# Nerima

Nerima (練馬区, Nerima-ku) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.
As of 1 May 2016, the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km$^2$, while 15,326 foreign residents are registered and 21.6% of the ward's population is over the age of 65. The total area is 48.08 km$^2$.

## History

In the Edo period, the area was mostly farmland producing daikon radishes, gobo burdocks, and potatoes. After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, many people from central Tokyo moved to the area.
On October 1, 1932, the town of Nerima and the villages of Kami-Nerima, Naka-Arai, Shakujii, and Ōizumi were incorporated into Old Tokyo City. Prior to the creation of the ward on August 1, 1947, the area had been part of Itabashi. In 1952, the Japan Self-Defense Forces established a base there. The first division of the eastern group of the Ground Self-Defense Force has its headquarters there. The United States Forces Japan already had a base, Grant Heights, which it returned to Japanese control in 1973. Grant Heights had been Narimasu airfield under the Imperial Japanese Army until the end of World War II. The runway is now the main street in front of the IMA department store in Hikarigaoka.

## Geography

Nerima lies at the northwestern edge of the 23 central wards of Tokyo. Neighboring wards are Itabashi (to the east), Suginami, Toshima and Nakano (to the south), as well as the cities of Musashino (to the southwest) and Nishi-Tokyo (to the west). To the north lie three cities in Saitama Prefecture: Wako, Asaka and Niiza.

### Climate

Climate data for Nerima (2013−2020 normals, extremes 2012−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 29.9 (85.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 34.8 (94.6) | 39.6 (103.3) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 33.4 (92.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.2 (59.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 11.9 (53.4) | 20.9 (69.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.8 (82.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 7.1 (44.8) | 16.1 (60.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) | 1.4 (34.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.2 (59.4) | 19.0 (66.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 8.4 (47.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 12.0 (53.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) | −4.1 (24.6) | −2.6 (27.3) | 1.2 (34.2) | 6.4 (43.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 12.2 (54.0) | 6.6 (43.9) | −1.1 (30.0) | −3.4 (25.9) | −7.0 (19.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 47.8 (1.88) | 39.6 (1.56) | 109.3 (4.30) | 130.9 (5.15) | 88.3 (3.48) | 201.4 (7.93) | 165.8 (6.53) | 164.4 (6.47) | 229.6 (9.04) | 263.9 (10.39) | 66.2 (2.61) | 46.3 (1.82) | 1,553.3 (61.15) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.1 | 3.9 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 10.8 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 102.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 212.9 | 178.8 | 189.1 | 193.4 | 213.2 | 135.7 | 147.6 | 175.3 | 120.3 | 131.3 | 160.3 | 182.3 | 2,040.2 |
| Source: JMA ||||||||||||||

## Economy

Toei Animation has its headquarters in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima. Anime International Company has its headquarters in the AIC Digital Building. In addition, Studio Comet, and Mushi Production have their headquarters in Nerima.

## Education
### Colleges and universities

* Musashino Academia Musicae
* Musashi University
* Nihon University Ekoda Campus
* Sophia University Shakujii Campus: Faculty of Theology

### National schools

* Tokyo Gakugei University Oizumi Elementary School [ja]
* Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary School [ja]

### Prefectural high schools

* 9 high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education
Prefectural high schools:
* Fourth Commercial High School [ja]
* Hikarigaoka High School [ja]
* Igusa High School [ja]
* Nerima High School [ja]
* Nerima Technical High School [ja]
* Oizumi High School and Junior High School [ja]
* Oizumi Sakura High School [ja]
* Shakujii High School [ja]
* Tagara High School [ja]

