City in Kantō, Japan
Ajinomoto Stadium Chōfu ( 調布市, Chōfu-shi ) is a city in the western side of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the city had an estimated population of 238,087, and a population concentration of 11,000 per km². the sum area of the city is 21.58 straight kilometres ( 8.33 sq mile ). [ 1 ]

geography [edit ]

Chōfu is approximately in the south-center of Tokyo Metropolis, approximately 20 kilometers west from downtown Tokyo, on the Musashino Terrace bordered by the floodplains of the Tama River and the Iruma River.

Surrounding municipalities [edit ]

Tokyo Metropolis
Kanagawa prefecture

climate [edit ]

Chōfu has a Humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and aplomb winters with light to no snow. The average annual temperature in Chōfu is 14.5 °C. The average annual rain is 1647 millimeter with September as the wettest calendar month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C. [ 2 ]

Demographics [edit ]

Per japanese census data, [ 3 ] the population of Chōfu has grown steadily over the past hundred, and increased particularly quickly in the 1950s and 1960s .

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1920 8,619 —    
1930 11,398 +32.2%
1940 17,825 +56.4%
1950 34,865 +95.6%
1960 68,621 +96.8%
1970 157,488 +129.5%
1980 180,548 +14.6%
1990 197,677 +9.5%
2000 204,759 +3.6%
2010 223,609 +9.2%

history [edit ]

The area of contemporary Chōfu has been inhabited since japanese Paleolithic times, and numerous remains from the Jōmon, Yayoi and Kofun periods have been discovered. During the Nara period, it became separate of ancient Musashi Province. During the Sengoku period, the area was frequently contested between the Later Hōjō kin and Uesugi kin. During the Edo period, the area prospered as a post station on the Kōshū Kaidō and as a focus on for sericulture. The lineage of the city name “ Chōfu ” comes from the fact that it was allowed to pay taxes in cloth alternatively of in rice. In the post- Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, Chōfu Town and neighboring Jindai Village were established within Kanagawa Prefecture. The entire zone was transferred to the control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. Jindai was elevated to township condition on November 3, 1952, and merged with Chōfu Town on April 1, 1955, to form the salute city of Chōfu .

government [edit ]

Chōfu has a mayor-council form of politics with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 28 members. Chōfu, together with the city of Komae, contributes three members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tokyo 22nd zone of the lower theater of the Diet of Japan .

economy [edit ]

Chōfu is chiefly a regional commercial center, and a bedroom community ( “ bed town ” ベッドタウン, beddotaun ) for central Tokyo. The headquarters of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA ) are besides located in the city .

transportation system [edit ]

railroad track [edit ]

KeioRailway logo.svg Keio Corporation – Keiō Line
KeioRailway logo.svg Keio Corporation – Keiō Sagamihara Line

highway [edit ]

airport [edit ]

  • Chofu Airport – domestic flights to Izu Islands.

education [edit ]

Colleges and universities :
Primary and secondary department of education

  • Chōfu has 20 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government and two private elementary schools and three private middle schools. The city has four public high schools operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education and three private high schools.
  • The American School in Japan also has a campus.

local attractions [edit ]

The Chōfu City Fireworks Festival, attended by arsenic many as 300,000 people along the banks of the Tamagawa River. Chōfu has a large cultural center that supports many groups encouraging the integration of foreigners into japanese society, providing absolve japanese, Shodo, Ikebana, Karate ( and many early ) lessons. There is a park and memorial hall commemorating the life of novelist Mushanokōji Saneatsu, a early resident of Chōfu. For the 1964 Summer Olympics, the city served as separate of the route for the athletic 50-kilometer walk and marathon events. [ 4 ]

celebrated people from Chōfu [edit ]

References [edit ]