Birthplace of Mos Burger, a lively old shopping street tucked between two stations
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Old shopping streets on the south side, like Skip-mura and Suzuran-dori, sit between two Narimasu stations about 200 meters apart. This area drew crowds early on and became lively; from the 2000s onward, the sites of old shops have gradually been replaced by chain restaurants and drugstores. In 1972, the hamburger chain Mos Burger first opened an experimental store in front of the station, and that same year opened its No. 1 store on the south side.
Narimasu is at the westernmost edge of Itabashi City, bordering Wako City in Saitama Prefecture to the west. Whether you take the Tobu Tojo Line or the subway, one more stop outward brings you to Wakoshi Station in Saitama.
The subway's Narimasu Station lies beneath Kawagoe Kaido, and all its exits open onto this road. The Fukutoshin Line runs direct from here to Shibuya with no transfer; the Yurakucho Line goes to Shin-Kiba.
The north side tells a different story: there used to be a 7-meter height difference in front of the station, and redevelopment began in 1988. Now, coming out of the station there's a station plaza and bus terminal, with a pedestrian deck connecting to ACT, a complex centered on Seiyu and a community center.
Public transit ranks 280th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the lower tier.
Tobu's Narimasu Station has Express trains stopping; the next stop for an Express heading toward Ikebukuro is Ikebukuro. The station has a passing track used mainly by trains that start or terminate here.
In 2016, the station building shopping complex EQUIA Narimasu opened on the south side.
There's no transfer guidance between the two stations - to change lines you have to exit and walk over yourself. The terrain north of the station slopes downward, with lots of ups and downs and slopes.
In 2020, this neighborhood had about 187 people per hectare. Based on our street photos, sidewalks rank 216th, in the middle tier.
The most convincing explanation for the place name is that it comes from Tanaka Sakyo Narimasu, who cultivated this land. In 1914, the Tojo Railway opened service from Ikebukuro, and Narimasu Station opened on the same day.
During the war, the Army's Narimasu Airfield was nearby; after the war it became the US military housing complex Grant Heights. After the land was returned, the site was repurposed for uses such as the Hikarigaoka housing complex. Hikarigaoka Park, to the south outside this neighborhood, sits within this former site area.
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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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