is a district located in the northern part of
Shinjuku
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...
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Tokyo
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Japan
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Geography
Kikuichō is bordered by eight other districts of Shinjuku: (clockwise, from the north) Babashitachō, Waseda-tsurumakichō, Waseda-minamichō, Bentenchō, Haramachi-itchōme, Haramachi-nichōme, Wakamatsuchō, and Toyama-itchōme.
It is primarily a residential area. Shops, restaurants and several temples are located along the main thoroughfare, Natsumezaka-dōri.
The closest train stations are
Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro)
is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. Its station number is T-04. It is separate from Waseda Station on the Tokyo Sakura Tram.
Lines
Waseda Station is served by the Tokyo Metro T ...
on the
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
The is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. Its name translates to "''East-West Line"''. The line runs between Nakano in Nakano-ku, Tokyo and Nishi-Funabashi in Funabashi, Chiba Pre ...
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Ushigome-yanagichō Station
is a subway station on the Toei Oedo Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It is numbered "E-04".
Lines
Ushigome-yanagichō Station is served by the Toei Oedo ...
on the
Toei Oedo Line Toei or Tōei may refer to:
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Land Price
The average land price in Kikuichō was ¥835,868/m
2 as of December 2020. By comparison, the average price across all of Shinjuku was ¥946,124/m
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Addresses
Addresses in Kikuichō do not implement the modern format, and there is no division into .
Instead, the older system based on lot numbers remains in use.
Due to subdivision, multiple buildings often share the same lot number.
Demographics
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Education
The Shinjuku City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Kikuichō is zoned to Shinjuku Waseda Elementary School (早稲田小学校) and Ushigome Daini (No. 2) Junior High School (
新宿区立牛込第二中学校).
History
Kikuichō was named by Natsume Naokatsu in April 1869.
Natsume Sōseki
, born , was a Japanese novelist. He is best known around the world for his novels ''Kokoro'', '' Botchan'', ''I Am a Cat'', '' Kusamakura'' and his unfinished work '' Light and Darkness''. He was also a scholar of British literature and writer ...
, his son, wrote about the origin of the name:
Natsume Naokatsu also gave his name to the long slope in the area, Natsumezaka.
Kikuichō was originally a district of
Ushigome-ku. It became part of Shinjuku-ku on March 15, 1947 with the merger of the former wards of
Yotsuya-ku, Ushigome-ku, and
Yodobashi-ku.
References
External links
Ushigome Daini Junior High School (official website)Kikuicho Campus, Waseda University (official website)Kantsuji Temple (official website)
Neighborhoods of Tokyo
Districts of Shinjuku
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