The Traffic of Asagaya
Train Traffic
JR Chuo Line
Asagaya Sta. This station is elevated with a four-track line running. You can also take the JR Sobu and Tozai Subway Line from here. To our regret as residents of Asagaya, neither the special rapid trains nor the rapid trains on Saturdays and Sundays stop at Asagaya. We once did a signature-collecting-campaign hoping the rapid trains would stop at Asagaya on Saturdays and Sundays as well. But in vain. Some say that it cannot be helped because the increasing number of people commute from distant places.
Before Asagaya Sta. was built, the station next to Nakano was Ogikubo. At first the Transportation Ministry thought of building one station between Nakano and Ogikubo. However, as residents around here asked eagerly that two stations between them were built, both Koenji and Asagaya were built in 1922. As a result, the distances between Nakano and Koenji, Koenji and Asagaya, and Asagaya and Ogikubo are 1.4 km, 1.2 km, and 1.4 km. As you can see, the distance between Koenji and Asagaya is shorter than others.

Marunouchi Subway Line
Nakasugi St. as seen from Ome St. Walk about 600 meters from the south exit of JR Asagaya Sta. along the Keyaki Avenue, you will get to Ome St. The Marunouchi Subway Line runs under Ome St. You can find the Minami Asagaya Subway Sta. next to Suginami Ward Office and on the other side of Ome St.

Photo:Nakasugi St. as seen from Ome St. Suginami Ward Office and Minami Asagaya Marunouchi Subway Sta. are on the right. JR Asagaya Sta. is after a 5 minute walk straight north from here.
Road Traffic
From east to west are Ome St. and Waseda St., and from south to north is Nakasugi St. which runs from Ome St. via JR Asagaya Sta. and Waseda St. to Nakamurabashi Sta. on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.


Asagaya