The pedestrian boulevard, Sanrio Puroland and Tama Central Park south of Tama Center Station, ringed by the New Town homes of Ochiai and Tsurumaki
Tama Center is actually three stations in one: Keio, Odakyu, and the Tama Monorail, all located in Ochiai 1-chome. This is the heart of Tama New Town, a large hillside housing development started in the 1960s to ease Tokyo's housing shortage. Coming out of the south exit, a pedestrian-only street called Parthenon Odori runs straight to Parthenon Tama at its far end, lined with shopping centers and office buildings on both sides. In the new town, footpaths and roads are kept on separate levels, so you never have to cross traffic walking from home to the station, a park, or school.
Going by our street photos, greenery here ranks 8th out of Tokyo's 180 neighbourhoods, the best of the seven categories for this neighbourhood. Climb the big staircase at the center of Parthenon Tama and you reach Tama Central Park, which has a large pond, open lawns, and a 1-kilometre loop path. The streets are clean too, ranking 20th. Sanrio Puroland, southeast of the station, opened in 1990 as Japan's first indoor theme park. In spring, cherry blossoms bloom along both banks of the Kotta River north of the station, stretching about 3 kilometres all the way to Nagayama.
The monorail station sits about 200 metres from the Keio and Odakyu stations, linked by an elevated pedestrian walkway. This walkway has no roof, so you'll need an umbrella when it rains; taking the bus terminal route downstairs instead means more stairs. The big shopping malls are all clustered right by the station, but there aren't many everyday shops scattered through the neighbourhood itself — daily shopping ranks only 155th out of Tokyo's 180 neighbourhoods. Clinics and pharmacies are also thin on the ground nearby; medical and pharmacy access ranks 159th, the weakest of the seven categories.
Before development, this area was farmland in the Ochiai district of Tama Village, with small settlements scattered through valleys between the hills. During development, the winding Kotta River was straightened and the hills were leveled to create flat ground before the station was built. Keio's station opened first in 1974, Odakyu's followed the next year, and the monorail joined in 2000. The south side of the station was designated the new town's "urban center," and the station took its name from "Center," the English translation of chuo; during the planning stage it had tentatively been called "Tama Chuo". Residents began moving into the new town housing on Tsurumaki Hill in 1982. Parthenon Tama opened in 1987; its name was chosen through a public contest, because the hilltop building looks like the Parthenon in Greece.
Compared with the 180 Tokyo neighbourhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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