Sugamo

Sugamo (巣鴨) is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It is home to Jizō-dōri (地蔵通り), a shopping street popular among the older generation, earning it the nickname "Granny's Harajuku."^[1]^[2] It lies at the crossing point of the JR Yamanote Line and National Route 17.

Available public transportation to Sugamo are JR Yamanote Line and Toei Mita Line.^[3] There is also Koshinzuka station of Toden Arakawa Line in the middle of Jizō-dōri (地蔵通り) shopping street.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who is the last shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate set his residence here in 1897.^[4]^[5] He has lived for 4 years there and moved away to avoid the noise coming from Yamanote Line.

Education[edit]

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Toshima Ward Board of Education.

Sugamo is served by the attendance zones of multiple elementary schools:^[6]

Gyoko Elementary School (仰高小学校) - 2-chome, most of 1-chome and 3-chome
Sugamo Elementary School (巣鴨小学校) - 1-chome 34-49-ban
Seiwa Elementary School (清和小学校) - 3-chome 5-18 ban, 4-chome 1-26 and 33-ban and most of 28, 29, and 32-ban
Asahi Elementary School (朝日小学校) - 5-chome, and 4-chome 27, 30-31, and 34-44-ban, and parts of 28, 29, and 32-ban

The following junior high schools serve portions of Sugamo:^[6]

Komagome (駒込中学校) - 2-chome, most of 1-chome and 3-chome
Sugamo North (Sugamo Kita) (巣鴨北中学校) - All of 4 and 5-chome, and 3-chome 5-18-ban
West Sugamo (Nishi Sugamo) (西巣鴨中学校) - 1-chome 34-49-ban

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^ "徳川慶喜巣鴨屋敷跡". www.yoritomo-japan.com. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
^ "＜豊島区＞最後の将軍「徳川慶喜」が住んだ街：巣鴨｜街紹介｜オークラヤコラム｜マンション売却・購入・住みかえ・賃貸ならオークラヤ住宅". マンション売却・購入・住みかえ・賃貸ならオークラヤ住宅 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-10.
^ ^a ^b "豊島区立小・中学校通学区域" (PDF). Toshima Ward. Retrieved 2022-10-08.

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