Mitaka, where Osamu Dazai once lived, a 15-minute walk along the Tamagawa Josui to the Ghibli Museum
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The south exit opens onto a pedestrian overpass; straight ahead is a redevelopment building, and Mitaka Chuo-dori extends south from there, lined on both sides with the small shops that make up the station-front shopping street. Right beneath the station flows the Tamagawa Josui, a canal dug in the Edo period to supply water to the city of Edo. Following it from the south exit is the Kaze no Sanpomichi (Wind Promenade), leading to Mansuke Bridge, though its endpoint already lies outside this neighborhood.
About a 15-minute walk along the Tamagawa Josui brings you to the Ghibli Museum, in the western section of Inokashira Onshi Park, an area outside this neighborhood.
In 2020, nearly 60% of households in this neighborhood were single-person households, higher than Mitaka City or Musashino City as a whole. People in their twenties and thirties made up nearly 30%, higher than both cities overall; about half of households rent. Over 10% of households in this neighborhood live in buildings of 11 stories or more, compared to under 5% for Mitaka City as a whole.
The Chuo-Sobu Line Local trains originate from this station and also run through directly to the Tozai Line; the Chuo Line Rapid also stops here.
For healthcare, this neighborhood ranks 133rd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and 156th for sidewalks. Every August, the Mitaka Awa Odori takes place around the south exit.
For public transit, this neighborhood ranks only 320th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the most obvious weak point of this neighborhood.
The area in front of this one station actually spans two cities: the north exit roundabout is in Musashino City, while the Tamagawa Josui roughly marks the boundary between the two.
After the Great Meireki Fire of 1657, Shimo-Renjaku became a resettlement site for disaster victims from Kanda Renjaku-cho, and the following year it was developed into new farmland (shinden). Renjaku Village was divided in the customary way into two sides: the side closer to Kyoto was called Kami (upper) and the side closer to Edo was called Shimo (lower), which is how Kami-Renjaku and Shimo-Renjaku got their names.
Dazai Osamu lived in Shimo-Renjaku both before and after the war. In 2008, the Dazai Osamu Literary Salon opened on the former site of a liquor shop he frequented, and in 2022 it reopened with an added book cafe.
The composer Nakada Yoshinao also lived in Mitaka from after the war until 1951. Since 2010, Mitaka Station's departure melody has used his song "Medaka no Gakko" (The School of Killifish), with a different arrangement for each platform.
About 1.5 hectares east of Mitaka Chuo-dori near the south exit are set to be redeveloped by Mitaka City in stages, under a tentative concept called "Children's Forest," which would include a plaza and greenery. The policy for fiscal year 2025 is aimed at completing the urban planning decision procedures by fiscal year 2026.
Platforms are changing too: platform doors are scheduled to begin use on the Chuo Line Rapid and Local platforms sometime during fiscal year 2026.
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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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