Toshima, Tokyo (ward)
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Template:Dablink Toshima (豊島区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan.
The commercial centre of Toshima is Ikebukuro, located around Ikebukuro Station.
As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 252,764 and a density of 19,428.44 persons per km². The total area is 13.01 km².
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
The former Somei Village, now part of Toshima, is the birthplace of the Somei Yoshino, Japan's most popular ornamental cherry tree. The variety was developed at the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period.
External links
- Official website (http://www.city.toshima.tokyo.jp/) in Japanese
- Wikitravel: Tokyo/Toshima (http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Tokyo/Toshima)