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13206 ／ふちゅうし

Fuchu City

A three-tier mound, square below, round above, its upper two tiers faced with stone.

Musashi-Fuchu Kumano-jinja Kofun

Photo by のりまき (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Zelkova avenue

The sides of the zelkova avenuewere once riding grounds.

Zelkova avenue in Fuchu City — Photo by Fuchu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The national natural monument was the approach to Rokusho Shrine (now Okunitama Shrine), with riding grounds on both sides. The city's conservation plan says zelkovas were planted on the riding grounds Tokugawa Ieyasu donated, and these are thought to lead to today's avenue. A legend of seedlings donated by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Yoshiie is also told.

National natural monument since 1924
Approach to Rokusho Shrine, riding grounds on both sides
Origins vary; the city cites Ieyasu's donated riding grounds

02 ／ Nagayamon gate

The rooms on both sides of the gateare plastered storehouse-style.

An ink inscription found while the Former Mitsuoka Family Nagayamon Gate was dismantled confirmed it was built in 1829. Its gate section uses a distinctive beam construction, and the rooms on both sides are fully plastered storehouse-style with an overlaid roof. Tokyo describes the form as unique, with no other examples.

Built in 1829
Tokyo-designated tangible cultural property, 1995
Located in Kyodo-no-Mori Museum

03 ／ Former town hall

The Western-style former town hallhas ventilators with peacocks.

Built over three years from 1919 as the office of Fuchu Town, it was completed in 1921. Tokyo cites the ventilators adorned with peacocks and the design around the staircase as highlights of its Western style. It calls the building one of the oldest surviving town offices in the Tama area.

Completed in 1921
Tokyo-designated tangible cultural property, 1987
Located in Kyodo-no-Mori Museum

Fuchu 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））

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Living here

23 minutes from Shinjuku on the Keio Line.

about 260,000 people
30 min to a city centre

Keio Line Special Express trains stop at Fuchu Station. The fastest from Shinjuku takes 23 minutes on the Saturday and holiday timetable and 22 minutes on weekdays (timetable revised August 17, 2026). City Hall is a 5-minute walk from Keio Line Fuchu Station.

People living here: 262,790people
Area: 29.43km²
Households: 123,931households
Rent (average for rentals): 72,650yen
Healthcare: 14 hospitals ／ 188 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —46 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.

Fuchu City in Japan35.669°N 139.477°E

to ShinjukuKeio Line23min

Travel times follow 京王の時刻表（navitime の京王専用ページ transfer-train.navitime.biz/keio の API /api/keio/timetable/<駅ID>/1/1。新宿4254・府中7923〔KO24〕。2026年8月17日改正のダイヤ。平日2026-10-22・土休日2026-10-25を2026-10-22に取得）。新宿発の下りと府中の下りで同じ列車番号の列車の時刻の差を数えた。作業のフォルダ $SP/tokyo-fuchu/w/（s1.json・f1.json） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities.

Territory of Fuchu City

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

North to south

6.0km

Koganei City, Kunitachi City, Chofu City, Kokubunji City, Inagi City, Tama City, Hino City

Fuchu City isthis kind of town.

01Musashi-Fuchu Kumano-jinja Kofun is a national historic site: a three-tier mound with square first and second tiers and a round third tier, of the joen-kaho-fun type. A scabbard tip fitting with silver-inlaid shichiyo-mon patterns found there is especially noted, and the mound is thought to date from the mid-7th century
02The Baba Daimon zelkova avenue is a national natural monument that was once the approach to Rokusho Shrine, with riding grounds on both sides. The Former Mitsuoka Family Nagayamon Gate and the Former Fuchu Town Hall are Tokyo-designated tangible cultural properties in the Kyodo-no-Mori Museum grounds
03In the Edo period it was a post town on the Koshu Kaido. It has the site of the Musashi Provincial Capital, a national historic site, and Okunitama Shrine's grand festival, the Kurayami Matsuri, a Tokyo-designated intangible folk cultural property

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

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