Suginami
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Suginami
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Suginami City | |
![]() Spring cherry blossoms in Wadabori Koen Park | |
![]() Location of Suginami in Tokyo | |
Coordinates: 35°41′58″N 139°38′11″E / 35.69944°N 139.63639°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kantō |
Prefecture | Tokyo |
First official recorded | 4th century |
As Tokyo City | October 1, 1932 |
As special ward of Tokyo | July 1, 1943 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Satoko Kishimoto (since July 11, 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 34.06 km2 (13.15 sq mi) |
Population (June 1, 2022) | |
• Total | 588,354 |
• Density | 17,274/km2 (44,740/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
Postal codes | 166-xxxx, 167-xxxx, 168-xxxx |
City hall address | 1-15-1 Asagaya Minami, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 165-8570 |
Website | www |
Symbols | |
Tree | Pine, Dawn Redwood, Sasanqua |
Suginami (
As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km2.[1] The total area is 34.06 km2.
Geography
[edit]Suginami occupies the western part of the ward area of Tokyo. Its neighbors include these special wards: to the east, Shibuya and Nakano; to the north, Nerima; and to the south, Setagaya. Its western neighbors are the cities of Mitaka and Musashino.
The Kanda River passes through Suginami. The Zenpukuji river originates from Zenpukuji Park in western Suginami, and the Myōshōji River originates in Myōshōji Park, to the north of Ogikubo station.
History
[edit]The name Suginami dates back to the early Edo period and is a shortened version of Suginamiki ("avenue of cedars"). This name came about when an early land baron, Lord Tadayoshi Okabe, planted a row of cedar trees to mark the bounds of his property.[2]
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
In 1970, 40 high school students in the area were exposed to photochemical smog and required hospitalization. The incident attracted national attention and increased awareness of the dangers of pollution.[2]
Districts and neighborhoods
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The following neighborhoods make up Suginami-ku:
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Politics
[edit]Historically, Suginami has leaned toward liberal activism.[3] In 1954, local housewives launched the "Suginami Appeal" against nuclear weapons, a petition that spread nationwide and ultimately collected 20 million signatures.[2] More recently in 2005, Suginami became part of Japan's fight against nationalist textbook revisionism when residents petitioned Tokyo's courts to prevent the adoption of a controversial textbook published by Fusosha Publishing which claimed to justify Japanese actions during World War II.[2] The ward has also passed an ordinance placing limits on the installation of security cameras.[2]
To combat burglaries, which reached a record number of 1,710 in 2002, the ward created an unconventional anti-crime program called Operation Flower. The ward urged residents to plant flowers facing the street, with the long-term goal of increasing neighborhood watchfulness (necessitated by watering and otherwise attending to the plants). In addition, 9,600 volunteers were recruited for neighborhood safety patrols, 200 security cameras were placed at crime-vulnerable areas, and a daily email update was created for residents. Subsequent to the start of the program, burglaries were down 80% to 390 in 2008.[4]
Suginami refused to connect to Japan's Residents Basic Registry Network.[2] As of 2005, it is implementing a measure to make registry optional.[citation needed]
On June 19, 2022, Satoko Kishimoto was elected mayor despite being a long-time resident of Belgium and not having any connections to the ward. She narrowly defeated 3-term incumbent Ryō Tanaka by less than 200 votes. Kishimoto had come to prominence through online political debates during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] Kishimoto has opposed building new road extensions through Kōenji district and the privatization of public facilities.[3] Kishimoto is the district's first-ever female leader and plans on creating more opportunities for women in Japanese politics. Japan currently has only 2 female politicians in the current national cabinet and only 3 female mayors out of Tokyo's 23 main districts.[7]
Transportation
[edit]Rail
[edit]- JR East
- Chūō Main Line (Chūō-Sobu Line): Koenji, Asagaya, Ogikubo, Nishi-Ogikubo Stations
- Keio Corporation
- Keio Line: Hachiman-yama Station, Roka-kōen Station
- Keio Inokashira Line: Eifuku-cho, Nishi Eifuku, Hamada-yama, Takaido, Fujimi-ga-oka, Kuga-yama Stations
- Seibu Railway
- Seibu Shinjuku Line: Shimo-Igusa, Iogi, Kami-Igusa Stations
- Tokyo Metro
- Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line: Honancho (branch line); Higashi Koenji, Shin-Koenji, Minami Asagaya, Ogikubo Stations
Road
[edit]- National highways: Route 20, the Kōshū Kaidō
