Separated from Senju by the Arakawa Floodway, residents united as "one family" to form the town of Adachi
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Right outside Gotanno Station is the Gotanno Ekimae-dori Ginza shopping street, with a Summit supermarket nearby, plus two post offices, Adachi 1-chome and Adachi 3-chome. Before the Arakawa Floodway was dug in the Taisho era, this area was connected to Senju on the south bank. When town names were reorganized in 1964, residents originally belonging to Senju and those originally belonging to Ayase Village couldn't reach an agreement; in the end everyone was persuaded with the idea that they were "one family, all part of Minami-Adachi District," and the name "Adachi" was adopted.
The station is an elevated station on the Tobu Line, and a station-front transportation plaza opened in 2018. The station is called Gotanno, but the town it's actually in is Adachi 3-chome, which is home to Gotanno Elementary School, run by Adachi City.
As of 2020, this neighborhood had a population density of about 196 people per hectare.
Among Tokyo's 395 neighborhoods, public transit here ranks 174th, its best-ranked category in this neighborhood. The station only has platforms for the Local line; one stop south is Kosuge, 1.1 kilometers away, and one stop north is Umejima, 1.2 kilometers away.
In fiscal 2025, about 38,000 people passed through the station each day, and platform doors were installed starting in 2024.
From our street photos, greenery ranks 383rd, the weakest category in this neighborhood; sidewalks rank 346th, also near the bottom.
Nishi-Ayase 3-chome sits between several stations, and listings there are split across four nearest stations: 14 buildings nearest Gotanno, 7 nearest Ayase, 5 nearest Kosuge, and 4 nearest Aoi.
When Gotanno Station opened in 1924, this area was still Ayase Village, Minami-Adachi District, Tokyo Prefecture. The station became elevated in 1968; when the section between Kita-Senju and Takenotsuka was expanded to four tracks in 1974, the platform was changed to its current island platform.
The town name "Adachi," where the station is located, didn't appear until 1964. Before the Arakawa Floodway was dug, this area was connected to Senju on the south bank, with the eastern side belonging to Yagoro Shinden in Ayase Village and the western side belonging to Senju-cho.
After the floodway was dug, residents on each side still identified separately with Senju and Yagoro Shinden, making the consolidation of residential address names a difficult negotiation. In the end, residents were persuaded with the idea that they were "one family, all part of Minami-Adachi District," and the town name "Adachi" was settled on.
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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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