A green walkway canopied by 300 cherry trees, lined with quiet residential streets
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Between Fukasawa 1-chome and 5-chome runs the 1,152.6-meter Nomigawa Promenade. The river channel now runs underground as a sewer trunk line, with a walking path built on top; the 300 cherry trees planted along both sides of the embankment back then have stayed in a continuous row, their branches arching over the path.
On both sides of the promenade are flat, quiet residential streets; the City office says some parts of this area still have farmland. In 5-chome is Tokyo Metropolitan Engei High School, which has a Japanese garden, a Western garden, a rose garden, and a bonsai building on campus, used for student training.
In 2020, this neighborhood had about 155 people per hectare.
From our street photos, greenery ranks 21st out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the strongest-ranking category for this neighborhood, near the top. Sidewalks rank 103rd, also near the top.
There's no station within the neighborhood; each chome walks to a different station. Take 2-chome as an example: of 28 buildings listed on real estate listing pages, 19 are marked as near Toritsu-Daigaku Station and 9 as near Komazawa-Daigaku Station, a 15- to 23-minute walk.
So daily life relies mostly on buses: Tokyu Bus routes Ji01 and Ji02 connect Jiyugaoka Station and Komadai-Fukasawa Campus-mae. A 2-minute walk from the Tokyu Bus stop Fukasawa-Fudomae leads to the uppermost point of the promenade.
Public transit ranks 368th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the weakest-ranking category for this neighborhood; convenience of daily life ranks 348th, also near the bottom.
The City office also writes that public transit in the Fukasawa area relies mainly on buses, and the only train station is Sakura-Shinmachi Station, outside this neighborhood.
The Nomigawa Promenade was completed in March 1977. Upstream, in Fukasawa 7-chome and 8-chome (outside this neighborhood), the river surface was kept open and became Nomigawa Shinsui Park; the channel from 1-chome through 5-chome was covered over and turned into the promenade on top.
Mishima Park, next to the promenade, also has a story behind its name: a retainer of the Odawara Hojo clan brought Mishima Daimyojin from Izu, and this area came to be called Mishima; that shrine is today's Fukasawa Shrine in 5-chome. The shrine was founded in 1564, and in 1909, after being merged with 8 shrines in the village, it took on its current name.
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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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