Nerima, Tokyo

Nerima is one of the 23 special wards in Tokyo, Japan. The municipality calls itself "Nerima City" in English. Nerima is called "the town of animation" because the earliest anime businesses started up in the area. History On 1 August 1947, the ward of Nerima was formed by separating from the ward of Itabashi. Geography Nerima is a western ward. It borders Nakano and Suginami on the south. Musashino and Nishitokyo are on the ward's western border. Saitamo Prefecture is on the northern border. Itabashi and Toshima are on the west. There is also a long river in Nerima. Related pages List of special wards of Tokyo Capital of Japan References Other websites Nerima website (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Special wards Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine