A 7th-century burial mound restored with stones and made into a park, and a station the local landowners banded together to win
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About 8 minutes on foot from Nishifu Station, within the grounds of Kumano Shrine there's a 7th-century tomb, with almost no open space around it. In 2009 the mound was re-covered with stones, and in spring 2019 the area around the tomb was redeveloped into a park. At the end of 2006, residents and history enthusiasts formed a preservation society, and were entrusted with managing the tomb's exhibition hall.
Nishifu Station is a station that the local landowners fought to get built themselves. 90 landowners formed a land readjustment association, starting a preparatory committee in 1995, and negotiating with JR and Fuchu City all the way until the station opened in 2009. The 12.8-hectare block of streets beside the station was also organized at that time.
In 2020, just under 40% of households in this neighborhood were single-person households, lower than Fuchu City's overall 44%. Children under 15 made up about 15%, also higher than the city-wide 13%.
From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 160th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and greenery ranks 188th, both falling in the lower-middle range. It's a 3-minute walk from the station to the Nishifu Cultural Center, where the children's hall is open every day except closing days, and the community hall is open until 9pm. It also serves as the city government's western branch office, where you can handle moving-in and moving-out procedures.
For commuting, take the Nambu Line; the next stop, Bubaigawara, lets you transfer to the Keio Line. Since 2022, there's also been a booth-style shared office inside the station.
Healthcare ranks 386th among 395 neighborhoods, the lowest ranking of this neighborhood's categories. Daily shopping ranks 380th, and sidewalks rank 349th, both also in the lower range.
Public transit ranks 301st. Since 2015, the Rapid service on the Nambu Line no longer stops at this station, only the Local. Until March 2026, Keio Bus's regular routes also ran into the north exit plaza; the north exit plaza now has a Fuchu City community bus stop.
Before the war, the Nambu Railway had two stops in this area, Honjuku and Nishifu, which were abolished in 1944 when the line was nationalized, due to low ridership and wartime pressures. The Nishifu Station built in 2009 stands between the two former stops, on the side closer to Honjuku.
In 1990, when a storage building for festival floats was being built, excavation surveys began. In 2003 it was confirmed to be a round-on-square tomb, and in 2005 it was designated a National Historic Site. Among round-on-square tombs confirmed by survey to have stone-covered mounds, it is the oldest in the country.
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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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