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{{short description|Ward in the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan}}
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| established_date2 = October 1, 1932
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| population_total = 695,043
| population_as_of = October 1, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tnenkan/2020/tn20q3e002.htm|publisher=Tokyo Statistical Yearbook|language=en|accessdate=July 15, 2022|title=Population by District}}</ref>
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[[File:Sumidagawa river.JPG|thumb|The Sumida River makes up the southern border of Adachi (right) and the northern border of Arakawa (left).]]
[[File:Arakawa river.JPG|thumb|The [[Arakawa River (Kanto)|Arakawa River]]]]

{{Nihongo|'''Adachi'''|足立区|Adachi-ku}} is a [[Special wards of Tokyo|special ward]] in the [[Tokyo|Tokyo Metropolis]] in [[Japan]]. It is located to the north of the heart of Tokyo. The ward consists of two separate areas: a small strip of land between the [[Sumida River]] and [[Arakawa River (Kanto)|Arakawa River]] and a larger area north of the Arakawa River. The ward is bordered by the cities of [[Kawaguchi, Saitama|Kawaguchi]], [[Sōka, Saitama|Sōka]] and [[Yashio, Saitama|Yashio]] in [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] and [[Katsushika, Tokyo|Katsushika]], [[Sumida, Tokyo|Sumida]], [[Arakawa, Tokyo|Arakawa]] and [[Kita, Tokyo|Kita]] in Tokyo. The ward is called '''Adachi City''' in English.

As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated [[population]] of 692,707 and a [[population density]] of 13,010 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area is 53.25&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

The Adachi Land Transportation Office is located here, and automobiles registered at this office bear Adachi [[Japanese license plates|number plates]].

==History==
Under the [[Ritsuryō]] system, the present-day ward was the southern extremity of Adachi District, [[Musashi Province]]. In 826, during the [[Heian period]], the Nishiarai Daishi temple was founded. During the [[Muromachi period]] and into the [[Sengoku period]], the [[Chiba clan]] held control of the region. The Great Senju Bridge was built in 1594. In the [[Edo period]], parts were under the direct control of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], and parts were under the administration of [[Kan'ei-ji]], a temple in present-day [[Ueno, Tokyo]]. Adachi was also home to Senju-shuku was a [[shukuba|post station]] on both the [[Nikkō Kaidō]] and the [[Mito Kaidō]]. The shogunate maintained the [[Kozukappara execution grounds]] in Senju.

In 1932, Adachi, formerly known as [[Minamiadachi District, Tokyo|Minamiadachi District]], became a ward of [[Tokyo City]]. The special ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

==Districts and neighborhoods==
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;Ayase Area
* Adachi
* Aoi
* Ayase
* Kōdō
* Nishi Ayase
;Fuchie Area
* Higashi Hokima
* Higashi Rokugatsu-chō
* Hodzuka-chō
* Hokima
* Nishi Hokima
* Rokuchō
* Rokugatsu
* Takenotsuka
;Hanahata Area
* Hanahata
* Kahei
* Kitakaheichō
* Minami Hanabatake
* Mutsuki
* Nishi Kahei
* Shinmei
* Shinmei Minami
* Tatsunuma
* Yanaka
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;Higashi Fuchie Area
* Higashi Ayase
* Nakagawa
* Ōyata
* Sano
* Tōwa
;Ikō Area
* Higashi Ikō
* Ikō
* Ikōhon-chō
* Nishi Ikō
* Nishi Ikōchō
* Nishi Takenotsuka
;Kōhoku Area
* Horinouchi
* Kaga
* Kōhoku
* Miyagi
* Nitta
* Odai
* Saranuma
* Shikahama
* Tsubaki
* Yazaike
;Nishi Arai Area
* Motoki
* Motoki Higashi-machi
* Motoki Kita-machi
* Motoki Minami-machi
* Motoki Nishi-machi
* Nishi Arai
* Nishi Arai Honchō
* Ōgi
* Okino
* Sekihara
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;Senju Area
* Hinodemachi
* Senju
* Senju Motomachi
* Senju Akebono-chō
* Senju Asahi-chō
* Senju Azuma
* Senju Hashido-chō
* Senju Kawahara-chō
* Senju Kotobuki-chō
* Senju Midori-chō
* Senju Miyamoto-chō
* Senju Naka-chō
* Senju Nakai-chō
* Senju Ōkawa-chō
* Senju Sakuragi
* Senju Sekiya-chō
* Senju Tatsuta-chō
* Senju Yanagi-chō
* Yanagihara
;Toneri Area
* Iriya
* Iriya-chō
* Kojiya
* Kojiya Honchō
* Toneri
* Toneri Kōen
* Tonerimachi
;Umejima Area
* Chūō Honmachi
* Hirano
* Hitotsuya
* Kurihara
* Nishi Arai Sakae-chō
* Shimane
* Umeda
* Umejima
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==Sights==
===Nishiarai Daishi===
Nishiarai Daishi, located in Nishiarai, is a temple of the [[Buzan-ha|Buzan]] branch of [[Shingon Buddhism]]. Its formal name is Gochisan Henjōin Sōji-ji (Sōji-ji Temple). This is one of the Three Great Temples{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} in the [[Kantō region]] along with [[Kawasaki Daishi]] and Sano Yakuyoke Daishi, and a large number of people annually visit the temple at [[Japanese New Year|New Year]].

