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Living in Machiya 8-chōme, Arakawa-ku: rent, safety & local area

Overall score
85
Top 3% in Greater Tokyo
🧺 Convenience top 6%

Machiya 8-chōme is a neighborhood in Arakawa-ku, Japan, with 66 everyday amenities within walking distance. Nearest station: Machiya (13 min walk). Rent for one or two people runs ¥65K–¥151K. On sonar you can check whether it fits your commute and budget.

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Rent

¥65K–¥151K
Single / couple (Studio–1LDK)

Family (2LDK–3LDK) ¥104K–¥226K

train

Getting around

13 min walk
Machiya Sta. · Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

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people

Total population

2,982
Foreign residents 183 (6.1%)
Resident age groupsAvg. age 45.4
15%
13%
15%
16%
13%
10%
18%
~1940s70+

Census 2020 · age groups are for Arakawa-ku

terrain

Terrain (slopes & elevation)

2m
Mostly flat
FlatSteep

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

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Local amenities

Top 6%
Greater Tokyo · 95 pts
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Supermarket3
🏪
Convenience5
💊
Pharmacy7
🌳
Park10
🏥
Hospital11
Café2
🍴
Dining15

Within walking distance

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Childcare

Top 23%
Greater Tokyo · 77 pts
🧒Nurseries5
🏫Schools8
🌳Park10

For families: 5 nurseries/kindergartens, 8 schools, 10 parks nearby.

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Quiet

Top 76%
Greater Tokyo · 76 pts
Road noiseNone
Railway noiseFar from tracks
Night noiseNone

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

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Safety (crime data)

Top 30%
Greater Tokyo · 93 pts · 0.13 per 100 people/yr · 警視庁 2024年
CautionArea avgSafe
Snatching / Bike theft4

Violent crime (robbery, arson, etc.) was 0 in the latest 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)

2
floodFlood5.0m+
tsunamiTsunamiNone
landslideLandslideNone
wavesStorm surge0.5〜1.0m
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Scored from police, municipal and OpenStreetMap open data, using the same formula for every neighborhood.

Sources: OpenStreetMap, National Police Agency open data, MLIT hazard maps, and the Real Estate Information Library, aggregated per neighborhood. May differ from current conditions.