A residential corner of Nerima where farmland still remains, with a traffic park where you can drive go-karts
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Minami-Oizumi is mainly a residential area, with farmland still visible between the houses. The Shinkawa, an upstream tributary of the Shirako River, has had its waterway covered over into a culvert, and the top has been turned into a walking path. The Nerima City-run Oizumi Traffic Park in chome 6, opened in 1977, has go-karts you can drive and bicycles you can rent.
The eastern edge of the neighborhood is the Shirako River, with Hoya Kaido running east-west along the north; shops are mostly clustered around Hoya Station.
In 2020 about 27,000 people lived in this neighborhood, roughly 149 per hectare.
From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 189th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and buildings rank 161st, the two highest-ranking categories for this neighborhood, both in the middle range.
There's no station within the neighborhood itself, each chome relies on a different station. On real estate websites, 9 out of 10 listings in chome 3 and 4 list Hoya Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line; chome 5 is split evenly between Hoya Station and Oizumi-gakuen Station; chome 2 lists Higashi-Fushimi Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line. Hoya Station is in Nishi-Tokyo City, not within this neighborhood.
Nerima City's community bus Sekimachi-Minami-Oizumi Route runs from the Hoya Station entrance to Juntendo Nerima Hospital, connecting with Musashi-Seki Station South Exit and Kami-Shakujii Station along the way, with 10 round trips a day.
Public transit ranks 353rd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the weakest category for this neighborhood. From our street photos, sidewalks rank 361st, also in the lower range.
Areas more than 800 meters from a station and more than 300 meters from a bus stop are called public transit blank areas by Nerima City; the Minami-Oizumi Route, newly established in December 2011, is one measure to improve such areas.
In the Edo period, Minami-Oizumi belonged to Kogure Village, Niiza District, Musashi Province; in 1889 it first became part of Kurehashi Village in Saitama Prefecture. In 1891 Kurehashi Village was incorporated into Tokyo Prefecture and became Oizumi Village; in 1932 it was transferred to Itabashi Ward and named "Minami-Oizumi-cho".
In 1947 it was separated out along with the establishment of Nerima City; in 1981 the residential address system was implemented, creating chome 1 through 5, with chome 6 added in 1986.
Nerima City Office says that a shortage of drivers has led to reduced service on both regular buses and community buses within Nerima City; starting in fiscal year 2024, a reservation-based pickup taxi service is being trialed instead, with Minami-Oizumi and Higashi-Oizumi as the trial areas.
Starting April 2026, the trial will continue for another year, with 49 pickup and drop-off points set up; a one-way adult fare within Nerima City is 300 yen, booked via smartphone app or phone.
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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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