Nishi-Oi Station on the Yokosuka and Shonan-Shinjuku lines, from the towers by the station to the low-rise lanes of Futaba and Nishi-Oi
Nishi-Oi Station is built directly under the elevated viaduct of the Tokaido Shinkansen, with bullet trains passing overhead from time to time. There's only one exit on the east side, and as you come out you'll see several high-rise residential buildings. Head west or walk further from the station and you'll find yourself in lanes with low-rise apartments and single-family homes.
Both the Yokosuka Line and Shonan-Shinjuku Line stop here, with about 5 minutes to Shinagawa, around 10 minutes to Shibuya, and about 18 minutes to Yokohama, plus there are direct Sotetsu through trains. Public transport ranks 76th out of 155 neighbourhoods in Tokyo, which is mid-range. A Bunka-do supermarket is about a 3-minute walk from the station. Nishi-Oi Hiroba Park is right next to the station, with a tree-lined stone-paved walkway on the north side of the road and a plaza for playing ball sports on the south side. About 8 minutes' walk outside the neighbourhood in Futaba 4-chome, there's Hebikubo Shrine, which enshrines both a dragon god and a white snake.
There's only one exit, so people living on the west side of the station have to walk all the way around to the east side every day to get in and out. There's no subway here, so your only train line option is this JR line. In our street view photos, the neighbourhood environment ranks 142nd out of 155 neighbourhoods, which is the lower tier. Greenery ranks 134th, with very little vegetation in the lanes.
The town name Nishi-Oi only came about in 1964 when addresses were reorganised; before that it was divided into areas like Oi Morimae-cho and Oi Hara-cho. Ito Hirobumi had a villa here in his later years, and after he passed away in 1909 he was buried at the former site of the villa; his grave is in Nishi-Oi 6-chome and is a historic site in Shinagawa Ward. In 1932, what is now 5- and 6-chome was for a time named Oi Ito-cho. Nikon set up a factory here in 1918, just a year after its founding, and Kogaku-dori ("Optics Street") near the station takes its name from the company's former name, Nippon Kogaku Kogyo; in July 2024 the headquarters also moved to Nishi-Oi 1-chome. The station itself only opened in 1986 after many years of local effort to get it built.
Compared with the 155 Tokyo neighbourhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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