Arakawa, Tokyo Nature Park Public elementary and middle schools are operated by the Arakawa City Board of Education. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. The Tokyo First Korean Elementary and Junior High School (), a North Korean school, is in the ward. The metropolis operated the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Aeronautical Engineering in Arakawa until 2010. Additional facilities are under construction. Arakawa, Tokyo Arakawa has sister-city relationships with Donaustadt in Vienna, Austria, and with Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. Domestically, it has similar relationships with nine cities, towns and villages. As of May 1, 2015, the ward
Battle of Two Rivers Battle of Two Rivers The Battle of Two Rivers was fought between the Picts and Northumbrians in the year 671. The exact battle site is unknown. It marked the end of the Pictish rebellion early in the reign of Ecgfrith, with a decisive victory to the Northumbrians. Attestation of the battle is limited to the account in Stephen of Ripon's "Vita Sancti Wilfrithi". During the 7th century, the Northumbrians gradually extended their territory to the north. The Annals of Tigernach record a siege of "Etain" in 638, which has been interpreted as Northumbria's conquest of Din Eidyn (Edinburgh) during the