Guidebook for Setagaya-ku
Essentials
7-ELEVEN Setagaya Okusawa 2-Chōme Shop
2-chōme-11-7 Okusawa100-yen Lawson
A convenience store where almost everything is 100 yen.
LAWSON STORE 100 Setagaya Okusawa
100-yen Lawson
A convenience store where almost everything is 100 yen.
A supermarket that is open 24 hours, if the convenience stores are not enough for you.
3-chōme-34-12 Okusawa
A supermarket that is open 24 hours, if the convenience stores are not enough for you.
Sightseeing
A nice and completely non touristic temple, that boasts one of Tokyo's oldest living trees: a 700 years old Kaya.
Jōshinji Temple
7-chōme-41-3 OkusawaA nice and completely non touristic temple, that boasts one of Tokyo's oldest living trees: a 700 years old Kaya.
One of Tokyo's most exclusive neighboorhoods, originally onstructed as the first Garden City in Tokyo. Today it's home to sprawling villas and concentric streets rarely seen around in this normally tightly-packed and space efficient city.
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Den-enchofu Station
2-chōme-62 DenenchōfuOne of Tokyo's most exclusive neighboorhoods, originally onstructed as the first Garden City in Tokyo. Today it's home to sprawling villas and concentric streets rarely seen around in this normally tightly-packed and space efficient city.
Parks & Nature
Todoroki Valley is the only valley in all of Tokyo's 23 cities, where you can see nature like this. Descend from the street level into the ravine, and the city landscape is replaced by lush green and the Yazawa River which flows to the Tama River. You can walk along the river trail and hear the chirping of birds and the babbling of the flowing river. For just a moment, you can forget that you're still in the middle of one of the most bustling cities in the world.
https://goo.gl/zTOzKq
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Todoroki Ravine Park
1-chōme-22 TodorokiTodoroki Valley is the only valley in all of Tokyo's 23 cities, where you can see nature like this. Descend from the street level into the ravine, and the city landscape is replaced by lush green and the Yazawa River which flows to the Tama River. You can walk along the river trail and hear the chirping of birds and the babbling of the flowing river. For just a moment, you can forget that you're still in the middle of one of the most bustling cities in the world.
https://goo.gl/zTOzKq
Shopping
4 floors of cute umbrellas and parasols and almost nothing else (perhaps umbrella covers?)
Water front
1-chōme-9-1 Jiyūgaoka4 floors of cute umbrellas and parasols and almost nothing else (perhaps umbrella covers?)
The largest electronics store around, this is a great place to buy a cheap visitor SIM card for your phone (usually around 2000-3000 yen).
Yamada Denki LABI Life Select Jiyugaoka
2-chōme-17-9 MidorigaokaThe largest electronics store around, this is a great place to buy a cheap visitor SIM card for your phone (usually around 2000-3000 yen).
Food Scene
Self-styled "Sweets Theme Park", this is really the mall version of a patisserie, which gathers around sweets from several different shops.
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Jiyugaoka Sweets Forest
2-chōme-25-7 MidorigaokaSelf-styled "Sweets Theme Park", this is really the mall version of a patisserie, which gathers around sweets from several different shops.
Mont St.Clair
2-chōme-22-4 JiyūgaokaOne of the most famous patisseries in Tokyo.
A shop specializing in packaged curries, featuring many different types of curries from all over the world.
にしきや 自由が丘店
2-chōme-8-17 JiyūgaokaA shop specializing in packaged curries, featuring many different types of curries from all over the world.
Kosoan
1-chōme-24-23 JiyūgaokaTraditional Japanese style tea house with rave reviews.