Zōshigaya

Zōshigaya (雑司が谷, also 雑司ヶ谷) is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo. Zōshigaya includes Zōshigaya 1-chome though Zōshigaya 3-chome as well as parts of Minami-Ikebukuro.

Major locations

  • Zōshigaya Cemetery, in Minami-Ikebukuro
  • Two sequential Tokyo Sakura Tram train stations:
  • A Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line train station:
    • Zōshigaya Station (Tokyo Metro), constructed directly underneath Kishibojin-mae Station, with the announced beginning of operations date of June 14, 2008.

See also

  • Kishibojin is Japanese for Hariti, a Buddhist goddess


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