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13115 ／すぎなみく

Suginami Ward

Dokan is said to have planted this tree.

Koyamaki, Ogikubo Hachiman

Photo by Asanagi (CC0)

01 ／ Igusa-type pottery

Pottery found in the 1940 surveywas named for the place, Igusa.

In 1940 the first excavation at the Igusa site turned up Jomon pottery, later named Igusa-type ware after the place. The deep bowls have a flared rim and round base, with a twisted-cord pattern over the whole surface. The photo shows a replica.

Survey of 1940 (Showa 15)
Early Jomon, first half (about 9,000 years ago)
The ward calls it its only type site

02 ／ Barrel mikoshi

Body from tin cans, neck from a funnel:a phoenix mikoshi made of scrap in 1946.

This portable shrine was carried at a festival of Igusa Hachiman Shrine in 1946. In the scarcity just after the war, local carpenters and other craftsmen made it from scrap such as tin cans, funnels and gas valves. The phoenix's head is a water meter.

Made in 1946 (Showa 21)
1,000 mm high
Ward-designated tangible folk cultural property (FY2004)

03 ／ Farmhouse

A farmhouse thought to date from the Kansei erastands in the museum garden.

The main house of the Shinozaki family, farmers of Shimo-Igusa, was donated to the ward in 1973. Its construction is estimated at around the Kansei era (1789-1801) of the Edo period. It is a hip-roofed house with a three-room plan around a central hall, and was moved and restored on this site in 1989.

Estimated around 1789-1801 (Kansei era)
Hip-roofed, three-room plan around a central hall
Ward-designated tangible cultural property, architecture (FY1986)

Suginami Ward 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

Tokyo to Ogikubo in 24 minutes by rapid.

about 590,000 people
30 min to a city centre

On the JR Chuo Line (Rapid), the fastest weekday train takes 24 minutes from Tokyo Station to Ogikubo Station (October 2026 timetable; 22 minutes on weekends and holidays). Weekend and holiday rapid trains do not stop at Asagaya Station. In 1932, when 20 wards were created in Tokyo City, this area held four towns: Suginami, Wadabori, Igi and Takaido.

People living here: 591,108people
Area: 34.06km²
Households: 336,339households
Rent (average for rentals): 88,047yen
Healthcare: 20 hospitals ／ 542 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —91 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.

Suginami Ward in Japan35.700°N 139.636°E

to TokyoJR Chuo Line (Rapid)24min

Travel times follow JR東日本駅の時刻表（timetables.jreast.co.jp・2610版・2026年10月ダイヤ）の荻窪駅・阿佐ケ谷駅・東京駅・新宿駅と各列車の停車駅一覧（列車ページの運転日・発着） (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities.

Territory of Suginami Ward

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

North to south

7.2km

Nakano Ward, Setagaya Ward, Nerima Ward, Musashino City, Mitaka City, Shibuya Ward

Suginami Ward isthis kind of town.

01The koyamaki at the front of Ogikubo Hachiman Shrine is about 20 m tall; it is a veteran tree with a tradition that Ota Dokan planted it, and a ward-designated natural monument (plant)
02The Jomon pottery found in the 1940 survey of the Igusa site was named Igusa-type ware; the ward calls the site its only type site
03The 1946 barrel mikoshi was made by hand from scrap such as tin cans and funnels; the former Shinozaki house is a farmhouse estimated to date from the Kansei era; both are ward-designated cultural properties

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Suginami Ward official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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