Chofu, self-styled city of film, with a cinema complex by the station and GeGeGe no Kitaro yokai statues along the approach to Tenjin Shrine
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Trie Keio Chofu, right next to the station, has a movie theater that stays open until midnight. Head north from the north exit and you'll find the Tenjindori shopping street, lined with statues of the yokai from GeGeGe no Kitaro, which is why it's also called Kitaro-dori.
This street is actually the approach to Fuda Tenjin, and once you cross Koshu Kaido you reach the shrine. The manga artist Mizuki Shigeru, who once lived in Chofu, set Kitaro's home in the woods behind the shrine. North of Koshu Kaido in this area is also the Higashi campus of the University of Electro-Communications.
Chofu Station is a major stop on the Keio Line, where every train stops except the Keio Liner and the Mt. Takao train. The Keio Line and the Sagamihara Line branch off here, and after the tracks went underground in 2012, the inbound and outbound platforms ended up on different floors, making transfers much shorter.
The station building, Parco, and five shopkeepers' associations together form Chofu Ekimae Shopping Street, and for everyday shopping this neighborhood ranks 123rd among Tokyo's 395 neighborhoods. Seeing a doctor and picking up medicine is also convenient here, ranking 117th for healthcare, likewise near the top.
From our street photos, greenery ranks 318th among 395 neighborhoods, the weakest aspect of this neighborhood.
In 1913, Chofu Station opened along with the predecessor of the Keio Line. Starting in 1933, film studios were built one after another in the area just outside the neighborhood's southern edge; by the golden age of film in the Showa 30s, Chofu was being compared to "the Hollywood of the East".
By 2011, the movie theater inside Parco had closed, leaving this city of film without a single movie theater. The following year, the tracks were moved underground, and Trie Keio Chofu was built on the old rail bed. When the movie theater opened in 2017, its tagline was "A city of film with no movie theater — now that's a problem".
The plaza in front of the station was renovated, with the work completed in March 2026. The city plans to rebuild the municipal Green Hall next to the plaza, which opened in 1977, into a complex that includes private facilities.
As of the June 2025 schedule, the city will announce a call for operators in fiscal 2026, then design and construction will begin in fiscal 2027, followed by reopening. The city notes that this is only a tentative plan at this stage, and the timeline has not been finalized.
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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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