Around Tachibana at the eastern edge of Sumida City, where the two-car trains stop at two stations
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The Kameido Line has only 5 stations over 3.4 kilometers between Hikifune and Kameido, and the two-car trains stop at every station. Omurai and Higashi-azuma are the two adjacent stations in the middle of this line, about 500 meters apart, and both are in this neighborhood.
Omurai Station is in Bunka 2-chome, and has the most passengers among the Kameido Line's intermediate stations; nearby are Sumida City's Bunka branch office and Sumida City Nakagawa Elementary School. Higashi-azuma Station is in Tachibana 4-chome, the easternmost station in Sumida City.
Right beside Higashi-azuma Station is Maruhachi-dori, with Higashi-azuma Park and Tokyo Metropolitan Tachibana High School nearby. The neighborhood covers Tachibana 1- to 6-chome, Bunka 2- and 3-chome, and Yahiro 2-chome, with a population of about 30,000 in 2020, or about 209 people per hectare.
Public transit ranks 122nd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, near the top. To ride the Tobu Skytree Line (Isesaki Line) you need to transfer at Hikifune first; Omurai is 1.4 kilometers from Hikifune, and Higashi-azuma is 2.0 kilometers; at the other end, Kameido connects to the JR Chuo-Sobu Line.
On weekday mornings during peak hours trains run about every 7 to 8 minutes, and about every 10 minutes at other times; since 2004 the trains have been one-man operated. Daily shopping ranks 263rd, toward the bottom.
Katori Shrine in Bunka 2-chome is said to have been founded in 1165, and is known for its plum grove.
Street cleanliness ranks 388th and buildings rank 364th, both toward the bottom.
Using the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's flood inundation hazard map, TidyMap sampled points roughly every 40 meters within the neighborhood and calculated the figures itself: of 897 points, only 1 was outside the hazard zone, about 80% were at 3 meters or more, and most of the rest were between 0.5 and 3 meters.
To check your own location, use Sumida City's hazard map; the five cities of Sumida, Koto, Adachi, Katsushika, and Edogawa have also drawn up a joint wide-area evacuation plan.
Azuma Shrine is in Tachibana 1-chome, and its principal deity is Ototachibanahime, the wife of Yamato Takeru; she is said to have thrown herself into the sea to calm a storm. In 1199 Hojo Yasutoki built the shrine hall, and the camphor tree known as the Renri no Kusu (the intertwined camphor tree) on the grounds was painted by Hiroshige in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo; the tree has since died, leaving only its roots.
This deity's name is scattered through the place names of this area: the town name Tachibana is said to come from Ototachibanahime, and the "hana" (flower) in Bunka is as well. The name of Higashi-azuma Station comes from the old place name Azuma-cho, and was only adopted when the station was re-established in 1956.
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.
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