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Arakawa City
荒川区

Arakawa City's location in Tokyo, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Physical characteristics
Area	10.20 km² (3.9 sq mi)
Population (as of 2005)
Total	191,467
Density	18,800/km² (48,691.8/sq mi)
Symbols
Symbol of Arakawa City
Arakawa City Government Office
Official website: Arakawa

Arakawa (荒川区, Arakawa-ku^?) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The ward takes its name from the river, the Arakawa. Its neighbors are the wards of Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumida. In English, the ward calls itself Arakawa City.

Arakawa has sister-city relationships with Donaustadt in Vienna, Austria, and with Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. Domestically, it has similar relationships with nine cities, towns and villages.

As of November 1, 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 191,467 and a density of about 18,800 persons per km². The total area is 10.20 km².

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Neighborhoods 4 Famous people 5 Landmarks 6 Education 7 Transportation 7.1 Rail 7.2 Major Roads 8 Events 9 External links

Arakawa is in the northeastern part of Tokyo. The shape is long and narrow, stretching from west to east. The Sumida River forms the northern boundary.

The ward is surrounded by five other special wards. To the north lies Adachi; to the west, Kita; to the southwest, Bunkyo. South of Arakawa is Taito, and southeast is Sumida.

During the Edo period, the region was agricultural. Beginning in the Meiji era, it became industrial as the waters of the Arakawa began to attract factories. In 1932, it became one of the 35 wards of Tokyo City.

• Machiya
• Arakawa
• Nishi Ogu
• Nishi Nippori
• Higashi Ogu
• Higashi Nippori
• Minami Senju

• Kitajima Kosuke (Olympic gold-medalist in swimming)
• Leopard Tamakuma (former WBA boxing flyweight champion)
• Misora Hibari (singer)
• Yamada Kuniko (comic)
• Yamaguchi Momoe (singer, actress)

Arakawa Nature Park

Public elementary and middle schools are operated by the Arakawa City Board of Education.

Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

• Arakawa Technical High School [1]
• Takenodai High School [2]

The metropolis also operates the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Aeronautical Engineering EN, JP in Arakawa.

For more details on this topic, see Transportation in Greater Tokyo .

• JR East
  • Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line: Nishi Nippori, Nippori Stations
  • Joban Line: Nippori, Minamikawashima, Minami-Senju Stations
• Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Toden Arakawa Line (13 stations)
• Tokyo Metro
  • Chiyoda Line: Nishi Nippori, Machiya Stations
  • Hibiya Line: Minami Senju Station
• Keisei Electric Railway Keisei Main Line: Nippori, Shin-Mikawashima, Machiya Stations
• Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company Tsukuba Express: Minami Senju Station

Additional facilities are under construction.

• Route 4 (the Nikkō Kaidō)
• Meiji Street
• Ogubashi Street
• Otakebashi Street

• Sada Abe incident
• The attempted assassination of the head of the National Police Agency following an investigation of Aum Shinrikyo-related facilities (1995)

• Arakawa City official website in English

v • d • e Tokyo Metropolis
Wards	Adachi · Arakawa · Bunkyō · Chiyoda · Chūō · Edogawa · Itabashi · Katsushika · Kita · Kōtō · Meguro · Minato · Nakano · Nerima · Ōta · Setagaya · Shibuya · Shinagawa · Shinjuku · Suginami · Sumida · Toshima · Taitō
Cities	Akiruno · Akishima · Chōfu · Fuchū · Fussa · Hachiōji · Hamura · Higashikurume · Higashimurayama · Higashiyamato · Hino · Inagi · Kiyose · Kodaira · Koganei · Kokubunji · Komae · Kunitachi · Machida · Mitaka · Musashimurayama · Musashino · Nishi-Tōkyō · Ōme · Tachikawa · Tama
Districts and Subprefectures	Nishitama District · Hachijō Subprefecture · Miyake Subprefecture · Ogasawara Subprefecture · Ōshima Subprefecture

Coordinates: 35°44′20″N, 139°46′38″E