page_title: Suginami
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Suginami / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Asagaya Tanabata festival. 2009 August.
context_page_description: Suginami is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English.
  As of April 1, 2017, Suginami has an estimated population of 562,065, and a population density of 16,502 persons per km². The total area is 34.06 km².
context_section_description: Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine
  Suginami Kokaido: a concert hall and the home of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. It is also the same place where Birth of Ultraman (ウルトラマン誕生, Urutoraman Tanjō), the pre-premiere special of Ultraman was held which recorded in July 9, 1966 and later aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System (the Ultra Series' original network before TV Tokyo) the next day in 7:00 pm. In fact, as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Ultra Series, "Ultraman Day" (ウルトラマンの日, Urutoraman no Hi) was held in Suginami Kokaido in July 10, 2016.
  Suginami Animation Museum: a small museum which includes a screening theater, library, and historical overview of Japanese animation, with English language explanations
caption: Asagaya Tanabata Festival, held in August
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