Last district of Tama New Town — station in Kanagawa, home in Tokyo
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Though the station is called Wakabadai, the station building is actually in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; once you're through the ticket gates, the road on the left on the north side is the border between the two prefectures. This neighborhood only covers the Tokyo side on the north, that is, Wakabadai 1-chome through 4-chome in Inagi City, plus neighboring Nagamine 2-chome and 3-chome to the east. Between the school, Wakabadai Park, and Miharashi, there are pedestrian-only paths linking the residential areas together.
This is the last area of station-front development in the Tama New Town, and seven out of ten households live in buildings of 6 stories or taller. Most homes in this neighborhood are owned by their residents: in 2020, owner-occupied housing accounted for about 79%, compared to just 55% for Inagi City as a whole. Families of couples with children make up more than half, while people living alone account for only a little over 10%.
Based on our street photos, greenery ranks 2nd among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the best of the seven categories for this neighborhood. The streets are also very clean, ranking 5th for cleanliness.
On clear days, you can see the skyscrapers of Shinjuku and the Landmark Tower in Yokohama's Minato Mirai from Miharashi. There are shopping centers here like Frespo Wakabadai and Across Plaza Wakabadai, with supermarkets, drugstores, and electronics stores all available. For medical care, there's the clinic building Clinic Mall Wakabadai.
Neither the Special Express nor the Express on the Keio Sagamihara Line stops at Wakabadai, and transit ranks 341st among 395 neighborhoods. Daily shopping also ranks only 392nd.
We mainly looked at how many clinics, outpatient hospitals, and pharmacies each home can reach on foot; healthcare ranks second from the bottom, the weakest of the seven categories. This area is relatively far from Inagi City Hall and the city hospital, and daily life here is more closely tied to neighboring Asao Ward in Kawasaki City.
This area originally belonged to Sakahama, which merged with five other villages in 1889 to form Inagi Village. The 1956 National Capital Region Development Act sought to keep Inagi as a green belt, but the village council unanimously opposed it. In 1965, the green belt designation was withdrawn, and Inagi was finally incorporated into the Tama New Town.
Wakabadai Station opened in 1974, named "Wakabadai" because this plateau was covered with fresh new leaves, unrelated to the place name at the time. Since the station was built on the slope of a hill, the elevated section was made three stories, with shops on the middle floor. In March 1999, the district north of the station opened, and Inagi City changed the place name here from Sakahama to Wakabadai, matching the station name.
Compared with the 395 Tokyo neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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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