An approach lined with 127 zelkova trees leads to Musashi's head shrine, home of the spring Kurayami Festival
From the pedestrian bridge at Fuchu Station, head south and pass through the shopping complex in front of the station, and you'll see the great torii gate of Okunitama Shrine. This shrine was the general shrine (sosha) of ancient Musashi Province, and the city name "Fuchu" comes from the fact that the provincial capital was once located here. The approach stretching about 600 meters north from the shrine is a tree-lined avenue of 127 zelkova trees, designated a natural monument in 1924. Every year from April 30 to May 6, this road becomes the stage for the Kurayami Festival, one of the three great unusual festivals of the Kanto region.
The main day of the Kurayami Festival is May 5: in the evening six large taiko drums lead the way, followed by eight mikoshi parading through town. The festival's name comes from the old practice of carrying the mikoshi through the darkness late at night, with all the lights in town turned off. On ordinary days, Fuchu Station is a stop for the Keio Line Special Express, and among stations that aren't transfer points, it has the highest number of passengers entering and exiting. Heading south within the neighborhood to Fuchu-Hommachi Station, you'll also find the JR Nambu Line and the Musashino Line, with Musashino Line trains departing from here. Looking at our street photos, cleanliness ranks 23rd out of 199 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the best score in this neighborhood; sidewalks rank 36th, putting the walking environment in the upper tier.
Fuchu-Hommachi Station is the closest station by JR to Tokyo Racecourse, though the racecourse itself is outside the neighborhood. Race days are mostly on weekends, when the station opens large temporary gates and gets crowded. Shops are concentrated in front of the station, but counting supermarkets and convenience stores that every household in the neighborhood can walk to, daily shopping ranks 106th, in the middle tier.
According to tradition, Okunitama Shrine was founded in 111 CE; during the Taika Reform of 645, the provincial capital of Musashi Province was established within the shrine grounds. The provincial capital remained there until the mid-Heian period, and the provincial governor's residence, the Kokushikan, stood on the east side of what is now Fuchu-Hommachi Station. In 1590, Tokugawa Ieyasu built Fuchu Goten on the same site, which was added as a National Historic Site in 2011. One theory holds that the zelkova trees along the approach were donated by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son, though this is unconfirmed; a notice from 1667 already prohibited the removal of saplings. In 1916, the predecessor of Keio built a station here, and the line was elevated in 1993.
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