Nerima


Nerima is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.
, 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.

Districts and neighborhoods

;Kamiitabashi Area
;Kaminerima Area
;Nakaarai Area
;Nerima Area
;Ōizumi Area
;Shakujii Area
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.
In 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 northwestern edge of the 23 central wards of Tokyo. Neighboring wards are Itabashi, Suginami, Toshima and Nakano, as well as the cities of Musashino and Nishi-Tokyo. To the north lie three cities in Saitama Prefecture: Wako, Asaka and Niiza.

Economy

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

Public schools

Rail

Amusement parks

Nerima prepares the Nerima News Azalea, a city newsletter, in English.

In popular culture

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 Kondou's Nerima Daikon Brothers and Kengo Hanazawa's I Am a Hero.
It is also the setting for three popular anime and manga series, Your Lie in April, Tokyo Ghoul, 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.

Other

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.