is a district of

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As of October 2020, the population of this district is 8,629. The postal code for Hatsudai is 151-0061. An

Awa Odori The is held from 12 to 15 August as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan. Awa Odori is the largest dance festival in Japan, attracting over 1.3 million tourists every year. Groups of choreographed dancers and mu ...

festival is held here annually.

Geography

Hatsudai borders

Nishi-Shinjuku is a skyscraper business district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. This region was previously called . Nishi-Shinjuku was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. It ...

and Honmachi in the north,

Yoyogi is a neighbourhood in the northern part of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Geography The area encompassed by Yoyogi is typically defined two ways: * Only the five Yoyogi . * The former , corresponding roughly to the area south of National Route 20 (K� ...

to the east, Nishihara to the south and southwest, and Motoyoyogichō to the west.

Demography

Transportation

Hatsudai is served by

Hatsudai Station is a railway station on the Keio New Line in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. Station layout History Hatsudai Station opened on 11 June 1914. Surrounding area Hatsudai is the closest station ...

, on the

Keiō New Line The is a 3.6 km link which connects Keio Corporation's Keiō Line from Sasazuka Station in Shibuya to Shinjuku Station with through service on to the Shinjuku Line of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. The line opened on Octo ...

Education

operates public elementary and junior high schools. All of Hatsudai (1 and 2-

chome The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ...

) is zoned to Hatashiro Elementary School ( 幡代小学校), and Yoyogi Junior High School ( 代々木中学校). Schools in Hatsudai include: * Hatashiro Elementary School (渋谷区立幡代小学校) (Hatsudai 1-32-12)

References

Neighborhoods of Tokyo Shibuya {{tokyo-geo-stub