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A thread titled “Why Did Mitaka and Fuchu Lose to Chofu?” went up on 5ch, and local residents of these three cities along the Keio and Chuo rail lines piled in with hometown bragging rights and nostalgic memories. Posters pointed out that Fuchu has Okunitama Shrine and a prison, while Mitaka has sites tied to novelist Osamu Dazai plus the National Astronomical Observatory and JAXA — only for others to counter that Chofu has Jindaiji Temple and the Keio Arena. Since everyone used a different yardstick for “status,” whether tourist attractions, famous residents, or sheer livability, the conversation sprawled from comparing the three cities into station trivia and nostalgic tales of the Showa era.
What people said
Mitaka: Osamu Dazai, the National Astronomical Observatory, JAXA
Chofu: absolutely nothing
Chofu's got Jindaiji Temple, though
That alone drops it a tier
plus scenery that feels straight out of a Yoshiharu Tsuge manga
like “The Useless Man” (Munou no Hito)
Ride a bike through the residential streets on a weekday afternoon and there's this uniquely peaceful vibe
But it's peaceful
Arashi's Ohno-kun too
You can bike to Kichijoji, so it's livable
The real loser here might be Komae, which nobody's even mentioning
https://youtu.be/NYzZz4CwfZQ
I prefer the Tohachi Road
Apparently the road follows the old route people used to fetch seawater from Shinagawa for purification rites at Okunitama Shrine, which eventually became a street
Mitaka has basically zero young people, even next to Kichijoji, Nishi-Ogikubo, Asagaya, Koenji, and Nakano
As a ratio they're basically the same
Minors in Chofu: approx. 35,000 (approx. 14.5%)
Minors in Mitaka: approx. 27,500 (approx. 14.3%)
Apparently that spot was planned as a public viewing site for the Tokyo Olympics
Ah, I see
It wasn't just planned — it's actually used for public viewings of soccer, rugby, and other sports
I saw on TV that they'd planned to extend it all the way to the tree-lined street in front of Green Hall for the Tokyo Olympics, but local residents opposed it and the plan fell through
Nobody's talking about something from almost 50 years ago
For the record, it was Mitaka Municipal Daiichi Elementary School
Wait, looking again — you mean you were an elementary schooler in Showa 55, not born in Showa 55, lol
I'm still a fresh-faced guy in my 40s
I moved, and ended up going to elementary school in Chofu
Someone explain
Asked an AI and it says it's actually a dedicated Toshiba rail line
It's because that's the theme song for “Gegege no Nyobo” (an NHK drama)
There's Keio Arena, go for it
≠ME's playing there this weekend
Though it's not really a venue built for Hello! Project fans, lol
Re: #130
There's a ton of houses there
A tower condo's about to go up from redevelopment > Chitose-Karasuyama
Are there really that many houses there?
Was that actually the shortest route?
Why were you following them, lol
Background and Key Points of This Topic
The claims cited in the thread — that the plaza in front of Chofu Station was planned as a public viewing venue for the Tokyo Olympics but the extension to the tree-lined street fell through due to local opposition, and that the Kita-Fuchu siding is a dedicated Toshiba line — are both based on individual posters’ memories or search results, not confirmed by any official source. The same goes for the cited minor-population ratios (Chofu 14.5%, Mitaka 14.3%): these figures were simply posted within the thread with no source given. It’s safest to treat them as “local residents’ impressions and hearsay” rather than verified fact. Mitaka, Fuchu, and Chofu are all mid-sized cities in Tokyo’s Tama area along the Keio and Chuo lines, and “hometown pride” threads comparing distance from central Tokyo or the presence of tourist attractions are a recurring staple on 5ch — this time too, the fact that everyone applied a different yardstick for “status” (whether a city has an observatory, whether it has a prison, and so on) is exactly what sent the discussion sprawling in so many directions.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Why Did Mitaka and Fuchu Lose to Chofu?.”
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