Bubaigawara, site of the ancient battlefield where Nitta Yoshisada routed the Kamakura shogunate's forces, with the statue outside the station facing Kamakura
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Bubaigawara Station's building sits atop the bluff of the Tachikawa escarpment, with the JR Nambu Line platform below at the foot of the bluff, and the Keio Line crossing it at a right angle from the west end of the JR platform. In the roundabout in front of the station stands a statue of Nitta Yoshisada, facing south toward Kamakura; in 1333, he staged a surprise attack on the Kamakura shogunate's forces in this area and won a major victory. Out through the ticket gates and to the left is the Bubaigawara shopping street, which runs north all the way to the old Koshu Kaido, where shops, small offices, and homes are mixed together.
To the right, across the overpass and down to the roundabout at the south exit at the foot of the terrace, and a bit further on, is a low-rise residential area. In 2020, about half the households in this neighborhood rented their homes, and single-person households also made up about half, both higher than Fuchu City as a whole. Residents in their twenties and thirties made up about 26%, three percentage points more than the city overall.
Since 2013, every Keio train has stopped at this station, including the Special Express; this is also where you can transfer to the JR Nambu Line. Based on our street photos, greenery ranks 72nd among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranked category for this neighborhood.
The concourse is sandwiched between the two platform levels, at about '1.7F' in height, and the space is narrow and further divided by transfer gates, making it quite crowded at peak times. Fuchu City has also listed the lack of station-front space on the north side of the station, and the aging north-south overpass that fails to meet accessibility standards, as issues to address.
In 2020, this neighborhood had a population density of about 118 people per hectare. Sidewalks rank 162nd, one of the two weakest categories for this neighborhood; daily shopping also ranks 276th.
The area north of the Nambu Line was once Yashikibun Village, and when Keio's predecessor opened a station here in 1925, it was called Yashikibun Station. In 1929, it was renamed Bubaigawara, taking its name from this old battlefield.
The old battlefield monument stands in Nittagawa Bubai Park within this neighborhood. The town's name is written as Bubaicho; in antiquity it was also written as Bubai, and its origin is unknown.
In January 2025, Fuchu City announced a design plan for improving the area around the station: building two new pedestrian passages, one running north-south and one east-west, and adding a plaza in front of the south exit. Construction is scheduled for fiscal years 2028 through 2036, though this may change later. Before then, starting in fiscal year 2026, the city plans to pilot a walk-your-bicycle rule in front of the station and along the stretch the city plan calls Shotengai-dori.
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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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