A station beside the Toshiba factory, where newly built electric locomotives roll out along the siding
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Coming out of the ticket gates, on the right is a connecting passage to the Toshiba Fuchu Complex (outside this neighborhood), and on the left is a pedestrian bridge over Fuchu-kaido. Riding in on the Musashino Line, you can sometimes see electric locomotives parked on a siding from the train window — that siding leads right into this factory. New electric locomotives built there do their test runs and get shipped out via this siding.
This neighborhood covers Harumicho, where the station sits, the neighboring Sakaecho and Musashidai 1-chome, plus Nishimotomachi 4-chome in Kokubunji City, with about 12,100 residents as of 2020. People here skew older, with about three in ten aged 65 or over, compared with just over two in ten for Fuchu City as a whole.
About 30% of households live in 6- to 10-story apartment buildings, nearly twice the city-wide share; private rentals make up only about a quarter, also lower than the city average. The neighborhood also has 7 Tokyo metropolitan public housing complexes, totaling about 470 households.
Among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, greenery ranks 27th — the best ranking in this neighborhood — while cleanliness ranks 57th. Nishimotomachi 4-chome has no street photos yet and is not counted in these rankings.
The bus stop at the station is called "Toshiba-mae (Kita-Fuchu Ekimae)," served by Keio Bus routes to Fuchu Station, the south exit of Kunitachi Station, and the Sogo Iryo Center. Nishi-Kokubunji Station next door was originally built so passengers could transfer to the Chuo Line.
For everyday shopping, this neighborhood ranks third from the bottom out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, healthcare ranks 372nd, and public transit ranks 333rd. Based on our street photos, the buildings rank 259th.
The Toshiba connecting passage was originally for authorized personnel only. The general public can use the walkway on the west side of the tracks toward Nikkocho (outside this neighborhood), open from the first train to the last.
The 2020 census counted 14,645 people in this neighborhood, but Harumicho 4-chome is home to the Fuchu Prison, with 2,575 people in just 317 households. So the resident count given on this page excludes that chome.
In 1910, the Tokyo Jari Railway opened to carry gravel from the Tamagawa, becoming Fuchu City's first railway. In 1934 it was converted into a passenger line to Tokyo Keibajo (the Tokyo Racecourse), and that same year the Fujimi Signal Station was set up here — the predecessor of Kita-Fuchu Station.
During the war, this signal station began carrying workers for the Toshiba Fuchu Complex, which was then a munitions factory. It was upgraded to a full station in 1956, and in 1973 the Musashino Line opened, bringing the station under that line. The old line to the racecourse was discontinued that same year; much of its former route was turned into the Shimogawara Greenway (outside this neighborhood) or became land for apartment complexes.
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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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