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Mitaka

Mitaka is a city in the Western Tokyo region of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 16.42 square kilometres.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mitaka Forest Ghibli Museum and Jindai Botanical Garden.

Museum
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The Ghibli Museum is a museum showcasing the work of the Japanese animation studio . It is located in Inokashira Park in Mitaka, a western city within the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, in Japan.

Park
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The is at the edge of the Musashino plateau just above Jindaiji Temple in Chōfu, Tokyo, . It extends across 425,433 square meters, and each of its thirty areas features varieties of one kind of plant.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. Part of the station is located in the Nakacho neighborhood of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kichijoji and Musashino.

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is a western suburb of , . The general area also extends into Mitaka. The highlight is Inokashira Park, with long walking paths surrounding a lake.

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is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, . As of 1 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 147,754 in 78,614 households, and a population density of 13,000 persons per km2.

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is a western suburb of , and the main draws are Jindaiji Temple and Jindai Botanical gardens. These twin attractions are next to each other, making a reasonable day trip from central Tokyo.

Mitaka

Latitude
35.6834° or 35° 41′ 0″ north
Longitude
139.5592° or 139° 33′ 33″ east
Population
190,000
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XMHM5+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 527555169
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
11790343
Wiki­data ID
Q242885
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mitaka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميتاكا، طوكيو”
  • Arabic: “ميتاكا”
  • Armenian: “Մատիկա”
  • Armenian: “Միտակա”
  • Asturian: “Mitaka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mitaka”
  • Basque: “Mitaka”
  • Bengali: “মিটাকা”
  • Bulgarian: “Митака”
  • Catalan: “Mitaka”
  • Cebuano: “Mitaka-shi”
  • Chechen: “Митака”
  • Chinese: “Mitaka-chhī”
  • Chinese: “三鷹”
  • Chinese: “三鷹市”
  • Chinese: “三鹰市”
  • Czech: “Mitaka”
  • Danish: “Mitaka”
  • Dutch: “Mitaka”
  • Esperanto: “Mitaka”
  • Estonian: “Mitaka”
  • Finnish: “Mitaka”
  • French: “Mitaka-shi”
  • French: “Mitaka”
  • Galician: “Mitaka”
  • German: “Mitaka”
  • Greek: “Μιτάκα”
  • Guarani: “Mitáka (Tókio)”
  • Guarani: “Mitáka”
  • Gujarati: “મિતાક”
  • Hindi: “मिताका सिटी”
  • Hungarian: “Mitaka”
  • Indonesian: “Mitaka, Tōkyō”
  • Indonesian: “Mitaka”
  • Irish: “Mitaka”
  • Italian: “Mitaka”
  • Japanese: “Mitaka-shi”
  • Japanese: “みたかし”
  • Japanese: “三鷹”
  • Japanese: “三鷹市”
  • Japanese: “三鷹村”
  • Japanese: “三鷹町”
  • Kannada: “ಮಿಟಾಕ”
  • Korean: “미타카”
  • Korean: “미타카시”
  • Latvian: “Mitaka”
  • Literary Chinese: “三鷹市”
  • Lithuanian: “Mitaka”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Mitaka”
  • Malay: “Mitaka”
  • Marathi: “मिताक”
  • Mazanderani: “میتاکا، توکیو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mitaka-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mitaka”
  • Norwegian: “Mitaka”
  • Persian: “میتاکا، توکیو”
  • Persian: “میتاکا”
  • Polish: “Mitaka”
  • Portuguese: “Mitaka”
  • Romanian: “Mitaka”
  • Russian: “Митака”
  • Serbian: “Mitaka”
  • Serbian: “Митака”
  • Serbian: “三鷹市”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mitaka”
  • Sinhala: “මිටකා”
  • Slovak: “Mitaka”
  • Slovenian: “Mitaka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “میتاکا، توکیو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “میتاکا”
  • Spanish: “Mitaka”
  • Sundanese: “Mitaka, Tokyo”
  • Swedish: “Mitaka”
  • Tagalog: “Mitaka, Tokyo”
  • Tagalog: “Mitaka”
  • Tajik: “Mitaka”
  • Tajik: “Митака”
  • Tamil: “மிட்டாகா”
  • Tatar: “Митака”
  • Telugu: “మితాక”
  • Thai: “มิตากะ”
  • Tumbuka: “Mitaka”
  • Turkish: “Mitaka”
  • Ukrainian: “Мітака”
  • Urdu: “میتاکا”
  • Venetian: “Mitaka”
  • Vietnamese: “Mitaka, Tokyo”
  • Vietnamese: “Mitaka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mitaka, Tokyo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mitaka”
  • Welsh: “Mitaka”
  • Yue Chinese: “三鷹市”

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