- Kan-nana Dori (Number 7 Ring Road)
- Kan-pachi Dori (Number 8 Ring Road)
- Itsukaichi Kaidō (Suginami Akiruno Line, Tokyo Metropolitan Road Route 7)
- Ōme Kaidō
Education
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Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
Suginami City operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Municipal combined elementary and junior high schools:[15]
- Koenji Gakuen (
高円寺 学園 ) - Suginami Izumi Gakuen (
杉並 和泉 学園 )
Municipal junior high schools:[15]
- Amanuma Junior High School (
天沼 中学校 ) - Asagaya Junior High School (
阿佐ヶ谷 中学校 ) - Fujimigaoka Junior High School (
富士見 丘 中学校 ) - Higashida Junior High School (
東田中 学校 ) - Higashihara Junior High School (
東原 中学校 ) - Igusa Junior High School (
井草 中学校 ) - Iogi Junior High School (
井 荻 中学校 ) - Konan Junior High School (
高 南中 学校 ) - Koyo Junior High School (
向陽 中学校 ) - Matsunoki Junior High School (
松ノ木 中学校 ) - Miyamae Junior High School (
宮前 中学校 ) - Nakase Junior High School (
中瀬 中学校 ) - Nishimiya Junior High School (
西宮 中学校 ) - Ogikubo Junior High School (
荻窪 中学校 ) - Omiya Junior High School (
大宮 中学校 ) - Sen-nan Junior High School (
泉南 中学校 ) - Shinmei Junior High School (
神明 中学校 ) - Shokei Junior High School (
松溪 中学校 ) - Sugimori Junior High School (
杉森 中学校 ) - Takaido Junior High School (
高井戸 中学校 ) - Wada Junior High School (
和田 中学校 )
Municipal elementary schools:[15]
- Amanuma (
天沼 小学校 ) - Eifuku (
永福 小学校 ) - Fujimigaoka (
富士見 丘 小学校 ) - Hachinari (
八 成 小学校 ) - Hamadayama (
浜田山 小学校 ) - Higashita (
東田 小学校 ) - Honan (
方南 小学校 ) - Horinouchi (
堀之内 小学校 ) - Iogi (
井 荻 小学校 ) - Kugayama (
久我山 小学校 ) - Kutsukake (
沓掛 小学校 ) - Mabashi (
馬橋 小学校 ) - Matsunoki (
松ノ木 小学校 ) - Momoi No. 1 (
桃井 第 一 小学校 ) - Momoi No. 2 (
桃井 第 二 小学校 ) - Momoi No. 3 (
桃井 第 三 小学校 ) - Momoi No. 4 (
桃井 第 四 小学校 ) - Momoi No. 5 (
桃井 第 五 小学校 ) - Nishita (
西田 小学校 ) - Ogikubo (
荻窪 小学校 ) - Omiya (
大宮 小学校 ) - Sanya (
三谷 小学校 ) - Seibi (
済 美 小学校 ) - Shinomiya (
四宮 小学校 ) - Shoan (
松庵 小学校 ) - Suginami No. 1 (
杉並 第 一 小学校 ) - Suginami No. 2 (
杉並 第 ニ小学校 ) - Suginami No. 3 (
杉並 第 三 小学校 ) - Suginami No. 6 (
杉並 第 六 小学校 ) - Suginami No. 7 (
杉並 第 七 小学校 ) - Suginami No. 9 (
杉並 第 九 小学校 ) - Suginami No. 10 (
杉並 第 十 小学校 ) - Takaido (
高井戸 小学校 ) - Takaido No. 2 (
高井戸 第 二 小学校 ) - Takaido No. 3 (
高井戸 第 三 小学校 ) - Takaido No. 4 (
高井戸 第 四 小学校 ) - Takaido Higashi (
高井戸東 小学校 ) - Wada (
和田 小学校 )
International schools:
- Bunka Suginami Canadian International School[16][17]
- Tokyo Korean 9th Elementary School (
東京 朝鮮 第 九 初級 学校 ) - North Korean school[18]
Higher Education:
- Meiji University, Izumi Campus
Economy
[edit]Animation
[edit]Several animation studios are located in Suginami. Bones is headquartered in Igusa,[19] while Sunrise has its headquarters near the Kami-Igusa Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.[20] Bones was founded by former members of Sunrise, and staff at each company often help each other on projects. The Satelight studio, founded in Sapporo, relocated to the Asagaya neighborhood in 2006 (an earlier Tokyo office, at a different location in Suginami, had been in existence since 2003).[21] In addition, many smaller studios are based here; as of 2006, over 70 studios (of 400 throughout Japan) were located in Suginami.[2]
Japanese operations
[edit]The communications and electronics giant Iwatsu Electric is headquartered in Kugayama.[22]
Foreign operations
[edit]American Express used to have its Japanese headquarters south of Ogikubo station, but it moved to Toranomon in central Tokyo in 2020.[23]
Microsoft has a branch office in the Daitabashi Asahi Seimei Building in Izumi.[24]
Former economic operations
[edit]Prior to its disestablishment, Data East had its headquarters in Suginami.[25]
Culture
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- Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine
- Suginami Kokaido: a concert hall and the home of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.[2] It is also the same place where Birth of Ultraman (ウルトラマン
誕生 , Urutoraman Tanjō), the pre-premiere special of Ultraman was held which recorded on July 9, 1966 and later aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System (the Ultra Series' original network before TV Tokyo) the next day in 7:00 pm. In fact, as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Ultra Series, "Ultraman Day" (ウルトラマンの日 , Urutoraman no Hi) was held in Suginami Kokaido on July 10, 2016.[26][27] - Suginami Animation Museum: a small museum which includes a screening theater, library, and historical overview of Japanese animation, with English language explanations
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- ^ Kubota, Yoko (June 12, 2009). "Residents fight burglars with flower power". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 17, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (2022-06-20). "
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External links
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- Suginami City Official Website (in Japanese)