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13210 ／こがねいし

Koganei City

A print: Fuji through a hollow cherry.

Musashi Koganei, Hiroshige print

Photo by Utagawa Hiroshige (Public domain)

01 ／ Kawasaki Heiemon memorial

The memorial to the man said to have planted the cherrieswas built by farmers of seven nearby villages.

The memorial at a temple in Sekino-cho was erected in 1795 (Kansei 7) by farmers of seven nearby new-field villages, beginning with Sekino Shinden, in memory of the intendant Kawasaki Heiemon. His posthumous name is carved on the front and "Kawasaki-shi" on the side. Kawasaki and others are said to have planted cherries along the Tamagawa Josui bank around Koganei Bridge.

Erected in 1795 (Kansei 7)
Built by farmers of seven nearby villages
City-designated cultural property

02 ／ Nukui Shrine spring

Water wells up between rocks at Nukui Shrine;Tokyo and the city differ on whether it named Koganei.

At the foot of the Kokubunji Cliff Line (the "hake"), water wells up between large rocks. It is one of the 57 Famous Springs of Tokyo. The metropolitan Bureau of Environment cites it as the origin of the name Koganei, but the city's cultural property center newsletter notes that Nukui became part of Koganei only in 1889 and calls that origin unreasonable.

Famous Springs of Tokyo, No. 29
Wells up between rocks of the Kokubunji Cliff Line
Origin of the name: Tokyo and the city differ

03 ／ Former Yokuonkan

A building used in Kyoto as a priests' changing roomopened in 1930 as the Yokuonkan.

A building used in Kyoto as a priests' changing room during the 1928 imperial enthronement rites was granted to the Nihon Seinenkan foundation, which opened it as a branch in 1930. Ikki Kitokuro, then Minister of the Imperial Household, named it. A youth-group training institute began there in 1931, and Shimomura Kojin later served as its head.

Opened in 1930
Youth-group training institute from 1931
City-designated historic site

Koganei 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

39 minutes from Tokyo, 24 from Shinjuku.

about 130,000 people
30 min to a city centre

On the JR Chuo Line, the Rapid takes 39 minutes from Tokyo Station to Musashi-Koganei Station and 24 from Shinjuku (October 2026 timetable; weekday figures, with 36 and 21 minutes on Saturdays and holidays). City Hall is a 7-minute walk from Musashi-Koganei Station, and the city describes itself as strongly a cultural and educational town, with universities and research institutes.

People living here: 126,074people
Area: 11.3km²
Households: 63,182households
Rent (average for rentals): 71,845yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 94 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —17 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.

Koganei City in Japan35.700°N 139.503°E

to TokyoJR Chuo Line (Rapid)39min
to ShinjukuJR Chuo Line (Rapid)24min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅時刻表（2610版）武蔵小金井駅中央本線・中央線快速下りの平日・土曜休日の列車ページを列車ごとに数えた値 (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities.

Territory of Koganei City

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

North to south

3.9km

Fuchu City, Kodaira City, Mitaka City, Musashino City, Kokubunji City, Chofu City, Nishitokyo City

Koganei City isthis kind of town.

01Hiroshige's print Musashi Koganei, from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, makes an old cherry on the Tamagawa Josui bank its star, with Fuji seen far off through a hollow in the trunk. The Koganei (Sakura) site spans four cities and has been a national place of scenic beauty since 1924
02The memorial to Kawasaki Heiemon was built in 1795 by farmers of seven nearby new-field villages and is a city-designated cultural property. Kawasaki and others are said to have planted cherries on the Tamagawa Josui bank
03The spring at Nukui Shrine is one of the 57 Famous Springs of Tokyo, and in 1923 the Nukui youth association drew its water into a pool. The former Yokuonkan opened in 1930 and is a city-designated historic site

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Koganei City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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