Machida, Tokyo

Machida (Japanese町 田 市, -shi ) is a city located in Tokyo.

In addition to extensive residential areas can be found in the city and hills and large parks, botanical gardens and some agriculture with rice terraces. Machida is home to many commuters who need to travel to the city center of Tokyo to work every day. Since it can afford fewer families always to buy a house in the metropolitan area of ​​Tokyo, they moved to Machida, which ensured that Machida grew faster and faster. Some of the recreational areas of the city are the Nozuta Park, the Dahlia Garden, Botan Park and the Yakushi- Ike Park.

Traffic

  • Street: Tomei Expressway
  • National Road 16
  • National Road 246
  • Odakyu Odawara Line: Machida, Tamagawa Gakuen -mae and Tsurukawa to Shinjuku or Odawara
  • JR Yokohama Line from Aihara, Machida and Naruse after Higashi- Kanagawa and Hachioji
  • Tokyu Den'entoshi Line: Stations Minami Machida, Suzukakedai and Tsukushino
  • Keio Sagamihara Line: Railway Tamasakai

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Yoshiaki Maruyama ( born 1974 ), Japanese football player
  • Satoshi Tajiri (born 1965 ), director of Game Freak, and also the inventor of the famous RPG series Pokémon

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Tokyo Prefecture Hachioji
  • Tama
  • Yokohama
  • Sagamihara
  • Kawasaki
  • Yamato
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