid subtropical climate(KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tachikawa is 13.9 °C.[2]The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month.[3]The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C.[4]

Demographics

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Per Japanese census data,[5]the population of Tachikawa has increased steadily over the past century.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19209,987—
193019,275+93.0%
194041,070+113.1%
195063,218+53.9%
196081,951+29.6%
1970117,057+42.8%
1980142,675+21.9%
1990152,824+7.1%
2000164,709+7.8%
2010179,668+9.1%
2020183,581+2.2%

History

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The area of present-day Tachikawa was part of ancientMusashi Provinceand was controlled from theHeian periodthrough theSengoku periodby the Tachikawa clan. In the Edo period, it was little more than a village along theKoshu Kaido.In the post-Meiji Restorationcadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part ofKitatama DistrictinKanagawa PrefectureIn theMeiji period,the opening of what would later become theChuo Main Linein 1889 led to a large-scale land development and on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities law, the village of Tachikawa was created. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893.Tachikawa AirfieldWas established in 1922 by theImperial Japanese Army,and Tachikawa was elevated to town status the following year. On December 1, 1940, Tachikawa was elevated to city status. Before the war, Tachikawa was a military town centered onTachikawa Airfield,and even after the war, it was a major base for the U.S. military until 1977.

Notable events

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On May 12, 2011, the robbery of the largest amount of money in Japanese history took place in the city. At 3 a.m. that day, two men wearing masks broke into the office of a security company, bound the sole security guard, beat him until he revealed the code to the company's vault, and then made off with 70 bags of cash containing ¥604 million. The security guard, 36, was seriously injured. Hideaki Ueki, 31, Yutaka Watanabe, 41, Tsutomu Sakuma, 37, and three others were later arrested and charged with perpetrating the crime. All the men allegedly had ties to theYakuza.[6][7]

Notable people

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Government

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Tachikawa has amayor-councilform of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameralcity council of 28 members. Tachikawa contributes two members to theTokyo Metropolitan Assembly.In terms of national politics, the city is part ofTokyo 21st districtof thelower houseof theDiet of Japan.

Economy

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Tachikawa is a regional commercial center, and is also acommuter townfor downtown Tokyo. It is the central city of the populous "Tokyo Santama district", and commercial facilities such as department stores and offices are concentrated aroundTachikawa Station.Agriculture is now largely vestigial, but Tachikawa was formerly known for its production ofudo.

Education

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Universities and colleges

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Primary and secondary schools

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The city has two public high schools and one public junior-senior high school operated by theTokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

Tachikawa has 19 public elementary and nine public junior high schools operated by the city government.

Municipal junior high schools:[9]

Municipal elementary schools:[10]

  • Tachikawa Daiichi (No. 1) Elementary School (Đệ nhất tiểu học giáo)
  • No. 2 Elementary School (Đệ nhị tiểu học giáo)
  • No. 3 Elementary School ( đệ tam tiểu học giáo )
  • No. 4 Elementary School ( đệ tứ tiểu học giáo )
  • No. 5 Elementary School (Thứ năm tiểu học giáo)
  • No. 6 Elementary School ( thứ sáu tiểu học giáo )
  • No. 7 Elementary School ( thứ bảy tiểu học giáo )
  • No. 8 Elementary School (Thứ tám tiểu học giáo)
  • No. 9 Elementary School ( thứ chín tiểu học giáo )
  • No. 10 Elementary School ( đệ thập tiểu học giáo )
  • Kamisunagawa Elementary School ( thượng sa xuyên tiểu học giáo )
  • Kashiwa Elementary School ( bách tiểu học giáo )
  • Matsunaka Elementary School ( tùng trung tiểu học giáo )
  • Minamisuna Elementary School ( nam sa tiểu học giáo )
  • Nishisuna Elementary School ( tây sa tiểu học giáo )
  • Oyama Elementary School ( núi lớn tiểu học giáo )
  • Saiwai Elementary School (Hạnh tiểu học giáo)
  • Shinsei Elementary School ( tân sinh tiểu học giáo )
  • Wakabadai Elementary School (Nếu diệp đài tiểu học giáo)

There are also three private high schools.

International schools

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Public libraries

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TheTokyo Metropolitan LibraryTama Library opened in Tachikawa in 1987 to relieve municipal libraries.[13]

Transportation

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Railway

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JR East–Chūō Main Line

JR East–Ōme Line

JR East–Nanbu Line

-Seibu Railway-Seibu Haijima Line

Tama Monorail

Highway

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Tachikawa is not served by any national expressways or national highways.

Local attractions

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Sister cities

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References

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  1. ^"Tachikawa city official statistics"(in Japanese). Japan.
  2. ^"Tachikawa climate: Weather Tachikawa & temperature by month".en.climate-data.org.Retrieved2024-05-23.
  3. ^"Tachikawa climate: Weather Tachikawa & temperature by month".en.climate-data.org.Retrieved2024-05-23.
  4. ^Tachikawa climate data
  5. ^Tachikawa population statistics
  6. ^Kyodo News,"Man arrested, another wanted in nation's biggest cash robbery case",Japan Times,2 June 2011, p. 1.
  7. ^Kyodo News,"Sixth man apprehended over cash heist in Tachikawa",Japan Times,1 August 2011.
  8. ^"IAUC 6187: 1995 O1".cbat.eps.harvard.edu.IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.Archivedfrom the original on August 7, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 16,2016.
  9. ^"Trung học giáo một lãm".Tachikawa City.Retrieved2022-12-03.
  10. ^"Tiểu học giáo một lãm".Tachikawa City.Retrieved2022-12-03.
  11. ^http:// tatikawa-chukou-j.metro.tokyo.jp/[dead link‍]
  12. ^"ウリハッキョ một lãm"(Archive).Chongryon.Retrieved on October 14, 2015.
  13. ^Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library
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