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Kichijōji, neighborhood in western Tokyo
A neighborhood in Musashino City, western Tokyo, with lively shopping streets and the large Inokashira Park. It often tops surveys of the places people most want to live.
Common expressions
- 井の頭公園: the park with a pond and rowboats
- ハモニカ横丁: a maze of tiny bars and shops by the station
- 住みたい街ランキング: surveys of desirable places to live
Etymology
There is no temple called 吉祥寺 in the neighborhood. The name came with people who moved there from the area around a temple of that name after the great Edo fire of 1657.