Step out onto brick-patterned Rokugo-dori, three shopping streets running north
Hatagaya Station's platform is under Koshu-kaido, with the Metropolitan Expressway elevated directly above the road surface. Beyond the ticket gates is an underground passage; turn right to reach the north side of Koshu-kaido, turn left for the south side. Coming up from the north side, the intersection east of the station is the starting point of Rokugo-dori, which splits into three shopping street sections heading north. The southernmost section has an arch and brick-patterned paving, making it the liveliest stretch; the middle section is a slope; the northernmost section widens with two-way traffic lanes.
The section in front of the station is lined with shops, restaurants, and pharmacies; by the time you reach the slope in the middle section, houses start appearing between the shops. For daily shopping, this neighborhood ranks 117th out of 193 in Tokyo, only middling, but you're right in a shopping street the moment you step out of the station. Greenery ranks 73rd, the best of the seven categories for this neighborhood, and the neighborhood includes a stretch of the Hatagaya Greenway, converted from the former Tamagawa Josui waterway. To the north, in Honcho 5-chome, is Hikawa Shrine, the guardian shrine of the former Hatagaya Village; during the autumn festival, floats from the whole area gather here.
There are many narrow roads and dense wooden houses, so if a fire breaks out, the damage could easily spread, and evacuation routes are hard to secure. Hatagaya Station is only served by the Keio New Line; public transit ranks 108th out of 193 in Tokyo, which is middling. The northern part of Honcho is actually closer to Nishi-Shinjuku-gochome Station (Oedo Line) in Shinjuku Ward.
According to legend, in 1082, on the warrior Minamoto no Yoshiie's way back from the Later Three Years' War, he washed the white banner of the Minamoto clan in a pond here, which is how Hatagaya got its name. In 1898, the new Tamagawa Josui waterway channel was completed; its tall earthen embankment split Hatagaya into north and south halves, and since bridges were forbidden over the waterway at the time, residents could only cross via three tunnels. After the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, residents from Tokyo's old downtown districts gradually moved in, many of them timber merchants from Kiba in Fukagawa, which is why there are still many lumber yards in this area today. In 1932, the new waterway channel was decommissioned, and the site became today's Suido-doro road. The name Rokugo-dori comes from the sixth bridge over the old waterway, counting from Shinjuku. In 1978, the Keio New Line opened, and only then did Hatagaya Station move underground.
Shibuya Ward is renovating the greenways along the former Tamagawa Josui waterway in stages. The section of the Hatagaya Greenway from Tokiwa Bridge to Aioi Bridge was completed in March 2026; the next section, extending to Misuzu Bridge and crossing into the Nishihara Greenway, is scheduled for completion in October 2026.
Compared with the 193 Tokyo neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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, and parks of 1 ha or more. Many Tokyo junior high students attend private schools, so junior high catchments are only a guide.
77 blocks · Curated boundary · Data version 2026-10-12
Compared against the Tokyo neighborhoods in this guide; metrics without enough data are not ranked. Shopping counts convenience stores plus the nearer of a supermarket or a traditional market (public and private retail markets); night markets, vendor zones and shopping-street shops are not counted. Transit is rail-first with a lower weight for buses.
TidyMap rates the street environment and everyday convenience. It does not assess the home itself, safety, noise or actual living experience. About data limits
The apartment looks good. What about the street? TidyMap uses AI street imagery analysis and public facility data to turn nearby convenience and the street environment into something you can compare. Search an address you're considering to see the neighborhood around it.
How to read it: yellow = poor, blue = good; grey = not enough data
TidyMap rates the street environment and everyday convenience. It does not assess the home itself, safety, noise or actual living experience. Street environment scores use AI assessments of imagery; convenience scores use public facility data.
Content is for personal browsing. Official TidyMap neighborhood cards may be shared as generated; anyone using one commercially is responsible for their own compliance (sharing guidelines). Bulk extraction, APIs and dataset redistribution require a data licence — email us. This site uses Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics.