a tractor and engine equipment manufacturer has its Tokyo head office in the ward. Landmarks Arakawa Nature Park Education Metropolitan high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. Private schools: Kaisei Academy Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Arakawa City Board of Education (荒川区教育委員会). Municipal junior high schools: No. 1 Junior High School (第一中学校) No. 3 Junior High School (第三中学校) No. 4 Junior High School (第四中学校) No. 5 Junior High School (第五中学校) No. 7 Junior High School (第七中学校) No. 9 Junior High School (第九中学校) Hara Junior High School (原中学校) Minamisenju No. 2 Junior High School (南千住第二中学校) Ogu Hachiman Junior High School (尾久八幡中学校) Suwadai Junior High School (諏訪台中学校) Municipal elementary schools: No. 2 Haketa Elementary School (第二峡田小学校) No. 3 Haketa Elementary School (第三峡田小学校) No. 4 Haketa Elementary School (第四峡田小学校) No. 5 Haketa Elementary School (第五峡田小学校) No. 7 Haketa Elementary School (第七峡田小学校) No. 9 Haketa Elementary School (第九峡田小学校) No. 1 Nippori Elementary School (第一日暮里小学校) No. 2 Nippori Elementary School (第二日暮里小学校) No. 3 Nippori Elementary School (第三日暮里小学校) No. 6 Nippori Elementary School (第六日暮里小学校) No. 2 Zuiko Elementary School (第二瑞光小学校) No. 3 Zuiko Elementary School (第三瑞光小学校) No. 6 Zuiko Elementary School (第六瑞光小学校) Akado Elementary School (赤土小学校) Daimon Elementary School (大門小学校) Haketa Elementary School (峡田小学校) Higurashi Elementary School (ひぐらし小学校) Ogu Elementary School (尾久小学校) Ogu No. 6 Elementary School (尾久第六小学校) Ogu Miyamae Elementary School (尾久宮前小学校) Ogu Nishi Elementary School (尾久西小学校) Shioiri Elementary School (汐入小学校) Shioiri Higashi Elementary School (汐入東小学校) Zuiko Elementary School (瑞光小学校) The Tokyo First Korean Elementary and Junior High School (東京朝鮮第一初中級学校), a North Korean school, is in the ward. The metropolis operated the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Aeronautical Engineering in Arakawa until 2010. Transportation Rail JR East Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line: Nishi Nippori, Nippori Stations Joban Line: Nippori, Mikawashima, Minami-Senju Stations Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Tokyo Sakura Tram (13 stations, including Minowabashi Station) Nippori-Toneri Liner: Nippori, Nishi-Nippori, Akado-Shōgakkō-mae, Kumano-mae Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line: Nishi Nippori, Machiya Stations Hibiya Line: Minami Senju Station Keisei Electric Railway Keisei Main Line: Nippori, Shin-Mikawashima, Machiya Stations Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company Tsukuba Express: Minami-Senju Station Additional facilities are under construction. Major Roads Route 4 (the Nikkō Kaidō) Meiji Street Ogubashi Street Otakebashi Street Events Sada Abe incident (1936) Mikawashima train crash (1962) The attempted assassination of the head of the National Police Agency following an investigation of Aum Shinrikyo-related facilities (1995) See also References External links Arakawa City Official