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12-556: Kōenji Awa-Odori ( 高円寺阿波おどり ) is one of Tokyo’s largest summer street festivals with up to 12,000 dance team participants and over 1.2 million visitors over the two day event. Held on the last weekend of August in and around the neighbourhood of Kōenji , Suginami the Awa Dance Festival is the largest of its kind outside of Tokushima Prefecture . The dance is performed by dance troupes, referred to as Ren ( 連 ) group of up to 100 musicians and dancers advancing in lines along

24-469: A population density of 17,274 persons per km . The total area is 34.06 km . Suginami occupies the western part of the ward area of Tokyo. Its neighbors include these special wards: to the east, Shibuya and Nakano ; to the north, Nerima ; and to the south, Setagaya . Its western neighbors are the cities of Mitaka and Musashino . The Kanda River passes through Suginami. The Zenpukuji river originates from Zenpukuji Park in western Suginami, and

36-715: Is headquartered in Kugayama . American Express used to have its Japanese headquarters south of Ogikubo station, but it moved to Toranomon in central Tokyo in 2020. Microsoft has a branch office in the Daitabashi Asahi Seimei Building in Izumi. Prior to its disestablishment, Data East had its headquarters in Suginami. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai )

48-885: Is headquartered in Igusa, while Sunrise has its headquarters near the Kami-Igusa Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line . Bones was founded by former members of Sunrise, and staff at each company often help each other on projects. The Satelight studio, founded in Sapporo , relocated to the Asagaya neighborhood in 2006 (an earlier Tokyo office, at a different location in Suginami, had been in existence since 2003). In addition, many smaller studios are based here; as of 2006, over 70 studios (of 400 throughout Japan) were located in Suginami. The communications and electronics giant Iwatsu Electric

60-507: Is implementing a measure to make registry optional. On June 19, 2022, Satoko Kishimoto was elected mayor despite being a long-time resident of Belgium and not having any connections to the ward. She narrowly defeated 3-term incumbent Ryō Tanaka by less than 200 votes. Kishimoto had come to prominence through online political debates during the COVID-19 pandemic . Kishimoto has opposed building new road extensions through Kōenji district and

72-653: Is the board of education in Tokyo , Japan . The board directly manages most of the public high schools in all 23 special wards , the Western Tokyo , and all islands under Tokyo 's jurisdiction . In 2019, policies requiring students who do not naturally have black hair to dye it as such were struck down. In 2017, as stated by survey results, 57% of the state-operated schools in the metropolis required students who did not have hair naturally colored black to submit documents proving so. The Japanese Communist Party criticized

84-531: The Myōshōji River originates in Myōshōji Park, to the north of Ogikubo station. The name Suginami dates back to the early Edo period and is a shortened version of Suginamiki ("avenue of cedars "). This name came about when an early land baron, Lord Tadayoshi Okabe, planted a row of cedar trees to mark the bounds of his property. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. In 1970, 40 high school students in

96-437: The adoption of a controversial textbook published by Fusosha Publishing which claimed to justify Japanese actions during World War II . The ward has also passed an ordinance placing limits on the installation of security cameras. To combat burglaries, which reached a record number of 1,710 in 2002, the ward created an unconventional anti-crime program called Operation Flower. The ward urged residents to plant flowers facing

108-611: The area were exposed to photochemical smog and required hospitalization. The incident attracted national attention and increased awareness of the dangers of pollution. The following neighborhoods make up Suginami-ku: Historically, Suginami has leaned toward liberal activism. In 1954, local housewives launched the "Suginami Appeal" against nuclear weapons, a petition that spread nationwide and ultimately collected 20 million signatures. More recently in 2005, Suginami became part of Japan's fight against nationalist textbook revisionism when residents petitioned Tokyo's courts to prevent

120-624: The local streets to the accompaniment of shamisen , drums, flutes and cymbals. The dance troupes are mixed both in age and gender with women showcasing intricate formation dance steps wearing traditional yukata , geta and straw amigasa hats. Local community groups and schools take part in the festivities, but to keep performance standards high the Kōenji Awa-Odori also has a competition element leading to dance troupes from across Japan applying to participate. Suginami As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and

132-826: The privatization of public facilities. Kishimoto is the district's first-ever female leader and plans on creating more opportunities for women in Japanese politics. Japan currently has only 2 female politicians in the current national cabinet and only 3 female mayors out of Tokyo's 23 main districts. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Suginami City operates public elementary and junior high schools. Municipal combined elementary and junior high schools: Municipal junior high schools: Municipal elementary schools: International schools: Higher Education: Several animation studios are located in Suginami. Bones

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144-506: The street, with the long-term goal of increasing neighborhood watchfulness (necessitated by watering and otherwise attending to the plants). In addition, 9,600 volunteers were recruited for neighborhood safety patrols, 200 security cameras were placed at crime-vulnerable areas, and a daily email update was created for residents. Subsequent to the start of the program, burglaries were down 80% to 390 in 2008. Suginami refused to connect to Japan's Residents Basic Registry Network . As of 2005, it

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