Sengoku — a small forest donated by the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family, with a November Tori-no-ichi fair for business fortune and lucky rake charms
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Sengoku Ryokuchi in Sengoku 1-chome is woodland that the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family donated to Bunkyo City, and it looks like a small forest. To keep the ground from getting packed down, the park has a wooden boardwalk like a floating bridge, and following it lets you make a loop through the woods.
Sugamo Otori Shrine in 4-chome has held its Tori-no-ichi since 1864, continuing to this day. The Tori-no-ichi is held on the Day of the Rooster in November, a festival to pray for good fortune and business prosperity, and the lucky rake decorations are the famous item.
The woods grow on a gentle slope where the Hakusan plateau meets the Sashigaya lowland, and the park's muku tree is estimated to be over a hundred years old, one of the biggest trees in Bunkyo City.
For households living in this neighborhood, in 2020 single-person households were about 53%, lower than Bunkyo City's overall 58%; households of three or more made up about a quarter. The City-run Hayashicho Elementary School, Meika Elementary School, the No. 10 Junior High School, and Sengoku Library are also within Sengoku's town area.
From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 68th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking item in this neighborhood. Greenery ranks 109th, also near the top.
Sugamo Otori Shrine in 4-chome first held its Tori-no-ichi in 1864, continuing to this day. The Tori-no-ichi is held every year on the Day of the Rooster in November, about a 5-minute walk from Sengoku Station.
Public transit ranks 170th, the weakest item in this neighborhood. Sengoku Station is served by only the Mita Line, and one of the neighboring stations is Sugamo, which is also served by the JR Yamanote Line.
Everyday shopping ranks 145th, also near the bottom. In 2020, about 284 people lived per hectare in this neighborhood.
The Inari shrine was founded in 1688, and from 1849 it drew many worshippers under the name Kosodate Inari, but later Sugamo Otori Shrine within its grounds became even more famous. The area was not yet called Sengoku at that time; "Sengoku" is a town name that came into being in 1967 when the residential address system was implemented, formed by merging old towns such as Nishimarucho, Oharacho, Hayashicho, and Hikawashitamachi.
The name comes from the "sen" of Senkawa, the reading of Nakasendo, and the "goku" of Koishikawa, and has nothing to do with "sengoku" meaning a thousand koku of rice yield. The old town name "Hayashicho" still survives in the name of Hayashicho Elementary School.
In June 1972, Sengoku Station on Toei Line 6 opened, and its provisional name before opening was the old place name "Kagomachi". In 1989, the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family donated this woodland to Bunkyo City on the condition that the trees be kept standing as long as possible, and it was designated Sengoku Ryokuchi in 1994.
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