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33-737: Koganei is approximately at the center of Tokyo metropolis, and is located about 20 kilometers west of Shinjuku , where Tokyo Metropolitan Government has its headquarters. It is flanked on the north and the south by two large parks. To the north is Koganei Park, which includes the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum , a branch of the Edo-Tokyo Museum located in Ryōgoku , Tokyo. To the south are Nogawa Park and Tama Cemetery . The city has an elevation of between 40 and 70 meters above sea level. Koganei has

66-564: A city . The current mayor is Kenichi Yoshizumi. The ward council ( 区議会 , kugikai ) consists of 38 elected members; the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeitō Party together currently hold a majority. The Democratic Party of Japan , Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party are also represented together with four independents . Shinjuku's city office ( 区役所 , kuyakusho )

99-571: A humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Koganei is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C. Per Japanese census data,

132-607: A local government. These other municipalities are located in the western part of the prefecture, as well as the outlying island chains of Izu and Ogasawara . The Metropolitan Assembly is the legislative organ of the whole prefecture of Tokyo . It consists of 127 members elected each four years. Regular sessions are held four times each year, in February, June, September and December. These sessions typically last for 30 days. Between these are plenary sessions where discussions on bills are held. As in other prefectures of Japan ,

165-619: A new (shin) station ( shuku or juku ) on the Kōshū Kaidō , one of the major highways of that era. Naitō was the family name of a daimyō whose mansion stood in the area; his land is now a public park, the Shinjuku Gyoen. In 1898, the Yodobashi Water Purification Plant, the city's first modern water treatment facility, was built in the area that is now between the park and the train station. In 1920,

198-564: Is also commonly used to refer to the entire area surrounding Shinjuku Station . The southern half of this area and of the station are in fact located in the neighboring Shibuya ward. In 1634, during the Edo period , as the outer moat of the Edo Castle was built, a number of temples and shrines moved to the Yotsuya area on the western edge of Shinjuku. In 1698, Naitō-Shinjuku had developed as

231-537: Is home to the publishers Shinchosha and Futabasha . The main store of the Books Kinokuniya bookstore chain is also located in Shinjuku. By 2012 people of Chinese citizenship became the most numerous foreign citizens in Shinjuku. Previously the most common citizenship was collectively those of North and South Korea. Like the other special wards of Tokyo , Shinjuku has a status equivalent to that of

264-642: Is located on the southeastern edge of Kabukichō. Shinjuku is also the location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government . The governor's office, the metropolitan assembly chamber, and all administrative head offices are located in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building . Technically, Shinjuku is therefore the prefectural capital of Tokyo ; but according to a statement by the governor's office, Tokyo (the – as administrative unit: former – Tokyo City ,

297-410: Is not served by any national highways or expressways Shinjuku Shinjuku ( Japanese : 新宿区 , Hepburn : Shinjuku-ku , IPA: [ɕiɲdʑɯkɯ] ) , officially called Shinjuku City , is a special ward of Tokyo , Japan . It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station ) as well as

330-616: Is the government of the Tokyo Metropolis . One of the 47 prefectures of Japan , the government consists of a popularly elected governor and assembly. The headquarters building is located in the ward of Shinjuku . The metropolitan government administers the special wards , cities, towns and villages that constitute part of the Tokyo Metropolis. With a population closing in on 14 million living within its boundaries, and many more commuting from neighbouring prefectures,

363-531: The Liberal Democratic Party , Kōmeitō and Japan Restoration Party , won roughly two-thirds of the vote in the 2012 Tokyo gubernatorial election . Inose resigned in December 2013 and his successor Yoichi Masuzoe was elected in the 2014 Tokyo gubernatorial election . Masuzoe resigned in June 2016 and a new election was held on 31 July 2016. Yuriko Koike , former LDP defense minister but running as an independent,

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396-489: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building , the administrative center of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government . As of 2018 , the ward has an estimated population of 346,235 and a population density of 18,232 people per km . The total area is 18.23 km . Since the end of World War II , Shinjuku has become a major secondary center of Tokyo ( fukutoshin ), rivaling the original city center in Marunouchi . "Shinjuku"

