Danchi streets by the Sumida River, with metro trains parked beneath a park
The closest neighborhoods in the same city.
Kamiyabori Park, east of Oji-kamiya Station, has Namboku Line trains parked underground beneath it. This Oji rolling stock depot was the first newly built underground train base of the Eidan, and once it was finished, the ground above was turned back into a park.
Around the station is a cluster of high-rise housing — the UR Oji 5-chome housing complex and the Toei Oji 5-chome apartments are both here. Further east, by the Sumida River, is the Toshima 5-chome housing complex with about 5,000 households, built around 1972; the buildings from that time are still standing.
The Kamiya area hugs the Sumida River, and it's low-lying land with almost no slopes. The riverside used to be factories, but most have since moved out, replaced by a police station, commercial facilities, and logistics bases. In 2020, about 55,000 people lived in this neighborhood, roughly 216 per hectare.
From our street photos, sidewalks rank 90th among Tokyo's 395 neighborhoods, the highest-ranking item for this neighborhood. Street cleanliness ranks 122nd, also near the top.
The rolling stock depot is right nearby, so there are trains starting from this station in both directions. One stop south is Oji Station, where you can transfer to the Keihin-Tohoku Line and the Toden Arakawa Line.
In front of the station is the Oji 78 bus, which runs all the way to the west exit of Shinjuku Station. For shopping, there's the Higashi-Jujo Ginza shopping street, which marks the border with the Higashi-Jujo neighborhood.
Public transit ranks 343rd among Tokyo's 395 neighborhoods, the weakest item for this neighborhood. Medical and pharmacy access ranks 323rd, also near the bottom.
Neither the Toshima nor the Kamiya neighborhoods have a station within their borders. The official transportation for the Toshima 5-chome housing complex is a bus to Oji Station, about 7 minutes. The complex also has a direct bus to the east exit of Ikebukuro Station, with no transfer needed.
Based on our own calculations using points taken every 40 meters across the neighborhood on the Geospatial Information Authority's flood maps, over 90% of the points fall within flood-risk zones, and about 75% of the whole neighborhood is expected to flood 3 meters or more.
When Kita City predicts that the Arakawa River may flood, it only opens evacuation shelters on higher ground where the flood risk is low, and none of the locations on that list are within this neighborhood. Kita City's hazard map asks residents to check the area around their home and their evacuation site.
Kamiya was originally read as Kaniwa; the common theory is that crabs could be caught in the river, so it was called "Kaniwa" — crab garden. In 1926, the Oji Electric Railway built the Kamiyabashi tram stop, read as Kamiyabashi, and the place name's reading changed along with it to Kamiya.
When the Namboku Line opened in 1991, this station's provisional name was still Kamiyabashi. The official station name was given the Oji prefix partly out of concern it would be confused with Kamiyacho Station on the Hibiya Line.
Compared with the 395 Tokyo neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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.
Maps show the shops and the sights. What a street is like, you only know by walking it. TidyMap uses AI street imagery analysis and public facility data to turn each area's street environment and everyday convenience into something you can compare. Search an address and look at the street outside first.
How to read it: yellow = poor, blue = good; grey = not enough data
TidyMap rates the street environment and everyday convenience. It does not assess the home itself, safety, noise or actual living experience. Street environment scores use AI assessments of imagery; convenience scores use public facility data.
Content is for personal browsing. Official TidyMap neighborhood cards may be shared as generated; anyone using one commercially is responsible for their own compliance (sharing guidelines). Bulk extraction, APIs and dataset redistribution require a data licence — email us. This site uses Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics.