Restaurants, bars and clubs packed into mixed-use buildings, with embassies from eight countries in the same town
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Mixed-use buildings in Nishi-Azabu are packed with restaurants, bars, and nightclubs, with plenty of cafes too, and boutiques scattered sparsely among them. The same town also has embassies from eight countries.
People really do live here: in 2020, Nishi-Azabu 1-chome through 4-chome had a resident population of about 10,700, with the daytime population at 1.56 times the resident population. For Minato City as a whole it's 3.73 times, meaning far more people pour in during the day there than here.
Daily shopping ranks 37th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking item for this neighborhood. The old supermarket behind Kasumicho Crossing moved in 2023 to 2-chome, across from Aoyama Cemetery outside the neighborhood, and there's also a supermarket along Roppongi-dori in 4-chome.
From the Nishi-Azabu bus stop, take the To01 or Shibu88 bus, a direct bus with no transfer to Shibuya Station.
Between Gaien-nishi-dori and Kogai Elementary School, there's Kogai Park, which opened in 1970. From our street photos, buildings rank 68th, placing in the upper range.
To Roppongi Station, Nogizaka Station, and Hiro-o Station, it's about 800 meters in a straight line from Nishi-Azabu Crossing, and all three stations are outside the neighborhood. Public transit ranks 310th out of 395 neighborhoods, nearly at the bottom.
In 2020, this neighborhood had about 181 people per hectare, with children under 15 making up about 14%, slightly higher than Minato City as a whole. From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 357th, placing in the lower range.
During the Edo period, this area was mostly farmland, mixed woodland, and daimyo's shimoyashiki (a feudal lord's secondary residence outside the city center), and it wasn't until the Meiji to Taisho eras that it became a residential district. Among these, Azabu-Kogaicho on the high ground, which is today's 4-chome, became a well-known upscale Yamanote residential area. In 1967, when jukyo hyoji (address reorganization by block) was implemented, old town names such as Azabu-Kasumicho and Azabu-Kogaicho were unified into Nishi-Azabu.
In the 1960s, Roppongi became an international entertainment district, while Nishi-Azabu remained quiet. It was only after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the construction of the Shuto Expressway that mixed-use buildings and apartments gradually increased along Roppongi-dori.
Redevelopment of the Nishi-Azabu 3-chome northeast district broke ground in March 2025 and is scheduled for completion in fiscal year 2029, with part of the area extending into Roppongi 6-chome outside the neighborhood. Block A will have 54 floors above ground, and the whole project will include about 500 housing units. The Auxiliary Line Road No. 10 street in front of the district currently has narrow sidewalks; the redevelopment will widen this road and create a plaza.
Compared with the 395 Tokyo neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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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