The Shinkansen runs underneath the platform, and the station is named for Ontake Shrine, three minutes' walk from the exit
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At the Kamata end of the Ontakesan Station platform, the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Hinkaku Line run right underneath it. A three-minute walk from the station is Ontake Shrine, which the station takes its name from.
Ontakesan Station and Kugahara Station are two adjacent stations on the Ikegami Line, with a small cluster of shops in front of each one, while the rest of the area is mostly residential. Both stations have a supermarket out front.
As for the character meaning "ridge" (mine) in Higashi-minecho and Nishi-minecho, one theory holds it refers to the slightly elevated ground on the terrace north of the Tamagawa, a bit higher than its surroundings.
Based on our street photos, buildings rank 94th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the strongest showing among all categories for this neighborhood. In Tokyo's 2022 earthquake risk survey, Nishi-minecho's overall risk rating is Level 1, the safest of the five levels.
In front of Hakusan Shrine in Higashi-minecho there is an airport bus stop called Kugahara Eki Iriguchi, with direct bus service to Haneda Airport; from this stop, buses only run toward the airport. Near Kugahara Station there's also the Showa Life Museum, which preserves a Showa-era house.
Convenience of daily life ranks 280th out of 395 neighborhoods, placing it in the lower tier. Sidewalks rank only 389th, the weakest category for this neighborhood.
The platform at Ontakesan Station is narrow, and Platform 2, heading toward Gotanda, gets especially crowded during the morning rush. At both stations, the ticket gates for the two directions are separated, so if you enter on the wrong side you can't cross over to the opposite platform within the station.
Ontake Shrine is said to have been founded around 1535. During the Tenpo era, an ascetic named Ichizan Gyoja, who had trained on Ontakesan in Kiso, came here and revived the shrine. The current shrine hall was built in 1831, and the carvings on it are designated cultural properties of Ota City.
It's said that because worshippers came to visit, the area around the station once bustled like a shukuba-machi (a post-station town where travelers stayed overnight). When the station opened in 1923 it was called Ontakesan-mae Station, and the "mae" was dropped only in 1929. Kugahara Station, which opened the same year, was originally called Suehiro Station; it was renamed several times, and has been called Kugahara since 1936.
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