Kokubunji, Tokyo

Kokubunji is located on the Musashino Terrace of western Tokyo, approximately in the geographic centre of mainland Tokyo Metropolis. The city extends for about 5.68 kilometers east-to-west by about 3.86 kilometers north-to-south.

Tokyo Metropolis

• Fuchū
• Kodaira
• Koganei
• Kunitachi
• Tachikawa

Kokubunji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kokubunji 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).[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/tokyo/kokubunji-5035/ Kokubunji climate data]

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-tokyo.php Kokubunji population statistics] the population of Kokubunji increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to grow at a slower rate since then.

{{Historical populations

| 1920 | 4,618

| 1930 | 6,454

| 1940 | 9,324

| 1950 | 19,125

| 1960 | 39,098

| 1970 | 81,259

| 1980 | 91,010

| 1990 | 100,982

| 2000 | 111,404

| 2010 | 120,650

| 2020 | 129,242

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The area of present-day Kokubunji was part of ancient Musashi Province, and was the site of the Nara period Provincial temple of that province. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of 1878, the area became part of Kitatama District in Kanagawa Prefecture. The village of Kokubunji 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. Kokubunji was elevated to town status in 1940, and to city status on November 3, 1964.

Kokubunji has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members. Kokubunji, together with the city of Kunitachi, contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tokyo 19th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Kokubunji is the home of the Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, which contains one of the largest natural preserves in the area surrounding Tokyo.[http://www.hitachi.com/rd/crl/index.html Hitachi Central Research Laboratory website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091147/http://www.hitachi.com/rd/crl/index.html |date=2016-03-04 }}, retrieved 28 January 2013 The Railway Technical Research Institute, the technical research company under the Japan Railways group of companies is also located in Kokubunji.

The city has one public high school, {{ill|Kokubunji High School|ja|東京都立国分寺高等学校}}, which is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.[http://www.kokubunji-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ Tokyo Metropolitan Kokubunji High School website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101120226/http://www.kokubunji-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ |date=2020-11-01 }}, retrieved 23 June 2008

Kokubunji has ten public elementary schools and five public middle schools.[http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/english/child/education_systems.htm "Compulsory Education Systems in Japan", Kokubunji official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813190547/http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/english/child/education_systems.htm |date=2007-08-13 }}, retrieved 23 June 2008

Municipal junior high schools:{{cite web|url=https://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/kurashi/1012309/1008645/index.html|title=各中学校の紹介|publisher=Kokubunji City|accessdate=2022-12-04}}

• No. 1 (第一中学校)
• No. 2 (第二中学校)
• No. 3 (第三中学校)
• No. 4 (第四中学校)
• No. 5 (第五中学校)

Municipal elementary schools:{{cite web|url=https://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/kurashi/1012309/1008644/index.html|title=各小学校の紹介|publisher=Kokubunji City|accessdate=2022-12-04}}

• No. 1 (第一小学校)
• No. 2 (第二小学校)
• No. 3 (第三小学校)
• No. 4 (第四小学校)
• No. 5 (第五小学校)
• No. 6 (第六小学校)
• No. 7 (第七小学校)
• No. 8 (第八小学校)
• No. 9 (第九小学校)
• No. 10 (第十小学校)

There is also one private K-12 school, affiliated with Waseda University: {{ill|Waseda Jitsugyo Primary, Junior High, and Senior High School|ja|早稲田大学系属早稲田実業学校初等部・中等部・高等部}}.

Tokyo Keizai University has a campus at Kokubunji.

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• Kokubunji is not served by any national highways or expressways.

• {{Flagicon|Australia}} Marion, South Australia, Australia{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=13&n=Tokyo%20Metropolitan%20Government|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|language=en|access-date=21 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005901/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=13&n=Tokyo%20Metropolitan%20Government|archive-date=5 March 2016}}

• Site of Musashi kokubunji
• Tonogayato Garden

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