SUGINAMI GUIDE BOOK Quick City Overview 1 2 Suginami City in Numbers Intention to Settle Find it Easy to Live Here Population 574,280 No. of Households 325,518 87.6% 96.1% * According to 2019 Suginami Population Pyramid 100+ City residential opinion survey 95～99 Male 90～94 Female 85～89 Suginami City 80～84 75～79 70～74 65～69 60～64 No. of Trees 55～59 35,914 50～54 45～49 40～44 1st 35～39 Cherry Blossom 5,945 30～34 Area ㎢ 25～29 34.06 20～24 2nd 15～19 Japanese Zelkova 5,373 10～14 5～9 0～4 3rd Ginkgo 3,499 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 0 5000 10000 15000 2000025000 (people) (people) * According to FY2017 Suginami City greenery fact- ¿QGLQJVXUYH\ 100+ 95～99 Male 90～94 Female Green Space Ratio 85～89 Japan 80～84 No. of Parks 75～79 ％ 70～74 327 21.77 65～69 *As of April 1, 2019 60～64 * According to FY2017 55～59 Suginami City greenery fact- 50～54 ¿QGLQJVXUYH\ 45～49 40～44 Park Area per Person 35～39 ㎡ 30～34 2.07 25～29 20～24 *As of April 1, 2019 15～19 10～14 5～9 0～4 The smallest 5000005 0004 0 000300340 20000200 10000100 010 00 10000 02000 002 300003 400004 5005000 （万人） As of（万人） October 2019 amount out of all Daily Amount of Garbage Generated per Resident 23 Special Wards for 8 years running! No. of Children Max. No. of Children Allowed to g/day Total Fertility Rate 466 (under age 15) enter the Certi ed Child Care Center *FY2018 No waiting list for childcare 60,323 1.03 12,080 since FY2018! * According to 2018 Tokyo *As of April 1, 2019 metropolitan demographic No. of City Designated/ No. of Neighborhood/ statistics Registered Cultural Properties 149 Residential Associations 159 Foreign Residents 18,434 No. of Shopping Streets, etc. 131 No. of Shops 3,106 1st China 6,329 2nd South Korea 2,851 *2016 Economic Census 3rd 4th 5th Nepal 2,218 Vietnam 1,539 Taiwan 1,056 *Figures without particular references or dates are as of March 1, 2020 3 4 Suginami City Pro le Location & Area Declarations Suginami City is located on the Musashino Plateau at the western end of Tokyo’s 23 Special Wards, in what Declaration of Suginami City as a Declaration of Suginami City as a is commonly known as the Jōsai area. City of Peace City of Gender Equality Promotion Suginami is roughly rectangular in shape, with Na- kano and Shibuya cities to its east, Mitaka and Mu- Suginami City Everlasting world peace is a common goal History is created by people, and people create sashino cities to the west, Setagaya to the south, and ●Longitude 139゜35'～40' E that all of humanity shares. Let us forever seek the future. With a heart full of compassion, men Nerima to the north. Its area of 34.06 km2 makes it ●Latitude 35゜40'～44' N to hold in our hands the happiness of peace and women must respect each other’s individ- ●East/West Length 7,508m and pass it on to future generations. Suginami uality and abilities, regardless of gender or gen- the eighth largest of the 23 Special Wards. ●North/South Length 7,159m hereby declares itself to be a city of peace, and eration, as we all make our own contributions wishes for nuclear weapons to be gone from to society, pass on our dreams to a new gen- this world. eration with a brighter tomorrow and expand (Enacted March 30, 1988) the breadth of equality and peace. In order to achieve these goals, Suginami hereby declares itself to be a city of Gender Equality Promotion. (Enacted December 1, 1997) Suginami City Tra c Safety Declaration As the use of vehicles has increased rapidly in recent years, the tra c situation within the city has continually worsened, and the ever-increasing number of accidents that occur with each passing day is truly unbearable. Suginami City hereby declares itself to be a city of tra c safety, promoting policies that respect human life, protect the lives and property of its inhabitants, and striving to Origin of the City’s Name eliminate tra c accidents in the city. (Enacted March 31, 1965) The origin of Suginami City’s name dates back to the early Edo period, when a man named Okabe, lord of the villages of Narimune and Tabata, planted cedar trees (“sugi” in Japanese) in a row (“nami”) along the Ōme Kaidō road to mark its boundaries. The cedar trees have since disappeared, the name Suginami City Official Plants “Suginami” was adopted as the name of the village, the town and nally became the city that exists With the enacting of the Greenery Ordinance (November 1, 1973) seeking to “protect, grow, and today. nurture” green space within the city, three plants were chosen to represent Suginami City: the Cedar tree, the Dawn Redwood tree, and the Camellia Sasanqua. City Emblem Communication Mark This emblem uses This symbol was es- a geometric design tablished on March based on the “sugi” 11, 1992, to