Mitaka (三鷹市, Mitaka-shi) is a city in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021[update], the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 persons per km².[1] The total area of the city was 16.42 square kilometres (6.34 sq mi).[2]
Mitaka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Mitaka is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C.[3]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Mitaka increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1994 there were 2,585 foreign residents in Mitaka, including 726 from North and South Korea, 713 from China, 441 from the United States, 114 from the Philippines, and 108 from the United Kingdom. Of all municipalities in Japan, Mitaka had the highest proportion of Chinese returnees.[5]
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1920
5,725
—
1930
8,218
+43.5%
1940
24,247
+195.0%
1950
54,820
+126.1%
1960
98,038
+78.8%
1970
155,693
+58.8%
1980
164,526
+5.7%
1990
165,564
+0.6%
2000
171,612
+3.7%
2010
186,083
+8.4%
2020
195,391
+5.0%
History
The area of present-day Mitaka was part of ancient Musashi Province. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of 22 July 1878, the area became part of Kitatama District in Kanagawa Prefecture. The village of Mitaka was created on 1 April 1889 with the establishment of modern municipalities law. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on 1 April 1893. Mitaka was raised to town status in 1940. In 1949, the Mitaka incident, one of a series of unexplained fatal train accidents around the same period of time, occurred at Mitaka Station.[6] Mitaka City was officially founded on 3 November 1950. A motion to merge with neighboring Musashino City failed in 1955 by only a single vote in the Mitaka city assembly.
Government
Mitaka has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 28 members. Mitaka contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tokyo 22nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Kyorin University – School of Medicine, Kyorin University Hospital (at Hospital Campus); Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies (at Inokashira Campus)
Mikata city operates 15 public elementary schools and seven public middle schools. There is also one private elementary school and three private middle schools.
^"[2]." Formerly Little Angels International School. Retrieved on 28 June 2022. "Musashi International School (Mitaka Campus) [...] 9-7-14,Shimorenjaku, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-0013, Japan." – Japanese address:（三鷹校）[...] 〒181-0013 東京三鷹市下連雀9-7-14"
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