Sugamo


Sugamo is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It is home to Jizō-dōri, a shopping street popular among the older generation, earning it the nickname "Granny's Harajuku." 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. There is also Koshinzuka station of Toden Arakawa Line in the middle of Jizō-dōri shopping street.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who is the last shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate set his residence here in 1897. He has lived for 4 years there and moved away to avoid the noise coming from Yamanote Line.

Education

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:
  • Gyoko Elementary School - 2-chome, most of 1-chome and 3-chome
  • Sugamo Elementary School - 1-chome 34-49-ban
  • Seiwa Elementary School - 3-chome 5-18 ban, 4-chome 1-26 and 33-ban and most of 28, 29, and 32-ban
  • Asahi Elementary School - 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:
  • Komagome - 2-chome, most of 1-chome and 3-chome
  • Sugamo North - All of 4 and 5-chome, and 3-chome 5-18-ban
  • West Sugamo - 1-chome 34-49-ban