Koganei

History

The area of present-day Koganei was part of ancient Musashi Province. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Kitatama District in Kanagawa Prefecture. The village of Koganei was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. Koganei was elevated to town status in 1937, and to city status in 1958.

Geography

Koganei is approximately at the center of Tokyo, and is located about 20 kilometers west of Shinjuku, where Tokyo Metropolitan Government has its headquarters. It is flanked on the north and the south by two large parks. To the north is Koganei Park, which includes the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, a branch of the Edo-Tokyo Museum located in Ryōgoku, Tokyo. To the south are Nogawa Park and Tama Cemetery. The city has an elevation of between 40 and 70 meters above sea level. *Chōfu *Mitaka *Musashino *Fuchū *Kokubunji *Kodaira *Nishitokyo Koganei has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Koganei is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.

Most-observed species

• Brown-eared Bulbul

  Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
  17,886
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

  Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
  17,080
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,699
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  11,905
• Cinereous Tit

  Parus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
  11,731
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,829
• White-cheeked Starling

  Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck, 1835) · Aves
  10,560
• Oriental Turtle-Dove

  Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  10,284

Most recent

• M 5.7 — 2026-06-26
  7 km N of Oshino, Japan
• M 5.8 — 2026-06-26
  3 km SE of Yokoshiba, Japan
• M 4.5 — 2026-06-26
  5 km NE of Noda, Japan
• M 5.5 — 2026-06-16
  4 km NW of Noda, Japan
• M 4.2 — 2026-05-29
  3 km ESE of Mobara, Japan
• M 4 — 2026-05-24
  3 km W of Fussa, Japan