### Municipal schools

Nerima City Board of Education [ja] operates the following:
* 64 elementary schools
* 32 junior high schools
* 1 combined elementary and junior high school
Combined elementary and junior high schools:
* Oizumi Sakura Gakuen (小中一貫教育校大泉桜学園)
Junior high schools:
* Asahigaoka Junior High School (旭丘中学校)
* Hikarigaoka No. 1 Junior High School (光が丘第一中学校)
* Hikarigaoka No. 2 Junior High School (光が丘第二中学校)
* Hikarigaoka No. 3 Junior High School (光が丘第三中学校)
* Hokei Junior High School (豊渓中学校)
* Kaishin No. 1 Junior High School (開進第一中学校)
* Kaishin No. 2 Junior High School (開進第二中学校)
* Kaishin No. 3 Junior High School (開進第三中学校)
* Kaishin No. 4 Junior High School (開進第四中学校)
* Kami Shakujii Junior High School (上石神井中学校)
* Kitamachi Junior High School (北町中学校)
* Miharadai Junior High School (三原台中学校)
* Minamigaoka Junior High School (南が丘中学校)
* Nakamura Junior High School (中村中学校)
* Nerima Junior High School (練馬中学校)
* Nerima Higashi Junior High School (練馬東中学校)
* Nukui Junior High School (貫井中学校)
* Oizumi Junior High School (大泉中学校)
* Oizumi No. 2 Junior High School (大泉第二中学校)
* Oizumi Gakuen Junior High School (大泉学園中学校)
* Oizumi Kita Junior High School (大泉北中学校)
* Oizumi Nishi Junior High School (大泉西中学校)
* Seki Junior High School (関中学校)
* Shakujii Junior High School (石神井中学校)
* Shakujii Higashi Junior High School (石神井東中学校)
* Shakujii Minami Junior High School (石神井南中学校)
* Shakujii Nishi Junior High School (石神井西中学校)
* Tagara Junior High School (田柄中学校)
* Toyotama Junior High School (豊玉中学校)
* Toyotama No. 2 Junior High School (豊玉第二中学校)
* Yahara Junior High School (谷原中学校)
* Yasaka Junior High School (八坂中学校)
Elementary schools:
* Asahicho Elementary School (旭町小学校)
* Asahigaoka Elementary School (旭丘小学校)
* Fujimidai Elementary School (富士見台小学校)
* Hashido Elementary School (橋戸小学校)
* Hayamiya Elementary School (早宮小学校)
* Hikarigaoka No. 8 Elementary School (光が丘第八小学校)
* Hikarigaoka Akinohi Elementary School (光が丘秋の陽小学校)
* Hikarigaoka Harunokaze Elementary School (光が丘春の風小学校)
* Hikarigaoka Natsunokumo Elementary School (光が丘夏の雲小学校)
* Hikarigaoka Shikinokaori Elementary School (光が丘四季の香小学校)
* Hokei Elementary School (豊溪小学校)
* Kaishin No. 1 Elementary School (開進第一小学校)
* Kaishin No. 2 Elementary School (開進第二小学校)
* Kaishin No. 3 Elementary School (開進第三小学校)
* Kaishin No. 4 Elementary School (開進第四小学校)
* Kamishakujii Elementary School (上石神井小学校)
* Kamishakujii Kita Elementary School (上石神井北小学校)
* Kasuga Elementary School (春日小学校)
* Kitahara Elementary School (北原小学校)
* Kitamachi Elementary School (北町小学校)
* Kitamachi Nishi Elementary School (北町西小学校)
* Kotake Elementary School (小竹小学校)
* Kowa Elementary School (光和小学校)
* Koyama Elementary School (向山小学校)
* Minamicho Elementary School (南町小学校)
* Minamigaoka Elementary School (南が丘小学校)
* Minami Tanaka Elementary School (南田中小学校)
* Nakamachi Elementary School (仲町小学校)
* Nakamura Elementary School (中村小学校)
* Nakamura Nishi Elementary School (中村西小学校)
* Nerima Elementary School (練馬小学校)
* Nerima No. 2 Elementary School (練馬第二小学校)
* Nerima No. 3 Elementary School (練馬第三小学校)
* Nerima Higashi Elementary School (練馬東小学校)
* Oizumi Elementary School (大泉小学校)
* Oizumi No. 1 Elementary School (大泉第一小学校)
* Oizumi No. 2 Elementary School (大泉第二小学校)
* Oizumi No. 3 Elementary School (大泉第三小学校)
* Oizumi No. 4 Elementary School (大泉第四小学校)
* Oizumi No. 6 Elementary School (大泉第六小学校)
* Oizumi Gakuen Elementary School (大泉学園小学校)
* Oizumi Gakuen Midori Elementary School (大泉学園緑小学校)
* Oizumi Higashi Elementary School (大泉東小学校)
* Oizumi Kita Elementary School (大泉北小学校)
* Oizumi Minami Elementary School (大泉南小学校)
* Oizumi Nishi Elementary School (大泉西小学校)
* Sekimachi Elementary School (関町小学校)
* Sekimachi Kita Elementary School (関町北小学校)
* Senshin Elementary School (泉新小学校)
* Shakujii Elementary School (石神井小学校)
* Shakujiidai Elementary School (石神井台小学校)
* Shakujii Higashi Elementary School (石神井東小学校)
* Shakujii Nishi Elementary School (石神井西小学校)
* Shimo Shakujii Elementary School (下石神井小学校)
* Tagara Elementary School (田柄小学校)
* Tagara No. 2 Elementary School (田柄第二小学校)
* Takamatsu Elementary School (高松小学校)
* Tateno Elementary School (立野小学校)
* Toyotama Elementary School (豊玉小学校)
* Toyotama No. 2 Elementary School (豊玉第二小学校)
* Toyotama Higashi Elementary School (豊玉東小学校)
* Toyotama Minami Elementary School (豊玉南小学校)
* Yasaka Elementary School (八坂小学校)
* Yawara Elementary School (谷原小学校)

