A boating pond dammed out of paddy fields over ninety years ago, with a stone bridge crossing to the island
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About 7 minutes on foot from Shakujii-koen Station is Shakujii-koen itself, open around the clock with free admission. Shakujii-ike, the pond on this side of the neighborhood, is an artificial pond created in 1934 by damming paddy fields, commonly known as the "boating pond".
There's an islet called Nakanoshima slightly west of the pond's center, with a stone bridge you can walk across to the other side. In spring, tulips bloom in the flowerbeds on the pond's southeast bank.
Back at the station, quite a few trains bound for Shibuya and Yokohama that run through directly to the subway depart from this very station. The pillars holding up the roof of the elevated platform are modeled on the park's trees, while the floor inside the ticket gates carries a wave pattern echoing the park's water surface.
The shopping street by the south exit is crowded with narrow lanes; before March 2021, buses still had to pass through the shopping street guided by staff directing traffic. Now buses instead take the newly opened Auxiliary Road No. 132 on the east side of the station.
Greenery ranks 162nd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood. Sanpoji Pond, on the western half of the park, is just outside the neighborhood; together with Inokashira Pond and Zenpukuji Pond, it's known as one of the three great spring-fed ponds of Musashino.
Express trains all stop at this station, and the next stop toward Ikebukuro is Ikebukuro itself. Express trains and Local trains running through to the subway also often connect with each other here.
Under the elevated tracks and in front of the station are Emio shopping complexes, which fully opened in 2017.
Convenience of daily life ranks 286th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and transit also ranks 286th, both toward the lower end.
The area west of the south exit is dense with old houses and narrow streets, and redevelopment construction began in January 2025. Until the project is scheduled to be completed in fiscal year 2028, there will be a construction period on the west side of the station's south exit.
South of Sanpoji Pond are the ruins of Shakujii Castle, the late-period residence of the Toshima clan; a monument now stands at the castle site, also outside the neighborhood.
When the station opened in 1915 it was called Shakujii Station, and it was renamed Shakujii-koen Station in 1933. It wasn't until the following year that the boating pond was created by damming water, and the park itself didn't officially open until 1959.
The redevelopment building in the area west of the south exit is scheduled to be completed in fiscal year 2028. The Shakujii branch office's resident affairs, family registry, and national health insurance counters will move into the new building, and a temporary childcare room for infants will also be newly set up.
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