Slope after slope along a cliff line, with Tokyo Skytree visible across the valley right from the roadside
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A cliff line about 20 meters high cuts through Shimura 2-chome and 3-chome, with slopes one after another. To the south, Nakadai and Wakagi have a yato terrain where plateaus and lowlands interweave; near the bus stop in Wakagi 3-chome, you can see Tokyo Skytree across the valley right from the street.
Sun City in Nakadai 3-chome is a large danchi complex completed in 1980, with 14 buildings, 1,872 units, and about 6,000 residents. In 2013, the community's greenery won the Prime Minister's Award at the Green City Award; it's about a 10-minute walk from the complex to Shimura-sanchome Station.
This neighborhood covers Shimura 2-chome and 3-chome, Sakashita 1-chome, Aioi-cho, Nakadai 2-chome and 3-chome, Wakagi 3-chome, and Maeno-cho 5-chome, with about 35,000 residents as of 2020.
Based on our street photos, greenery ranks 155th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the middle range—the best-ranking category for this neighborhood.
There's a Summit Store supermarket in front of Shimura-sanchome Station, with a Nitori and a MEGA Don Quijote nearby. From the bus stop in front of the station, there's the Ike20 bus to Ikebukuro West Exit, and several buses like Aka01 and Aka02 to Akabane West Exit.
Public transit ranks 263rd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the lower range—the weakest category for this neighborhood.
Based on our street photos, sidewalks rank 269th, also in the lower range. The Nakadai interchange of the Shuto Expressway Route 5 Ikebukuro Line is right near the station.
Using the Geospatial Information Authority's flood map, we sampled points roughly every 40 meters across the neighborhood; about 50% of the points fall within the expected flooding zone. Nearly the entire area of Sakashita 1-chome, Aioi-cho, and Shimura 3-chome falls within it, mostly at 3 meters or more; on the plateau side, about 20% to 40% of points fall within it, mostly under 3 meters.
The City's policy is to evacuate to areas within the City that won't flood, since sheltering in a high-rise could mean being stranded for a long time. Itabashi City's flood hazard map is split into an Arakawa River overflow edition and a small/medium river edition.
Two place names in this area come from views looking out from Shimura Castle. The castle stood in what is now Shimura 2-chome, and was captured by Hojo Ujitsuna in 1524.
Looking out from the plateau where the castle stood, the plateau ahead was called Maenohara, which is where the name Maeno-cho comes from; the plateau between Maenohara and Nishidai was called Nakadai.
The site of the honmaru (main bailey) is now Shimura Elementary School and an apartment building, the site of the ninomaru (second bailey) is now Shimura Kumano Shrine, and a karabori (dry moat) from that time still remains between the two.
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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