16-489: Edogawa may refer to: Edogawa, Tokyo Edo River People with the surname [ edit ] Edogawa Ranpo (1894–1965), Japanese author Conan Edogawa , the main character of the Case Closed manga Keishi Edogawa, a pen name of author Takashi Nagasaki Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
32-585: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edogawa, Tokyo Edogawa ( 江戸川区 , Edogawa-ku ) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan . It takes its name from the Edo River that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City . The easternmost of the wards, it shares boundaries with
48-922: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Private High Schools: International schools: Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Edogawa Board of Education (江戸川区教育委員会). Junior high schools: Elementary schools: Tokyo Metro Tozai Line The Tokyo Metro Tozai Line ( 東京メトロ東西線 , Tōkyō Metoro Tōzai-sen ) is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture , Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro . Its name translates to " East-West Line" . The line runs between Nakano in Nakano-ku, Tokyo and Nishi-Funabashi in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture . The Tōzai Line
64-658: The Tokyo subway network. The Tōzai Line features through services at both ends of the line. Trains run onto the JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line for Mitaka at the western (Nakano) end, and onto either the Chūō-Sōbu Line for Tsudanuma or the Tōyō Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai at the eastern (Nishi-Funabashi) end. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation in 2018,
80-856: The Chūō and Sōbu lines. This is a rare situation in Tokyo, as the only other subway line with through services onto JR lines is the Chiyoda Line . The Tōyō Rapid Railway Line , effectively an eastward extension of the line, opened in 1996. It nevertheless remains a private entity to which the Tōzai lines offers through services. The Tōzai Line was the first Tokyo Metro line on which express services run: two types of rapid trains skip some stations east of Toyocho. The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line began services on June 14, 2008, and also features express services. Through services to Mitaka via
96-569: The Edogawa Indian Association. The head of the organization as of 2023, Jagmohan S. Chandrani, has been called the "father of Little India." Restaurants serving the cuisine of northern India opened in the northern part of the community, while the southern part had southern Indian restaurants. Global Indian International School Tokyo caters to the Indian expatriate community. Universities Metropolitan high schools are operated by
112-689: The JR East Chūō Line and Tōyō-Katsutadai via the Tōyō Rapid Railway run all day. During the morning and evening peak periods, through services run to Tsudanuma via the JR East Sōbu Line. or ↓ Through-services to/from Tsudanuma via the JB Chūō-Sōbu Line ↓ Tōzai Line trains are 10-car formations of 20-meter (65 ft 7 in)-long cars, with four doors per side and longitudinal seating. The maximum operating speed
128-551: The Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line continues to be most crowded subway line in Tokyo , and the most crowded train line in all of Japan, with its peak running at 199% capacity between Kiba and Monzen-Nakachō stations. Women-only cars were introduced on the line for use during morning rush hour on November 20, 2006. During the COVID-19 pandemic, peak ridership dropped from a rate of 199% in 2019 to 123% in 2020. The Tōzai Line
144-540: The Tōzai Line continues to operate beyond capacity due to its accessibility to other lines, as well as to growing condominium developments in eastern Tokyo. The Takadanobaba to Kudanshita section opened in 1964, and the remainder opened in stages until its completion in 1969. Through service with the then Japanese National Railways (today part of the JR Group ) – a first for a Tokyo subway line – began in 1969 connecting
160-678: The cities of Urayasu and Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture (to the east) and with the wards of Katsushika (to the north), Sumida and Kōtō (to the west). It meets the city of Matsudo in Chiba at a point. Edogawa has a sister-city relationship with Gosford, New South Wales , Australia. Domestically, it has friendship ties with the cities of Azumino in Nagano Prefecture and Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture . As of January 1, 2020,
176-787: The people of Indian origin in Japan and about 30% of the people of Indian origin in Tokyo Metropolis, reside in Edogawa Ward. The Nishikasai [ ja ] area has a high concentration of Indian origin families. The Indian community increased when engineers came to Japan to fix the Y2K bug . Indian people settled in Nishikasai due to the proximity to the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line , which connects to their places of employment. Nishikasai includes
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208-475: The ward has an estimated population of 695,797, and a population density of 13,925 persons per km . The total area is 49.90 km . The ward was founded in 1937 with the merger of seven towns and villages in Minami-Katsushika District : the towns of Koiwa and Komatsugawa, and the villages of Kasai, Matsue, Mizue, Shinozaki and Shikamoto. As of 2018 3,758 people of Indian ancestry, about 10% of
224-601: Was opened as a bypass route for the Chuo Rapid Line and the Sobu Line , which were heavily congested at the time. It is the only Tokyo Metro line to extend into Chiba Prefecture (although the Shinjuku Line operated by Toei also extends into Chiba Prefecture.) It also runs above-ground for 14 km (8.7 mi) from Minami-Sunamachi to Nishi-Funabashi , nearly half of the line and longer than any other railway line in
240-438: Was planned by a review committee of the then Ministry of Transportation in 1962 and numbered Line 5 . Its name literally means "East-West Line", and it was primarily planned to relieve traffic on the busy Sōbu Main Line as well as provide a straight crosstown connection through north-central Tokyo. Although this corridor is also served by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) Shinjuku Line and JR Keiyō Line ,
256-601: Was referred to as Line 5 during the planning stages; the seldom-used official name is Line 5 Tōzai Line ( 5号線東西線 , Go-gō-sen Tōzai-sen ) . The line carries an average of 1,642,378 passengers daily (2017), making it the busiest line on the Tokyo Metro network. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the Tōzai Line is shown using the color "sky blue" and its stations are given numbers using the letter "T". The line runs through central Tokyo from east to west via Takadanobaba , Waseda , Ōtemachi , Nihombashi , Kiba and Urayasu . It
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