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Living in Okubo 2-chōme, Shinjuku-ku: rent, safety & local area

Overall score
74
Top 27% in Greater Tokyo
🧺 Convenience top 1%🧒 Childcare top 2%

Okubo 2-chōme is a neighborhood in Shinjuku-ku, Japan, with 117 everyday amenities within walking distance. Nearest station: Higashi-shinjuku (8 min walk). Rent for one or two people runs ¥82K–¥199K. On sonar you can check whether it fits your commute and budget.

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Rent

¥82K–¥199K
Single / couple (Studio–1LDK)

Family (2LDK–3LDK) ¥149K–¥321K

train

Getting around

8 min walk
Higashi-shinjuku Sta. · Toei Oedo Line

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people

Total population

7,268
Foreign residents 1,692 (23.3%)
Resident age groupsAvg. age 44.3
12%
16%
17%
17%
13%
9%
16%
~1940s70+

Census 2020 · age groups are for Shinjuku-ku

terrain

Terrain (slopes & elevation)

30m
Mostly flat
FlatSteep

The ground barely rises, so walking or cycling from the station is easy.

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Local amenities

Top 1%
Greater Tokyo · 100 pts
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Supermarket6
🏪
Convenience14
💊
Pharmacy12
🌳
Park11
🏥
Hospital11
Café9
🍴
Dining20

Within walking distance

child_care

Childcare

Top 2%
Greater Tokyo · 97 pts
🧒Nurseries11
🏫Schools11
🌳Park11

For families: 11 nurseries/kindergartens, 11 schools, 11 parks, 5 cram schools nearby.

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Quiet

Top 88%
Greater Tokyo · 62 pts
Road noiseNone
Railway noiseFar from tracks
Night noiseIzakaya ×3

No major road or railway runs nearby, so it stays quiet.

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Safety (crime data)

Top 96%
Greater Tokyo · 35 pts · 0.84 per 100 people/yr · 警視庁 2024年
CautionArea avgSafe
Assault / Robbery10Burglary3Snatching / Bike theft65

Annual total 78

Violent crime (robbery, arson, etc.) totals 1 a year; most reports are theft (bicycle theft, shoplifting and the like). Annual counts per neighborhood from National Police Agency open data. Counts run higher where daytime foot traffic is heavy, so for a per-resident view see sonar's safety score (population-normalized).

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Disaster risk (hazard map)

1
floodFlood0.5〜1.0m
tsunamiTsunamiNone
landslideLandslideNone
wavesStorm surgeNone
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Sources: OpenStreetMap, National Police Agency open data, MLIT hazard maps, and the Real Estate Information Library, aggregated per neighborhood. May differ from current conditions.