Monzen-Nakacho, the old shrine town of Tomioka Hachimangu, where summer festival crowds splash water on the mikoshi as it passes
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This was originally the monzen-cho (shrine town) of Tomioka Hachimangu, with machiya (townhouses) here since the mid-17th century. Around August 15th every year, the shrine holds the Fukagawa Hachiman Festival.
During the festival days, people along the route throw water on those carrying the mikoshi (portable shrines). At the main festival held once every three years, more than fifty adult mikoshi from the various neighborhoods parade through the streets together.
There are also temple fairs in ordinary months: on the 1st, 15th, and 28th of every month, stalls fill the area around the station. Shopping streets and supermarkets line both the main roads and the sando (approach paths) to the temples and shrines.
From our street photos, sidewalks rank 36th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Around the station, the sidewalks on Eitai-dori and Kiyosumi-dori are mostly more than 5 meters wide, narrowing near bus stops and station entrances.
The station is where the Tozai Line and the Oedo Line meet, with about 190,000 boardings and alightings a day. Convenience ranks 123rd, near the top in Tokyo.
There's no elevator-accessible transfer route between the two lines that stays inside the station. To transfer using elevators, you have to go up to street level first, then walk from Exit 2 to Exit 6.
Greenery ranks 268th, the lowest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Monzen-Nakacho 2-chome has a green coverage rate of only 5.88%, one of the ten lowest among all the town blocks in Koto City.
According to Koto City's flood risk map, most of Monzen-Nakacho 1-chome and 2-chome, and Tomioka 1-chome, are projected to flood to a depth of 0.5 to 3 meters.
The Fukagawa Hachiman Festival began in 1642, and the mikoshi first paraded through the streets the following year.
In 1703, the Fudo Myoo deity from Naritasan was put on public display for worship at Eitai-ji Temple, marking the start of Fukagawa Fudodo. The Shinto-Buddhist separation edict of the first year of Meiji caused Eitai-ji to be abolished. It wasn't until 1878 that Tokyo Prefecture permitted a divided spirit of the Narita Fudo to be enshrined at the current site.
Though the temple was abolished, the characters for "monzen" (temple gate) remain in the place name: in 1969, "Fukagawa Monzen-Nakacho" was changed to today's Monzen-Nakacho.
Hachimangu will turn 400 years old in 2027, and renovation of the grounds and the leaking main hall began in April 2024.
Landowners are still studying redevelopment for lots 5 and 6 in 2-chome next to the station. In June 2026, Koto City set out a policy aiming for a station plaza with green space, a pedestrian network, and barrier-free routes, though the policy doesn't list a timeline.
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