The azalea town of Komagome, where Rikugien has weeping cherries in spring and yukizuri snow ropes in winter
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Rikugien is in this neighborhood, and the azaleas in the garden are famous — locals say "when you mention Komagome, it's the street where the azaleas bloom". In late March, the weeping cherry trees near the main gate are in full bloom, late November to early December brings the autumn leaves, and in winter the trees get yukizuri snow-protection ropes hung on them.
The azaleas on the platform slope at Komagome Station are famous in spring, and in 2000 the station was even selected as one of the "Top 100 Kanto Stations" because of them. These azaleas are traces left over from when Somei Village grew Kirishima azaleas.
Healthcare ranks 27th out of 395 Tokyo neighborhoods, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood. The station is served by two lines, the JR Yamanote Line and the Namboku Line.
On the east exit side there are shopping streets like Shimofuri Ginza and Somei Ginza; Somei Ginza is within the neighborhood, while Shimofuri Ginza has already fallen outside it.
The Someiyoshino Cherry Memorial Park is also within the neighborhood, planted with Edohigan cherry and Ojima cherry trees that are generally believed to be the original parent species of the Somei Yoshino cherry, with a monument marking it as the birthplace of the Somei Yoshino cherry.
From our street photos, buildings rank 259th out of 395 neighborhoods, falling in the lower range.
This neighborhood spans three cities — Toshima, Kita, and Bunkyo — and the easternmost end of the station's Yamanote Line platform is already in Kita City.
In the Edo period, Somei Village was full of gardening craftsmen, and the whole village was like a garden; the Somei Yoshino cherry is generally believed to have been cultivated by them. The Somei Gate at Rikugien still preserves the old place name Somei to this day.
Rikugien was built by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, completed in 1702. He modeled it on the scenery of Wakanoura in Wakayama, and selected famous sights from waka poetry collections like the Man'yoshu, creating 88 scenic spots within the garden.
In 1938, Iwasaki Hisaya donated Rikugien to the city of Tokyo, and in 1953 it was designated a Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Komagome Station opened in 1910, and the Namboku Line didn't reach here until 1991.
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