01 ／ Kyu Asakura House
The house, built in 1919 (Taisho 8) on the southwest slope of Sarugakucho, and its storehouse are an Important Cultural Property. The strolling garden, laid out along the cliff line, keeps traces of where water from the Mita Yosui canal was led in, and the channel banks are made of Izu cobblestones and Nebukawa stone.
02 ／ Burial mound
Two artificial mounds stand side by side at Sarugakucho 29. Both are said to be round burial mounds of the 6th to 7th century, and the larger one, about 5 m high, has long been called Sarugakuzuka. This mound is the origin of the present town name. It is a ward-designated historic site, and nearby at Sarugakucho 12 are dwelling remains estimated to date from the late Yayoi period, about 2,000 years ago.
03 ／ Sangaku
Three sangaku at Konnoh Hachimangu Shrine, from Kaei 3 (1850), Ansei 6 (1859) and Genji 1 (1864), are designated Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Shibuya Ward. They are records of wasan, Japanese mathematics; the Ansei 6 tablet was offered by a samurai of the Iyo-Saijo domain. The Genji 1 tablet is fan-shaped, which the ward calls very rare.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
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））
Living here
It takes 26 minutes at the fastest from Tokyo Station to Shibuya Station on the JR Yamanote Line. The main building of the Shibuya Ward Office is in Udagawacho, and the ward gives the walk from Shibuya Station as 11 minutes. The ward notes that large green spaces in its center, together with part of Shinjuku Gyoen, make up one tenth of its area.
+8.6% since 2015
188,472 → 243,883
15.11km² of it habitable
2024
1.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
30.2 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本「駅の時刻表」（東京駅・新宿駅）の山手線・埼京線の列車ページから、都市の発→渋谷駅の着を数えた（毎日運転の便の最速。抜き取り） (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
5.6km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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