Iogi, where the Myoshoji River rises from a pond here, and the park north of the station has grass, a stream and waterbirds
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The source of the Myoshoji River is Myoshoji Pond, inside Myoshoji Park in Shimizu 3-chome. The pond originally relied on spring water, but as the springs have weakened, most of its water now comes from pumped well water instead. North of the station, Igusa Mori Park covers about 4 hectares, with lawns and a sports ground with fully natural turf, as well as streams and ponds that attract waterbirds such as spot-billed ducks.
Iogi Station sits right beside Kanpachi Avenue; the station name comes from combining the old town names Igusa and Ogikubo. This neighborhood covers Shimo-Igusa 4 and 5-chome, Igusa 3 and 4-chome, Shimizu 3-chome, Kami-Igusa 1-chome, and Imagawa 1-chome in Suginami City. To the north it extends into Minami-Tanaka 1-chome in Nerima City, where rental listings there are also mostly tagged with Iogi Station first.
Greenery ranks 112th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the upper tier — the strongest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Going by our street photos, buildings rank 114th, in the upper-middle tier.
In 2020 this neighborhood had a population of about 23,000, or roughly 148 people per hectare. The south exit has a Suginami City resident services office, and buses from in front of the station run to Ogikubo Station and Nishi-Ogikubo Station.
Iogi is served only by Local trains; coming back from Shinjuku on an Express, you can transfer at Saginomiya, two stops away, and during the day every train connects smoothly.
Public transit ranks 234th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, toward the tail end of the middle tier; healthcare ranks 277th, in the lower tier — the weakest category for this neighborhood.
Using point estimates from the Geospatial Information Authority's flood inundation hazard maps, about a quarter of locations in this neighborhood fall within the area expected to flood under the maximum anticipated rainfall, with roughly half of those under 0.5 meters and half between 0.5 and 3 meters.
Iogi was Iogi Town, established in 1926, its name taking the character for "well" (i) from Igusa and the character for "silver grass" (ogi) from Ogikubo. After the Great Kanto Earthquake, the areas around Ogikubo and Nishi-Ogikubo stations rapidly turned into residential land, and the village head Uchida Hidegoro persuaded many opponents to push through a land readjustment project.
In 1932 Iogi Town was absorbed into Suginami City, and the following year the 888-hectare readjustment was completed.
The Kanpachi Avenue crossing in front of the station used to cut through the railway at a level crossing, closed for an average of 32 minutes per hour. In 1997 Kanpachi Avenue was rerouted through the Iogi Tunnel, passing beneath the railway.
The Seibu Shinjuku Line section running about 5.1 kilometers west from Iogi to Seibu-Yagisawa is set to be elevated; project authorization was obtained in March 2024, with the railway construction work scheduled to run through March 2038.
The roughly 3.1-kilometer section running east to Nogata is also listed as part of the elevation project, but the structural plan is still under review, with no completion year set.
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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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