The temple town of Honmon-ji, where 96 steps lead down to a shopping street still selling Edo-era kuzumochi
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Ikegami is the temple town of Honmon-ji, and the street carries a temple-town mood, as well as being a quiet residential area. Ota City's Honmon-ji Park sits right next to the east side of the temple, and that land originally belonged to the temple. The main hall holds morning services every day at 5:30am, and anyone can join.
People walk their dogs on the temple grounds, and the temple has posted dog-walking rules on its official website. Walk down the 96 steps of Shikyonanji-zaka from the main gate, and you reach the shopping street leading to Ikegami Station.
The street has kuzumochi handed down from the Edo period, as well as izakaya and Buddhist altar goods shops.
In 2021, Ikegami Station opened the commercial facility etomo Ikegami within the station building. The 4F houses an Ota City library, open until 9pm, where reserved books can be picked up from 7am.
It's a 12-minute walk from Honmon-ji to Nishi-magome Station on the Toei Asakusa Line, which is outside this neighborhood; getting to JR Omori is about a 20-minute bus ride.
In 2020, about 199 people per hectare lived in this neighborhood. Based on our street photos, sidewalks rank 308th, toward the lower end. Everyday convenience ranks 236th.
Every year on the night of October 12th, a procession of about three thousand people carrying manto lanterns walks two kilometers from Tokumochi Hall to the temple, drawing over three hundred thousand visitors in a single night. From October 11th to 13th, traffic around the temple and the station is controlled starting at 10am, and residents within the controlled area can apply at the temple for a vehicle pass.
Along the banks of the Nomi River, flooding is expected during heavy rain; the area around Honmon-ji has been designated as an evacuation site in the event of a large-scale fire.
In 1282, Nichiren died at the residence of Ikegami Munenaka; that same month, a newly built hall on the hill behind the residence was named Honmon-ji. In 1608, a five-story pagoda was built on the hill, which is now an Important Cultural Property.
Ikegami Station opened in 1922 to carry worshippers. On the day of Oeshiki, the Ikegami Line still runs extra trains on a special timetable to this day.
In the air raid of April 1945, every hall on the hill burned down except the five-story pagoda, the main gate, the sutra hall, and the treasure pagoda. The main hall wasn't rebuilt in reinforced concrete until 1964.
In May 2026, Ota City's historic townscape plan received national certification, and Ikegami was designated a priority area. The new approach road is burying its power lines underground, with 11 new streetlights to be installed in fiscal 2026 and 4 more the following year.
Auxiliary Road No. 43, which has not yet opened on the east side of the station, was selected in 2026 as a priority route for improvement, though construction timing has not been decided.
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