Nerima, Tokyo

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Nerima is one of the 23 special wards in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

練馬区
CountryJapan
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)

The municipality calls itself "Nerima City" in English.[2]

Nerima is called "the town of animation" because the earliest anime businesses started up in the area.[3]

History

On 1 August 1947, the ward of Nerima was formed by separating from the ward of Itabashi.[4]

Geography

Nerima is a western ward. It borders Nakano and Suginami on the south. Musashino and Nishitokyo are on the ward's western border. Saitamo Prefecture is on the northern border. Itabashi and Toshima are on the west.

There is also a long river in Nerima.

Nerima, Tokyo Media

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References

  1. Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-1.
  2. Nerima City Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.
  3. Nerima Animation, History Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-1.
  4. 大東京35区物語~15区から23区へ~東京23区の歴史 (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Archives. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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