Sangubashi, on the quieter western approach to Meiji Jingu, with hillside homes pressed against its forest
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Compared to Omotesando and Kita-sando, the Nishi-sando side gets far fewer worshippers. Nishi-sando runs from Koshu Kaido, past Sangubashi, all the way to the shrine.
Yoyogi 4-chome and 5-chome are bounded by Nishi-sando, the Odakyu Line, and Yamate-dori, right next to the shrine and Yoyogi Park, with houses mostly built up on higher ground. The shrine and the park themselves are outside this neighborhood; that forest was planted in 1916 with about 100,000 trees donated from across the country.
In 2020, children under 15 made up about 11% of this neighborhood, a bit more than the 9% for Shibuya City as a whole. Single-person households were about 58%, lower than the City overall; owner-occupied homes were about 45%, higher than the City overall.
3-chome is mostly residential, with Bunka Fashion College along Koshu Kaido; in the lanes of 4-chome and 5-chome, a few embassies are scattered about.
Public transit ranks 31st among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Sangubashi Station is 1.5 kilometers from Shinjuku Station, and the station name is marked with "Alight here for Meiji Jingu".
The station was renovated in 2020, and the platform got a roof styled after shrine architecture, with wooden latticework made from cedar grown in the Tama region. If you're not taking the train, the bus stop next to the station also has Keio Bus services heading to Shinjuku Station's west exit and Shibuya Station.
At this station, the Odakyu Line only stops Local trains; Rapid Express and above all pass straight through. 4-chome and 5-chome have a lot of elevation changes in terrain.
From our street photos, sidewalks rank 367th among 395 neighborhoods, the lowest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Daily shopping and medical care also fall in the lower-middle range among 395 neighborhoods.
In 2020, about 238 people lived per hectare in this neighborhood.
The name Yoyogi has two origin stories: that villagers planted honey locust trees generation after generation, or that it comes from a giant fir tree known as the Yoyogi Omomi (the great fir of Yoyogi). That fir grew near the east gate of Meiji Jingu Gyoen, outside this neighborhood, and burned down in the air raids of 1945.
From 1909, the Japanese literature scholar Takano Tatsuyuki lived in 3-chome. He's said to have drawn on the Kohone River, which flowed through this area, as the image for the lyrics of the song "Haru no Ogawa" ("Little River in Spring"); a monument to the song stands in front of No. 64, 5-chome.
At the time of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Kohone River was covered over and turned into a sewer. Where the Odakyu Line crosses it south of Sangubashi Station, there's still an opening about 2 meters wide where you can see the water flowing.
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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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