Kichijoji — one of Tama's leading commercial districts, five minutes' walk to Inokashira Park
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The area around Kichijoji Station is one of the top commercial districts in the Tama region, with residential streets surrounding the shopping streets. A 5-minute walk from the south exit takes you into Inokashira Park, which is free and open all day.
In 2020, about 42,000 people lived in this neighborhood; according to 2026 resident registration, the average household size is about 1.7 people, fewer than the citywide average of 1.85 in Musashino City. Honcho 1-chome is also home to over 2,000 people.
Right outside the north exit is Harmonica Yokocho, a narrow alley that grew out of a postwar black market and is now packed with nearly a hundred small shops. After dark, the red lanterns sway, and people gather for a drink after work.
Inokashira Park opened in 1917, making it Japan's first suburban park, and its entrance area falls within this neighborhood. In spring, the branches of Somei Yoshino cherry trees along the pond reach out over the water; the pond itself belongs to Mitaka City and lies outside the neighborhood.
For daily shopping, this neighborhood ranks 133rd among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo. The shopping streets connect directly to the residential streets.
There's a direct train with no transfer to Shinjuku and Shibuya, with the station served by the JR Chuo Line and the Keio Inokashira Line. This is the terminal station for the Inokashira Line, so trains bound for Shibuya depart from here.
On Park Road by the south exit, buses still pull in to drop off passengers right in front of the station, sharing the same road with pedestrians. The station plaza planned to reroute traffic was written into the city plan back in 2000, but negotiations over the land with the owners are still ongoing.
Although daily shopping is this neighborhood's top-ranked category, overall convenience of daily life ranks 197th. Based on our street photos, the buildings rank 215th among 395 neighborhoods.
There's actually no temple called Kichijoji here. In the Edo period, the temple town in front of Kichijoji temple in Hongo burned down in a great fire, and the people affected moved to this area to cultivate it, bringing the place name along with them.
Kichijoji Village was established in 1664, but the station didn't open until 1899. After the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, people from the city center moved here again, and the farmland gradually turned into residential streets and grew lively.
Once the south exit station plaza is completed, buses will stop within the plaza instead, and Park Road will be closed to cars except for authorized vehicles, becoming a street centered on pedestrians. The city says the land is still under negotiation and that preparing it will take time.
For the area between the south exit and Inokashira Park, the city plans to settle on a vision for the neighborhood's future streetscape around fiscal year 2027.
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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