Trees ring the iris fields beside the station, with about 140 varieties of Japanese iris blooming from mid-May
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One minute's walk from the west exit is Shobunuma Park: trees surround 5 iris fields planted with about 140 varieties of Japanese iris.
The flowers start blooming in mid-May each year; during the blooming season boardwalks are set up over the fields so you can walk close to look at them. The park is free and open all day.
For everyday shopping, this neighborhood ranks 172nd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the best-ranked category for this neighborhood. The north ticket gate connects to a pedestrian overpass that leads straight to LaLa Terrace Kita-ayase, which opened in June 2025.
Inside, centred around a Summit supermarket, there are about 50 shops plus a food court. You don't necessarily have to change trains at Ayase to reach central Tokyo, either: since 2019, 10-car trains have run direct through to Yoyogi-Uehara, with service all day.
Based on our street photos, cleanliness ranks 263rd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the weakest category for this neighborhood. Healthcare ranks 225th, and public transit ranks 319th.
Kita-ayase Station doesn't connect for transfers with any other line. The 3-car shuttle trains to Ayase are still running; if you take that one, it only goes as far as Ayase, and it stops at the north end of the platform, which is farther from the south exit.
Yanaka, in Adachi City, takes its name from 'Yanaka Shinden' in the early Edo period. The name of Shobunuma Park also carries on the old place name 'Shobunuma Kochi', because this area used to be full of wild Japanese iris.
Kita-ayase originally started out in 1969 merely as a signal station to let trains in and out of the Ayase train depot. Shobunuma Park opened in 1971, and in 1973, 2,000 iris plants were transplanted here from Horikirishobuen in Katsushika City. As the surrounding area filled with more housing, residents requested a station, and it only officially became a station in December 1979.
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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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