Just across Azumabashi from Asakusa, a neighborhood where homes and small factories sit side by side
The closest neighborhoods in the same city.
The station Honjo-azumabashi takes its name from Azumabashi, the bridge over the Sumida River just northwest of the station; cross the bridge and you're in Asakusa 1-chome. Back on the east side of the bridge, Sumida City's urban plan designates this area as a place where housing, shops, and factories coexist; after the war, the small factories along the streets were rebuilt as well.
The roads here were laid out in the land readjustment that followed the Great Kanto Earthquake. The grid streets of Higashi-komagata are what remain from that readjustment, completed in 1930. In 2020 this neighborhood had about 21,000 residents, or about 209 per hectare.
Along the river, Azumabashi 1-chome is home to the Sumida City Office and the headquarters building of Asahi Breweries, and the station is the nearest one to the City Office.
Public transit ranks 47th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the top tier. The stations just before and after this one are Asakusa and Oshiage, both major transfer hubs, each less than 1 kilometer away.
The Asakusa Line connects south to the Keikyu Line and north to the Keisei Line, with direct trains to both Haneda and Narita airports. Medical and pharmacy access ranks 47th, also in the top tier.
Based on our street photos, greenery ranks 381st and street cleanliness ranks 336th, both in the bottom tier. To catch the JR, you'll need to walk to Ryogoku or Kinshicho, about 1.6 to 1.7 kilometers in a straight line from the station.
Using the Geospatial Information Authority's flood inundation hazard map, we sampled points about every 40 meters within the neighborhood and calculated that about 90% of the points fall within the projected flood zone, mostly at depths of 0.5 to 3 meters. Only Azumabashi 1-chome, along the river, has about half its points outside the flood zone.
Sumida City's flood hazard map marks the areas where residents need to evacuate early.
After the Great Meireki Fire (1657), this area became a place where samurai residences moved in, marking the start of its formal development. After the Meiji era, many factories were built along the river and canals, and the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 burned down more than 90% of Honjo Ward.
From the second half of the 1960s, factories pumping groundwater caused the ground to subside, turning this area into a zero-meter zone. As a result, the northern stretch of the Oyokogawa was filled in, and in 1993 it became Oyokogawa Shinsui Park, running along the neighborhood's eastern boundary.
In March 2024, the urban planning decision for the roughly 1.6-hectare area around Umaya Bridge in Honjo 1-chome was finalized, with a reference height limit of about 95 meters. According to 2023 Sumida City Council documents, large-scale development here is scheduled for construction from February 2025 to March 2028.
Compared with the 395 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, 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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