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[[File:AjinomotoStadium1365.jpg|thumb|Ajinomoto Stadium]]
[[File:JindaijiBotanicalGardens5620.jpg|thumb|The Tokyo Metropolitan Government [[Jindai Botanical Garden]]]]

{{Nihongo|'''Chōfu'''|調布市|Chōfu-shi}} is a [[Cities of Japan|city]] in the western side of [[Tokyo|Tokyo Metropolis]], Japan. {{As of|2021|04|01}}, the city had an estimated population of 238,087, and a [[population density]] of 11,000 per km<sup>2</sup>. the total area of the city is {{convert|21.58|sqkm|sqmi}}.<ref name="Chōfu-hp">{{cite web |url=https://www.city.chofu.tokyo.jp/www/contents/1176118846560/|title= Chōfu city official statistics|location= Japan|language= ja}}</ref>

==Geography==
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 [[:ja:入間川_(多摩川水系)|Iruma River]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AboutChofu |url=http://www.nvu.mi.uec.ac.jp/isott2023/AboutChofu.html#:~:text=Geography,River%20and%20the%20Iruma%20River. |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.nvu.mi.uec.ac.jp}}</ref>

===Surrounding municipalities===
Tokyo Metropolis
*[[Setagaya, Tokyo|Setagaya]]
*[[Mitaka, Tokyo|Mitaka]]
*[[Fuchū, Tokyo|Fuchū]]
*[[Koganei, Tokyo|Koganei]]
*[[Komae, Tokyo|Komae]]
*[[Inagi, Tokyo|Inagi]]
[[Kanagawa Prefecture]]
*[[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]]

===Climate===
Chōfu has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.  The average annual temperature in Chōfu is 14.5&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is 1647&nbsp;mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0&nbsp;°C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1&nbsp;°C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/tokyo/chofu-5013/ Chōfu climate data]</ref>

==Demographics==
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-tokyo.php Chōfu population statistics]</ref> the population of Chōfu has grown steadily over the past century, and increased especially rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s.

{{Historical populations
| 1920 | 8,619
| 1930 | 11,398
| 1940 | 17,825
| 1950 | 34,865
| 1960 | 68,621
| 1970 | 157,488
| 1980 | 180,548
| 1990 | 197,677
| 2000 | 204,759
| 2010 | 223,593
| 2020 | 242,614
|align       = none
| footnote = 
}}

==History==
The area of present-day Chōfu has been inhabited since [[Japanese Paleolithic]] times, and numerous remains from the [[Jōmon period|Jōmon]], [[Yayoi period|Yayoi]] and [[Kofun period|Kofun]] periods have been discovered. During the [[Nara period]], it became part of ancient [[Musashi Province]]. During the [[Sengoku period]], the area was frequently contested between the [[Later Hōjō clan]] and [[Uesugi clan]]. During the [[Edo period]], the area prospered as a [[shukuba|post station]] on the [[Kōshū Kaidō]] and as a center for [[sericulture]]. The origin of the city name "Chōfu" comes from the fact that it was allowed to pay taxes in cloth instead 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 district was transferred to the control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. Jindai was elevated to town status on November 3, 1952, and merged with Chōfu Town on April 1, 1955, to form the present city of Chōfu.

==Government==
Chōfu has a [[mayor-council]] form of government 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 district]] of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|lower house]] of the [[Diet of Japan]].

==Economy==
Chōfu is primarily 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 also located in the city.

==Transportation==
===Railway===
[[file:KeioRailway logo.svg|40px]] [[Keio Corporation]]  - [[Keiō Line]]
* {{STN|Sengawa|x}} – {{STN|Tsutsujigaoka|x|Tokyo}} – {{STN|Shibasaki|x}} – {{STN|Kokuryō|x}} – {{STN|Fuda|x}} – {{STN|Chōfu|x|Tokyo}} – {{STN|Nishi-Chōfu|x}} – {{STN|Tobitakyū|x}}
[[file:KeioRailway logo.svg|40px]] [[Keio Corporation]]  - [[Keiō Sagamihara Line]]
* {{STN|Chōfu|x|Tokyo}} – {{STN|Keiō-tamagawa|x}}

===Highway===
* [[Image:JP Expressway E19.svg|28px|link=|alt=E19]]  [[Chūō Expressway]]
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|20}} ( [[Kōshū Kaidō]] )

===Airport===
*[[Chofu Airport]] - domestic flights to [[Izu Islands]].

== Education ==
Colleges and universities:
*[[University of Electro-Communications]]
*[[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies]]
*[[Toho Gakuen School of Music]]
*[[Shirayuri Women's University]]
*[[Jikei University School of Medicine]]

Primary and secondary education
* Chōfu has 20 public elementary schools and eight public junior high 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.

Metropolitan high schools:
* {{ill|Chofu-Kita High School|ja|東京都立調布北高等学校}}
* {{ill|Chofu-Minami High School|ja|東京都立調布南高等学校}}
* {{ill|Jindai High School|ja|東京都立神代高等学校}}
* {{ill|Nogyo High School|ja|東京都立農業高等学校}}

Municipal junior high schools:<ref name=Municipalschoollist>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.chofu.tokyo.jp/www/contents/1489047638868/simple/1.xls|title=1.xls|publisher=Chofu City|accessdate=2022-11-13}}</ref>
* Chofu Junior High School ([[:ja:調布市立調布中学校|調布中学校]])
* Jindai Junior High School ([[:ja:調布市立神代中学校|神代中学校]])
* No. 3 Junior High School ([[:ja:調布市立第三中学校|第三中学校]])
* No. 4 Junior High School ([[:ja:調布市立第四中学校|第四中学校]])
* No. 5 Junior High School ([[:ja:調布市立第五中学校|第五中学校]])
* No. 6 Junior High School ([[:ja:調布市立第六中学校|第六中学校]])
* No. 7 Junior High School ([[:ja:調布市立第七中学校|第七中学校]])
* No. 8 Junior High School ([[:ja:調布市立第八中学校|第八中学校]])

