Right by the terminus of the tram line, a century-old shopping street where locals come to buy what they'll cook that day
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Minowabashi is the starting point of the Toden Arakawa Line. Right in front of the stop begins the Joyful Minowa Shopping Street, which stretches all the way to the area around the Arakawa Itchu-mae stop. Along this street, which runs over 400 meters, there are several deli shops and produce stores, and locals often come here to buy what they'll cook that day.
The street is covered by an arcade, so you can still shop even on rainy days. The shopping street has continued since 1919, and still keeps the atmosphere of the Showa era.
For daily shopping, this neighborhood ranks 30th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and healthcare ranks 37th — the two highest-ranking categories for this neighborhood. Minowa Station on the Hibiya Line sees about 49,000 people passing through daily. On weekday daytimes, the Toden streetcar runs about every 6 to 7 minutes, running all the way from Minowabashi to Waseda.
This neighborhood is very dense: about 292 people per hectare, compared to about 210 in Taito City and Arakawa City, and about 155 across the 23 special wards. Based on our street photos, greenery ranks 391st out of 395 neighborhoods — the weakest category for this neighborhood. Cleanliness ranks 343rd, also near the bottom.
The shopping street area was once the residence of the Ishikawa family of the Ise-Kameyama Domain. During the Meiji era, a new road was built, and in 1913 the Oji Electric Railway set up a stop here, which is today's Minowabashi.
With the streetcar, the population nearby grew, and the shopping street gradually developed. Ryusen, within this neighborhood, is where the writer Higuchi Ichiyo lived from 1893 to 1894; in 1961, the Ichiyo Memorial Museum opened in Ryusen 3-chome in her honor.
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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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