Editing Itabashi

{{for multi|the surname|Itabashi (surname)|the district in [[New Taipei City]], [[Taiwan]] with same kanji characters|Banqiao District}}
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| official_name      = Itabashi City
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| population_as_of   = October 1, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tnenkan/2020/tn20q3e002.htm|publisher=Tokyo Statistical Yearbook|language=en|accessdate=2022-07-15|title=Population by District}}</ref>
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[[File:Takashimadaira housing development.jpg|thumb|Tall apartments in Takashimadaira]]

{{Nihongo|'''Itabashi'''|板橋区|Itabashi-ku}} is a [[Special wards of Tokyo|special ward]] in the [[Tokyo|Tokyo Metropolis]] in [[Japan]]. In English, it is called '''Itabashi City'''. Itabashi has sister-city relations with [[Burlington, Ontario]], in Canada; [[Shijingshan District]] of Beijing in the People's Republic of China; and [[Bologna]] in Italy.

As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 547,270, and a population density of 16,990 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area is 32.22&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

==Geography==
Itabashi lies on the [[Kantō region|Kantō plain]]. The [[Arakawa River (Kanto)|Arakawa River]], a major river, forms part of the boundary with [[Saitama Prefecture]]. Surrounding the ward are, in Saitama, the cities of [[Wakō, Saitama|Wakō]] and [[Toda, Saitama|Toda]]; and in Tokyo, the wards of [[Nerima, Tokyo|Nerima]], [[Toshima, Tokyo (ward)|Toshima]], and [[Kita, Tokyo|Kita]].

==Districts and neighborhoods==
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;Akatsuka Area
* Akatsuka
* Akatsukashin
* Daimon
* Misono
* Narimasu
* Shingashi
* Takashimadaira<sup>a</sup>
* Tokumaru
* Yotsuba
;Itabashi Area
* Chūmaru
* Fujimi
* Futaba
* Hikawa
* Honchō
* Inaridai
* Itabashi
* Kaga
* Kumano
* Minami
* Nakaitabashi
* Nakajuku
* Naka
* Ōyamachō
* Ōyamahigashi
* Ōyamakanai
* Ōyamanishi
* Saiwai
* Sakae
* Yamato
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;Kamiitabashi Area
* Higashishin
* Higashiyama
* Kamiitabashi
* Komone
* Minamitokiwadai
* Mukaihara
* Ōyaguchi
* Ōyaguchikami
* Ōyaguchikita
* Sakuragawa
* Tokiwadai
* Yayoi
;Shimura Area
* Aioi
* Azusawa
* Funado
* Hasune
* Hasunuma
* Izumi
* Maeno
* Miyamoto
* Nakadai
* Nishidai
* Ōhara
* Sakashita
* Sakogi
* Shimizu
* Shimura
* Shingashi<sup>b</sup>
* Takashimadaira<sup>b, c</sup>
* Wakaki
{{col-end}}

'''Notes:'''

<sup>a</sup> – (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)<br>
<sup>b</sup> – (formerly part of Shimura Nishidai area)<br>
<sup>c</sup> – (1 & 9)

==History==
The name of the ward means "plank bridge" and derives from the wooden span over the [[Shakujii River]] that dates from the [[Heian period]]. Such a bridge was remarkable at the time, and the name has lasted since. The [[Ita Bridge (Shakujii River)|current bridge]] in that location is made of [[ferroconcrete]]. In the [[Edo period]], the [[Nakasendō]] crossed the nearby Shimo Itabashi, and the name came to apply to that area as well. Itabashi was one of the Four Edo Post Towns, and travellers first lodged there after leaving the [[Shōgun|shogunal]] capital. [[Kaga Domain]] had a mansion there. The shogunate maintained the [[Itabashi execution grounds]] at Itabashi.

On October 1, 1932, nine towns and villages of [[Kitatoshima District, Tokyo|Kita-Toshima District]] were merged and became part of [[Tokyo City]] as Itabashi Ward. It became a special ward May 3, 1947.  On August 1 of that year, the localities of Nerima, Kami-Nerima, Naka-Arai, Shakujii and Ōizumi were split off from Itabashi to create [[Nerima, Tokyo|Nerima]] Ward.

== Demographics ==
Per Japanese census data, the population growth has remained stable since 1970.{{Historical populations|1950|223003|1960|412605|1970|471777|1980|498266|1990|518943|2000|513575|2010|535824|2020|584483|align=none|source=[[Statistics Bureau (Japan)|Statistics Bureau of Japan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search?page=1&toukei=00200521|title=Population Census|publisher=Statistics Bureau of Japan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/index.html|title=Population Census|publisher=Statistics Bureau of Japan}}</ref>}}

==Education==

===Universities===
Itabashi is home to four universities. [[Tokyo Kasei University]] has a campus in the Kaga neighborhood. Also in Kaga is the main campus of [[Teikyo University]]. [[Daito Bunka University]] has one campus in Takashima-daira, and another in [[Higashimatsuyama, Saitama]]. The fourth is the medical college of [[Nihon University]].

