Tachikawa 立川市 | |
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 Tama Intercity Monorail viewed from Green Springs | |
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 Location of Tachikawa in Tokyo | |
  Tachikawa | |
| Coordinates:35°41′39.2″N139°25′10.8″E / 35.694222°N 139.419667°E /35.694222; 139.419667 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| First official recorded | 8th century (official) |
| Town settled | December 1, 1924 |
| City settled | December 1, 1940 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daishi Sakai (from September 2023) |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.36 km2 (9.41 sq mi) |
| Population (March 1, 2021) | |
• Total | 184,383 |
| • Density | 7,569/km2 (19,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Symbols | |
| • Tree | Zelkova serrata |
| • Flower | Magnolia kobus |
| Phone number | 042-523-2111 |
| Address | 1156-9 Izumi-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 190-8666 |
| Website | city.tachikawa.lg.jp |
Tachikawa (立川市,Tachikawa-shi) is acity located in thewestern portion of theTokyo Metropolis,Japan. As of 1 March 2021[update], the city had an estimatedpopulation of 184,383 in 93,428 households, and apopulation density of 7,600 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 24.36 square kilometres (9.41 sq mi).
Tachikawa is located on theMusashino Terrace of western Tokyo, approximately 40 km west of the center of Tokyo. TheTama River flows between Tachikawa and the neighboring city of Hino. TheTamagawa-jousui (Tamagawa Aqueduct) flows north of the city, with a great promenade on both banks.
Tachikawa has ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tachikawa is 13.9 °C.[2] The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month.[2] The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C.[3]
Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Tachikawa has increased steadily over the past century.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1920 | 9,987 | — |
| 1930 | 19,275 | +93.0% |
| 1940 | 41,070 | +113.1% |
| 1950 | 63,218 | +53.9% |
| 1960 | 81,951 | +29.6% |
| 1970 | 117,057 | +42.8% |
| 1980 | 142,675 | +21.9% |
| 1990 | 152,824 | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 164,709 | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 179,668 | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 183,581 | +2.2% |
The area of present-day Tachikawa was part of ancientMusashi Province and was controlled from theHeian period through theSengoku period by the Tachikawa clan. In the Edo period, it was little more than a village along theKoshu Kaido. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part ofKitatama District inKanagawa Prefecture In theMeiji period, the opening of what would later become theChuo Main Line in 1889 led to a large-scale land development and on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities law, the village of Tachikawa was created. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893.Tachikawa Airfield was established in 1922 by theImperial Japanese Army, and Tachikawa was elevated to town status the following year. On December 1, 1940, Tachikawa was elevated to city status. Before the war, Tachikawa was a military town centered onTachikawa Airfield, and even after the war, it was a major base for the U.S. military until 1977.
On May 12, 2011, the robbery of the largest amount of money in Japanese history took place in the city. At 3 a.m. that day, two men wearing masks broke into the office of a security company, bound the sole security guard, beat him until he revealed the code to the company's vault, and then made off with 70 bags of cash containing ¥604 million. The security guard, 36, was seriously injured. Hideaki Ueki, 31, Yutaka Watanabe, 41, Tsutomu Sakuma, 37, and three others were later arrested and charged with perpetrating the crime. All the men allegedly had ties to theYakuza.[5][6]
Tachikawa has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city council of 28 members. Tachikawa contributes two members to theTokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part ofTokyo 21st district of thelower house of theDiet of Japan.
Tachikawa is a regional commercial center, and is also acommuter town for downtown Tokyo. It is the central city of the populous "Tokyo Santama district", and commercial facilities such as department stores and offices are concentrated aroundTachikawa Station. Agriculture is now largely vestigial, but Tachikawa was formerly known for its production ofudo.
The city has two public high schools and one public junior-senior high school operated by theTokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.
Tachikawa has 19 public elementary and nine public junior high schools operated by the city government.
Municipal junior high schools:[7]
Municipal elementary schools:[8]
There are also three private high schools.
TheTokyo Metropolitan Library Tama Library opened in Tachikawa in 1987 to relieve municipal libraries.[11]
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Tachikawa is not served by any national expressways or national highways.
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