Nishi-Ogikubo Station

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Nishi-Ogikubo Station (西荻窪駅, Nishi-Ogikubo-eki) is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Suginami Animation Museum

Suginami Animation Museum is an animation museum in the Kamiogi, Suginami Ward of Tokyo. Operation is overseen by the general incorporated association, The Association of Japanese Animations. Depending on public naming rights, the museum has been named "Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum" since September 2018.

Art Media

Tokyo Woman's Christian University

Tokyo Woman's Christian University, often abbreviated to TWCU or Tonjo, is an independent Protestant university in Tokyo, Japan.

University

Zenpukuji Park

Zenpukuji Park is a metropolitan park located in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Construction. Zenpukuji Pond is the source of Zenpukuji River.

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Nishi High School

Tokyo Metropolitan Nishi High School is a Japanese high school, founded in 1937 in Aoyama, Minato-ku, as the Tokyo Tenth Middle School), which moved to Miyamae, Suginami-ku in 1939, and changed its name in 1950 to Nishi High School, with "Nishi" meaning "West". It was well known in the 1950s and 1960s for the large proportion of graduates who gained admission to the prestigious national universities, such as the University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, though it suffered a decline later. As Nishi High School in 2001 was designated as one of the four high schools for the Tokyo Government's emphasis for continued education to college, it was once again being referred to as one of the best public high schools in Japan. The students' active extracurricular activities include: tennis, basketball, handball, American football, brass band and others. Nishi High School is located within ten minutes' walk from Kugayama Station of Keio Inokashira Line railway, and 20 minutes' walk from Nishi-Ogikubo Station of JR Chūō Main Line railway.

Basketball School

St. Margaret's Junior College

St.Margaret's Junior College was a private women's junior college in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. It was abolished in 2020.

Landmark University

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Lines

Nishi-Ogikubo Station is served by the Chūō Line (Rapid) and Chūō-Sōbu Line.

Station layout

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

History

The station opened on 15 July 1922. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 40,372 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

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Surrounding area

The neighbourhoods surrounding the station are characterised by narrow streets. It is primarily a residential area, with a high concentration of shops specialising in antiques and old books.