A residential area on both banks of the Onagi River, where the old log storage yard became Sarue Onshi Park
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It's a two-minute walk from Sumiyoshi Station to Sarue Onshi Park, 14.5 hectares that used to be the shogunate's log storage yard. The park has more than 5,500 trees, including Somei Yoshino cherry, ginkgo, dawn redwood, and bald cypress.
The northern half of the area where the park sits is Sumiyoshi, Sarue, and Mori, bordered by water on three sides: the Oyokogawa River to the west, the Yokojikken River to the east, and the Onagi River to the south. The stretch of the Tate River to the north has been turned into a covered channel, with Tategawa Riverside Park on top of it. Ogibashi, Senda, Kaibe, Ishijima, and Sengoku 2-chome, on the south bank of the Onagi River, are also part of this neighborhood, which extends roughly as far south as the Sendaibori River.
From our street photos, sidewalks rank 30th among Tokyo's 395 neighborhoods, the highest-ranking category for this neighborhood; cleanliness also ranks 87th.
The park is split into two halves by Shin-Ohashi Avenue: the south side has a baseball field and a garden, with a quiet atmosphere; the north side has tennis courts, a plaza, and play equipment, and feels more open. The park sits right next to the Yokojikken River, with a riverside walking path along the water.
Sumiyoshi Station is served by the Hanzomon Line and the Toei Shinjuku Line; one stop on the Hanzomon Line gets you to Kinshicho.
From our street photos, buildings rank 284th, the weakest category for this neighborhood. In 2020, this neighborhood had about 225 people per hectare.
The Shinjuku Line's ticket gates are split by direction, so if you go through the wrong one, you can't switch sides from inside.
The name Mori comes from Mori Shinden, reclaimed farmland developed in 1722. The land where Sarue Onshi Park now stands had been the shogunate's log storage yard since 1733.
In 1924, to mark the crown prince's wedding, part of the log storage yard was granted to Tokyo City, and the South Garden opened first in 1932. The log storage yard stayed in use until 1972, and the North area was completed in 1983, when the whole park finally opened in full.
Sumiyoshi, on the other hand, is a name only given in 1934; the characters were chosen for their auspicious meaning to avoid the image of the old name Sarue Uramachi, and there's actually no Sumiyoshi Shrine nearby.
The Yurakucho Line is being extended from Toyosu to Sumiyoshi; construction started in November 2024, with the aim of opening in the mid-2030s, and Sumiyoshi will be the terminus. In 2025, Tokyo Metro and Tobu Railway reached a basic agreement that when the Yurakucho Line extension opens, it's planned to run through the Hanzomon Line to Oshiage, connecting there with the Tobu Skytree Line for direct through-service.
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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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