Neighbourhood · Arakawa

Nippori

日暮里

The towers by Nippori Station's east exit and the Nippori fabric town, out to the old downtown homes of Higashi-Nippori

Local guide

01First impressions

Coming out of the east exit of Nippori Station you find the bus terminal, with an equestrian bronze statue of Ota Dokan right beside it. The three towers overhead are Sun Mark City Nippori, connected directly to the station, with homes and shops in the same buildings. Three minutes from the south exit you reach Nippori Chuo-dori; for about a kilometre both sides are lined with shops selling kimono fabric, dress fabric and sewing notions — this is Nippori Fabric Town. Head further east into the lanes of Higashi-Nippori and small workshops, shops and homes are packed together, with a strong shitamachi feel.

02What works

Daily shopping ranks 8th among Tokyo's 158 neighbourhoods, and ecute Nippori inside the station means bento, prepared food and bread are there before you even leave the gates. Overall convenience ranks 21st, and seeing a doctor is easy enough too, with clinics and pharmacies ranking 45th. You have plenty of lines to choose from: JR's Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku and Joban lines, Keisei trains including the Skyliner, with transfers between JR and Keisei inside the gates, plus the Nippori-Toneri Liner.

03Heads-up

Cleanliness ranks 150th, the weakest category for this neighbourhood. Greenery ranks 133rd, and our street photos show relatively little green. Fabric Town has no common closing day, but most shops are closed on Sundays, so check each shop's opening days before making a special trip.

04A bit of history

The area was once called Shinbori; from the Kyoho era it came to be written with characters meaning "a village where you could spend the whole day without tiring of it" (日暮里), and that became the official place name in 1749. In 1913 Nippori Village became a town, and in 1932 it was incorporated into Tokyo City as part of Arakawa Ward. When the residential address system was introduced in 1966, Nippori-machi was split into Higashi-Nippori and Nishi-Nippori. Even earlier, the area around Higashi-Nippori 5-chome was Kanasugi, one of the oaza districts of Nippori Village. The station was opened in 1905 by Nippon Railway, and Keisei arrived in 1931. According to the Fabric Town association, in the early Taisho period a group of dealers in used fibres and fabric offcuts in Asakusa moved together to Nippori and Mikawashima, then still quiet, and that was the start of Fabric Town. The station front once had a cluster of dagashi (cheap sweets) wholesalers; with the opening of the Nippori-Toneri Liner in 2008, the west, central and north districts in front of the station were redeveloped together, producing today's three towers.

Written by TidyMap · updated 2026-10 · 9 sources

Compared with the 158 Tokyo neighbourhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)

Street Environment7.0No. 120

Cleanliness8.8No. 150

Buildings7.8No. 122

Sidewalks5.1No. 85

Greenery6.5No. 133

Convenience8.7No. 21

Transit7.9No. 33

Everyday shopping9.3No. 8

Healthcare9.2No. 45

Nearby neighbourhoods

The closest neighbourhoods in the same city.

Nishi-NipporiThe eateries by Nishi-Nippori Station's east exit, up to the quiet homes on the Dokanyama bluff beside Kaisei Academy MachiyaThe Arakawa and Machiya downtown blocks around Machiya Station along the Toden Arakawa tram line Minami-SenjuThe Shioiri redevelopment towers and the older blocks around Minami-Senju Station Uguisudani / NegishiThe old Negishi homes and Shiki-an north of Uguisudani Station and Higashi-Nippori 4-chome to the east, plus Ueno-Sakuragi on the bluff by Kan'ei-ji across the tracks Yanesen (Yanaka / Nezu / Sendagi)Yanaka's temples, Nezu's artisan lanes and Sendagi's slopes: an old quarter that survived the 1923 quake and the war

40 blocks · Curated boundary · Data version 2026-10-03

How are these measured?

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.

TidyMap rates the street environment and everyday convenience. It does not assess the home itself, safety, noise or actual living experience. About data limits

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