Northern terminus of Tokyo's subway network, with a stretch of detached houses sold together to the south
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Nishi-takashimadaira Station is the terminus of the Toei Mita Line, and also the northernmost station on the Tokyo subway system—every train turns back here. Walking south from the station, Takashimadaira 5-chome is a detached-house neighborhood that was sold off all at once back in the danchi era.
Takashimadaira 6-chome, where the station itself sits, is the Itabashi Market, and it's not included in this neighborhood—the station lies just outside the neighborhood boundary. The neighborhood covers Takashimadaira 5-chome, Misono 1- and 2-chome, and Akatsuka 4-chome up on the tableland.
Most of Misono 2-chome is taken up by the Misono Water Purification Plant. In 2020 about 15,000 people lived in this neighborhood, roughly 133 people per hectare.
Greenery ranks 146th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the middle of the pack, and it's this neighborhood's best-ranking category. Judging from our street photos, sidewalks rank 196th, also in the middle.
To reach central Tokyo, take the Mita Line direct, with no transfer, through Otemachi and Hibiya to Meguro. A bus from in front of the station goes to Narimasu Station's north exit, where you can transfer to the Tobu Tojo Line.
Day-to-day shopping ranks 375th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, this neighborhood's weakest category. Healthcare and pharmacies also rank only 356th, so there are fewer options for seeing a doctor or picking up medicine.
Based on points plotted every 40 meters across the neighborhood against the Geospatial Information Authority's flood maps, about 80% of the points fall within the expected flooding zone, mostly 3 to 5 meters deep. On the low ground, Misono and Takashimadaira 5-chome are almost entirely within the zone, while Akatsuka 4-chome up on the tableland is only a little over 10%.
The City's flood manual says you should only consider staying home if your house is sturdy, has a floor above the flood level, and the water won't sit for more than 3 days. Otherwise, head to friends or family, or to a shelter, before the trains stop running. Itabashi City's hazard map comes in an Arakawa-flooding version and a small-and-medium-river version.
The Arakawa lowland below the tableland was originally a stretch of rice paddies, and the area around Takashimadaira 5-chome used to belong to Shimo-akatsuka Town. These paddies were reorganized between 1965 and 1974 into what became Takashimadaira.
The Mita Line was originally meant to run west from Takashimadaira to connect to Wakoshi Station on the Tobu Tojo Line, but Tobu later decided to give priority to Eidan Line 8 (today's Yurakucho Line) instead. This section was transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation in 1973, the station opened in 1976, and the plan to extend into Saitama was withdrawn in 1985.
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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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