Sendagaya, home to the Shogi Association HQ, where the dojos and pools stay open into the night
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In Sendagaya, there's still somewhere to go after dark. The Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in 1-chome has two indoor pools, a 50-meter one and a 25-meter one, open until 11 p.m. on weekdays. For 700 yen, anyone can use them for two and a half hours.
Also in 1-chome, the new Shogi Kaikan has the Japan Shogi Association's own training hall on the ground floor, open until 9 p.m. every day. Once you've paid the seat fee, the hall will match you with an opponent of similar strength; on weekday evenings there are also classes for beginners. In 2020, about 66% of households in this neighborhood were single-person households, and about 67% lived in private rental housing; that rental share is higher than Shibuya City's overall 54%.
The Shogi Kaikan is also the headquarters of the Japan Shogi Association, a 2-minute walk from Sendagaya Station. The association also dedicated a hexagonal Shogi-do within the grounds of Hatonomori Hachiman Shrine, enshrining a giant shogi piece inside.
Public transit ranks 22nd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the strongest category for this neighborhood. Sendagaya Station only has Local trains stopping, but Kokuritsu-kyogijo Station on the Oedo Line is right next door, and Kita-sando Station on the Fukutoshin Line is also within the neighborhood.
Hatonomori Hachiman Shrine, home to the Shogi-do, holds a Shogi-do prayer festival around January 5th every year. The same grounds have a Fuji-zuka said to have been built in 1789, the oldest of Tokyo's surviving Fuji-zuka that have never been moved. The National Noh Theatre in 4-chome opened in 1983, dedicated to Noh performances, with 627 seats on its Noh stage.
In 2020, about 120 people lived per hectare in this neighborhood. Based on our street photos, sidewalks rank 222nd, the weakest category for this neighborhood. Healthcare ranks 117th.
Although Sendagaya Station and Kokuritsu-kyogijo Station are close together, there's no official transfer arrangement between the two stations. On days when there are events at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium or the National Stadium, Sendagaya Station can get crowded.
The common explanation for the place name is that so much thatch grass grew here that a thousand loads (da, the amount one horse could carry) could be gathered in a day. There's also a legend behind the name of Hatonomori Hachiman Shrine: an auspicious cloud appeared in the forest, and when villagers approached, they saw many white doves flying west, so they built a small shrine and named it Hatonomori, meaning dove forest.
In 1961, the Shogi Kaikan moved to Sendagaya 2-chome, right next to the shrine, and in 1976 the building on that same site was rebuilt into a five-story building. In 2024, the association moved into the new Kaikan in 1-chome, and the building in 2-chome was demolished in January 2025.
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