===Parks===
*Toneri Park:
Toneri Park is a metropolitan park located in Toneri. It is divided into east and west sections by Ogubashi Street. The west site has sports facilities such as an athletic stadium, tennis courts and baseball grounds. The east site has a big pond, water park and bird sanctuary. A part of the east site is now under construction. The park can be accessed by arriving at [[Toneri-kōen Station]] on the [[Nippori-Toneri Liner]] or by bus.
*Higashi Ayase Park:
Higashi Ayase Park is a metropolitan park that straddles the border between Ayase and Higashi Ayase. It contains Tokyo Budokan. Within the park, there is a [[Japanese garden]] which has a wide variety of plants. It also has sports facilities such as baseball and gateball grounds.
*Urban Agricultural Park:
Urban Agricultural Park (Toshi Nōgyō Kōen), located in Shikahama, is run by Adachi Ward. Officially, it is a part of Kōhoku Park. It is located near the meeting of the Shiba and Arakawa Rivers, and its south end faces a green space on the Arakawa river area. There are fields, orchards, greenhouses and other facilities that aim to show farming techniques that have been adopted in the suburbs of Tokyo. There are also facilities for families such as lawns and play equipment.

There is a rest house near the entrance on the Arakawa riverbank side. The rest house is at the point where the Arakawa and Shibakawa cycling roads meet. There is no admission fee. It is closed early in the morning and late at night, as well as all day on some days such as the year-end and new-year holidays. The park is far from the train station, but there is a bus running from [[Nishiarai Station]] to the park. The park is about a five-minute walk south of the bus stop Shikahama 5 on Kawaguchi Station line (Shikahama-Ryōke) and Akabane Station line (to Nishiarai Station by way of Arakawa Bridge). There is parking for cars and sightseeing buses under the Shuto Expressway Kawaguchi Route, and Shikahamabashi Exit and Higashi Ryōke Exit are nearby. The parking lot is also close to Kan-nana Road.
*Adachi Park of Living Things:
Adachi Park of Living Things, located within Motofuchie Park in Hokima, is run by Adachi Ward.

===Halls and cultural facilities===
*Tokyo Budokan:
Tokyo Budokan, located within Higashi Ayase Metropolitan Park, is a sports facility run by Tokyo Sport Benefits Corporation. The Tokyo Budokan has an avant-garde building designed by a famous architect Kijō Rokkaku. It includes places for martial arts and [[Kyūdō]], and training rooms. The word ''budokan'' means "martial arts hall", and the same word is part of the name of the more-famous [[Nippon Budokan]]. The Tokyo Budokan's address is 3-20-1 Ayase, Adachi, Tokyo.
*Galaxy+City:
Galaxy+City (Gyarakushitii) is a generic term for series of cultural facilities in Kurihara. It used to be run by Adachi Lifelong Educational Promotion Corporation, but the management was taken over by Youth Centre of Adachi Board of Education on April 1, 2005. It contains two main facilities: Nishiarai Culture Hall (theatre) and Adachi Children's Science Museum. There are also event halls, cafes and others.
*Theatre 1010:
Theatre 1010 was named as it is because the number 1010 (Senjū) and the name of the theater's location (Senju) are homonyms in Japanese.
*Adachi Historical Museum:
Adachi Historical Museum, located within Higashifuchie Park in Ōyata, is run by Adachi Ward.
*[[Senju Thermal Power Station]]

==Education==
{{see also|List of schools in Adachi, Tokyo}}
The city's public high schools are operated by the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education]].

The city's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Adachi City Board of Education (足立区教育委員会).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp/024/kyouiku/kyouiku-index.html |title= 足立区教育委員会|website=www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201124819/http://www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp/024/kyouiku/kyouiku-index.html |archive-date=December 1, 2005}}</ref>

International schools:
* {{Nihongo|Tokyo Korean 4th Elementary and Junior High School|[[:ja:東京朝鮮第四初中級学校|東京朝鮮第四初中級学校]]}} - [[Chosen gakko|North Korean school]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html |script-title=ja:ウリハッキョ一覧 |publisher=[[Chongryon]] |access-date=October 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726160235/http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |url-status=live }}()</ref>

[[Tokyo Denki University]] is located in the area.

