Visit Duration
90 minutes
Kichijōji
吉祥寺Musashino, Tokyo
Shopping
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At a Glance
Kichijōji is a neighborhood in Musashino, western Tokyo, built around a compact commercial area on both sides of Kichijōji Station. Shops, restaurants, bars and coffee houses fill the streets, and Sun Road, a covered shopping street, runs north from the station. Halfway along it stands the Buddhist temple Gessō-ji, and Shinto shrines sit at its northern end.
About five minutes' walk south of the station, Inokashira Park spreads around a large lake, with a zoo, small cafes and street performers, and the Ghibli Museum is close by in neighboring Mitaka. The name comes from the Kichijō-ji temple in Edo, which burned in the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. Its townspeople were resettled on the Musashino plateau and named the new village after the temple.
Goshuin within a short walk
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