Tour Guide

Vicinity of Nakano Station

When you stand at the north exit of the station, Nakano Sun Plaza and Nakano Street stretching north to south are in view. In front of the south exit is the bus depot where many buses stand waiting to carry passengers to many areas.

A long time ago Nakano Station was not elevated. The station was on the west side of Nakano Street and a ticket wicket was only at the south exit. People had to walk across the railroad crossing to go to the north side. This was very inconvenient. In 1929 a large-scale renovation and reconstruction of the station was undertaken, and as a result, Nakano Station was transformed into the present building.

Today there are busy shopping areas in the north and the south sides of the station which provide an easy access to shopping for people who get on and off at the station.

Sun Mall / Broadway Shopping Area

The Sun Mall Shopping Area can be accessed from an arcade in the center of the square in front of the north exit of the station. Walking through the street of which a variety of colorful stores stand on both sides, you will get to the Broadway Shopping Center. When you enter the center, you can enjoy an atmosphere of good old days on the underground and the upstairs floors as well as on the first floor as if you slipped back in time to those days.

People, both child and adult, can enjoy either of the shopping areas all day. Various events take place throughout the year.

Araiyakushi Area

Araiyakushi Umeteru-in (5-3-5, Arai) is close to the south exit of Araiyakushimae Station and Tetsugakudo Park (1-34, Matsugaoka) is close to the north exit of the station. This area is a traditional town of Araiyakushi Umeteru-in visited by many people. The god enshrined in the Araiyakushi Umeteru-in is the object of worship for local residents, which is believed to cure eye diseases. Some people visit the shrine from far away to seek the god water springing forth in the shrine.

Spring … Cherry blossom-viewing spots are scattered around Nakano Street.

From summer to fall…The town is lively and busy with bon festival dance and religious festivals.

Numabukuro Area

When you get off at Numabukuro Station and walk from the north exit to Shin-ome Street, you will find many retail stores standing on both sides of the street.

You can find anything you want if you shop around the local shopping street. Along the narrow lanes are Meijidera, a temple full of peony flowers (2-28-20, Numabukuro) and scattered shrines and temples filled with green.

Retail store owners hold various events through the four seasons: spring colored with cherry blossoms, summer busy with bon dance and festivals, fall colored with fallen leaves of ginkgo people enjoy picking up, and winter alive with mochi pounding events sponsored by retail stores which take place in front of the station.

In front of the south exit are a quiet residential area and an extensive park named Heiwa no Mori Park (3-37, Arai), where people can play or relax all day in the playing ground, the open lawn space or the square of water.

Vicinity of Egota and Tetsugakudo

The vicinity of Egota and Tetsugakudo can be reached by walking 30 to 40 minutes from Nakano Station towards the north of Nakano Street. On both sides of the street and in the narrow lanes are many shrines, parks and places of interest which make you feel relaxed.

Why don't you drop in at the City Museum of History and Folklore to look back on the history of Nakano and visit the places of interest around it on a sunny day? You can enjoy having lunch sitting on the bench of a park on the way there.