Edogawa (special area)

Edogawa
	Tokyo Special Area
Edogawa
	jap. 江戸川区
	; Furukawa Waterside Park in Edogawa
Flag	Emblem
A country	Japan
Prefecture	Tokyo
History and Geography
Tokyo Special Area with	1947
Square	49.86 km²
Timezone	UTC + 9
Population
Population	691 121 people ( 2017 )
Density	13 861.23 people / km²
Digital identifiers
Postcode	〒 132 ・ 133 ・ 134
Code	13123-7
Other
Region	Kanto
Symbolism	Flower : Rhododendron; Tree : Camphor Tree
	city.edogawa.tokyo.jp (Japanese)

Edogawa ( 江戸川区 edogawa ku ) is one of Tokyo 's 23 special districts . It is named after the name of the river , which flows from north to south along the eastern border of the region.

Kasai Crossing, Shuto Expressway

The easternmost of the districts of Tokyo, it borders the cities of Urayasu and Ichikawa of Chiba Prefecture (in the east) and special areas of Katsushika (in the north), Sumida and Koto (in the west).

According to the data for 2010, the population of the district was 673,998 people, and the population density was 13,518 per kilometer². The total territory is 49.86 km².

Content

History

The district was formed in 1937 by combining seven cities and villages of the Minami Katsushika district: the cities of Komatsugawa and Koiva, the villages of Kasai, Shinozaki, Matsue, Mizue and Sikamoto.

Transport

Railway

■ East Japan Railway Company

■ Chuo Sobu Line

- Hirai - Shin-Koiva (Shin-Koiva station is in the Katsushika area) - Koiva -

■ Kayo Line

- Kasairinkai-Cohen -

■ Keisei Electric Railway

■ Keisei Line

- Keisei-Koiva - Edogawa -

■ Toei

○ Shinjuku Line

- Higashi-Ojima - Funabori - Itinoe - Mizue - Shinozaki -

■ Tokyo Metro

○ Tozai line

- Nishi-Kasai - Kasai -

Highway

Shuto expressway
- C2 Center loop
- No.7 Komatsugawa Route
- B Route

Attractions

Tokyo Metro Museum - Located in close proximity to Kasai Station

Links

Official site (Japanese)
Guide for Foreigners