Riverside tower blocks along the Sumida River, with a paddling pool open in the park in summer
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This neighborhood is across the Sumida River from Shinkawa in Chuo City. Etchujima Park is in 1-chome, and it opens a wading pool every year from July through the second Sunday of September; it's a 5-minute walk from the station.
Most homes in Etchujima are in high-rises: in 2020, about 64% of households lived in apartments of 11 floors or higher, noticeably more than Koto City as a whole. Single-person households make up 35%, less than Koto City overall; households with children under 18 make up about a quarter, more than the City as a whole. About 60% of these households own their homes, and about 15% rent privately.
From our street photos, sidewalks rank 12th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood; cleanliness ranks 17th as well. Etchujima Elementary School and Fukagawa Third Junior High School are both in the neighborhood, along with the City-run Furuishiba Library and two nursery schools.
Daily conveniences are this neighborhood's weak point: everyday shopping ranks 271st, healthcare ranks 316th, and public transit ranks 242nd, all toward the bottom. The station is on the JR Keiyo Line, and Rapid trains don't stop here; in fiscal 2024, about 5,440 people boarded per day, the fewest of any JR station in Tokyo's 23 wards. Next to the station, a Toei bus runs to Monzen-Nakacho, outside this neighborhood.
Etchujima was originally a sandbar at the mouth of the Sumida River; in the early Edo period, the hatamoto Sakakibara Ecchu-no-kami had a residence here, and the sandbar came to be generally called Etchujima. From 1858 to 1866, the shogunate set up a gun-troop training ground and a swimming hall for the Kobusho here.
After the war, this area became land for the National Police Reserve and the Defense Agency; in 1951 it even hosted the first military review held after the Police Reserve's founding, and it wasn't closed until 1960. Etchujima Station opened in 1990, and right above the station is the campus of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, where the Meiji Maru — the first ship designated an Important Cultural Property by the national government — is on display.
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Hospitals with inpatient beds (2020 data), public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area, high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores. Many Tokyo junior high students attend private schools, so junior high catchments are only a guide.
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