Sugamo (巣鴨) is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It is home to Jizō-dōri (地蔵通り), a shopping street popular among the older generation, earning it the nickname "Granny's Harajuku."[1][2] It lies at the crossing point of the JR Yamanote Line and National Route 17.
Available public transportation to Sugamo are JR Yamanote Line and Toei Mita Line.[3] There is also Koshinzuka station of Toden Arakawa Line in the middle of Jizō-dōri (地蔵通り) shopping street.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who is the last shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate set his residence here in 1897.[4][5] He has lived for 4 years there and moved away to avoid the noise coming from Yamanote Line.
Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Toshima Ward Board of Education.
Sugamo is served by the attendance zones of multiple elementary schools:[6]
The following junior high schools serve portions of Sugamo:[6]
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