One of Tama's three major commercial districts, with skywalks linking the two stations and the department stores out front
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JR Yokohama Line and Odakyu Line's Machida Station are about 5 minutes' walk apart, connected by a pedestrian overpass that's busy with people transferring trains and shopping. The overpass also connects to station-front department stores like Marui, Lumine, and Machida Tokyu Twins.
The area in front of the station, along with Kichijoji and Tachikawa, is known as one of the three major commercial districts in the Tama area, with a huge concentration of shops aimed at young people. Besides the department stores, in 2019 there were 13 shopping streets in front of the station, even tucked into the back alleys.
This bustling area is also a place to live—in 2020, about 16,000 people lived in Haramachida 1-chome through 6-chome. About 56% of households in this neighborhood are single-person households, compared to less than 40% for Machida City overall; people in their 20s and 30s make up about 26% here, versus about 19% citywide.
For daily shopping, this neighborhood ranks 138th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo—its highest-ranking category; healthcare ranks 140th. Asahicho 2- and 3-chome and Morino 4- and 6-chome, recently added to this neighborhood, have no street photos yet, so the street-photo rankings reflect only the rest of the neighborhood.
All Yokohama Line trains stop at Machida, and so do all Odakyu trains except some Romancecar Limited Express services. Serigaya Park is about a 13-minute walk from the station; on the park's south side is the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, which specializes in prints.
Public transit only ranks 343rd, the weakest category in this neighborhood. To transfer between JR and Odakyu, you have to walk that roughly 5-minute overpass; and for both lines to reach other parts of Tokyo, you first have to pass through Kanagawa Prefecture.
The north side of the JR station is one of Tokyo's leading entertainment districts. Based on our street photos, greenery ranks 321st, also near the bottom.
The "hara" in Haramachida means field or wilderness (hara): in 1582, farmers from Machida Village cultivated the nearby wilderness and split off to form Haramachida Village, and that same year regular markets began there. In 1908, the Yokohama Railway opened Haramachida Station, and in 1927 Odakyu also opened Shin-Haramachida Station, which curved northwest to avoid a valley, putting it farther from the town center at the time.
People rushing to transfer trains wore a path that became known as "Marathon Road," and the shopping street sandwiched between the two stations gathered over 4,000 signatures opposing the relocation of the JR station. In 1980, the JR station was moved next to the Odakyu station anyway and renamed Machida Station.
The city has plans to redevelop Serigaya Park into an "Art Forest," with an International Crafts Museum (tentative name) to be added. However, bidding for the related construction failed in both September 2025 and January 2026, and the city is now set to reconsider the plan.
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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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