The hillside homes around Yushima Tenjin, from the north side of Ochanomizu Station to around Yushima Station
The Marunouchi Line Ochanomizu Station sits beneath Sotobori-dori in Yushima 1-chome, and the area around the station exit is the campus and hospital of Institute of Science Tokyo, and Yushima Seido is in the same chome. Heading northeast, Yushima Tenmangu is in 3-chome, with about two hundred plum trees on its grounds, and it hosts the Ume Matsuri plum festival from February to early March each year. Going further in, 4-chome is a residential area developed by the Iwasaki family in the past, right next to the former Iwasaki residence, and the houses on the slope further from the station are very quiet.
Public transport ranks 3rd of Tokyo's 155 neighbourhoods, with Chiyoda Line Yushima Station and Marunouchi Line Ochanomizu Station in the neighbourhood. Just outside the area and within walking distance are Ginza Line, Oedo Line and JR Okachimachi stations, and Tokyo Station is about 20 minutes away. Daily convenience ranks 5th. Medical and pharmacy services rank 11th, with Institute of Science Tokyo's medical and dental schools right in 1-chome. In our street view photos, buildings rank 14th, with most houses looking neat and orderly.
The slope from the Hongo side going to Yushima Station is very steep. Yushima Station has no in-station transfers with the nearby Ueno-hirokoji and Ueno-okachimachi stations—you need to exit the station and walk. Greenery ranks 60th, the weakest among the seven sub-items in this neighbourhood.
One explanation of the place name is that it looks like an island when viewed from the sea, but why its first character means "hot water" remains unclear to this day. Yushima Seido is a Confucian temple that Tokugawa Tsunayoshi moved here from Ueno in 1690, and it became the Shoheizaka Gakumonjo, a school run directly by the shogunate in 1797. The current Taisei Hall was rebuilt in 1935 after the Great Kanto Earthquake. Yushima Tenmangu is traditionally said to have been founded in 458, with Sugawara no Michizane being enshrined there by local people in 1355. The former Iwasaki residence next to 4-chome is located in Ikenohata in Taito Ward outside this neighbourhood, with the Western-style building designed by Josiah Conder and completed in 1896.
Compared with the 155 Tokyo neighbourhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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