Inagi

Inagi 稲城市
City
Clockwise from top left: Yomiuri Land Amusement Park, Aoi Shrine, Stone Buddha Statue in Mount Arigata, Anazawa-ten Shrine, Inagi Central Park, Inagi Bridge
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Location of Inagi in Tokyo
Inagi
Coordinates: 35°38′16.6″N 139°30′16.4″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Area
• Total	17.97 km2 (6.94 sq mi)
Population  (April 2021)
• Total	92,585
• Density	5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Ginkgo biloba
• Flower	Pyrus pyrifolia
Phone number	042-378-2111
Address	2111 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi-shi, Tokyo 206-8601
Website	Official website

Inagi City Hall

Inagi (稲城市, Inagi-shi) is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the city had an estimated population of 92,585 in 41,592 households, and a population density of 5200 persons per km². The total area of the city was 17.97 square kilometres (17,970,000 m²).

Geography

Inagi is located in the south-central portion of Tokyo Metropolis, approximately 25 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The Tama River flows through the city, which is bordered by Kanagawa Prefecture to the south.

Surrounding municipalities

Tokyo Metropolis

• Chōfu
• Fuchū
• Tama

Kanagawa Prefecture

• Kawasaki

Climate

Inagi has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Inagi is 14.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.2 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Inagi has increased steadily since the 1950s.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1950	9,824	—
1960	11,012	+12.1%
1970	30,817	+179.8%
1980	48,154	+56.3%
1990	58,635	+21.8%
2000	69,235	+18.1%
2010	84,811	+22.5%

History

The area of Inagi has been settled since the Japanese Paleolithic, or for over 20,000 years, based on projectile points, stone tools and microliths found in several locations within city borders. There is evidence of several Jomon period settlements, but settlement disappeared towards the end of the Jomon period due to climate change and eruptions of Mount Fuji. The area was sparely settled in the Yayoi period, with increasing settlement density in the Kofun period. A number of Nara period remains have been found, including the ruins of a roof tile kiln. During the Heian period, the area became part of a shōen controlled by the Oyamada clan, and later by their cadet branch, the Inabe clan into the Kamakura period, and was an area contested between competing branches of the Ashikaga clan and Uesugi clan in the Muromachi and Sengoku periods. After the start of the Edo period, the area was tenryō controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. Inagi as a municipality was founded on April 1, 1889 as a village in what was then Minamitama District, Kanagawa Prefecture, from the merger of 6 pre-Meiji period hamlets with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The district was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893.

On April 1, 1957, Inagi Village was promoted to town status, and to city status on November 1, 1971.

Government

Inagi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members. Inagi, together with the city of Tam, contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Tokyo 21st district and Tokyo 22nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Elections

• 2007 Inagi local election

Economy

Inagi is largely a bedroom community for central Tokyo due to extensive new town public housing projects in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. There is also some residual agriculture, notably pears and grapes. The paper manufacturer, Nippon Filcon is headquartered in Inagi.

Education

• Komazawa Women's University
• Komazawa Women's Junior College
• Inagi has twelve public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the Inagi City Board of Education and one private middle school. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates one high school.

Transportation

Railway

JR East – Nambu Line

• Yanokuchi - Inagi-Naganuma - Minami-Tama

Keio Corporation - Keio Sagamihara Line

• Keiō-Yomiuri-Land - Inagi

Highway

• Chūō Expressway - Inagi IC

Local attractions

• Yomiuriland Amusement Park

Sports

• Tokyo Verdy, men's football team
• NTV Beleza, women's football team

Notable people from Inagi

• Kunio Okawara, anime mechanical designer

External links

• Inagi City Official Website (in Japanese)