Yokohama Ranked Most Preferred Neighborhood in Tokyo Space for Sixth Straight 12 months

For the sixth consecutive yr, Yokohama rated to start with in the survey executed by Recruit Holdings’ genuine-estate portal Suumo on the most common neighborhoods in the Tokyo metropolitan region (categorized by practice station name). Yokohama and the runners-up Kichijōji and Ōmiya all improved their score in the study more than the earlier yr.

Fourth-ranked Ebisu has found its details reduce for the study above the a few several years considering the fact that the starting of the pandemic, when Shinjuku rose noticeably in the most modern survey to occupy fifth area for the very first time in three decades. Kamakura, which was the environment for previous year’s popular historic taiga drama on NHK, positioned eighth—its greatest demonstrating given that 2018. Meanwhile the areas close to the Shibuya and Tokyo coach stations put in the top-10 for the very first time given that 2018.

Among the top rated 20 stations, 8 are possibly positioned on or inside the JR Yamanote Line, while 11 (which include the major 3) are outside the house of central Tokyo’s 23 municipalities.

Amid those people surveyed, the good reasons cited to make clear the popularity of Yokohama provided its appealing features as a place to get the job done, ample cultural and enjoyment services, bustling streets, and huge-scale industrial facilities. Other reasons for the high rating incorporate the enormous increase in business office buildings in the Minatomirai spot, together with many new company headquarters, as properly as the greater shopping comfort that has occur with the redevelopment of the area close to Yokohama Station, beginning from 2020.

Nagareyama Ōtakanomori turned Chiba Prefecture’s major station for the initial time. The completion of an city redevelopment project all around the station has created a compact neighborhood with has quite a few new attractions, including retail chains marketing house electronics and household-inside items, academic and health-related services, and large supermarkets. Quite a few survey respondents pointed to the neighborhood’s excellent atmosphere for elevating small children and education and learning.

Most Well-liked Neighborhoods in Tokyo Metropolitan Space

Designed by Nippon.com centered on information from Recruit Holdings. Yellow-highlighted spots show stations on or inside the Yamanote Line. Gray-highlighted parts are situated outdoors the 23 municipalities of central Tokyo.

(Translated from Japanese. Banner picture: Higher-rises close to the East exit of Yokohama Station. © Pixta.)