Hospitals and housing side by side, with the Aikikai Hombu Dojo down the lane
Wakamatsu-Kawada Station is on the Toei Oedo Line, and its name combines two town names: Wakamatsucho and Kawadacho. "Wakamatsu" comes from the Edo period, when this area presented young pine trees for the New Year to the shogun's family. Leave by the Wakamatsu exit on the east side and you're in Wakamatsucho, which is mostly residential, with quite a few hospitals and government offices as well. To the south is Yochomachi, with a population of about 4,000, of whom only about 600 work within the town.
For medical clinics and pharmacies, this neighborhood ranks 5th out of 219 Tokyo neighborhoods, so there are plenty of choices for seeing a doctor or getting medicine. The main building of Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital is across the street in Kawadacho (outside the neighborhood), while the West Wing and the Diabetes Center are on this side, in Wakamatsucho. Also in Wakamatsucho is the headquarters dojo of Aikikai, the largest aikido organization, whose predecessor was the Kobukan dojo opened here in 1931. Heading southwest into Yochomachi, there's a shrine called Nukebenten, whose approach path runs straight through from north to south.
From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 156th out of 219 Tokyo neighborhoods, which is toward the lower end; greenery ranks 132nd, in the middle range. The station has only one line, the Oedo Line, yet public transit still ranks 25th. The neighborhood is small, covering only Wakamatsucho and Yochomachi; the station itself and Kawadacho, the other half of the station name, both fall outside the neighborhood, belonging to the Akebonobashi neighborhood.
According to legend, in 1086 Minamoto no Yoshiie camped in Yochomachi, and after his triumphant return he built a shrine here; because its approach path runs straight through from north to south, it came to be called "Nukebenten". In 1705, this area came under the jurisdiction of the Edo town magistrate, and Ushigome-Wakamatsucho was established. Yochomachi was originally a group residence (kumiyashiki) for hatamoto retainers, and only received its current name in 1911; both Tsubouchi Shoyo and Nagai Kafu lived here. When town names were reorganized in 1986, Yochomachi was originally going to be changed to "Higashi-Shinjuku", but residents campaigned to keep the name. When the Oedo Line opened in 2000, "Kawada" was kept in the station name because the shopping street in Kawadacho worried about decline after Fuji Television moved away in 1997.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is widening the 860-metre stretch of Radial Route No. 25 between Shinjuku 7-chome and Haramachi 3-chome into a four-lane road 30 metres wide. Once completed, it will be more convenient to reach Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital and Wakamatsu-Kawada Station. The project approval period runs until March 31, 2027; as of the end of fiscal year 2023, about 85% of the land had been acquired, and the source does not state a completion year.
Compared with the 219 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.
36 blocks · Curated boundary · Data version 2026-10-12
Compared against the Tokyo neighborhoods 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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