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Ichikawa (市川市, Ichikawa-shi) is a city in western Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2021, the city had an estimated population of 491,716 in 251,142 households and a population density of 8559 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 57.45 square kilometres (22.18 sq mi). The city has a concentration of the wide-area traffic network that connects the center of Tokyo with many areas of Chiba Prefecture. Major rail routes and roads pass through the city.

Ichikawa
市川市
City
Moto-YawataHokekyō-ji
Ichikawa FireworksHigh-rise apartments in Yawata
Keisei Electric Railway head office
Shimōsa Kokubun-jiSatomi Park
Location of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture
Ichikawa
 
Coordinates: 35°43′18.9″N 139°55′51.8″E
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureChiba
First official recorded100 AD (official)
Town settledApril 1, 1889
City settledNovember 3, 1934
Government
  MayorKo Tanaka (since April 2022)
Area
  Total57.45 km2 (22.18 sq mi)
Population
 (August 31, 2021)
  Total491,716
  Density8,600/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- TreePinus thunbergii
- FlowerRose
- BirdCettia diphone
Phone number047-334-1111
Address1-1-1 Yawata, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken 272-8501
WebsiteOfficial website
Ichikawa City Hall
Ichikawa City Hall

Geography


Ichikawa is located in the northwestern part of Chiba prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Chiba and within 10 to 20 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The western border of the city is separated from Edogawa Ward of Tokyo by the Edogawa River. The southern part of the city is an alluvial plain about two meters above sea level, and the northern part is part of the gentle Shimosa Plateau rising about 20 meters above sea level. The highest point is 30.1 meters in Satomi Park. Parts of the city are on reclaimed land at sea level.


Surrounding municipalities


Chiba Prefecture

Tokyo Metropolis


Climate


Ichikawa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ichikawa is 15.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1404 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.9 °C.[2]


Demographics


Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Ichikawa has increased ten-fold over the past century.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1920 31,676    
1930 52,972+67.2%
1940 75,257+42.1%
1950 120,565+60.2%
1960 157,301+30.5%
1970 261,055+66.0%
1980 364,244+39.5%
1990 436,596+19.9%
2000 448,642+2.8%
2010 474,926+5.9%

History


The area around present-day Ichikawa has been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic period. Archaeologists have found stone tools dating to some 30,000 years ago. Numerous shell middens from the Jōmon period, and hundreds of burial tumuli from the Kofun period have been found in numerous locations around Ichikawa. During the Nara period, Ichikawa was the provincial capital of Shimōsa Province and is mentioned in the Man'yōshū. During the Heian period, this area was the center of the rebellion by Taira Masakado. During the Sengoku period, it was the site of a major battles (Battle of Kōnodai) between the Satomi clan and the Later Hōjō clan.

In more recent history, the area was also the site of some minor battles during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration and was promoted as a possible site for the new Diet of Japan by Katsu Kaishu, who envisioned a structure to be built on the Edogawa River similar to the Houses of Parliament in London along the River Thames. Ichikawa Town was organized in 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. On November 3, 1934 Ichikawa merged with the neighboring towns of Yawata, Nakayama and village of Kokubun to form the city of Ichikawa. The city expanded by annexing the village of Okashiwa on November 3, 1949, the town of Gyotoku on March 31, 1955 and town of Minami-Gyotoku on October 1, 1956.


Government


Ichikawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 42 members. Ichikawa contributes six members to the Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Chiba 5th district and the Chiba 6th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.


Economy


Ichikawa during the Meiji period was considered a desirable location for politicians, industrialists and many cultural figures, and had the highest assessed land prices in Chiba Prefecture. Many modern writers and poets have either lived in Ichikawa, or had written works set in Ichikawa, including Soseki Natsume, Shiki Masaoka, Akiko Yosano, Yukio Mishima, Nagai Kafu, Hisashi Inoue and Koda Rohan. The area around Ichikawa Station and Motoyawata Station later developed into a commercial area with many high-rise condominiums, commercial facilities, and companies. The area around Motoyawata Station is also an administrative center where many city facilities such as the city hall are located.

The Gyotoku district in the south is an area which once had salt pans in the Edo Period, but was transformed in modern times into new town developments with good access to Tokyo via the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. The bay area along the Keiyo Line and Japan National Route 357 (Metropolitan Expressway Bayshore Line / Higashi Kanto Expressway) is an industrial area as part of the Tokyo-Chiba industrial zone, and is a distribution base where factories and warehouses of various companies are lined up.


Transportation



Railway


JR East – Sōbu Line (Rapid)

JR East – Chūō-Sōbu Line

JR East – Musashino Line

JR East – Keiyō Line

Keisei Electric Railway - Keisei Main Line

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation - Shinjuku Line

Tokyo Metro - Tōzai Line

Hokusō Railway - Hokusō Line


Highway



Education



Universities



Primary and secondary schools


Twin towns


Ichikawa is twinned with:[4]


Local attractions



Noted people from Ichikawa



References


  1. "Ichikawa city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
  2. Ichikawa climate data
  3. Ichikawa population statistics
  4. "A Sight-seeing Guide to Ichikawa City's International Exchanges" (PDF). city.ichikawa.lg.jp. Ichikawa. November 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-08.



На других языках


[de] Ichikawa

Ichikawa (japanisch 市川市, -shi; deutsch „Markt am Fluss“) ist eine Großstadt am Ostrand von Tokio in der Präfektur Chiba auf Honshū, der Hauptinsel von Japan.
- [en] Ichikawa, Chiba

[ru] Итикава (город)

Итикава (яп. 市川市 Итикава-си) — город в Японии, находящийся в префектуре Тиба. Площадь города составляет 57,40 км²[1], население — 471 873 человека (1 августа 2014)[2], плотность населения — 8220,78 чел./км².



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