The low-rise homes of Akatsutsumi around Matsubara Station on the Tokyu Setagaya Line, by leafy Akamatsu Park
Matsubara is a small station on the Tokyu Setagaya Line, with the two directions on platforms on opposite sides of the tracks. It is named Matsubara, yet it sits right on the boundary with Akatsutsumi: a few steps from the exit is the Akatsutsumi shopping street, and Akamatsu Park is a one-minute walk away. Apart from Matsubara 4-chome, where the station is, this neighbourhood is the residential streets of Akatsutsumi 1- to 4-chome. The Matsubara district of Setagaya is much larger, and Meidaimae on the Keio Line and Higashi-Matsubara on the Inokashira Line are also inside it; this neighbourhood covers only the Setagaya Line's Matsubara Station end.
Greenery ranks 13th among Tokyo's 155 neighbourhoods, the strongest of this neighbourhood's scores. In our street photos, buildings rank 24th. Akamatsu Park covers about 6,900 square metres, with a ball-games area, a biotope pond and play equipment, and tables and benches under the zelkova trees. The Setagaya Line charges one flat fare however far you ride, 160 yen for adults since the 2023 fare revision; the whole line is 5 kilometres long with 10 stations and takes 17 to 18 minutes end to end.
Everyday shopping ranks 128th, the weakest score here. This ranking is based on the walking distance from each block to the nearest shops; the Akatsutsumi shopping street is right by the station, but homes further away have a longer walk. Public transport ranks 106th: the station is served only by the Setagaya Line, and the neighbouring stops, Shimo-Takaido and Yamashita, are each just 0.8 kilometres away. The Kitazawa River once flowed past the southern edge of Akatsutsumi; it has since been covered over and turned into a green walkway.
The name Akatsutsumi first appears in a document from November 1584, which mentions "Saifuku-ji of Akatsutsumi Village". According to Setagaya Ward, it is said that there was once a defensive earthwork on the red-clay high ground where the main stream and a tributary of the Kitazawa River bend east, and that this gave the place its name; whether that was in the Nara, Muromachi or Sengoku period is unclear. Saifuku-ji Temple still stands in Akatsutsumi 3-chome. The Setagaya Line began as the Tamagawa Electric Railway's Shimo-Takaido Line, which reached Shimo-Takaido in May 1925. Matsubara Station was created in 1949 by moving Rokusho-Jinja-mae Station from the Yamashita side, in practice merging it with Shichikencho Station on the Shimo-Takaido side, under the name Tamaden-Matsubara. In 1969 the Tamagawa Line was abolished, this line was renamed the Setagaya Line, and the station became plain Matsubara.
Compared with the 155 Tokyo neighbourhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
62 blocks · Curated boundary · Data version 2026-10-02
Compared against the Tokyo neighbourhoods 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.
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