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

Overall score
83
Top 6% in Greater Tokyo
🧒 Childcare top 1%

Arakawa 8-chōme is a neighborhood in Arakawa-ku, Japan, with 52 everyday amenities within walking distance. Nearest station: Machiya (10 min walk). Rent for one or two people runs ¥71K–¥165K. On sonar you can check whether it fits your commute and budget.

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Rent

¥71K–¥165K
Single / couple (Studio–1LDK)

Family (2LDK–3LDK) ¥116K–¥252K

train

Getting around

10 min walk
Machiya Sta. · Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

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people

Total population

2,299
Foreign residents 82 (3.6%)
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 55%
Greater Tokyo · 39 pts
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Supermarket1
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Convenience2
🌳
Park17
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Hospital5

Within walking distance

child_care

Childcare

Top 1%
Greater Tokyo · 100 pts
🧒Nurseries9
🏫Schools15
🌳Park17

For families: 9 nurseries/kindergartens, 15 schools, 17 parks nearby.

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Quiet

Top 51%
Greater Tokyo · 91 pts
Road noiseNone
Railway noiseTracks nearby
Night noiseIzakaya ×1

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

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Safety (crime data)

Top 18%
Greater Tokyo · 100 pts · 0.07 per 100 people/yr · 警視庁 2024年
CautionArea avgSafe
Snatching / Bike theft2

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
floodFlood3.0〜5.0m
tsunamiTsunamiNone
landslideLandslideNone
wavesStorm surge〜0.5m
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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.