The Akabane area developed by opening of Saikyo Line. The concept behind the development was to build futuristic residential buildings. The development project made the area around Akabane station convenient place to live. Akabane is a comfortable city for both men and women of all ages.>>Map
Required Time to Notable Stations
Available Lines
Saikyo Line
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Keihin-Tohoku Line
Utsunomiya Line
Takasaki Line
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
Saikyo Line
14 mins to Shinjuku
Utsunomiya Line
10 mins to Ueno
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
24 mins to Yotsuya
Bus
Kokusai Kogyo Bus
To Nerima Station
To Narimasu Station North Exit
To Oji station
To Ikebukuro Station East Exit
To Tokiwadai Station
To Tokyo-kita Social Insurane Hospital
To Toda-Koen Station West Exit (Late-night)
To Nishi-Takashimadaira Station (Late-night)
To Ukima-Funado Station
To Minami-Urawa Station West Exit (Late-night)
To Higashi-Urawa Station (Late-night)
To Higashi-Kawaguchi Station North Exit (Late-night)
To Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center
To Nishi-Arai Station
To Koenji Station North Exit
Toei Bus
Kanto Bus
To Koenji Station North Exit
The Sights
AG Square
Daiei
Seiyu
Akabane Park
AKABANE ICHIBANGAI Shopping Arcade
Akabane Hommachi-dori Shopping Arcade
Central Town Shopping Arcade
East Exit Ekimae-dori Shopping Arcade
Suzuran-dori Shopping Arcade
Keihin-dori Shopping Arcade
Events
Dai-Akabane Festival (The Baka Festival)
The festival started in 1956 and is known as the biggest event in Akabane.
It is held on the last Saturday and Sunday of April. The festival is also called the "Baka Festival" (baka means fool in Japanese) after April fool.
The Scene
Famous Names
Shumputei Koasa (Comic storyteller)
Akira Takarada (Actor)
Ichiro Furutachi (Announcer, commentator)
Hiroji Miyamoto (Singer)
Kyoko Fukada (Actress)
Kazuya Yoshii (Musician)
Chieko Baisho (Singer, actress)
Megumi Hayashibara (Singer, radio personality, lyricist)
Hiroyuki Nishimura (Founder and a former administrator of 2channel)
