A lumber town since the Edo era — Kiba's old timber-soaking yards are now cherry-blossom grounds at Kiba Park
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"Kiba" originally referred to a lumber yard where timber was kept soaked in water for storage, and it later became a place name. The lumber yard moved to Shin-Kiba in 1969, and the old site was filled in to become Kiba Park, most of which lies in this neighborhood, a 5-minute walk from Kiba Station. Koto City lists it as a cherry blossom viewing spot, where you can see several varieties of cherry trees, and it's also recommended for picnics.
The town of Kiba is bordered on the west by the Heikyugawa, faces the Shiohama Canal to the south, and has the Oyokogawa flowing through it. This neighborhood also crosses the Shiohama Canal to include Shiohama 2-chome on the south bank.
Kiba Station's platform is about 22 meters underground, making it the deepest station on the Tozai Line. About a 2-minute walk from the station is Suzaki Shrine.
If you count 1-chome through 6-chome together, Kiba's population grew from over 8,000 to over 11,000 people over the past ten years.
From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 12th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Architecture also ranks 62nd.
Every October, a traditional performance called Kakunori is held at the pond in the entrance plaza of Kiba Park. The performers are kawanami-tobi, who stand on floating logs and spin them with their feet.
Daily shopping ranks 260th among 395 neighborhoods, the weakest category for this neighborhood. Fukagawa Gatharia in Kiba 1-chome, within this neighborhood, has an Ito-Yokado.
In 2020, this neighborhood had about 172 people per hectare. Kiba Station's platform sits inside a circular tunnel, only about 3 meters wide on each side, making it very crowded during the morning rush.
There was originally a plan to widen part of the platform to about 12 meters, but it was suspended in 2022 due to decreased ridership from the pandemic, and the excavated area was filled back in.
After the Great Meireki Fire of 1657, the shogunate moved the lumber yards from the Nihombashi area to Fukagawa, across the Sumida River.
Suzaki Shrine was founded in 1700 on what was then the seashore, originally named Suzaki Benten Shrine, enshrining a water deity. In 1791, a storm surge struck the Suzaki area, and the shogunate subsequently banned building houses there; the shrine still has a stone monument called the Namiyoke-hi, which records the disaster.
After the Meiji era, the open sea was gradually reclaimed, and Kiba became inland.
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