===Public schools===
Public high schools are operated by the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education]].
*{{ill|Itabashi High School|ja|東京都立板橋高等学校}}
*{{ill|Itabashi Yutoku High School|ja|東京都立板橋有徳高等学校}}
*{{ill|Kitatoshima Technical High School|ja|東京都立北豊島工業高等学校}}
*{{ill|Kitazono High School|ja|東京都立北園高等学校}}
*{{ill|Ohyama High School|ja|東京都立大山高等学校}}
*{{ill|Takashima High School|ja|東京都立高島高等学校}}

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Itabashi City Board of Education (板橋区教育委員会).

Public junior high schools:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/kyoikuiinkai/gakko/ichiran/1011971.html|title=板橋区立中学校一覧|publisher=Itabashi|accessdate=2022-11-12}}</ref>
* Akatsuka No. 1 Junior High School (赤塚第一中学校)
* Akatsuka No. 2 Junior High School (赤塚第二中学校)
* Akatsuka No. 3 Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立赤塚第三中学校|赤塚第三中学校]])
* Itabashi No. 1 Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立板橋第一中学校|板橋第一中学校]])
* Itabashi No. 2 Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立板橋第二中学校|板橋第二中学校]])
* Itabashi No. 3 Junior High School (板橋第三中学校)
* Itabashi No. 5 Junior High School (板橋第五中学校)
* Kaga Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立加賀中学校|加賀中学校]])
* Kami Itabashi No. 1 Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立上板橋第一中学校|上板橋第一中学校]])
* Kami Itabashi No. 2 Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立上板橋第二中学校|上板橋第二中学校]])
* Kami Itabashi No. 3 Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立上板橋第三中学校|上板橋第三中学校]])
* Nakadai Junior High School (中台中学校)
* Nishidai Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立西台中学校|西台中学校]])
* Sakuragawa Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立桜川中学校|桜川中学校]])
* Shimura No. 1 Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立志村第一中学校|志村第一中学校]])
* Shimura No. 2 Junior High School (志村第二中学校)
* Shimura No. 3 Junior High School (志村第三中学校)
* Shimura No. 4 Junior High School ([[:ja:板橋区立志村第四中学校|志村第四中学校]])
* Shimura No. 5 Junior High School (志村第五中学校)
* Takashima No. 1 Junior High School (高島第一中学校)
* Takashima No. 2 Junior High School (高島第二中学校)
* Takashima No. 3 Junior High School (高島第三中学校)

Public elementary schools:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/kyoikuiinkai/gakko/ichiran/1011970.html|title=板橋区立小学校一覧|publisher=Itabashi|accessdate=2022-11-12}}</ref>
* Akatsuka Elementary School (赤塚小学校)
* Akatsuka Shin Elementary School (赤塚新町小学校)
* Fujimidai Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立富士見台小学校|富士見台小学校]])
* Funado Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立舟渡小学校|舟渡小学校]])
* Hasune Elementary School (蓮根小学校)
* Hasune No. 2 Elementary School (蓮根第二小学校)
* Itabashi No. 1 Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立板橋第一小学校|板橋第一小学校]])
* Itabashi No. 2 Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立板橋第二小学校|板橋第二小学校]])
* Itabashi No. 4 Elementary School (板橋第四小学校)
* Itabashi No. 5 Elementary School (板橋第五小学校)
* Itabashi No. 6 Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立板橋第六小学校|板橋第六小学校]])
* Itabashi No. 7 Elementary School (板橋第七小学校)
* Itabashi No. 8 Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立板橋第八小学校|板橋第八小学校]])
* Itabashi No. 10 Elementary School (板橋第十小学校)
* Kaga Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立加賀小学校|加賀小学校]])
* Kamiitabashi Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立上板橋小学校|上板橋小学校]])
* Kamiitabashi No. 2 Elementary School (上板橋第二小学校)
* Kamiitabashi No. 4 Elementary School (上板橋第四小学校)
* Kanazawa Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立金沢小学校|金沢小学校]])
* Kita Maeno Elementary School (北前野小学校)
* Kitano Elementary School (北野小学校)
* Kobai Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立紅梅小学校|紅梅小学校]])
* Maeno Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立前野小学校|前野小学校]])
* Midori Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立緑小学校|緑小学校]])
* Misono Elementary School (三園小学校)
* Mukaihara Elementary School (向原小学校)
* Nakadai Elementary School (中台小学校)
* Nakanebashi Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立中根橋小学校|中根橋小学校]])
* Narimasu Elementary School ([[:ja:板橋区立成増小学校|成増小学校]])
* Narimasugaoka Elementary School (成増ケ丘小学校)
* Oyaguchi Elementary School (大谷口小学校)
* Sakuragawa Elementary School (桜川小学校)
* Shimo Akatsuka Elementary School (下赤塚小学校)
* Shimura Elementary School (志村小学校)
* Shimura No. 1 Elementary School (志村第一小学校)
* Shimura No. 2 Elementary School (志村第二小学校)
* Shimura No. 3 Elementary School (志村第三小学校)
* Shimura No. 4 Elementary School (志村第四小学校)
* Shimura No. 5 Elementary School (志村第五小学校)
* Shimura No. 6 Elementary School (志村第六小学校)
* Shimura Sakashita Elementary School (志村坂下小学校)
* Shingashi Elementary School (新河岸小学校)
* Takashima No. 1 Elementary School (高島第一小学校)
* Takashima No. 2 Elementary School (高島第二小学校)
* Takashima No. 3 Elementary School (高島第三小学校)
* Takashima No. 5 Elementary School (高島第五小学校)
* Takashima No. 6 Elementary School (高島第六小学校)
* Tokiwadai Elementary School (常盤台小学校)
* Tokumaru Elementary School (徳丸小学校)
* Wakagi Elementary School (若木小学校)
* Yayoi Elementary School (弥生小学校)

