An old Nakasendo ferry crossing over the Arakawa River — beyond the embankment in August, the Itabashi Fireworks Festival
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Every August, the Itabashi Fireworks Festival is held on the Arakawa riverbed upstream of Toda Bridge, just outside the levee along Funado's northern edge, and Toda City in Saitama Prefecture on the opposite bank also sets off fireworks on the same day. Together the two banks have set off as many as about 13,000 fireworks.
Funado sits between the Arakawa River to the north and the Shingashi River to the south, and was originally an industrial area. When the Saikyo Line opened in 1985, offering a direct ride with no transfer to Ikebukuro and Shinjuku, a number of mid- to high-rise apartment buildings went up around 1-chome and 2-chome.
This neighborhood covers Funado 1-chome to 3-chome in Itabashi City and Ukima 4-chome and 5-chome in Kita City, home to about 15,000 people as of 2020. Ukima-Funado Station sits in Ukima 4-chome, Kita City, with the western half of its platform extending into Funado 1-chome, so both sides are included in the neighborhood.
From our street photos, street cleanliness ranks 57th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the front section, the highest-ranked category for this neighborhood.
The Saikyo Line runs south all the way through to Osaki, connecting directly to the Rinkai Line and the Sotetsu Line. The station has an elevated island platform with only one exit, on the north side.
Out the north exit is Tokyo Metropolitan Ukima Park. Ukima Pond in the park is a pond left behind from the old course of the Arakawa River.
Day-to-day shopping ranks 321st out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the back section. Medical and pharmacy access ranks 363rd, also in the back section.
Funado has many factories, and in recent years more logistics facilities have moved in as well. From our street photos, buildings rank 388th, the weakest category for this neighborhood.
Based on points sampled roughly every 40 meters within the neighborhood using the Geospatial Information Authority's flood map, the entire neighborhood falls within the flood zone, mostly at 5 meters or more. According to Itabashi City's estimates, Funado would be flooded for two weeks if the Arakawa River overflowed.
Itabashi City's evacuation policy: about three days before a typhoon approaches, residents are first urged to evacuate to relatives' or friends' homes, and once water levels rise, to move to the flood-free plateau on the south side of Itabashi City. The Funado side belongs to Itabashi City and the Ukima side to Kita City, and each City has its own hazard map.
The place name Funado comes from the Toda ferry crossing, where the Nakasendo crossed the Arakawa River before Toda Bridge was built. It is generally believed that this ferry crossing was established together with the development of the Nakasendo in 1602.
In 1875, the first wooden Toda Bridge was built, and the ferry crossing was abolished.
When the Saikyo Line opened in 1985, the station name combined the two place names Ukima in Kita City and Funado in Itabashi City. The population of all of Funado (including the part of 4-chome outside the neighborhood) grew from about 6,900 in 1995 to about 9,600 in 2020.
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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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