429-1552: The Ochiai and Totsuka areas near sea level, but the Toshima Plateau also builds elevation in the northern extremities of Totsuka and Ochiai. The highest point in Shinjuku is Hakone-san in Toyama Park, 44.6 m above sea level.       The area surrounding Shinjuku Station is a major economic hub of Tokyo. Many companies have their headquarters or Tokyo offices in this area, including regional telephone operator NTT East , global camera and medical device manufacturer Olympus Corporation , electronics giant Seiko Epson , video game developer Square Enix , fast food chains McDonald's Japan and Yoshinoya , travel agency H.I.S. , Subaru Corporation ( Subaru ), railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway , construction giants Taisei Corporation and Kumagai Gumi , medical equipment manufacturer Nihon Kohden , Enoki Films , navigation software company Jorudan , instant noodle giant Nissin Foods , automotive components manufacturer Keihin Corporation , and regional airline Airtransse . The station area also hosts numerous major retailers such as Isetan , Takashimaya , Marui , Bic Camera , Yodobashi Camera and Yamada Denki . Northeastern Shinjuku has an active publishing industry and

462-717: The Shinjuku City (the Shinjuku Ward) Board of Education (新宿区教育委員会). Shinjuku has sister city agreements with several localities: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Naruhito [REDACTED] Fumihito [REDACTED] Shigeru Ishiba ( LDP ) Second Ishiba Cabinet ( LDP – Komeito coalition ) [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Fukushiro Nukaga Kōichirō Genba [REDACTED] Masakazu Sekiguchi Hiroyuki Nagahama Saburo Tokura Kazuo Ueda The Tokyo Metropolitan Government ( 東京都庁 , Tōkyōto-chō )

495-953: The Tsurumaki Library, Tsunohazu Library, the Nishi-Ochiai Library, the Toyama Library, the Kita-Shinjuku Library, the Okubo Library, and the Nakamachi Library. In addition there is a branch library, Branch Library of Central Library in the City Office, located in the city office. There are several major hospitals located within the city limits: Shinjuku is a major urban transit hub. Shinjuku Station sees an estimated 3.64 million passengers pass through each day, making it

528-595: The area of today's 23 special wards collectively) can usually be considered the capital of Tokyo (prefecture/"Metropolis") for geographical purposes. The Geographical Survey Institute (Kokudo Chiriin) names Tōkyō (the city) as capital of Tōkyō-to (the prefecture/"Metropolis"). Shinjuku operates several public libraries, including the Central Library (with the Children's Library), the Yotsuya Library,

561-466: The buildings in the area in and around Shinjuku Station. The pre-war form of Shinjuku and the rest of Tokyo was retained after the war because the roads and rails, damaged as they were, remained, and these formed the heart of Shinjuku in the post-war construction. Only in Kabuki-cho was a grand reconstruction plan put into action. The present ward was established on March 15, 1947 with the merger of

594-600: The busiest station in the world. It houses interchanges to three subway lines and three privately owned commuter lines, as well as several JR lines. A list of railway lines passing through and stations located within Shinjuku includes: Shuto Expressway : National highways : Other major routes: Moved: Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Closed: Private schools: Public elementary and junior high schools in Shinjuku are operated by

627-491: The city is part of Tokyo 18th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Koganei is largely a bedroom community for central Tokyo. Gainax , Studio Ghibli and KOGANEI have their corporate headquarters in Koganei. Major products are tomatoes , aubergines(eggplants) , roots, udo (plant related to ginseng , used in medicine and cooking), and rhubarbs . Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates

660-713: The early elections for the Metropolitan Assembly in 1965 due to a corruption scandal, Tokyo became the first prefecture not to hold its assembly elections during the unified local elections ( tōitsu chihō senkyo ), which typically take place in prefectures and municipalities throughout the country every four years. By 2011 , it was one of six prefectures not to do so, the others being Iwate , Miyagi , Fukushima , Ibaraki and Okinawa . Following Shintarō Ishihara's resignation in October 2012, Tokyo held an early gubernatorial election in December 2012 and completely left

693-691: The entire area surrounding Shinjuku Station , but the Shinjuku Southern Terrace complex and the areas to the west of the station and south of Kōshū Kaidō are part of the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts of the special ward of Shibuya . Naturally, most of Shinjuku is occupied by the Yodobashi Plateau, the most elevated portion of which extends through most of the Shinjuku Station area. The Kanda River runs through

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726-542: The following public high schools. The following private high schools are also located in Koganei. The Koganei Municipal Board of Education operates six public junior high schools and nine public elementary schools. Public junior high schools include: Public elementary schools include: There is one private junior high school and one private elementary school. [REDACTED] JR East – Chūō Main Line [REDACTED] - Seibu Railway - Seibu Tamagawa Line Koganei