===Private schools===
* {{Nihongo|Tokyo Third Korean Elementary School|[[:ja:東京朝鮮第三初級学校|東京朝鮮第三初級学校]]}} – [[Chosen gakko|North Korean school]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html |script-title=ja:ウリハッキョ一覧 |publisher=[[Chongryon]] |access-date=October 14, 2015 |quote="{{lang|ja|東京朝鮮第三初級学校  173-0033 東京都板橋区大山西町67-25-6 }}" |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6cGktqdmJ?url=http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html |archive-date=October 14, 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown }}().</ref>

==Points of interest==
* [[Akatsuka Botanical Garden]]
* [[Itabashi Botanical Garden]]
* Jorenji temple and the Daibutsu of Tokyo
* [[Jōhoku-Chūō Park]]

==Transportation==

===Rail===
*[[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) [[Saikyō Line]]: [[Itabashi Station]], [[Ukima-Funado Station]]
*[[Toei Mita Line]]: Shin-Itabashi, Itabashi Kuyakusho-mae, Itabashi-Honchō, Moto-Hasunuma, Shimura Sakaue, Shimura-Sanchōme, Hasune, Nishidai, Takashimadaira, Shin-Takashimadaira, Nishi-Takashimadaira Stations
*[[Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line]]: Chikatetsu Narimasu Station
*[[Tōbu Tōjō Line]]: Ōyama, Naka-Itabashi, Tokiwadai, Kami-Itabashi, Tobu-Nerima, Shimo-Akatsuka, Narimasu Stations

Some of these stations straddle the boundaries with other wards, or are within walking distance of Itabashi. The addresses of some stations are in neighboring wards. Shimo-Itabashi Station is in Toshima; Kotake Mukaihara Station and Akatsuka Subway Station are in Nerima; Ukima-Funado Station is actually in Kita.

===Highways===
*[[Shuto Expressway]]
**No.5 Ikebukuro Route (Takebashi JCT – Bijogi JCT)
**C2 Central Loop (Itabashi JCT – Kasai JCT)

==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shijingshan District]], Beijing, China
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Bologna, Italy]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada

==Notable people from Itabashi==
* [[Tsubasa Akimoto]], actress
* [[Noriyuki Asakura]], composer and vocalist
* [[Yasuhiko Fukuda]], Japanese composer and keyboardist
* [[Tomoko Ikuta]], actress
* [[Shō Ishikawa]], [[Baseball in Japan|Japanese baseball player]] 
* [[Seizō Katō]], actor, [[Voice acting in Japan|voice actor]] and narrator
* [[Masakatsu Koike]], [[Politics of Japan|Japanese politician]]
* [[Jin Matsubara]], [[Politics of Japan|Japanese politician]]
* [[Junko Mihara]], [[Politics of Japan|Japanese politician]], singer, actress, and [[racing driver]]
* [[Kayo Noro]], [[Japanese idol]], singer and entertainer
* [[Takurō Ōno]], Japanese actor and [[Tarento|talent]]
* [[Koichi Oshima]], baseball player
* [[Yosuke Santa Maria]], [[Puroresu|Japanese professional wrestler]] 
* [[Jin Shirosaki]], entertainer and radio personality
* [[Kento Yamazaki]], Japanese actor and model

==See also==
{{Portal|Tokyo}}
Other locations with the same [[kanji]] ({{lang|ja|板橋}}, read ''Itabashi'' during Japanese rule):
*[[Banqiao District]], [[New Taipei]], Taiwan
*[[Pangyo, Seongnam|Pangyo]], South Korea
*[[Banqiao (disambiguation)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Itabashi, Tokyo}}
{{Wikivoyage|Tokyo/North|North Tokyo}}
*[http://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/ Itabashi City Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}

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