Tama, Tokyo


Tama is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 148,285 in 73,167 households, and a population density of. The total area of the city was.
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Geography

Tama is located in the foothills of the Okutama Mountains of southwestern Tokyo, known as Tama Hills, which spans Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture. The entire region is historically referred to as Tama; therefore there are many place names scattered throughout the area with references to the name "Tama" which are not within the city limits. The Tama River marks the city's northern boundary, and Kanagawa Prefecture is to the south. Its southern half forms part of the Tama New Town project, Japan's largest residential development, constructed in the 1970s.

Surrounding municipalities

Kanagawa Prefecture
Tokyo Metropolis

Climate

Tama has a humid subtropical climate characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tama 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 25.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Tama increased very rapidly in the late 20th century but has plateaued in the early 21st.

History

Government

Tama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 26 members. Tama, together with the city of Inagi, contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between Tokyo 21st district and Tokyo 23rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Election

In 2018, an activist named Michihito Matsuda ran for mayor in the Tama city area of Tokyo as a human proxy for an artificial intelligence program. While election posters and campaign material used the term robot, and displayed stock images of a feminine android, the "AI mayor" was in fact a machine learning algorithm trained using Tama city datasets. The project was backed by high-profile executives Tetsuzo Matsumoto of Softbank and Norio Murakami of Google. Michihito Matsuda came third in the election, being defeated by Hiroyuki Abe. Organisers claimed that the 'AI mayor' was programmed to analyze citizen petitions put forward to the city council in a more 'fair and balanced' way than human politicians.
In 2022, Michihito Matsuda made the campaign pledge to install THXU token into Tama city's further development as one of Government by algorithm.

Economy

Several companies have their headquarters in the city:

Education

Universities and colleges

Elementary and secondary schools

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates, the one public high school.
The Tama city government operates 17 public elementary and nine public junior high schools.
Municipal junior high schools:
  • Higashi Atago
  • Hijirigaoka
  • Ochiai
  • Seiryo
  • Suwa
  • Tama
  • Tama Nagayama
  • Tsurumaki
  • Wada
Municipal elementary schools:
  • Aiwa
  • Higashi Ochiai
  • Higashiteragata
  • Hijirigaoka
  • Kaidori
  • Kitasuwa
  • Minami Tsurumaki
  • Nagayama
  • Nishiochiai
  • Omatsudai
  • Renkoji
  • Suwa
  • Tama No. 1
  • Tama No. 2
  • Tama No. 3
  • Toyogaoka
  • Uryu
There is also one private elementary school and one private junior high school, and two private combined junior/senior high schools.
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Transportation

Railway

40px Keio Corporation - Keiō Line
40px Keio Corporation - Keiō Sagamihara Line
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40px Odakyu Electric Railway - Odakyū Tama Line
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Tama Monorail

Highway

Tama is not served by any national expressways or national highways

Military facilities

Local attractions

Sister cities