A minute from the station, a park shaped like an upside-down U — a green necklace
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Ayase Station is the earliest-departing station on the Tokyo Metro each day, with its first train leaving at 4:38. A 1-minute walk from the station takes you to the entrance of Tokyo Metropolitan Higashi-Ayase Park.
The entrance area has lots of pigeons and is called Pigeon Plaza, the most crowded spot in the whole park both day and night. The whole park forms an upside-down U-shaped green necklace, with walking paths linking its different areas; most of it falls within the neighborhood, with only the two ends at Higashi-Ayase 3-chome and Yanaka 1-chome falling outside the neighborhood.
For daily shopping, this neighborhood ranks 68th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the strongest ranking among this neighborhood's categories. Shops line up along the elevated tracks of the Joban Line, and Ayase 3-chome, connecting to the east exit, also has a complex commercial facility and a shopping street.
For commuting, Local trains on the Chiyoda Line and Joban Line stop at every station here, with the two lines running through directly, while Rapid trains don't stop. The bus terminal is set up under the elevated tracks, and the east exit's station plaza was also completed in March 2025.
From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 386th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, a ranking toward the lower end. In 2020, this neighborhood had about 175 people per hectare, compared to about 131 for Adachi City as a whole.
Around Ayase Station, which has convenient transportation, housing development is moving ahead quickly. Ayase Elementary School, anticipating an increase in students, rebuilt ahead of schedule and opened a new school building in 2022.
In March 1868, Kondo Isami and other Shinsengumi members stayed for 20 days in Gohei Shinden (now Ayase 4-chome). In 1889, several Shinden settlements and villages merged to form Ayase Village in Minami-Adachi District.
In 1943, the Joban Line established Ayase Station here. After the war, this area underwent land readjustment early on, using major roads as the backbone to create a network of straight streets.
Higashi-Ayase Park also emerged from this land readjustment; it was originally paddy fields, and after being filled in, opened as a park in 1966. The former course of the Furusumida River, alongside 2-chome, is now mostly covered over, with part of it turned into a water-themed walkway.
After the station plaza's completion, the City office is next planning to improve the pedestrian space along Ekimae-dori, the street in front of the station. There's a vacant lot near the east exit where old facilities once stood; starting in August-September 2025, meetings have been held with residents to discuss turning it into a rest area. The west exit has a neighborhood development plan set for May 2026, aiming to preserve the residential area's greenery, street trees, and shrine.
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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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