01 ／ Nerima daikon
The diary of Takizawa Bakin, a late-Edo novelist, records for 10 November 1831 that the man who emptied his privy delivered 300 dried daikon. The ward describes it as dried daikon handed over in place of payment for collecting night soil, which the family then pickled as takuan. The next day the household packed three barrels.
02 ／ Natural monument
The marsh-plant community at Sanpoji Pond in Shakujii Park was designated a national Natural Monument in 1935. At designation it was thick with plants such as Shakujii-tanukimo (a bladderwort), kakitsubata iris, bogbean and pygmy water lily. Spring water began to dwindle around 1965, and since 1971 groundwater has been supplied from deep wells.
03 ／ Former village office
In 1889 Kogure and Hashido villages in Niiza District, Saitama, merged as Kurehashi Village. In 1891 it was incorporated into Kita-Toshima District, Tokyo Prefecture, and combined with one area of Shakujii Village and one of Niikura Village to form Oizumi Village. In Oizumi Nakajima Park stands a monument built in 1922 for the village office.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–November 2019)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
From Nerima Station to Ikebukuro Station it takes as little as 6 minutes on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line by semi-express or rapid train. Nerima Ward Office's main building is a 5-minute walk from the west exit of Nerima Station. A station of the same name is on the Toei Oedo Line, and Tobu-Nerima Station is in Itabashi Ward.
+4.3% since 2015
635,746 → 752,608
48.08km² of it habitable
2024
2.0 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
8.1 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 西武鉄道の時刻表（seibu.ekitan.com の池袋235-0・練馬235-5を Wayback で取得）を列車番号で突き合わせ、池袋発の下りの準急・快速の毎日運転の最速は発どうしの差で6分（平日・土休日とも。急行は練馬に停まらない）。Yahoo!路線情報の池袋→練馬の検索（2026-11-04 水・11-08 日の6時〜22時台）でも到着まで最小6分（例 準急 10:10→10:16）。 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
7.5km
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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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