One of Itabashi City's top shopping streets, with a picture-book library in the park holding books from about 100 countries
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Kami-itabashi Station is a bridge-style station, with its concourse built over the tracks and one exit each on the north and south sides. The area near the south exit has a shopping street, while the rest of Kami-itabashi is mostly residential. This Kami-itabashi South Exit Ginza shopping street has been there since 1950, and it's one of the top shopping streets in Itabashi City.
Heiwa Park in Tokiwadai 4-chome is about a 7-minute walk from the station, and the City's central library moved into the park in 2021. The Itabashi Bologna Picture Book Museum, which opened together with it inside, holds about 30,000 picture books from around 100 countries.
Healthcare ranks 111th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, which is the highest-ranking item for this neighborhood.
For commuting, take the Tobu Tojo Line: since March 2023, the Semi Express also stops at this station, reaching Ikebukuro in just one stop, about 7 to 9 minutes. Taking the Local also takes about 11 minutes.
From our street photos, the neighborhood environment ranks 304th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, greenery ranks 295th, and sidewalks rank 303rd.
Public transit ranks 308th; there's only the Tobu Tojo Line, and trains Express or above don't stop here. The redevelopment in front of the south exit isn't scheduled to be completed until December 2028.
Kawagoe Kaido was opened around 1457 by Ota Dokan. In the early Edo period, Itabashi Village split into Kami-itabashi Village and Shimo-itabashi Village, which is how Kami-itabashi got its name.
When Kawagoe Kaido was widened in the early Showa period, Iijima Yajuro, the former head of Kami-itabashi Village, provided the land, on the condition that some of the zelkova trees in the woods on his own estate be preserved. The five trees that were kept are called the Gohon Keyaki, and two of them later died and have since been replanted.
On the railway side, the station opened in June 1914. In 1946, a branch called the Keishi Line split off from here to the US military's Grant Heights, now known as Hikarigaoka, and it was discontinued in 1959.
The south exit redevelopment, in Kami-itabashi 1- and 2-chome, will build 3 buildings with about 427 housing units. A new 3,900-square-meter transit plaza will also be added in front of the station.
In 2026, Itabashi City set a vision for the south exit area, calling for a green axis connecting the station plaza to Johoku Chuo Park outside the neighborhood. It also specifies that the friendly street atmosphere along the shopping street and the old Kawagoe Kaido should be preserved.
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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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