An elevated station flanked by danchi, with an arcade shopping street on the left as you exit
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Takenotsuka Station's station building was elevated as part of the railway's elevation project, completed in 2022. Right outside the ticket gates is EQUiA Takenotsuka, a shopping mall under the elevated tracks, and to the left is a covered shopping arcade. The supermarket in the mall stays open until 11pm, aimed at commuters and local residents.
The east exit has the Karin Road shopping street and the UR Takenotsuka housing complex; the west exit has the Iko-cho housing complex and a Tokyo Metro train depot.
Based on our street photos, the neighborhood environment ranks 89th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, which is in the top tier. Daily shopping ranks 135th, in the middle tier. Trains departing from this station, aside from those heading to Kita-Senju, all run directly through to the Hibiya Line.
Every year around December, the zelkova tree avenue in front of the station is lit up with lights, stretching all the way to Motofuchie Park outside the neighborhood. The event was held as usual in 2025, with 8 trees over 20 meters tall in the park lit up together.
Public transit ranks only 309th out of 395 neighborhoods. This station is only served by Local trains; Express trains all pass right by.
The area in front of the east exit is slated for redevelopment, which will consolidate the station plaza, UR's No. 3 housing complex buildings 1 through 3, and Tobu's commercial building. Since old buildings need to be demolished while relocating residents, and the station plaza must remain in use throughout, it will take a long time, and the completion year hasn't been announced yet.
There are several theories about the origin of the name Takenotsuka; one says that this area had many ancient burial mounds (kofun) with bamboo growing on top of them. The station opened in 1900, located in Iko Village, but the station name borrowed from Takenotsuka Village to the east, because it sounded better when the station name was announced.
From 1962, the station has run through services with the Hibiya Line. Crossing No. 37, on the south side of the station, was open for only a few minutes per hour during peak times, and in March 2005 an accident occurred there, killing 2 people.
After the accident, the local neighborhood association launched a petition for the elevation project, gathering over 210,000 signatures. In March 2022, crossings No. 37 and No. 38 disappeared, and in March 2024 the elevation construction was completed entirely.
In July 2026, Adachi City revised the district plan around the station, aiming to unify the east and west sides of the station. In September, an explanatory meeting was held for the draft urban planning proposal, but the plan has not yet been finalized.
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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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