Local-only Shibasaki Station and the Kitera Town Chofu mall on the Koshu Kaido, with the old homes of Kikunodai and Shibasaki
Shibasaki is still the same old ground-level station, with separate ticket gates on the north and south sides and an underground passage linking the two platforms. There is no station plaza; greengrocers, barbers, ramen shops and small izakaya line the narrow street right up to the ticket gates. Just outside the north exit there is also an old public bathhouse, Jindai-yu.
Greenery ranks 31st of Tokyo's 167 neighbourhoods, the best of this neighbourhood's categories. The Nogawa River runs along the south side, and to the north, Shibasaki 2-chome has Shibasaki Park and Uenohara Park; further north the area runs into the neighbourhoods around Jindaiji Temple, though the temple itself is outside this neighbourhood. For groceries, most people use Kitera Town Chofu on the Koshu Kaido, which has a Life supermarket, a Daiso and a drugstore and is about a four-minute walk from the station.
Public transport ranks last of the 167 neighbourhoods. Only Local trains stop at Shibasaki, the street in front of the station is narrow, and no buses come up to it. The station has no lifts, so changing platforms means taking the stairs through the underground passage or walking across the level crossing. In the morning and evening rush hours, the level crossing next to the station often stays closed for a long time. Chofu City has put the Shibasaki Station area into the plan to raise the Keio Line above street level, but the plan cleared national review only in April 2026 and still has to go through the city-planning procedures, so the crossing will be around for a while yet. Medical and pharmacy access ranks 160th, and there are few places nearby to see a doctor.
When the station opened in 1913 it stood north of the Koshu Kaido, and it is said to have been named Shibasaki because there was a "Shibayama" nearby. In 1927 the station moved to the south side of the road, so today it actually sits in Kikunodai, while the town name Shibasaki stayed to the north. As the other Keio stations in Chofu City were rebuilt one by one, Shibasaki kept its old layout, and in 2022 it was the only station in the city still built this way. A shopping centre opened on the Koshu Kaido in 2017 and was renamed Kitera Town Chofu in 2020.
Compared with the 167 Tokyo neighbourhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
85 blocks · Curated boundary · Data version 2026-10-03
Compared against the Tokyo neighbourhoods in this guide; metrics without enough data are not ranked. Shopping counts convenience stores plus the nearer of a supermarket or a traditional market (public and private retail markets); night markets, vendor zones and shopping-street shops are not counted. Transit is rail-first with a lower weight for buses.
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