Nishi-Chofu, birthplace of Kondo Isami of the Shinsengumi, manhole covers stamped with "Makoto" from the station to Koshu Kaido
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On the way from the north exit of Nishi-Chofu Station toward Koshu Kaido and Saikoji, manhole covers commemorating Kondo Isami have been installed since fiscal 2024, each with the character for "sincerity" (makoto) in the center; the plan calls for 15 in total. In 1834, Kondo Isami, who later became the commander of the Shinsengumi in Kyoto, was born into a farming family in what was then Kami-ishiwara village.
The north exit side grew out of the Kami-ishiwara post town on the old Koshu Kaido, with a few small shopping streets squeezed between the station and the old road. Saikoji, in Kami-ishiwara 1-chome, holds a seated statue of Kondo Isami, and every October a birthplace festival is held there. In 2020, about 29,000 people lived in this neighborhood.
From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 160th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and buildings rank 141st, the two highest-ranking categories for this neighborhood. For grocery shopping, there's a Co-op supermarket about 200 meters from the station, and a Kitchen Court about 400 meters away.
Special Express, Express, and Semi Express trains all skip this station, and public transit ranks 263rd among 395 neighborhoods. Since April 2025, the bus that goes into the north exit circle has run only one round trip a day.
Daily shopping ranks 328th, the lowest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Sidewalks are in the middle, ranking 250th.
The place name "Ishiwara" comes from this area once being a gravel bar of the Tamagawa, covered in stones. The Edo-period post towns of Kami-ishiwara and Shimo-ishiwara on the Koshu Kaido left their names in today's town names.
When the station opened in 1916 it was called Kami-ishiwara Station, and it wasn't renamed Nishi-Chofu until 1959. The Keio Line's grade-separation project did not include this station, so residents and shopkeepers started their own movement to push for improvements to the station front. The city government set a district plan in 2010, and the north exit circle opened in 2017.
A new 179-meter urban planning road is planned for the south exit, connecting the station to Shinagawa-dori, with a transportation plaza also planned for the station front. The project period runs through March 2032.
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