is a suburban, residential area of Tokyo in Suginami ward, approximately 8 km west of Shinjuku. Ogikubo has the Ogikubo Station on the JR Chūō Line (Rapid), the JR Chūō-Sōbu Line, the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (terminus) and the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line extension (which runs on the Chūō-Sōbu Line tracks). The Japanese headquarters of American Express is located near the station.
Households and Population The number of households and population as of March 1, 2024 (announced by Suginami Ward) are as follows.. chomeNumber of householdsPopulationOgikubo 1-chome2,613 households5,388 peopleOgikubo 2-chome2,184 households4,007 peopleOgikubo 3-chome3,687 households7,024 peopleOgikubo 4-chome2,702 households4,331 peopleOgikubo 5-chome3,114 households4,859 peopletotal14,300 households25,609 people
Shopping The area's main shopping area mostly consists of three connected department stores; Seiyu, Town Seven and Lumine. Seiyu is a low-price department store owned by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. selling food, clothes, home goods, etc. There are also various types of stores and restaurants in the area surrounding the train station.
Relationship with Ramen Ogikubo is commonly referred to as the birthplace of Tokyo ramen. More specifically, Ogikubo ramen is known for ramen cooked with fish bones instead of pork bones. Exiting from the North side of the station (Kitaguchi) and heading towards the Amanuma neighborhood one comes across many of the famous Ogikubo-ramen-tens. Two busy main roads, Kanpachi-dori and Ōme-kaido, run through Ogikubo and cross at four corners called which is actually where , , , come together. This is to the northwest of Ogikubo and Ogikubo Station.
Name is the name of a kind of reed in Japanese, and means "hollow".
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