Machida City 町田市
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Location of Machida City in Tokyo
Machida City
Coordinates: 35°33′N 139°27′E / 35.55°N 139.45°E / 35.55; 139.45
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo
Government
- Mayor	Joichi Ishizaka
Area
- Total	71.62 km2 (27.7 sq mi)
Population (2007)	413,398
- Density	5,772.10/km2 (14,949.7/sq mi)
City Symbols
- Tree	Japanese Zelkova
- Flower	Scarlet Sage
- Bird	Common Kingfisher
Phone number	042-722-3111
Address Tokyo-to, Machida-shi, Nakamachi 1-chome 20-23 194-8520

Machida (町田市, -shi^?) is a city located in the western part of the greater metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. The city was founded on February 1, 1958.

As of April, 2007, the city has an estimated population of 413,398 and a population density of 5,772.10 persons per km². The total area is 71.63 km². The city is serviced by two rail lines, the Odakyu line and the JR East rail system's Yokohama Line. Machida is also the home of Obirin University and Machida 109.

One of the ponds of Yakushi-Ike Park in Machida, Tokyo.

Not all is concrete and asphalt in this part of the Japanese capital.

[edit] Education

Machida operates its public elementary and junior high schools.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates public high schools.

• Machida High School [1]
• Machida Technical High School [2]
• Naruse High School [3]
• Nozuta High School [4]
• Ogawa High School [5]
• Tadao High School [6]
• Yamasaki High School [7]

[edit] Government

[edit] List of mayors

1. Tokichiro Aoyama 1958 – 1970
2. Katsumasa Oshita 1970 – 1990
3. Kazuo Terada 1990 – 2006
4. Joichi Ishizaka 2006 – 2010

[edit] Notable Residents/People from Machida

1. Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon.

[edit] See also

Tokyo portal

• F.C. Machida Zelvia, a football club based in Machida.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Machida, Tokyo

• Machida Living Guide in English
• Machida official website in Japanese

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