On race days, crowds flow toward the racecourse; on other days, it's a quiet residential area
The Keio Line branches off at Higashi-Fuchu Station into a line just 0.9 kilometers long, running only to the next station, Fuchukeiba-seimonmae, with the route almost entirely within Hachimancho. Normally this line is very empty - the terminal station sees just over two thousand people a day, the lowest of any station on the entire Keio network, quiet enough that it's often used as a filming location for commercials. When Tokyo Racecourse has races, service increases to about every 8 to 12 minutes, with special temporary Special Express trains running to Shinjuku added too. Right outside the ticket gates at the terminal station is a pedestrian bridge, and crossing it takes you to the racecourse, which is outside the neighborhood.
On days without racing, this is just a quiet residential area. Hachimancho sits on the Musashino Plateau, at an elevation of about 55 meters with solid ground, and Fuchu City's earthquake risk map rates it at the lowest level. After Higashi-Fuchu Station was rebuilt in 2011, it got the Keio Litnade Higashi-Fuchu shopping complex inside the station. About 10 minutes' walk north from Higashi-Fuchu Station is Fuchu no Mori Park, outside the neighborhood, which used to be the US military's Fuchu Base; the park contains the Fuchu Art Museum. Based on our street photos, greenery ranks 64th out of Tokyo's 199 neighborhoods, the best of the seven sub-categories for this neighborhood.
Since January 16, 2025, Fuchukeiba-seimonmae Station no longer has a permanently stationed staff member - normally you need to use an intercom to contact Fuchu Station, and staff are only sent temporarily during races and events. The area around the station is mostly narrow residential streets, yet on race days it has to accommodate huge crowds. In our street photos, the buildings rank 186th out of 199 neighborhoods, near the bottom. Medical care is also weak: there aren't many clinics and pharmacies within walking distance, ranking 183rd.
The name Hachimancho comes from Musashi Kokufu Hachimangu, a shrine within the neighborhood; in the Edo period, Hachimanjuku here was a settlement of farmers working land belonging to Okunitama Shrine. In 1916, Keio's predecessor company opened Hachimanmae Station north of the shrine. In 1933, Tokyo Racecourse relocated here from Meguro, and in 1935 a temporary station called Keibajomae opened at the current site. In 1940, the two stations merged into today's Higashi-Fuchu Station. In 1955, the Keibajo Line opened, and ever since then the branch line has had to cross the approach path to the shrine partway along its route.
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