Nerima

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Nerima 練馬区
Special ward
Nerima City
A street in Hikarigaoka, Nerima
Flag Seal
Location of Nerima in Tokyo
Nerima Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°44′8.24″N 139°39′5.97″E / 35.7356222°N 139.6516583°E / 35.7356222; 139.6516583
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Government
• Mayor	Akio Maekawa (since April 2014)
Area
• Total	48.08 km2 (18.56 sq mi)
Population  (October 1, 2020[1])
• Total	752,608
• Density	15,653/km2 (40,540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	6-12-1 Toyotama-kita, Nerima 176-8501
Climate	Cfa
Website	www.city.nerima.tokyo.jp
Symbols
Flower	Azalea
Tree	Kobushi Magnolia

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^[update], the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

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.

Nerima lies at the northwestern 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.

Toei Animation has its headquarters in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima.^[5] Anime International Company has its headquarters in the AIC Digital Building.^[6] In addition, Studio Comet,^[7] and Mushi Production have their headquarters in Nerima.^[8]

• Musashino Academia Musicae
• Musashi University
• Nihon University Ekoda Campus
• Sophia University Shakujii Campus: Faculty of Theology

• Tokyo Gakugei University Oizumi Elementary School [ja]
• Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary School [ja]

• 9 high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education

Prefectural high schools:

Nerima City Board of Education [ja] operates the following:

• 64 elementary schools
• 32 junior high schools
• 1 combined elementary and junior high school

Combined elementary and junior high schools:^[9][10]

• Oizumi Sakura Gakuen (小中一貫教育校大泉桜学園)

Junior high schools:^[9]

Elementary schools:^[10]

• One elementary school^{[citation needed]}
• Four junior and senior high schools
• One high school
• One international school

They are:

• Fujimi Junior & Senior High School [ja]
• Musashi High School and Junior High School
• Oizumi Gakuen High School [ja]
• Tokyo Joshi Gakuin Junior & Senior High School [ja] (junior and senior high school)
• Waseda University Junior and Senior High School

• Aoba-Japan International School

• 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

• 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.

• 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)

• Toshimaen

• Ward art museum
• Iwasaki Chihiro illustrated book museum

• Hikarigaoka Park
• Shakujii Park
• Ōizumi-Chūō Park
• Musashiseki Park
• Johoku-Chuo Park (on the boundary with Itabashi)
• Takamatsu Park

Nerima prepares the Nerima News Azalea, a city newsletter, in English.^[11]

Nerima is the setting of Rumiko Takahashi's long running and popular manga and anime series Ranma ½ and Urusei Yatsura. As one of the first series in either media to achieve widespread popularity in the English speaking world, Ranma introduced Nerima to western audiences, with several locations recognizable as backgrounds.

It is also the setting of Takamitsu Kondō [ja]'s Nerima Daikon Brothers and Kengo Hanazawa's I Am a Hero.

The main setting of the anime and manga series Prison School is a high school named Hachimitsu Academy, which is located in Nerima.

It is also the setting for four popular anime and manga series, Your Lie in April, Tokyo Ghoul, Rent-A-Girlfriend, and Doraemon.

The popular Japanese horror franchise, Ju On, takes place predominantly in Nerima.

Nekoma High School, one of the main teams of popular manga and anime Haikyu!!, is in Nerima.

• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Nerima Base
• US Forces, Grant Heights, Family Housing Area, later '40s to 1973.

Nerima has a sister-city relationship with Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Nerima Gardens in Ipswich commemorates the tie. Nerima also has a similar link to Haidian District, Beijing, China.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nerima.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for North Tokyo.

• Nerima City Official Website (in Japanese)