A quiet residential lane with a children's forest, where kids climb trees and dig in the woods
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In a residential lane in Hazawa 2-chome, there's a Nerima City-run Children's Forest where kids can climb trees, catch bugs, and dig holes. The park has woods and a vegetable garden, is fenced off and staffed, and welcomes children from age 0.
This neighborhood has two stations: Sakuradai Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to the south, and Shin-Sakuradai Station under the Kan-nana at the eastern edge, a 6- to 7-minute walk apart. Aside from the shops around the station, the town of Sakuradai is mostly a quiet residential area.
The neighborhood covers Sakuradai 1, 2, 4, and 5-chome, Hazawa 1 and 2-chome, and Toyotama-kami 2-chome, with a population of about 27,500 in 2020.
Healthcare and pharmacies rank 130th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, putting it in the middle. In 2019, Sakuradai Station opened the in-station shop Emio Sakuradai, and there's also a Seiyu nearby, so you can pick up groceries on your way home.
Public transit ranks 148th, also in the middle. Shin-Sakuradai Station runs directly through to the Yurakucho Line and the Fukutoshin Line, but because transferring to the Tokyo Metro means paying the two fares added together, many residents instead board at Sakuradai, Ekoda, or Kotake-mukaihara.
Based on our street photos, sidewalks rank 317th, in the lower range, making this the neighborhood's weakest point. Sakuradai Station only has Local trains stopping; Express and Semi Express trains both skip it.
Using points sampled every 40 meters across the neighborhood against the Geospatial Information Authority's flood maps, a little over 20% of the points fall within areas expected to flood, mostly under 0.5 meters. Nerima City's water hazard map is divided by area into separate volumes, with red-bordered zones marking flood risk areas from the Shakujii River, Shirako River, and Ekoda River.
Sakuradai Station opened in 1936, and its name comes from the cherry trees planted along the Shakujii River in 1934 and the cherry trees on the banks of the Senkawa aqueduct. It was closed in 1945 due to the war and reopened in 1948; among the stations on the Ikebukuro Line that were closed, this is the only one that reopened.
Back then, this area was called Nerima Minami-cho. In 1962, when lot numbers were reorganized, Minami-cho 2-chome became Sakuradai 1- through 3-chome, with the town name taken from the station.
In March 2025, Nerima City revised its plan for the Children's Forest, expanding the existing 3,663-square-meter site by another 4,790 square meters to build a treehouse everyone can help make together and a nature experience area. Land purchase and design will take place in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, with construction and opening planned for fiscal year 2027 onward.
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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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