Katsushika
Katsushika is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is known as Katsushika City in English.
As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km2. The total area is 34.80 km2.
Geography
Katsushika Ward is at the east end of Tokyo Metropolis. It is on an alluvial plain and it is low above sea level.The ward office is located at Tateishi.
Boundaries
Katsushika has boundaries with three wards of Tokyo: Adachi, Edogawa and Sumida. The cities of Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture, and Misato and Yashio in Saitama Prefecture form the northeast border of the ward.Rivers
Major rivers in Katsushika include the Edogawa, Arakawa and Ayasegawa. Nakagawa and Shin-nakagawa flows through the ward.Districts and neighborhoods
;Kameari-Aoto Area- Aoto
- Kameari
- Nishikameari
- Shiratori
- Higashikanamachi
- Kanamachi
- Kanamachijōsuijō
- Niijuku
- Tōganemachi
- Higashihorikiri
- Horikiri
- Kosuge
- Ohanajaya
- Higashimizumoto
- Minamimizumoto
- Mizumoto
- Mizumotokoen
- Nishimizumoto
- Higashishinkoiwa
- Nishishinkoiwa
- Okudo
- Shinkoiwa
- Hosoda
- Kamakura
- Shibamata
- Takasago
- Higashitateishi
- Higashiyotsugi
- Takaramachi
- Tateishi
- Yotsugi
History
On October 1, 1932, the former Minami-Katsushika District of what was then known as Tokyo Prefecture, and its seven towns and villages, merged and became part of the old Tokyo City.
The special ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
Katsushika contains the Kasai Shrine, Narihira Santosen Temple, the "Bound Jizō" of Ōoka Echizen, and Shibamata Taishakuten, selected as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan and 100 Landscapes of Japan.
Economy
has its headquarters in Katsushika.Government and infrastructure
The Tokyo Detention House, a correctional facility, is in the ward. One of Japan's seven execution chambers is located there.Education
Colleges and universities
- Tokyo Seiei College
- Tokyo University of Science
Metropolitan schools
- Katsushika School for the Blind
Municipal schools
Municipal junior high schools:
- Aoba Junior High School
- Aoto Junior High School
- Ayase Junior High School
- Daido Junior High School
- Futaba Junior High School
- Higashi Kanamachi Junior High School
- Honda Junior High School
- Horikiri Junior High School
- Ichinodai Junior High School
- Kamihirai Junior High School
- Kameari Junior High School
- Kanamachi Junior High School
- Katsumi Junior High School
- Komatsu Junior High School
- Mizumoto Junior High School
- Nakagawa Junior High School
- Nijuku Junior High School
- Okudo Junior High School
- Sakuramichi Junior High School
- Shinkoiwa Junior High School
- Takasago Junior High School
- Tateishi Junior High School
- Tokiwa Junior High School
- Yotsugi Junior High School
- Aoto Elementary School
- Futakami Elementary School
- Hananoki Elementary School
- Handa Elementary School
- Harada Elementary School
- Higashi Ayase Elementary School
- Higashi Kanamachi Elementary School
- Higashi Mizumoto Elementary School
- Higashi Shibamata Elementary School
- Higashi Yotsugi Elementary School
- Hokizuka Elementary School
- Honden Elementary School
- Horikiri Elementary School
- Hosoda Elementary School
- Iizuka Elementary School
- Kamakura Elementary School
- Kameo Elementary School
- Kamichiba Elementary School
- Kamihirai Elementary School
- Kamikomatsu Elementary School
- Kanamachi Elementary School
- Katsushika Elementary School
- Kawabata Elementary School
- Kitano Elementary School
- Koda Elementary School
- Komatsuminami Elementary School
- Kosuge Elementary School
- Matsukami Elementary School
- Michiue Elementary School
- Minami Ayase Elementary School
- Minamiokudo Elementary School
- Mizumoto Elementary School
- Naka Aoto Elementary School
- Nakanodai Elementary School
- Nichikosuge Elementary School
- Nijuku Elementary School
- Nishi Kameari Elementary School
- Okudo Elementary School
- Ryonan Elementary School
- Seiwa Elementary School
- Shibahara Elementary School
- Shibamata Elementary School
- Shiratori Elementary School
- Suehiro Elementary School
- Sumiyoshi Elementary School
- Takasogo Elementary School
- Umeda Elementary School
- Yotsugi Elementary School
- Hota Shiosai Elementary School - Note it is physically located in Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba Prefecture, but it is a municipally-operated school by Katsushika City.
Transportation
Rail
- JR East
- *Joban Line: Kameari, Kanamachi Stations
- *Sobu Main Line: Shin-Koiwa Station
- Keisei Electric Railway
- *Keisei Main Line: Horikiri-shobuen, Ohanajaya, Aoto, Keisei Takasago Stations
- *Keisei Oshiage Line: Yotsugi, Keisei Tateishi, Aoto Stations
- *Keisei Kanamachi Line: Keisei Takasago, Shibamata, Keisei Kanamachi Stations
- Hokuso Railway Hokuso Line: Keisei Takasago, Shin-Shibamata Stations
Highways
- Shuto Expressway C2 Central Loop
- Route 6
- Kan-nana
- Kuramae bashi
- Heiwa bashi
- Shibamata Kaidō
- Okudo Kaidō
- Tokyo Route 307 Oji-Kanamachi-Edogawa line
Notable works set in Katsushika
The neighborhood of Shibamata is the home of Tora-san, the protagonist of the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series, played by Kiyoshi Atsumi. A statue of Tora-san stands outside of Shibamata Station. Other notable works set in Katsushika are the television series Kamen Rider Hibiki and the TV drama series Long Vacation. A statue of Captain Tsubasa main character, Tsubasa Ozora, is also located there, as the fictional town of Nankatsu was inspired by Katsushika itself.
Notable people
- Osamu Akimoto, manga artist, creator of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
- Rumi Hiiragi, actress, voice actress
- Susumu Hirasawa, progressive-electronic musician
- Minako Honda, singer, musical actress
- Yui Horie, singer, voice actress
- Asuka Saitō, actress, model
- Takaaki Ishibashi, owarai comedian, actor, singer
- Satomi Kobayashi, actress
- Yumi Kumakura, volleyball player
- Tomu Muto, tarento
- Kazunari Ninomiya, singer, actor, voice actor, presenter
- Kenny Omega, Professional Wrestler
- Miho Takagi, actress, essayist
- Youichi Takahashi, manga artist, creator of Captain Tsubasa
Sister cities