Municipal elementary schools:<ref name=Municipalschoollist/>
* No. 1 Elementary School (第一小学校)
* No. 2 Elementary School (第二小学校)
* No. 3 Elementary School (第三小学校)
* Chowa Elementary School (調和小学校)
* Fuda Elementary School (布田小学校)
* Fujimidai Elementary School ([[:ja:調布市立富士見台小学校|富士見台小学校]])
* Ishiwara Elementary School ([[:ja:調布市立石原小学校|石原小学校]])
* Jindaiji Elementary School (深大寺小学校)
* Kashiwano Elementary School (柏野小学校)
* Kitanodai Elementary School (北ノ台小学校)
* Kokuryo Elementary School (国領小学校)
* Midorigaoka Elementary School ([[:ja:調布市立緑ヶ丘小学校|緑ヶ丘小学校]])
* Somechi Elementary School (染地小学校)
* Sugimori Elementary School ([[:ja:調布市立杉森小学校|杉森小学校]])
* Takizaka Elementary School (滝坂小学校)
* Tamagawa Elementary School (多摩川小学校)
* Tobitakyu Elementary School ([[:ja:調布市立飛田給小学校|飛田給小学校]])
* Uenohara Elementary School ([[:ja:調布市立上ノ原小学校|上ノ原小学校]])
* Wakaba Elementary School (若葉小学校)
* Yakumodai Elementary School ([[:ja:調布市立八雲台小学校|八雲台小学校]])

Private schools:
*The [[American School in Japan]], an [[international school]], also has a campus.
*Chofu Elementary School (former US Air Force Base school)
*Chofu High School (former US Air Force Base school)
*{{ill|Dalton Tokyo Junior & Senior High School|ja|ドルトン東京学園中等部・高等部}}
*{{ill|Koka Gakuen Junior & Senior High School for Girls|ja|晃華学園中学校・高等学校}}
*{{ill|Meiji University Meiji High School and Meiji Junior High School|ja|明治大学付属明治高等学校・中学校}}
*{{ill|Toho Girls' Junior and Senior High School|ja|桐朋女子中学校・高等学校}}

==Local attractions==
*{{ill|Fudaten Shrine|ja|布多天神社}}
*[[Jindai Botanical Garden]]
*[[Jindai-ji (Tokyo)|Jindai Temple]] - famous for many [[soba noodle]] restaurants around the temple.
*[[Nogawa Park]]
*[[Sengawa Theater]]
*Tokyo Stadium (commonly known as [[Ajinomoto Stadium]]) in Chōfu hosts [[association football|soccer]] games for two [[J.League]] teams: [[FC Tokyo]] and [[Tokyo Verdy]].

The Chōfu City Fireworks Festival, attended by as many as 300,000 people along the banks of the Tamagawa River.

Chōfu has a large cultural centre that supports many groups encouraging the integration of foreigners into Japanese society, providing free Japanese, [[Shodo]], [[Ikebana]], [[Karate]] (and many other) lessons.
<gallery>
File:Fudaten-jinja(Inagi) Haiden.jpg|Fudaten Shrine
File:Jindaiji Main Gate.jpg|A main gate in Jindai Temple 
</gallery>

There is a park and memorial hall commemorating the life of novelist [[Mushanokōji Saneatsu]], a former resident of Chōfu.

For the [[1964 Summer Olympics]], the city served as part of the route for the [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|athletic]] 50-kilometer walk and [[marathon]] events.<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf 1964 Summer Olympics official report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173351/https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/27246/rec/29 |date=2018-12-25 }} Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 74-5.</ref>

== Notable people from Chōfu ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2012}}
*[[Kondō Isami]], Bakumatsu period samurai, born in the village of Kami-Ishihara in [[Musashi Province]], now modern Chōfu
*[[Shigeru Mizuki]], cartoonist, born in [[Osaka]] and raised in [[Sakaiminato, Tottori]] but lived in Chofu for roughly 50 years
*[[Saneatsu Mushanokōji]], novelist, playwright, poet
*[[Shutaro Oku]], director
*[[Yuki Soma]], professional [[Association football|football]] player
*[[Junji Takada]], actor
*[[Miho Yamada (gymnast)|Miho Yamada]], former [[rhythmic gymnast]]

== See also ==
* [[Gamera]] and [[GeGeGe no Kitarō]] - characters from these franchises serve as mascots of the city.<ref>[https://communitysite.chofu-city.jp/special/joinus/jo2021/jo21-10/ 「映画のまち調布」応援キャラクター]</ref><ref>[https://www.city.chofu.lg.jp/chofu/p003933.html 水木マンガの生まれた街 調布]</ref><ref>Deyaburō, December 06, 2024, [https://news.allabout.co.jp/articles/o/87243/ 「調布駅」は、特撮ファンにとってガチの「聖地」だった。『ゲゲゲ』と商業施設にあふれた住みよい街]、[[:ja:All About|All About News]]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Chofu, Tokyo}}
{{Wikivoyage|Tokyo/Chofu|Chofu}}
{{Portal|Tokyo}}
*[http://www.city.chofu.tokyo.jp/ Chōfu City Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}

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