Information about Ichikawa
Ichikawa (population approx. 495,592) was formed in 1934 by the merger of the cities of Ichikawa, Yawata and Nakayama and the village of Kokubun. The city is located in the northwest of Chiba Prefecture. It borders the Edogawa district of Tokyo to the west, separated by the Edo River, and Tokyo Bay to the south. The distance to the center of Tokyo is about 20 kilometers. Ichikawa is the most important center in the Tokyo area.