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8-577: The Koishikawa Arsenal ( 小石川工廠 , Koishikawa Kōshō ) , formally Imperial Japanese Army Tokyo Arsenal ( 日本帝国陸軍東京砲兵工廠 , Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Tokyo Hōheikōshō ) was an arsenal in the Koishikawa area of Tokyo , on the grounds of today's Tokyo Dome City and the Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden . It was located on the ground of the former residence of the Prince of Mito . The arsenal

16-822: A leading role in Japan. After the First World War, the Imperial Japanese Army Institute of Science was established within the Koishikawa arsenal. In 1937, the Number Nine Research Laboratory was established as a breakaway unit from this station. The arsenal suffered considerable destruction during the Great Kantō earthquake on 1 September 1923. Complete reconstruction was deemed too expensive, so that

24-585: The Gewehr 98 for the military of Siam (now Thailand). The arsenal began producing airplanes after World War I for the Japanese army, and also for the Imperial Russian Army , which placed an order for 10 airplanes before 1916. Discipline and organization at the arsenal are thought to have been extremely strict, leading to the development of labor disputes in which the Koishikawa arsenal took

32-529: 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

40-1100: The arsenal was transferred to Kokura in Kyūshū (小倉工廠) in October 1935, after 66 years of operation. Koishikawa Koishikawa ( 小石川 ) is a district of Bunkyo, Tokyo . It consists of five sub-areas, 1-5 chome ( 1~5丁目 ) . In Koishikawa are located two well regarded gardens: the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (operated by the University of Tokyo ) in Hakusan, and the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Kōraku. Train stations for accessing this locality include Hakusan Station ( 白山駅 , Hakusan-eki ) , Kōrakuen Station ( 後楽園駅 , Kōrakuen-eki ) , Kasuga Station ( 春日駅 , Kasuga-eki ) , and Myōgadani Station . The Koishikawa Arsenal

48-566: The metropolis operates the Koishikawa Secondary Education School . 35°42′54″N 139°44′44″E  /  35.71500°N 139.74556°E  / 35.71500; 139.74556 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 ) is the board of education in Tokyo , Japan . The board directly manages most of

56-588: Was an important military installation during the Meiji era. Bunkyo operates the local public elementary and middle schools. Zoned elementary schools are: Kanatomi ( 金富小学校 ), Kubomachi ( 窪町小学校 ), Rekisen ( 礫川小学校 ), and Yanagicho ( 柳町小学校 ). Zoned junior high schools are: No. 1 ( 第一中学校 ), No. 3 ( 第三中学校 ), and Meidai ( 茗台中学校 ). Koishikawa High School is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . In addition

64-565: Was inaugurated in 1871, soon after the Meiji restoration . One of its main early productions was the Murata rifle , the first locally produced Japanese rifle. As of 1893, it was producing about 200 rifles and 200,000 cartridges daily. The arsenal was especially active between the two World Wars, as the Arisaka rifle was produced there. The arsenal also produced licensed Mauser style rifles based on

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