Kodaira, Tokyo

Kodaira

小平市
Kodaira 小平市
City
	Kodaira City Hall
	Flag Seal
	Location of Kodaira in Tokyo
	Kodaira
	Coordinates: 35°43′42.6″N 139°28′38.8″E / 35.728500°N 139.477444°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Government
• Mayor	Yōko Kobayashi (since April 2021)
Area
• Total	20.51 km2 (7.92 sq mi)
Population (April 2021)
• Total	195,207
• Density	9,500/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Zelkova serrata
• Flower	Azalea
• Bird	Japanese pygmy woodpecker
Phone number	042-341-1211
Address	2-1333 Ogawa, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo 187-8701
Website	Official website

Kodaira (小平市, Kodaira-shi) is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 April 2021^[update], the city had an estimated population of 195,207 in 93,654 households, and a population density of 9500 persons per km².^[1] The total area of the city was 20.51 square kilometres (7.92 sq mi).

Geography

Kodaira is located in the Musashino Terrace near the geographic centre of Tokyo Metropolis.

Surrounding municipalities

Tokyo Metropolis

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.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Kodaira increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to grow at a slower rate in the decades since.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	6,068	—
1930	6,558	+8.1%
1940	8,674	+32.3%
1950	21,659	+149.7%
1960	52,923	+144.3%
1970	137,373	+159.6%
1980	154,610	+12.5%
1990	164,013	+6.1%
2000	178,623	+8.9%
2010	187,035	+4.7%
2020	198,739	+6.3%

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.

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 has 19 public elementary school and eight public junior high schools.

Public junior high schools:^[4]