Ichikawa市川市

Ichikawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Ichikawa (市川市, Ichikawa-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 496,676 (2020 census), area 57.45 km². Borders 5 places.

A city (市 / shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.

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Facts

Japanese name

市川市

Reading

Ichikawa-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Chiba 千葉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

496,676 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.1% from 481,732

Area

57.45 km²

Density

8,645 people per km²

Households

242,970

Under 15

11.6%

65 and over

21.5%

Foreign residents

18,351 (3.7%)

Code

12203 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.ichikawa.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

5 places share a land border with Ichikawa. Borders across water are not counted.

• Funabashi City船橋市
• Matsudo City松戸市
• Kamagaya City鎌ケ谷市
• Urayasu City浦安市
• Edogawa City江戸川区(Tokyo)

Questions about Ichikawa

Is Ichikawa a city or a prefecture?

Ichikawa (市川市) is a city (市, shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.

Where is Ichikawa?

Ichikawa is in Chiba Prefecture (千葉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Ichikawa?

496,676 at the 2020 census, up 3.1% from 481,732 in 2015. The area is 57.45 km², which is 8,645 people per km². 242,970 households. 21.5% of residents are 65 or older and 11.6% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Ichikawa?

Five: Funabashi City (船橋市), Matsudo City (松戸市), Kamagaya City (鎌ケ谷市), Urayasu City (浦安市), and Edogawa City (江戸川区) in Tokyo. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ichikawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Ichikawa written in Japanese?

市川市, read Ichikawa-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Ichikawa begin?

千葉県市川市… (Chiba-ken, Ichikawa-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.