Past the bustle outside the station and up the hill, quiet residential streets stand on the former sites of daimyo mansions
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East Gotanda 1-chome, around the east exit of Gotanda Station, is an entertainment district, while west of the station is a block dense with office buildings and restaurants. To the northeast of the station is a plateau, where Shimazuyama and Ikedayama, two of the Jonan Gozan (the five hills of south Tokyo), are located.
Ikedayama and Shimazuyama were originally the residences of daimyo during the Edo period. This plateau was known early on as a quiet residential area.
The homes on Ikedayama connect with the greenery of Ikedayama Park, while the homes on Shimazuyama surround the green space of the former residence of Duke Shimazu. In 2013, both hills were designated as Category 1 Low-rise Exclusive Residential Districts, capping building heights at 10 meters, which helps maintain the quiet streetscape of the plateau.
Architecture ranks 20th, the highest ranking in this neighborhood. Healthcare ranks 26th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, with universities and large hospitals around the plateau.
Ikedayama Park preserves the strolling-style garden of the Okayama Domain's Ikeda family villa, with ponds and waterfalls arranged along the slope of the plateau.
Public transit ranks 45th. Gotanda Station has the Yamanote Line and the Toei Asakusa Line, and the Ikegami Line also starts from here. The Yamanote Line gets to Shibuya in about 7 minutes and to Shinjuku in about 14 minutes.
In spring, the banks of the Meguro River are a famous spot for cherry blossom viewing, drawing many visitors.
From our street photos, sidewalks rank 135th, the lowest ranking in this neighborhood.
The place name already appears in a 1671 land survey register, and is generally thought to come from a paddy field of about five tan in the valley of the Meguro River.
Gotanda Station opened in 1911, and from the Meiji to Taisho eras, many small factories gathered along the upper reaches of the Meguro River through to Osaki, with homes and factories mixed together.
After the war, the area around the station underwent land readjustment, creating a 40-meter-wide arterial road and a station-front plaza.
Up on the plateau, the Edo period saw the residences of the Date family of Sendai Domain and the Ikeda family of Okayama Domain. The Date family's land passed to the Shimazu family in the early Meiji era, and the duke's residence built in the Taisho era is today the main building of Seisen University.
The redevelopment of the No. 3 District in East Gotanda 2-chome along the Meguro River broke ground in November 2023 and is scheduled for completion in 2027. The plan includes about 389 housing units and childcare facilities, along with a riverside promenade lined with cherry trees along the Meguro River, and three plazas will also be created.
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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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