Shopping streets north and south of the station, where both shopping and street clean-ups earn you stamps
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On both the north and south sides of Chitose-Karasuyama Station, there are sizeable shopping streets. At member shops of the Karasuyama Ekimae-dori shopping street, you get one stamp for every 100 yen you spend. A filled stamp book can be used as 500 yen at member shops, or deposited into a local financial institution.
You can also earn points by joining the monthly shopping street clean-up, or by not taking a bag when you shop. The City office's Karasuyama General Branch Office, the City citizens' center, the library, and the hospital are also all around the station.
Among Tokyo's 395 neighborhoods, healthcare ranks 137th, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Overall convenience ranks 207th, placing it in the middle among 395 neighborhoods.
Except for the Keio Liner and the Mt. Takao train, every train stops at this station, and since 2022 even the Special Express stops here. Taking the Special Express toward Shinjuku, the next stop is Meidaimae.
Right next to the east side of the station is a railway crossing that TV programs often feature during rush hour as a "crossing that never opens". This section of the Keio Line is being elevated, with completion targeted for the end of fiscal year 2030.
The place name Karasuyama can be traced back to the Nanboku-cho period, said to come either from a forest where crows (karasu) gathered, or from terrain where black soil piled up into hills (yama). Minami-Karasuyama developed from a settlement along the Koshu-kaido.
When Keio opened the line in 1913, the station here was called Karasuyama Station, because at that time it belonged to the Karasuyama section (oaza) of Chitose Village. It wasn't renamed Chitose-Karasuyama until 1929.
The Karasuyama Ekimae-dori shopping street in front of the station was established in 1950, and began issuing stamps in 1965. This approach later became known as the "Karasuyama method," and spread nationwide.
The urban planning decision for elevating about 7.2 kilometers of the Keio Line between Sasazuka and Sengawa was finalized in 2012. Once complete, 25 railway crossings will be removed, and Chitose-Karasuyama Station will also become an elevated station.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction has announced a completion target of the end of March 2031. Keio has also scheduled the installation of platform doors at this station for fiscal year 2029 or later.
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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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