Up on the plateau, Sanno's low-rise houses; down the slope, forty-odd Showa-flavoured eateries lining the lanes
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The area right in front of Omori Station's west exit is a slope. Behind Ikegami-dori, a long staircase leads down the slope to the Sanno Koji dining street in Sanno 2-chome. In the past, the slope became impossible to climb whenever it rained, earning it the nickname "Hell Valley," and it still lines up with eateries full of Showa-era atmosphere.
Climb up onto the plateau, and most of Sanno is zoned as a low-rise residential exclusive district. In 2020, about one in three households in Sanno 1- and 2-chome lived in a detached house, a higher rate than for Ota City as a whole.
The east exit tells a different story: south of the station-front roundabout is a bustling commercial area, while north of it is an office district. Nearly nine in ten households in Omori-kita 1- and 2-chome live in buildings of six stories or more.
Before the overpass station building was completed in 1984, Omori Station had no east-west free passage. Now you can pass through the station building to go between both sides, and the station building also has Atre Omori. For everyday convenience, it ranks 172nd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and 117th for healthcare.
Only the Keihin-Tohoku Line stops at Omori Station. The west exit side has a large difference in elevation, so getting to and from the station via Sanno always means going up and down a slope.
Omori-kita on the east exit side is low-lying land. The City's disaster map estimates that most of Omori-kita (including 5-chome and 6-chome, which lies outside the neighborhood) would flood in heavy rain or high tide, to a depth of more than 1 meter but less than 3 meters at its deepest. Based on our street photos, it ranks 280th out of 395 neighborhoods for greenery.
The Sanno plateau has long been known as a scenic spot for viewing the sea, and Utagawa Hiroshige painted Hakkeizaka here. After Omori Station opened in 1876, this area became a suburban villa district of Tokyo.
After the Great Kanto Earthquake, even more people moved to this safe and convenient suburb. In the early Showa period, this was part of Magome Bunshi-mura, where writers gathered. The mansion streets of that era have since been subdivided due to inheritance and other reasons, and the Western-style houses grow fewer every year.
Ikegami-dori in front of the west exit will have about 530 meters widened from roughly 15 meters to 20-30 meters, with the project running through fiscal year 2032. This stretch falls within Sanno 1- to 3-chome, and bus and taxi pick-up/drop-off points will be separated from the main road.
The sidewalk will be widened from about 3 meters to about 5 meters. A plaza of about 1,451 square meters will be added between the west exit and north exit, built on two levels using the difference in elevation. The design policy for the plaza was set based on a 2025 City resident survey.
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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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