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13208 ／ちょうふし

Chofu City

A red earring thought to be from Gunma.

Clay earring, Shimofuda Site

Photo by Chris 73 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Architecture

On a cliff slope, a single-storyhouse with a basement.

The Former Mushanokoji Saneatsu Residence main house dates from 1955 and was designed by Yamaguchi Yoshiharu. Built midway up the Musashino terrace escarpment, it has its entrance on the north (hill) side and living rooms on the south (valley) side, the city records. It is a nationally registered tangible cultural property.

Built in 1955
Wooden single-story with a basement
Registered national cultural property (2 Nov 2018)

02 ／ Castle ruins

Never reworked by the Hojo, it keepsOgigayatsu Uesugi-style castle-building.

Castle ruins in Chofu City — Photo by (WT-shared) Chatnoir at wts wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Jindaiji Castle Ruins is a castle site on a tongue-shaped plateau at the southern end of the Musashino upland. The city records three enclosures lined up in a row, ringed by dry moats and earthworks. It is a national historic site, and the dry moats and earthworks of the first and second enclosures have been restored.

National historic site (26 Jul 2007)
Three enclosures in a line
Abandoned without Hojo alterations (city)

03 ／ Giant tree

In the grounds of the village's chief shrine,an old, large zelkova.

Giant tree in Chofu City — Photo by Syced (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Aoi Shrine was the chief shrine of Jindaiji Village in the Edo period, and the zelkova in its grounds is a city-designated natural monument. The city gives its height as about 34 m and trunk girth at eye level as about 5.5 m, and says it appears in the Shinpen Musashi Fudokiko and other works.

City natural monument (10 Apr 1972)
Height about 34 m (city)
Girth about 5.5 m (city)

Chofu City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot June–November 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

From Shinjuku, 17 minutes by Keio Line express.

about 240,000 people
30 min to a city centre

The city says it takes 17 minutes from Shinjuku Station on the Keio Line by Special Express (fastest daily service, Keio timetable, October 2026). City Hall is a 5-minute walk from the plaza exit of Chofu Station.

People living here: 242,614people
Area: 21.58km²
Households: 120,945households
Rent (average for rentals): 78,792yen
Healthcare: 8 hospitals ／ 211 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —49 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Chofu City in Japan35.651°N 139.541°E

to ShinjukuKeio Line17min

Travel times follow 京王電鉄の公式時刻表（京王の時刻表検索が使う API。新宿駅 https://transfer-train.navitime.biz/api/keio/timetable/4254/1/1 と調布駅 .../timetable/6197/1/1。京王線下り＝京王八王子・高尾山口方面。2026年8月17日改正のダイヤ。平日は2026-10-22、土休日は2026-10-25の分）を、列車番号で突き合わせて新宿発→調布着を数えた。市公式『市役所へのアクセス』（2026-09-16 更新）にも『京王線新宿駅から特急利用で17分』 (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Chofu City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

6.2km

Tokyo: Mitaka City, Fuchu City, Komae City, Setagaya Ward, Koganei City, Inagi City
Kanagawa Prefecture: Kawasaki City

Chofu City isthis kind of town.

01The clay earring from the Shimofuda Site is a national Important Cultural Property; the city describes a red, pulley-shaped ornament like a large rose
02The Former Mushanokoji Saneatsu Residence main house is a single-story wooden house with a basement, midway up a cliff slope, and a nationally registered cultural property
03Jindaiji Castle Ruins is a national historic site; the city says it kept Ogigayatsu Uesugi-style building techniques, unaltered by the Hojo

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Chofu City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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