Former US military housing site, now a leafy housing estate, next to roughly 60 hectares of Hikarigaoka Park
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Hikarigaoka is an entirely planned danchi (housing estate), with about 12,000 households, built on the former site of Grant Heights, the postwar US military family housing. The roads, parks, and schools were built together with the housing, and it's now a residential area rich in greenery. Next door in 4-chome is Hikarigaoka Park, about 60 hectares, with a ginkgo avenue, a library, and a gymnasium.
The building layout was fixed at the planning stage: high-rises of 14 to 30 floors in the center, surrounded by slab-style housing blocks of 6 to 14 floors. Pedestrian paths and roads were also designed separately back then; the land is flat, and there are many people cycling on the streets.
From our street photos, greenery ranks 6th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo. Cleanliness ranks 63rd, in the upper tier just like greenery. Hikarigaoka IMA, in front of the station, connects directly to the station, centered on the Livin Hikarigaoka store and Aeon Nerima store, with over a hundred shops across the three buildings combined.
Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital moved into the former junior high school site in 2022, with 457 beds. Commuting relies on the Oedo Line, about 24 minutes to Shinjuku with no transfer.
Public transit ranks 348th, and daily shopping ranks 280th, both in the lower tier. From street photos, buildings rank 161st, the last of the four neighborhood categories.
The danchi began move-ins in 1983. Elementary schools are also being consolidated, and the area plan intends to repurpose the former school sites.
This area was the Imperial Japanese Army's Narimasu Airfield in 1942, with the runway running north-south slightly east of the center of what is now IMA. After the war it became Grant Heights, the US military family housing.
In 1946 the Tobu Keishi Line was extended here, and it was abolished in 1959; the US military housing wasn't fully returned until September 1973. The danchi began move-ins in spring 1983, but the station didn't open until December 1991.
There are plans to extend the Oedo Line further out from Hikarigaoka Station, adding three new stations (tentative names): Doshida, Oizumicho, and Oizumi-gakuencho. A review by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in October 2025 envisions opening around 2040; Nerima City and the metropolitan government are still in discussions.
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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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