Row houses that survived earthquakes and air raids, narrow lanes beside the Tachibana shopping street, where shops sell side dishes
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Kyojima 2-chome and 3-chome still have row houses from the Taisho era through the early Showa era, since this area suffered relatively little damage in the Great Kanto Earthquake and the World War II air raids. Old houses sit mixed in with small factories, and the alleys are too narrow for cars to easily pass through.
More than half the households in these two chome are detached houses.
The Kira Kira Tachibana Shopping Street in Kyojima 3-chome runs about 450 meters, with an especially high concentration of shops selling side dishes and dried goods. The shop owners are elderly and the number of shops keeps shrinking, though some young people from outside the area have opened new shops in retro storefronts.
Healthcare ranks 37th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Tokyo Hikifune Hospital, which opened in 2017, sits right next to Tobu Hikifune Station, and its name even appears as the station's subname.
Checking the platforms for your commute: platforms 2 and 3 at Tobu Hikifune Station have Hanzomon Line through trains, a direct train to Shibuya with no transfer; platforms 1 and 4 go to Asakusa.
The neighborhood environment ranks 392nd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo; based on our street photos, the buildings rank 367th. In the 2022 earthquake area risk survey, Kyojima 2-chome and 3-chome ranked 1st and 2nd in Tokyo for building collapse risk.
Hikifune Station opened in 1902, taking its name from the nearby Hikifune River. This river was filled in during the early Showa era, and the area is now Hikifune-gawa-dori, running along the south side of the station.
In 1965, several old towns merged to form Kyojima, combining the character for "capital" (kyo) from Tokyo with the character for "island" (shima) from Mukojima. Kyojima is one of the few areas in Tokyo that escaped damage during World War II, while the south side of Keisei Hikifune Station has undergone large-scale redevelopment since the latter half of the 2000s, with tower apartments built there.
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake shook loose the exterior wall of the building housing Tobu Hikifune Station. The building was later demolished, and Tokyo Hikifune Hospital was built on the site in 2017.
Sumida City finalized the urban plan for the area in front of Tobu Hikifune Station in March 2026, including a Category 1 urban redevelopment project. The site, part of Higashi-mukojima 2-chome, covers about 1.7 hectares and is scheduled to be carried out by the UR Urban Renaissance Agency, with completion expected in fiscal year 2032.
Compared with the 395 Tokyo neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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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