759-474: The former site vacated by the government). Shinjuku is surrounded by Chiyoda to the east; Bunkyo and Toshima to the north; Nakano to the west, and Shibuya and Minato to the south. The current city of Shinjuku grew out of several separate towns and villages, which have retained some distinctions despite growing together as part of the Tokyo metropolis. "Shinjuku" is often popularly understood to mean

792-593: The former wards of Yotsuya, Ushigome, and Yodobashi. It served as part of the athletics 50 km walk and marathon course during the 1964 Summer Olympics . In the 1970s, the Yodobashi Water Purification Plant closed and was replaced by skyscrapers. In 1991, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government moved from the Marunouchi district of Chiyoda to the current building in Shinjuku (the Tokyo International Forum stands at

825-484: The greatest influence among Japan's governors. In contrast to other prefectures, the governor of Tokyo has a relatively important role given the size of Tokyo's budget (13 trillion yen as of 2014, which is roughly equivalent to the government budget of Sweden ) . The Tokyo metropolitan government is also granted relative freedom in how it allocates the budget, as it is not subject to national government subsidies which other prefectures receive. The responsibility for approving

858-869: The metropolitan budget lies with the governor and the assembly. The assembly may vote for no confidence in the governor and the governor may order the assembly to be dissolved. Karasumaru Mitsue served as the first prefectural governor of Edo Prefecture in 1868. Several months later, the prefecture was renamed to Tokyo and Karasumaru's tenure continued. From the Japanese Misplaced Pages Tokyo's population consists largely of swing voters who are not loyal to any one political party. Tokyoites tend to vote for independent candidates with name recognition or in response to hot-button issues , and have been less susceptible to pork-barrel spending and other "machine" style politics than voters elsewhere in Japan. With

891-574: The metropolitan government wields significant political power within Japan. Under Japanese law , Tokyo is designated as a to ( 都 ), translated as metropolis . Within Tokyo Metropolis lie dozens of smaller entities, including twenty-three special wards (特別 区 -ku) which until 1943 made up Tokyo City but which now have individual local governments, each with a leader and a council. In addition to these 23 local governments, Tokyo also encompasses 26 cities ( 市 -shi), five towns ( 町 -chō or machi), and eight villages ( 村 -son or -mura), each of which has

924-515: The modern municipalities system. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. Koganei was elevated to town status in 1937, and to city status in 1958. Koganei has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 24 members. Koganei contributes one member to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics,

957-489: The people of Tokyo directly elect the governor to four-year terms of office. There is no limit to the number of terms a person may serve. Unlike collegiate cabinet systems, where the decisions are made unanimously, the Governor has the authority to make policy decisions and enforce policy. As the chief executive of Tokyo, ruling an area encompassing 13 million inhabitants and a GDP comparable in size to some countries, they hold

990-473: The population of Koganei grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to grow at a slower rate since then. The area of present-day Koganei was part of ancient Musashi Province . In the post- Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Kitatama District in Kanagawa Prefecture . The village of Koganei was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of

1023-578: The town of Naitō-Shinjuku, which comprised large parts of present-day Shinjuku (the neighborhood, not the municipality), parts of Nishi-Shinjuku and Kabukichō was integrated into Tokyo City . Shinjuku began to develop into its current form after the Great Kantō Earthquake in 1923, since the seismically stable area largely escaped the devastation. Consequently, West Shinjuku is one of the few areas in Tokyo with many skyscrapers . The Tokyo air raids from May to August 1945 destroyed almost 90% of

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1056-564: The unified election cycle. The four largest established national political parties of the past decade (Liberal Democrats, Democrats, Kōmeitō, Communists) are represented in the Tokyo Assembly. The Social Democratic Party , formerly the Japanese Socialist Party, which had been the second major party for much of the postwar era, lost its one remaining seat in the 2001 election . Governor Naoki Inose , endorsed by

1089-464: Was elected with 44,49% of the popular vote. The last assembly election was held on July 27. The new party of the governor Yuriko Koike ( Tomin First no Kai ) won 49 seats with 33.68% of the vote. The LDP obtained 23 seats with 22.53% of the vote. The New Komeito Party , allied with Gov. Koike also obtained 23 seats, with 13.13% of the vote. The previous election was held in June 2013. The LDP won 36% of

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