Koganei [city] - Koganei

Japanese: 小金井[市] - こがねい

A city in central Tokyo. It was incorporated as a city in 1958. It is served by the JR Chuo Line and the Seibu Tamagawa Line. It was once a farming village in Musashino, but after the Great Kanto Earthquake, Musashi-Koganei Station was opened on the Chuo Line in 1926, and it developed into a residential area, especially after World War II. It is home to Tokyo Gakugei University, the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and the Faculty of Engineering at Hosei University, and has become a university town on a par with the neighboring city of Kunitachi to the south. It is home to the Koganei Bank (a scenic spot) of the Tamagawa Aqueduct, famous for its cherry blossoms, Koganei Park, and the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum. It has ^{an area of 11.30 km2} . Population: 118,852 (2010).
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東京都中部の市。1958年市制。JR中央線，西武多摩川線が通じる。かつては武蔵野の農村であったが，関東大震災後1926年中央本線に武蔵小金井駅が開設されて，住宅地として発展，特に第２次大戦後急激に住宅地化した。東京学芸大，東京農工大工学部，法政大工学部などがあって，南隣の国立市と並ぶ学園都市となった。桜で名高い玉川上水の小金井堤（名勝），小金井公園，江戸東京たてもの園などがある。11.30km²。11万8852人（2010）。
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