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Ichikawa City, Chiba prefecture, Japan

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• City name Ichikawa city, Chiba prefecture, Japan
• Location It is located at Northwest of Chiba prefecture, Japan, and it is between Tokyo and Edo river.
• Population Approximately 470 thousand
• Scale 56.39㎢
• Climate annual mean temperature15.6℃, precipitation 1,316㎜
• Specialty It's 20kms from center of Tokyo and developed as education and residential city. Famous for the firework festival held at Tokyo Edo river on August.

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Ichikawa (市川市) is a city located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan, approximately 20 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The city was founded on November 3, 1934.
As of April 1, 2012, the city has an estimated population of 469,603 and a population density of 8,180 persons per km². The total area is 57.46 km2(22.19 sq mi).

Ichikawa is also the home of the chief of the ground staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the Colton Plaza shopping mall. Its close proximity to Tokyo makes it a convenient location for commuters; it is connected to Tokyo by the JR Chuo-Sobu Line, the Toei Shinjuku Line, the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, the Toei Asakusa Line, and the Keisei Line.

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