Kichijōji
Kichijōji (吉祥寺) is a neighborhood in the city of Musashino in Western Tokyo, Japan.
Kichijōji (吉祥寺) is a neighborhood in the city of Musashino in Western Tokyo, Japan. It is centered on a compact commercial area to the north and south of Kichijōji Station, with a full range of shops, restaurants, bars, and coffee houses. The area is a popular center for shopping and leisure in the Tokyo metropolitan area due in part to its close proximity to Inokashira Park and Inokashira Park Zoo.
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Worth seeing in and around Kichijōji
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ghibli Museum
The Ghibli Museum is a museum showcasing the work of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. It is located in Inokashira Park in Mitaka, a western city within the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, in Japan.
1.1 km · art museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Inokashira Park
Inokashira Park is a park which straddles Musashino and Mitaka in western Tokyo, Japan. Inokashira Pond and the Kanda River water source, established during the Edo period, are the primary sources of the Kanda River.
900 m · park in Musashino and Mitaka, Tokyo · Wikipedia - 03Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Tokyo Woman's Christian University, often abbreviated to TWCU or Tonjo, is an independent Protestant university in Tokyo, Japan.
1.3 km · university · Wikipedia - 04Seikei University
Seikei University is a private university in the Kichijōji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian.
1.1 km · private university centered in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Tamagawa Aqueduct
The Tamagawa Aqueduct is a historic 43‑kilometre, gravity‑fed waterway constructed in 1653–54 under the Tokugawa shogunate to transport water from the Tama River into Edo. Originally built to supply drinking water and irrigation for rural villages on the Musashino Plateau through numerous branch canals, the aqueduct remained central to Edo's water infrastructure for more than two centuries.
3.3 km · canal in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Senkawa Aqueduct
Senkawa Aqueduct is a 22-kilometre Japanese aqueduct located in Tokyo. It diverts water from the Tamagawa Aqueduct, which takes water from the Tama River.
3.9 km · canal in Japan · Wikipedia - 07Musashino University
Musashino University is a private university with the main campus in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, and a second campus in Nishitōkyō. Musashino University was founded based on the ideals associated with the Hongwanji Jodo Shinshu School of Buddhism.
3.5 km · university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Inokashira Park Zoo
Inokashira Park Zoo is a city zoo in Musashino, Tokyo. It is in a corner of Inokashira Park near the Ghibli Museum.
700 m · zoo in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 09St. Margaret's Junior College
St.Margaret's Junior College was a private women's junior college in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. It was abolished in 2020.
1.3 km · Women's junior college in Tokyo · Wikipedia - 10Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training is an Independent Administrative Institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. It was established in 2003 with the integration of the Research Institution of Labour and the Institute of Labour Training.
3.2 km · research institute in Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kichijōji
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 25 km · Narita (NRT), 73 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 92 km
- Stations
- Ogikubo Station, 3.6 km · Kichijōji Station, 0 m · Mitaka Station, 1.7 km · Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 1.7 km · Musashi-Sakai Station, 3.2 km
- Narita → Kichijōji67 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · ¥950–1,290
- Omitama → Kichijōji92 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · ¥1,190–1,620
- Makinohara / Shimada → Kichijōji160 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · ¥2,210–3,020
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kichijōji
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kichijōji. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHitchhiking into Tokyo is pretty easy, but hitchhiking out is considerably more difficult.
- Get inIt's definitely possible for determined cheapskates though, see Hitchhiking in Japan for a detailed list of tested escape routes from the city.
- Get inKokusai Kogyo Bus (国際興業バス) Keisei Bus (京成バス) Keikyu Bus (京急バス) Keio Bus (Japanese Website) (京王バス) Kanto Bus (関東バス) Nishi Tokyo Bus (Japanese Website) (西東京バス) Odakyu Bus (Japanese Website) (小田急バス) Odakyu Highway Bus (小田急ハイウェイバス) Seibu Bus (西武バス) Tobu Bus (Japanese Website) (東武バス) Tohoku Kyuko Bus (東北急行バス) One of the great ports of the world, Tokyo also has domestic ferry services to other points in Japan.
- Get inHowever, none of the regular international ferries to Japan call at Tokyo.
- Get inThe main long-distance ferry terminal is , on an artificial island adjacent to Odaiba in Tokyo Bay.
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Next door to Kichijōji
Kichijōji is 8 km from Nakano, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Musashinocity in Tokyo, Japan2 km
- Mitakacity in Tokyo, Japan2.8 km
- Kugayamatown located in Suginami-ku, Tokyo2.5 km
- Kitakarasuyamadistrict in Tokyo, Japan3.5 km