A residential street planned in the early Showa years, with the old cherry tree by the station standing as its symbol
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Right outside the south exit of Shimo-Igusa Station, the City citizens' office, the City library, and a Seiyu supermarket are all right in front of the station, so you don't have to go far to take care of errands, borrow books, or buy groceries. The local council's 2014 vision treated the cherry trees in front of the station as a symbol of the area, and the trees are already quite old.
Walk just a few steps from the station front and you're in a residential street, with the Myoshoji River flowing between Shimo-Igusa 1 and 2-chome on the southeast side. This neighborhood covers Shimo-Igusa 1 to 3-chome, Igusa 1 and 2-chome, and Hon-Amanuma 2 and 3-chome in Suginami City, extending across to Saginomiya 5 and 6-chome and Shirasagi 3-chome in Nakano City. In 2020 about 41,000 people lived there, about 186 per hectare.
Greenery ranks 236th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the middle of the pack, and it's the highest-ranking item for this neighborhood. There aren't many parks on the south side, and most of the greenery grows within the residential areas.
Shimo-Igusa is served only by Local trains. Coming back from Shinjuku on an Express, you transfer at the next station, Saginomiya, and during the day every train connects. Buses from the south exit go to Ogikubo Station and Asagaya Station.
In Hon-Amanuma 3-chome at the south end, rental listings mostly list the JR Ogikubo Station outside the neighborhood, and it's a 10 to 20 minute walk to either Shimo-Igusa or Ogikubo Station.
Sidewalks rank 375th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the weakest item for this neighborhood. In 2014, the old Waseda-dori sidewalk in front of the station was narrow and had uneven height differences, with utility poles standing by the roadside, making it hard to walk with an umbrella or push a stroller.
Public transit ranks 268th, also in the lower range.
Using point estimates from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's flood inundation hazard maps, about 30% of points in the neighborhood fall within the flood zone expected under the largest assumed rainfall, mostly under 0.5 meters.
In the early Edo period, Igusa village split into Kami-Igusa and Shimo-Igusa villages, and the place name Shimo-Igusa comes from the Shimo-Igusa village of that time. When the station opened in 1927, this line was still called the Seibu Murayama Line, and land readjustment in this area was completed in the early Showa era.
In 1963, the residential address system was implemented, giving rise to Shimo-Igusa 1 to 5-chome. In 2007, the station was rebuilt with a station building spanning the tracks, and barrier-free access was added at the same time.
In December 2024, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government designated the roughly 3.1-kilometer stretch from Nogata to around Iogi as a grade-separation section of the Seibu Shinjuku Line, expected to eliminate 13 railroad crossings. Whether it will be elevated or underground is still under consideration, and there's no completion year yet.
The local council has listed grade separation as the first of its three main demands since 2014.
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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