Sakura-Shinmachi, a town named for its cherry blossoms, with Sazae-san drawn all over its shopping street
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The Metropolitan road in front of Sakura-Shinmachi Station is lined with rows of cherry trees that bloom in spring, and the yae-zakura (double-flowered cherry) street trees here are the symbol of the area. The station's signature color is also cherry blossom pink, and even the wall across from the platform has been decorated with cherry blossoms.
Walking from the station toward National Route 246 is the Sakura-Shinmachi shopping street, which everyone calls Sazae-san Street, and the public spaces along the way are covered with drawings of Sazae-san. This street leads to the Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum, which has a permanent exhibition of original Sazae-san artwork.
The shopping street holds four festivals a year: the Cherry Blossom Festival in April, the Sazae-san Festival in July, the Nebuta Festival in September, and another one in February.
From our street photos, buildings rank 57th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, which is the highest-ranking item in this neighborhood. Cleanliness ranks 105th, also near the top.
The Express on the Den-en-toshi Line doesn't stop at this station, but the Semi Express and Local trains do; some Local trains wait here to let the Express pass first. The station is 6.3 kilometers from Shibuya.
The Nebuta Festival connects to the station too: in November 2025, the roof over the underground station's entrance was rebuilt in wood, with some of the timber coming from Aomori. This is the first wooden roof over an underground station entrance in the whole country, continuing the exchange between Sakura-Shinmachi and Aomori.
Also from our street photos, sidewalks rank 308th, which is the weakest item in this neighborhood. Convenience ranks 241st out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, toward the lower end.
The cherry trees in this area were planted together with the residential development more than a hundred years ago. From 1912 to 1913, Tokyo Shintaku developed a suburban residential area here and sold it in phases, marketing it under the name "Karuizawa of the city center".
The cherry trees planted along the road during the land development later led to this area being called Sakura-Shinmachi. It wasn't until 1968, when the residential address system was implemented, that Sakura-Shinmachi was officially separated from Shinmachi as its own town name.
During the Showa era, Hasegawa Machiko, the creator of Sazae-san, lived in this area. In 1987, the shopping street was officially named Sazae-san Street.
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