Edogawa

Edogawa is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, and in English it uses the name Edogawa City. It takes its name from the Edo River, which runs from north to south along its eastern edge. It is the easternmost of the wards of Tokyo and shares boundaries with the cities of Urayasu and Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture to the east, with the wards of Katsushika to the north and Sumida and Koto to the west, and it meets the city of Matsudo in Chiba at a point. The ward was founded in 1932 through the merger of seven towns and villages in Minami-Katsushika District. About 70 percent of Edogawa lies below sea level, so the area has often flooded, and the ward is home to a noticeable Indian community concentrated around Nishikasai. It has a sister-city relationship with Gosford in New South Wales, Australia.