Sugamo

Sugamo Jizō-dōri

Sugamo (巣鴨) is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It is home to Jizō-dōri (地蔵通り), a shopping street popular among the older generation, earning it the nickname "Granny's Harajuku."[1][2] It lies at the crossing point of the JR Yamanote Line and National Route 17.

Available public transportation to Sugamo are JR Yamanote Line and Toei Mita Line.[3] There is also Koshinzuka station of Toden Arakawa Line in the middle of Jizō-dōri (地蔵通り) shopping street.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who is the last shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate set his residence here in 1897.[4][5] He has lived for 4 years there and moved away to avoid the noise coming from Yamanote Line.

  1. ^ Nagamura, Kit (8 December 2017). "Warming to Sugamo's venerable shopping street". The Japan Times. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ Saarinen, Ili (31 March 2017). "Why is Sugamo known as 'Harajuku for grannies'?". Time Out. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ "keywords". 東京都交通局 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  4. ^ "徳川慶喜巣鴨屋敷跡". www.yoritomo-japan.com. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  5. ^ "＜豊島区＞最後の将軍「徳川慶喜」が住んだ街：巣鴨｜街紹介｜オークラヤコラム｜マンション売却・購入・住みかえ・賃貸ならオークラヤ住宅". マンション売却・購入・住みかえ・賃貸ならオークラヤ住宅 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-10.