Zōshigaya

Zōshigaya (雑司が谷, also 雑司ヶ谷) is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo. Zōshigaya includes Zōshigaya 1-chome though Zōshigaya 3-chome as well as parts of Minami-Ikebukuro.

Major locations

• Zōshigaya Cemetery, in Minami-Ikebukuro
• Two sequential Tokyo Sakura Tram train stations:
  • Kishibojimmae Station
  • Toden-zoshigaya Station, in Minami-Ikebukuro
• A Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line train station:
  • Zōshigaya Station (Tokyo Metro), constructed directly underneath Kishibojin-mae Station, with the announced beginning of operations date of June 14, 2008.

See also

• Kishibojin is Japanese for Hariti, a Buddhist goddess