Kodaira, Tokyo


Kodaira is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 195,207 in 93,654 households, and a population density of 9500 persons per km2. The total area of the city was.

Geography

Kodaira is located in the Musashino Terrace near the geographic centre of Tokyo Metropolis.

Surrounding municipalities

  • Higashiyamato
  • Higashimurayama
  • Higashikurume
  • Koganei
  • Kokubunji
  • Nishitokyo
  • Tachikawa

    Climate

Kodaira has a humid subtropical climate characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kodaira is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kodaira increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to grow at a slower rate in the decades since.

History

The area of present-day Kodaira was part of ancient Musashi Province, but was a largely unpopulated area under the opening of the Tamagawa Aqueduct in the Edo period made agriculture possible. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Kitatama District in Kanagawa Prefecture. The village of Kodaira was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. The population of the area expanded after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake with the relocation of universities and housing areas from central Tokyo. Kodaira was elevated to town status in 1944 and to city status on October 1, 1962.

Government

Kodaira has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 28 members. Kodaira contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tokyo 18th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
The current mayor is Yoko Kobayashi.

Education

Universities

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates three public high schools. There is also one special education school for the handicapped.
Kodaira has 19 public elementary school and eight public junior high schools.
Public junior high schools:
  • Hana Koganei Minami
  • Josui
  • Kodaira No. 1
  • Kodaira No. 2
  • Kodaira No. 3
  • Kodaira No. 4
  • Kodaira No. 5
  • Kodaira No. 6
Public elementary schools:
  • Gakuen Higashi
  • Hana Koganei
  • Kamijuku
  • Kodaira No. 1
  • Kodaira No. 2
  • Kodaira No. 3
  • Kodaira No. 4
  • Kodaira No. 5
  • Kodaira No. 6
  • Kodaira No. 7
  • Kodaira No. 8
  • Kodaira No. 9
  • Kodaira No. 10
  • Kodaira No. 11
  • Kodaira No. 12
  • Kodaira No. 13
  • Kodaira No. 14
  • Kodaira No. 15
  • Suzuki
There are two private elementary schools, three private junior high schools, and three private high schools.

Railway

– Musashino Line
Seibu Railway - Seibu Shinjuku Line
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Seibu Railway - Seibu Tamako Line
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Seibu Railway - Seibu Kokubunji Line
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Seibu Railway - Seibu Haijima Line
  • - <Hagiyama> -

    Highway

Kodaira is not served by any national highways or expressways.

Local attractions

  • Koganei Park
  • Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
  • Kodaira Municipal Cemetery
  • Kodaiara Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum
  • Gas Museum
  • Mayoi no Sakura, a cherry tree

    Notable people from Kodaira

  • Ryuhei Kawada, politician
  • Nobuaki Kojima, contemporary sculptor
  • Shun Oguri, actor
  • Kōji Tsujitani, voice actor