[[Tokyo Future University]] is located in the area.

==Sister cities==
Adachi has sister-city relationships with [[City of Belmont|Belmont]], [[Australia]]. Within Japan, Adachi has similar ties with the city of [[Uonuma, Niigata|Uonuma]] (formerly the town of [[Koide, Niigata|Koide]]) in [[Niigata Prefecture]], [[Yamanouchi, Nagano|Yamanouchi]] in [[Nagano Prefecture]], and the city of [[Kanuma, Tochigi|Kanuma]] in [[Tochigi Prefecture]].

==Transportation==

===Rail===
The primary railway station in the city is [[Kita-Senju Station]].

; {{Color|green|■}} [[JR East]]
: {{Color|#339999|■}} [[Jōban Line]] - {{STN|Kita-Senju|x}} - {{STN|Ayase|x}}
; {{Color|#ce3446|■}} [[Tobu Railway]]
: {{Color|red|■}} [[Tobu Skytree Line|Skytree Line]] - {{STN|Horikiri|x}} - {{STN|Ushida|x|Tokyo}} - Kita-Senju - {{STN|Kosuge|x}} - {{STN|Gotanno|x}} - {{STN|Umejima|x}} - {{STN|Nishiarai|x}} - {{STN|Takenotsuka|x}} -
: {{Color|blue|■}} [[Tōbu Daishi Line|Daishi Line]] Nishiarai - {{STN|Daishimae|x}}
; {{Color|#1155cc|■}} [[Keisei Electric Railway]]
: {{Color|#1155cc|■}} [[Keisei Main Line]] - {{STN|Senju-Ōhashi|x}} - {{STN|Keisei Sekiya|x}} -
; {{Color|deepskyblue|■}} [[Tokyo Metro]]
: {{color|#9caeb7|'''○'''}} [[Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line|Hibiya Line]] - Kita-Senju
: {{color|#094|'''○'''}} [[Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line|Chiyoda Line]] - Kita-Senju - Ayase - {{STN|Kita-Ayase|x}}
; {{Color|blue|■}} [[Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company]]
: {{Color|blue|■}} [[Tsukuba Express]] - Kita-Senju - {{STN|Aoi|x}} - {{STN|Rokuchō|x}} -
; {{Color|green|■}} [[Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation]]
: {{Color|hotpink|■}} [[Nippori-Toneri Liner]] - {{STN|Adachi-Odai|x}} - {{STN|Ōgi-ōhashi|x}} - {{STN|Kōya|x|Tokyo}} - {{STN|Kōhoku|x|Tokyo}} - {{STN|Nishiaraidaishi-nishi|x}} - {{STN|Yazaike|x}} - {{STN|Toneri-kōen|x}} - {{STN|Toneri|x}} - {{STN|Minumadai-shinsuikōen|x}}

===Highways===
[[Shuto Expressway]]
*No.6 Misato Route (Kosuge JCT - Misato JCT)
*C2 Central Loop (Itabashi JCT - Kasai JCT)
*S1 Kawaguchi Route (Kōhoku JCT - Kawaguchi JCT)

==Notable people==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2013}}
*[[Mika Akino]], professional wrestler
*[[Atsuko Asano]], actress
*[[Back-On]], rock band
*[[Tochiazuma Daisuke]], sumo wrestler
*[[Kouta Hirano]], manga artist
*[[Susumu Hirasawa]], progressive-electronic musician
*[[Itsuki Hirata]], mixed martial artist
*[[Kazuki Hirata]], professional wrestler
*Jo Kamisaku, murderer of [[Murder of Junko Furuta|Junko Furuta]]
*[[Kaela Kimura]], singer and model
*[[Takeshi Kitano]], comedian and filmmaker
*[[Daijiro Morohoshi]], manga artist
*[[Nujabes]], hip hop artist/producer
*[[Mayumi Ogawa]], actress
*[[Masatoshi Ono]], rock/heavy metal singer
*[[Tetsuya Naito]], professional wrestler
*[[Tatsuki Seko]], soccer player
*[[Tetsuya Bushi|Tetsuya Shimizu]], professional wrestler
*[[Daiki Sugioka]], soccer player
*[[Yoshiko Tanaka]], actress
*[[Kyohei Wada]], professional wrestling referee
*[[Kenta Yamazaki]], soccer player

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp Adachi City Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}

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