Editing Musashimurayama, Tokyo (section)

==Economy==
The area of Musashimurayama was traditionally a center for [[cotton]] textile production. The area remains largely agricultural, notably horticulture and the growing of tea, although a significant portion of the population [[Commuting|commutes]] to downtown [[Tokyo]].

Musashimurayama was the location of a [[Nissan]] automobile assembly plant, originally opened in 1962 by the [[Prince Motor Company]]. It closed in March 2001 as part of the [[Nissan Revival Plan]] announced in 1999.<ref name="musashimurayama20100416">{{cite web |url= http://www.city.musashimurayama.lg.jp/machi/000940.html|script-title=ja: 日産村山工場跡地|trans-title= Site of former Nissan factory |date= 2010-04-16|publisher= City of Musashimurayama|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410101212/http://www.city.musashimurayama.lg.jp/machi/000940.html|archive-date=2010-04-10|url-status= dead|access-date= 2015-07-22}}</ref> It is now a museum called Carest Murayama, next to the Aeon Mall Musashi Murayama Megamall occupying a 213,252 square foot facility<ref>[http://www.earlydatsun.com/gloria.html History of old Musashimurayama factory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090754/http://www.earlydatsun.com/gloria.html |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/DOCUMENT/PDF/AR/2003/ar2003_12.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114645/http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/DOCUMENT/PDF/AR/2003/ar2003_12.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

Shinkawa, now known as Yamaha Robotics Holdings, is a leading manufacturer of precision robots for semiconductor manufacturing. The head office and factory are in the city.