Quiet residential streets where a slope becomes a cherry-blossom tunnel, with Meguro Fudoson just across the border in Meguro City
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Aside from a handful of shops in front of Fudomae Station, it's a quiet residential area.
Heading west from Yamate-dori, both sides of the roughly 480-meter uphill slope of Kamuro-zaka are lined with cherry trees, and when they bloom the whole street turns into a tunnel of cherry blossoms. A 2013 community newspaper wrote that these trees are said to have been planted as saplings by nearby residents in the Showa 20s (1945 to 1954). On March 29, 2026, a cherry blossom festival was held around Kamuro-zaka and Hino Dai-yon Elementary School.
Walking about 650 meters in the other direction, crossing the border into Meguro City, you reach Meguro Fudoson. The 8th, 18th, and 28th of each month are ennichi, the temple's fixed worship days, and on the 28th open-air vendors set up stalls, making it the liveliest day.
For convenience, this neighborhood ranks 95th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and 91st for healthcare. Based on our street photos, it ranks 114th for cleanliness, and the streets are fairly clean.
For commuting there's only the Tokyu Meguro Line, but at Meguro Station it runs directly through to the Namboku Line and the Toei Mita Line without a transfer, and since 2023 it has also run directly to Shin-Yokohama. You can also get to Fudoson by Tokyu Bus, with the bus driving right into the temple grounds.
In 2020, about 287 people lived per hectare in this neighborhood. The lanes around the station are narrow, with many one-way streets.
Yamate-dori, National Route 1, Nakahara Kaido, and the Shuto Expressway Meguro Line all run through Nishi-Gotanda, so if you live near these arterial roads, traffic noise may be more noticeable. On the 28th of each month and the first three days of the New Year, because of the ennichi, the bus doesn't enter the temple grounds; instead it's split into two sections outside the temple, with a walk needed to connect between them.
Meguro Fudoson's official name is Ryusenji; according to temple tradition it was founded in 808, and it is one of the three great Fudo temples of Edo. From 1812 the temple held tomikuji lotteries, and the teahouses in front of it at the time were known for their bamboo shoot rice.
The name Kamuro-zaka comes from a legend. Kamuro refers to young girls who served courtesans, and the legend's main characters are the courtesan Komurasaki and her kamuro.
The station opened in 1923 as "Meguro Fudomae," but before long dropped the "Meguro". It's said this was to emphasize that this was the station closest to Fudoson.
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