Kuhombutsu is named for a temple's nine Amida statues; every three years monks there cross a bridge in bodhisattva masks
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The name Kuhombutsu comes from a temple. Joshinji was founded in 1678, on a site that was originally Okusawa Castle. Across from the main hall are three Amida halls, housing nine Amida Nyorai statues together; "Kuhombutsu" originally referred to these nine statues, and later became the common name of the temple, as well as the name of the surrounding area.
The temple is in Okusawa 7-chome, about a 5-minute walk from Kuhombutsu Station. Every three years the temple holds the "Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas Raigo-e" ceremony, where monks wearing bodhisattva masks cross the bridge between the main hall and the Jobon-do hall; in 2024 it was held again after a seven-year gap.
In 2020, about 16,000 people lived in this neighborhood, roughly 159 per hectare.
From our street photos, greenery ranks 100th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, near the top; cleanliness ranks 173rd, in the middle.
This area originally had the Kuhombutsugawa river, which now runs entirely underground. After passing by the north side of Joshinji, the surface above becomes the Kuhombutsugawa Greenway, built over in 1974, about 13 meters wide, stretching all the way to Jiyugaoka.
There's a supermarket and a post office next to the station. Looking at elementary school districts, about 70% of the neighborhood falls under Kuhombutsu Elementary School, and 87% of that school district is within the neighborhood, so the neighborhood and the school district largely overlap.
Convenience ranks 197th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and healthcare ranks 291st; convenience is slightly below the middle, and healthcare is in the lower section, making healthcare the weakest aspect of this neighborhood.
Kuhombutsu Station is only served by Local trains. Both ends of the platform are level crossings, and the platform is only long enough for about 4 cars, so one car's doors don't open. The ticket gate is also sandwiched between the inbound and outbound level crossings, and passengers crowd and wait very close to the trains.
Kuhombutsu Station opened on November 1, 1929, and its name was taken from Joshinji. Before that, from August 1927 to October 1929, the Toyoko Line's Jiyugaoka Station used this very name, which was given up when this station opened.
Setagaya City reported on July 3, 2026 its safety countermeasures policy for the level crossing in front of Kuhombutsu Station. The plan is to improve Crossing No. 2 and close Crossing No. 1 in March 2027, extend the platform about 37 meters toward Oyamadai, resolve the non-opening doors issue in fiscal year 2029, and complete the project in fiscal year 2030.
The ticket gate will also be moved about 13 meters toward Oyamadai, and the waiting space in front of it will be expanded from about 24 square meters to about 60 square meters.
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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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