Tama, Tokyo

Tama (Japanese多 摩 市, -shi ) is a city located in Tokyo and is bordered to the east directly to the city Inagi.

History and Geography

The community of Tama is without significant area change since the introduction of modern municipal orders in 1889, when it as Tama -mura in the district of South Tama prefecture of Kanagawa united several pre-modern villages of 1878 divided the circle Tama. 1893 Tama was transferred with the rest of the Tama area at the Tokyo Prefecture. The village was founded in 1964 as Tama -machi district town. Finally, in 1971 were Tama and Inagi, the last two remaining communities in the South Tama county, as shi - cycle-free, the county ceased to exist.

Tama -shi was designed as a residential town and finally founded on November 1, 1971 on the western edge of the Japanese capital Tokyo. It owes its name to the Tama River, which forms a natural border town in the north.

In addition to a base of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and a base of the air forces of the United States is also located in Tama since 1990, a theme park of the Japanese company Sanrio, in which the character Hello Kitty is in Vordergrung.

Traffic

  • Train Keio Line to Shinjuku
  • Keio Sagamihara Line to Shinjuku
  • Odakyu Tama Line to Shinjuku

Sons and daughters of the town

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Tokyo Prefecture Inagi
  • Hino
  • Fuchū
  • Hachioji
  • Machida
  • Kawasaki

Twinning

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