clearly character, and was es- de ne Suginami City’s tablished on October desire to become an 1, 1952 to commemo- attractive city suited rate the 20th anniver- to the new era. sary of the adoption of Tokyo’s Special Ward system. Cedar Dawn Redwood Camellia Sasanqua (Design by painter Kōshirō Onchi, deceased) 5 6 The History of Suginami Artifacts exist that show people were living around the plateau and 1932 October Suginami City established springs in the basins of the Igusa River (now a culvert) and Myōshōji 1933 August Inokashira Line begins operation River in the northern area of the city, the Zempukuji River in the cen- 1943 July Tokyo Prefecture and Tokyo City merge to form Tokyo Metropolis tral area, and of the Kanda River to the south, approximately 30,000 1944 August Mass evacuation to Nagano and Miyagi Prefectures years ago. 1952 October City emblem is decided In the late Heian period, a group of samurai known as Musashi samu- 1954 May Establishment of the Suginami Council for the ban- rai appeared, and during the Muromachi period this area was under the-bomb movement Parade celebrating establishment of the in uence of the Edo clan’s various “Asakaya-tono” (Asagaya lords). August 1st Asagaya Tanabata Festival Suginami City (1932) The development of new rice elds led to an increase in the amount 1957 August 1st Koenji Awa-Odori Festival of cultivated land during the Edo period, and the 20 villages in the 1962 January Subway Marunouchi Line begins operation 1963 December Toden Suginami Line ceases operation area were ruled as territories of the Shogunate, hatamoto (such 9LFLQLW\RI.ǀHQML6WDWLRQ 1965 March City Tra c Safety Declaration is made as Imagawa and Okabe) and under the control of Akasaka Sannō 1973 September Greenery Ordinance enacted Shrine. 1982 August Suginami City song and melody established The area saw the construction of the Takaido-shuku post station 1983 January Suginami Incineration Plant begins operation along the Kōshū Kaidō road, falconry grounds for a family of the Sho- 1988 March City of Peace Declaration is made gunate, and the villages in the area bore the cost of these. 1992 March Communication Mark is established 1997 December City of Gender Equality Promotion Declaration is The Birth of Suginami City made 1999 October Suginami City o cial website opens QG7RN\R.RHQML$ZD2GRUL)HVWLYDO The wave of industrialization nally reached the suburbs of the big 2000 November Sugimaru Community Bus on North-South Routes cities, which had until then functioned as rural areas focusing on veg- begins operation etable and grain cultivation. The establishment of the Hara Silkworm 2002 October National Gender Equality Promotion Declaration Larva Factory (later knowns as the Silkworm Experiment Station) in City Summit is held 2003 January Masatoshi Koshiba, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1912 and the opening of the Nakajima Aircraft Company’s Tokyo Physics, is named the city’s rst honorary citizen Vicinity of Ogikubo Station North Factory in 1925 were especially pivotal moments. In the wake of the October Safety & beauti cation ordinance, start of outdoor Exit (1944) Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, urban residents relocated in search smoke-free areas of new homes, leading to rapid advancement of housing. On Octo- 2004 July Enforcement of regulations regarding installation ber 1, 1932, the four towns of Suginami, Wadabori, Iogi, and Takaido and use of security cameras ( rst in Japan) merged to become Tokyo City’s Suginami Ward. In the postwar era, 2005 July Suginami Shihankan opens as a teacher training school unique to Suginami City ( rst in Japan) a transportation network including street cars, buses, and subways Street car commemorating the closure of developed, allowing Suginami to evolve into a residential area with the Toden Suginami Line (1963) easy access to the city center. 2006 April Start of crime victim support system ( rst in Japan) September Suginami City animated character Namisuke is Kamakura in the West, Ogikubo in the East selected 2007 June Suginami Parenting Support Coupon program The Ogikubo area was once famous as a site for villas - much like Ka- starts makura in the west, as is Ogikubo in the east - with many celebrities 2009 October Elderly Support Points program starts having owned estates there. Music critic Moto Ōtaguro, poet and 2010 September Junior High School Student Environmental Summit Asagaya Station during morning rush hour (1961) founder of Kadokawa Shoten Genyoshi Kadokawa, and three-time starts early-Shōwa prime minister Fumimaro Konoe are some of the more 2011 March Great East Japan Earthquake occurs (assistance well-known residents.