Narita

is a ceety locatit in Chiba Prefectur, Japan. It is the steid o Narita Internaitional Airport, the main internaitional airport serving the Greater Tokyo Aurie.

As o 31 Mairch 2011, the ceety haes a estimatit population o 126,235, wi 54,021 hoosehaulds an a population density o 590.33 bodies per km². Its total aurie is 213.84&nbsp;km².

## Auries

### Central Narita
Central Narita is roughly defined as the aurie atween Narita Station, Keisei Narita Station an the Narita-san Temple. The main road in central Narita is Omotesandō (表参道), which is lined wi aboot 150 smaw shops an haes been extensively renovatit in recent years.

### Narita New Toun
Narita New Toun is a planned residential aurie tae the wast o Narita Station. It haes 16,000 hames wi a total population o 60,000. The aurie wis designed in 1968 based on the new touns surroondin Lunnon in the UK, an nou hooses maist o the ceety's population.

### Kōzunomori
 is a suburban aurie o Narita locatit sooth o the New Toun, aboot 4 minutes by train frae Keisei Narita Station. It haes a population o aboot 12,000. The Kōzunomori Station is flankit bi a lairge Ito-Yokado depairtment store.

### Airport an ferm auries
Narita Internaitional Airport is locatit on the east side o Narita in a historically agricultural aurie cried . The construction an later expansion o the airport led tae intense ceevil unrest amang Sanrizuka residents (see Narita Internaitional Airport's history). Awtho laund expropriation an poorer fermin condeetions due tae the airport's construction hae caused Narita's fermin population tae drop twa-thirds frae pre-airport levels, the aurie immediately surroondin the airport remains lichtly populatit bi fermers. Some abandoned fermland is nou uised for gowf courses, while ither plots o laund hae become unoffeecial dumpin grunds for garbage.

### Industrial auries
Thare are twa main industrial zones in Narita:  an . Baith zones wur laid oot in the 1960s tae tak advantage o Narita Airport an the ability tae quickly import an export guids bi air. An aircraft part repair plant operatit bi JAL (Japan Airlines) an Pratt & Whitney, cried Japan Turbine Technologies, is locatit in the Taiei industrial estate.

## History

The aurie around present-day Narita haes been inhabitit syne the Japanese Paleolithic period. Airchaeologists hae foond stane tuils datin tae some 30,000 years ago on the steid o Narita Airport. Numerous shell middens frae the Jōmon period, an hunders o burial tumuli frae the Kofun period hae been foond in numerous locations aroond Narita. Place names in the vicinity o Narita appear in the Nara period *[[Man'yōshū]]* (awtho the name “Narita” does no appear in written records till 1408). As Narita is locatit roughly equidistant frae the Paceefic Ocean an Tokyo Bay, aroond a nummer o smaw rivers, it wis a natural poleetical an commercial centre for the region, an gained importance as a pilgrimage destination wi the foondation o the notit Buddhist temple o Shinsho-ji in 940 AD. Durin the Heian period, the aurie wis a centre for the revolt o Taira Masakado. Durin the Edo period, the aurie continued tae prosper as pairt o the *[[tenryō]]* athin Shimōsa Province unner direct control o the Tokugawa shogunate.

Efter the Meiji Restoration, the aurie wis organisit as a toun unner Inba Destrict on 1 Apryle 1889. Portions o the toun wur destroyed bi Alleed air raids in Februar an Mey 1945. On 31 Mairch 1954, Narita gained ceety status throu merger wi the neebourin veelages o Habu, Nakago, Kuzumi, Toyosumi, Toyama, an Kozu. Growthe in the aurie began in earnest in 1966, when Prime Meenister Eisaku Sato laid oot the plan for Narita Internaitional Airport. The development o the airport an accompanyin access tae central Tokyo led tae widespread residential, commercial an industrial development in the ceety. Housomeivver, construction o the airport wis widely opposed, an violent demonstrations occurred throu the end o the 1960s an early 1970s, which delayed the openin o the airport till 20 Mey 1978.

On 27 Mairch 2006, the touns o Shimofusa an Taiei (baith frae Katori Destrict) wur mergit intae Narita.

## Climate

## Tourist attractions

* Narita-san Shinsho Temple
* Shiseki Pairk
* Chiba Prefectural Boso Fudoki-no-oka Museum
* Narita Wholesale ercat

## Economy
Awtho Narita's economy wis historically focused on agricultur, the openin o Narita Internaitional Airport refocused the local economy on transportation, logistics an tourism. Maist o the airport property is locatit athin Narita Ceety, but mony airport hotels an airport-relatit logistics facilities are in the neebourin touns o Shibayama an Tomisato.

Prologis, FedEx Express, Sagawa Express an several ither lairge logistics firms hae major shippin centres in the ceety.

Nippon Cargo Airlines an Vanilla Air are heidquartered on airport property athin the ceety. Spring Airlines Japan is heidquartered in the Kozunomori aurie o the ceety.

JALways wis heidquartered in the JAL Operations Center at the airport afore mergin intae JAL in 2010.

## Education

### Schuils
Public elementar an junior heich schuils are operatit bi the ceety o Narita.

The follaein public heich schuils are operatit bi the Chiba Prefectural Buird o Eddication.
* Narita North Heich Schuil
* Narita Seiryo Heich Schuil
* Shimofusa Heich Schuil
* Narita Internaitional Heich Schuil

### Public librars
The Ceety o Narita operates the Narita Public Library. In addition each commonty centre includes a librar branch.

## Commonty centres
Narita operates several commonty centres, includin the Central Commonty Centre an various ithers.

## Transportation

### Airport

*Narita Internaitional Airport provides domestic an internaitional services.

### Rail
*[[Narita Express]]* trains an Keisei *[[Skyliner]]* trains connect Narita Airport tae central Tokyo.

*JR East: Narita Line
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*JR East: Narita Abiko Line
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*JR East: Narita Airport Line
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*Keisei Electric Railway: Keisei Main Line
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*Keisei Electric Railway: Keisei Higashi-Narita Line
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### Heich-gate
The Higashi-Kanto Expresswey connects Narita tae Tokyo an Chiba Ceety. Chiba Kotsu an Narita Kuko Kotsu provide bus service throu the ceety. The Narita City Loop Bus, operatit bi baith companies, operates on twa circular routes aroond the ceety, stoppin in major commercial auries an at aw major hotels.

*Higashi-Kantō Expresswey
*Shin-Kūkō Expresswey
*Ken-Ō Expresswey
*Japan Naitional Route 51
*Japan Naitional Route 295
*Japan Naitional Route 296
*Japan Naitional Route 356
*Japan Naitional Route 408
*Japan Naitional Route 409
*Japan Naitional Route 464

## Sister ceeties
* Xianyang, Shaanxi, Cheenae, syne 14 September 1988
* Incheon, Sooth Korea, syne 21 September 1998
* Jeongeup, Sooth Korea, syne 29 Januar 2002
* San Bruno, Californie, USA, syne 6 October 1990
* Næstved, Denmark, syne 14 Mairch 2003
* Foxton, New Zealand, syne 1 Januar 1995

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Narita Ceety official website 
* Narita City official website  
* Narita Layover Page 
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