Mitaka 三鷹市 | |
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 .jpg)   Clockwise from top: Mitaka City Hall;Inokashira Park; theGhibli Museum; the entrance ofInternational Christian University campus | |
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 Location of Mitaka in Tokyo | |
  Mitaka | |
| Coordinates:35°41′0.8″N139°33′34.3″E / 35.683556°N 139.559528°E /35.683556; 139.559528 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Takashi Kawamura (since April 2019) |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.42 km2 (6.34 sq mi) |
| Population (March 2021) | |
• Total | 190,403 |
| • Density | 11,600/km2 (30,030/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
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| • Tree | Ginkgo biloba |
| • Flower | Malus halliana |
| Phone number | 042-558-1111 |
| Address | 1-1-1 Nozaki, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8555 |
| Website | Official website |
Mitaka (三鷹市,Mitaka-shi) is acity in theWestern Tokyo region ofTokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021[update], the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city was 16.42 square kilometres (6.34 sq mi).[2]
The area of present-day Mitaka was part of ancientMusashi Province. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of 22 July 1878, the area became part ofKitatama District inKanagawa Prefecture. The village of Mitaka was created on 1 April 1889 with the establishment of modern municipalities law. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on 1 April 1893. Mitaka was raised to town status in 1940. In 1949, theMitaka incident, one of a series of unexplained fatal train accidents around the same period of time, occurred atMitaka Station.[3] Mitaka City was officially founded on 3 November 1950. A motion to merge with neighboring Musashino City failed in 1955 by a single vote in the Mitaka city assembly.
Mitaka is located on theKantō Plain, just outside the 23special wards of Tokyo Metropolis, which are on its eastern borders. TheTamagawa Aqueductcanal, which runs alongside Mitaka station, has an important place in history, built in 1653 to feed the localmetropolis. It is also the place where novelistOsamu Dazai died by suicide in 1948. TheNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan is located in Mitaka.
Mitaka has ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Mitaka is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C.[4]
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Mitaka increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1994 there were 2,585 foreign residents in Mitaka, including 726 from North and South Korea, 713 from China, 441 from the United States, 114 from the Philippines, and 108 from the United Kingdom. Of all municipalities in Japan, Mitaka had the highest proportion of Chinese returnees.[6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1920 | 5,725 | — |
| 1930 | 8,218 | +43.5% |
| 1940 | 24,247 | +195.0% |
| 1950 | 54,820 | +126.1% |
| 1960 | 98,038 | +78.8% |
| 1970 | 155,693 | +58.8% |
| 1980 | 164,526 | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 165,564 | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 171,612 | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 186,083 | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 195,391 | +5.0% |
Mitaka has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city council of 28 members. Mitaka contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part ofTokyo 22nd district of thelower house of theDiet of Japan.
Mitaka is primarily abedroom community for Tokyo[citation needed]. A number of animation studios, includingPierrot,[7] Silver Link. andTelecom Animation Film[8] have their corporate headquarters in Mitaka. A short-lived video game manufacturerTAD Corporation was founded and headquartered in the same location.[9][10][11]Subaru Tecnica International has its headquarters in Mitaka.[12]
Private primary and secondary schools:
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