Katsushika,_Tokyo

Katsushika, Tokyo

Wikipedia has an article about the Edo period Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It lies in the northeast of the ward area. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English.

As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 429,289 and a density of 12,600 people per km². The total area is 34.84 km².

Katsushika has sister-city relationships with Fengtai District in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and with Floridsdorf, a district of Vienna, Austria.

The Shibamata Taishaku-ten Nichiren Buddhist temple is in Katsushika.

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 (Katsushika city hall) 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 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.

Place names

Aoto
Higashi Horikiri
Higashi Kanamachi
Higashi Mizumoto
Higashi Shin-koiwa
Higashi Tateishi
Higashi Yotsugi
Horikiri
Hosoda
Kamakura

Kameari
Kanamachi
Kosuge
Minami Mizumoto
Mizumoto
Mizumoto Koen
Niijuku
Nishi Kameari
Nishi Mizumoto
Nishi Shin-koiwa

Ohanajaya
Okudo
Shibamata
Shinkoiwa
Shiratori
Takaramachi
Takasago
Tateishi
Yotsugi

History

On October 1, 1932, the former 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 famous Narihira Santosen Temple, and the "Bound Jizō" of Ōoka Echizen fame.

Famous people

Kumiko Endo, actress and entertainer
Rumi Hiiragi, actress, seiyu (Spirited Away, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea)
Minako Honda, singer, musical actress
Yui Horie, singer, seiyu
Kaname Kawabata, singer with the duo Chemistry
Satomi Kobayashi, actress
Yasutaka Komiya, living national treasure, maker of Edo kimono
Kazunari Ninomiya, singer, actor, musician, DJ, songwriter, showhost, model, seiyu
Nanako Ōkōchi, actress
Miho Takagi, actress, essayist

Famous works set in Katsushika

The long running film series, the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora-san, takes place in Katsushika, as does the manga series, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo. Other notable works set in Katsushika are the television series Kamen Rider Hibiki and the film Long Vacation.