Nakagawara, an old village that grew up along Kamakura-kaido, with a monument still standing at the former Tamagawa ferry crossing
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Nakagawara Station is elevated, and Kamakura-kaido passes underneath it. Back when this was Nakagawara village, this road ran the length of the village, and the settlement grew up along it. Follow it and you reach the Sekido Bridge crossing the Tamagawa (the bridge itself is outside the neighborhood).
Before the bridge was built in 1937, people crossed the river by ferry; the Fuchu side was called the Nakagawara ferry crossing, and there's still a monument to it in the neighborhood. Nakagawara Park also preserves part of the old bridge's railing and a plaque.
In 2020, about 23,000 people lived in this neighborhood, just over half of them in Sumiyoshicho 1-chome to 5-chome. Privately rented households make up about 36%, slightly lower than Fuchu City overall; single-person households are about 44%.
The redevelopment building at the north exit was completed in 1995, with a supermarket as its anchor tenant. The Sumiyoshi Cultural Center, a 3-minute walk from the station, houses a community hall, a children's center, and a senior citizens' welfare center all in one building.
Based on our street photos, cleanliness ranks 132nd among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking item for this neighborhood. The neighborhood is also home to Kewpie's Nakagawara plant, which began producing packaged salads in 1999 and added a group training center in 2015.
Special Express and Express trains don't stop at Nakagawara Station; Local trains stop at every station, Semi Express trains stop only on weekday inbound services, and Rapid trains stop only on weekday outbound and holiday inbound services. Public transit ranks 289th among 395 neighborhoods, daily shopping ranks 378th, and healthcare ranks 319th. Based on our street photos, buildings rank 325th, also near the bottom.
The name Nakagawara is very old; a document from 1415 already mentions "Nakagawara village within Yoshitomi". In 1585, Ariyama Genuemon of Sekido was granted permission to open a new post station and reclaim wasteland in the village.
The station's name also comes from this old place name: according to tradition, the Tamagawa once flowed further north, the Asakawa flowed where the Tamagawa is today, and a settlement grew up on the riverbed between the two rivers. Gyokunan Electric Railway opened a station here in 1925, and it was elevated in 1974.
Sekido Bridge is being rebuilt: the old downstream bridge, built in 1937, was over 80 years old and had no sidewalk. Starting in fiscal year 2018, traffic was shifted to a temporary bridge and demolition of the old bridge began.
As of June 2026, the new downstream bridge is largely in place, with the project in its 11th year of a planned 16. The new bridge is 15 meters wide, including a 4.5-meter sidewalk.
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