### Private schools

* One elementary school
* Four junior and senior high schools
* One high school
* One international school
They are:
* Fujimi Junior & Senior High School [ja]
* Musashi High School and Junior High School
* Oizumi Gakuen High School [ja]
* Tokyo Joshi Gakuin Junior & Senior High School [ja] (junior and senior high school)
* Waseda University Junior and Senior High School

### International schools

* Aoba-Japan International School

## Transportation
### Rail

* Tokyo Metro
** Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations
** Fukutoshin Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Hikawadai, Heiwadai, Chikatetsu Akatsuka Stations
* Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
** Ōedo Line: Shin-egota (on the boundary with Nakano), Nerima, Toshimaen, Nerima-kasugachō, Hikarigaoka Stations
* Seibu Railway
** Ikebukuro Line: Ekoda, Sakuradai, Nerima, Nakamurabashi, Fujimidai, Nerima-Takanodai, Shakujii-kōen, Ōizumi-gakuen Stations
** Shinjuku Line: Kami-Shakujii, Musashi-Seki Stations
** Toshima Line: Nerima, Toshimaen Stations
** Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake Mukaihara, Shin-Sakuradai, Nerima Stations
* Tobu Railway
** Tōjō Line: Tōbu-Nerima and Shimo-Akatsuka Stations are on the boundary with Itabashi

### Bus

* Kanto Bus
* Keio Bus: The Chu 92 bus travels between Nerima and Nakano Stations
* Kokusai-Kogyo Bus
* Seibu Bus
* Toei Bus: The Bus Service Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation operates 5 routes in Nerima Ward.

### Road

* Expressways:
** Kan-etsu Expressway
** Tokyo Gaikan Expressway
* National highways:
** National Route 17 (Shin Ōmiya Bypass)
** National Route 254 (Kawagoe Kaidō)
* Other major roads:
** Ōme Kaidō (Prefectural Road 4)
** Shin-Ōme Kaidō (Prefectural Road 245)
** Mejiro Dōri (Prefectural Road 8)
** Hoya Kaidō (Prefectural Road 233)
** Kan-nana (Prefectural Road 318)
** Kan-pachi (Prefectural Road 311)
** Nakasugi Dōri (Prefectural Road 427)
** Senkawa Dōri (Prefectural Road 439)
** Fuji Kaidō (Prefectural Road 441)
** Sasame Dōri (Prefectural Road 443&68)
** Igusa Dōri (Prefectural Road 444)

## Leisure
### Amusement parks

* Toshimaen

### Museums

* Ward art museum
* Iwasaki Chihiro illustrated book museum

### Parks

* Hikarigaoka Park
* Shakujii Park
* Ōizumi-Chūō Park
* Musashiseki Park
* Johoku-Chuo Park (on the boundary with Itabashi)
* Takamatsu Park

## Media

Nerima prepares the Nerima News Azalea, a city newsletter, in English.

## In popular culture

Nerima is the setting of Rumiko Takahashi's long running and popular manga and anime series Ranma ½ and Urusei Yatsura. As one of the first series in either media to achieve widespread popularity in the English speaking world, Ranma introduced Nerima to western audiences, with several locations recognizable as backgrounds.
It is also the setting of Takamitsu Kondō [ja]'s Nerima Daikon Brothers and Kengo Hanazawa's I Am a Hero.
The main setting of the anime and manga series Prison School is a high school named Hachimitsu Academy, which is located in Nerima.
It is also the setting for four popular anime and manga series, Your Lie in April, Tokyo Ghoul, Rent-A-Girlfriend, and Doraemon.
The popular Japanese horror franchise, Ju On, takes place predominantly in Nerima.
Nekoma High School, one of the main teams of popular manga and anime Haikyu!!, is in Nerima.

## Other

* Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Nerima Base
* US Forces, Grant Heights, Family Housing Area, later '40s to 1973.

## International relations

Nerima has a sister-city relationship with Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Nerima Gardens in Ipswich commemorates the tie. Nerima also has a similar link to Haidian District, Beijing, China.