Arakawa, Tokyo to the southwest, Bunkyo. South of Arakawa is Taito, and southeast is Sumida. The area was mainly agricultural in the Edo period. In 1651, Kozukappara, the Tokugawa's largest execution ground (now located next to Minami-Senju station), was built. Beginning in the Meiji era, the area became industrial as factories were built on the water front. In 1932, it became one of the 35 wards of Tokyo City. MIAT Mongolian Airlines's Tokyo Branch Office is on the fifth floor in the Tachibana Building in Arakawa. Iseki, a tractor and engine equipment manufacturer has its Tokyo head office in the ward. Arakawa
Hiromu Arakawa Rees Brennan. In April 2011, Arakawa began a new series called "Silver Spoon" in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shōnen Sunday". Rather than writing another fantasy series like "Fullmetal Alchemist", Arakawa wanted to challenge herself by trying a more realistic story with "Silver Spoon". It quickly rose among Shogakukan's best-selling titles and an anime series by A-1 Pictures began airing in July 2013. Also in July 2013 she began her manga adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka's "The Heroic Legend of Arslan" series of novels in Kodansha's "Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine". Arakawa states that Suihō Tagawa, the author of "Norakuro", is the "root of [her] style