Toyama Park, left from the Owari-Tokugawa family garden, and Mount Hakone, the highest point within the Yamanote Line
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Toyama Park's Mount Hakone stands at 44.6 meters, the highest point inside the Yamanote Line. The park is split into two sides by Meiji-dori, with the Mount Hakone side inside the neighborhood and the Okubo area to the west outside it.
Walking north to the Kanda River, the Toden Arakawa Line's Omokagebashi stop is right by the bridge. Cross the bridge to the other side (outside the neighborhood), and there stands a monument to the Yamabuki legend.
Next to the park is Toyama Danchi; in 1948, 1,052 wooden single-story units were built first, then rebuilt into high-rises between 1968 and 1976, and now there are 3,683 units, about 3,000 of which are occupied. In 2020, about 19,000 people lived in this neighborhood, roughly 207 people per hectare.
From our street photos, greenery ranks 38th out of Tokyo's 395 neighborhoods, and cleanliness ranks 76th, both in the upper range.
Nishi-Waseda Station is in Toyama 3-chome, with the platform about 30 meters underground, served only by the Fukutoshin Line. The station has an exit leading directly to Waseda University's Nishi-Waseda Campus (outside the neighborhood) on the west side of Meiji-dori, while Toritsu Toyama High School is inside the neighborhood.
At the Sodai Riko-mae stop on Meiji-dori, Toei buses Ike86, Waseda77, and Taka71 stop, with service to Ikebukuro, Shinjuku Station West Exit, and Takadanobaba Station.
Public transit ranks 107th out of Tokyo's 395 neighborhoods, and convenience ranks 118th, both near the end of the upper range. The area around Omokagebashi is mid-to-high-rise residential, with few shops; the stop saw an average of about 822 boardings and alightings per day in 2019.
From our street photos, buildings rank 276th, the weakest category for this neighborhood. It has been about 50 years since Toyama Danchi's high-rises were rebuilt, and their aging condition is also noted.
This land in Toyama was the lower residence (shimoyashiki) of the Owari Tokugawa family during the Edo period, and the grounds included a strolling-style garden called Toyama-so. After the Meiji era it became army schools and facilities, and in 1948, amid the postwar housing shortage, emergency housing for getting through the winter was built here, which became the starting point of Toyama Danchi.
Toyama Park opened on August 16, 1954. The site of Nishi-Waseda Station was an army drill ground before the war, and the station opened on June 14, 2008, along with the opening of the Fukutoshin Line.
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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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