Nerima is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.
the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km2, while 15,326 foreign residents are registered and 21.6% of the ward's population is over the age of 65. The total area is 48.08 km2.
Kamiitabashi Area
Asahigaoka
Kotakechō
Kaminerima Area
Asahimachi
Doshida
Hikarigaoka
Kasugacho
Mukōyama
Nukui
Tagara
Takamatsu
Nakaarai Area
Nakamura
Nakamurakita
Nakamuraminami
Toyotamakami
Toyotamakita
Toyotamaminami
Toyotamanaka
Nerima Area
Hayamiya
Hazawa
Heiwadai
Hikawadai
Kitamachi
Nerima
Nishiki
Sakaemachi
Sakuradai
Ōizumi Area
Higashiōizumi
Minamiōizumi
Nishiōizumi
Nishiōizumimachi
Ōizumichō
Ōizumigakuen-chō
Shakujii Area
Fujimidai
Kamishakujii
Kamishakujiiminami-chō
Miharadai
Minamitanaka
Sekimachikita
Sekimachihigashi
Sekimachiminami
Shakujii-chō
Shakujiidai
Shimoshakujii
Tachinochō
Takanodai
Tanihara
Tatenochō
In the Edo period, the area was mostly farmland producing daikon radishes, gobo burdocks, and potatoes. After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, many people from central Tokyo moved to the area.
On October 1, 1932, Nerima town, and Kami-Nerima, Naka-Arai, Shakujii and Ōizumi Villages were incorporated in Old Tokyo City. Prior to the creation of the ward on August 1, 1947, the area had been part of Itabashi. In 1952, the Japan Self-Defense Forces established a base there. The first division of the eastern group of the Ground Self-Defense Force has its headquarters there. The United States Forces Japan already had a base, Grant Heights, which it returned to Japanese control in 1973. Grant Heights had been Narimasu airfield under the Imperial Japanese Army until the end of World War II. The runway is now the main street in front of the IMA department store in Hikarigaoka.
Nerima lies at the northwestern edge of the 23 central wards of Tokyo. Neighboring wards are Itabashi (to the east), Suginami, Toshima and Nakano (to the south), as well as the cities of Musashino (to the southwest) and Nishi-Tokyo (to the west).