Kodaira (小平市, Kodaira-shi) is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the city had an estimated population of 195,207 in 93,654 households, and a population density of 9500 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 20.51 square kilometres (7.92 sq mi).
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Geography
Kodaira is located in the Musashino Terrace near the geographic centre of Tokyo Metropolis.
Surrounding municipalities
Tokyo Metropolis
Higashiyamato
Higashimurayama
Higashikurume
Koganei
Kokubunji
Nishitokyo
Tachikawa
Climate
Kodaira has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kodaira 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.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kodaira increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to grow at a slower rate in the decades since.
History
The area of present-day Kodaira was part of ancient Musashi Province, but was a largely unpopulated area under the opening of the Tamagawa Aqueduct in the Edo period made agriculture possible. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Kitatama District in Kanagawa Prefecture. The village of Kodaira was created on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. The population of the area expanded after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake with the relocation of universities and housing areas from central Tokyo. Kodaira was elevated to town status in 1944 and to city status on October 1, 1962.
Government
Kodaira has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 28 members. Kodaira contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tokyo 18th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
The current mayor is Yoko Kobayashi(ja:小林洋子)(since April 11, 2021).
Education
Universities
Tsuda College
Kaetsu University
Musashino Art University
Hitotsubashi University (Kodaira campus)
Shiraume Gakuen College
Shiraume Gakuen Junior College
Primary and secondary schools
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates three public high schools. There is also one special education school for the handicapped.
Kodaira High School
Kodaira Minami High School
Kodaira Nishi High School
Kodaira has 19 public elementary school and eight public junior high schools.
Public junior high schools:
Hana Koganei Minami (花小金井南中学校)
Josui (上水中学校)
Kodaira No. 1 (小平第一中学校)
Kodaira No. 2 (小平第二中学校)
Kodaira No. 3 (小平第三中学校)
Kodaira No. 4 (小平第四中学校)
Kodaira No. 5 (小平第五中学校)
Kodaira No. 6 (小平第六中学校)
Public elementary schools:
Gakuen Higashi (学園東小学校)
Hana Koganei (花小金井小学校)
Kamijuku (上宿小学校)
Kodaira No. 1 (小平第一小学校)
Kodaira No. 2 (小平第二小学校)
Kodaira No. 3 (小平第三小学校)
Kodaira No. 4 (小平第四小学校)
Kodaira No. 5 (小平第五小学校)
Miscellaneous school
Korea University
Transportation
Railway
JR East – Musashino Line
Shin-Kodaira
Seibu Railway - Seibu Shinjuku Line
Hana-Koganei - Kodaira
Seibu Railway - Seibu Tamako Line
Hitotsubashi-Gakuen - Ōmekaidō
Seibu Railway - Seibu Kokubunji Line
Takanodai - Ogawa
Seibu Railway - Seibu Haijima Line
Kodaira - <Hagiyama> - Ogawa
Highway
Kodaira is not served by any national highways or expressways.
Local attractions
Koganei Park
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Kodaira Municipal Cemetery
Kodaiara Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum
Gas Museum
Mayoi no Sakura, a cherry tree
Notable people from Kodaira
Ryuhei Kawada, politician
Nobuaki Kojima, contemporary sculptor
Shun Oguri, actor
Kōji Tsujitani, voice actor