Nerima

Nerima is counted among the birthplaces of the Japanese animation industry. Production studios clustered around Oizumi, and many related companies remain. The ward promotes the fact directly, with sculptures and signage installed around the station.

The ward also has a fujizuka. These are artificial mounds raised in the Edo period so that ordinary people, for whom climbing the real Mount Fuji was out of reach, could make the ascent by proxy. Some were faced with lava carried from the mountain itself. Several survive across Tokyo, most within shrine grounds, and many are fenced off from everyday climbing.

One caution: many fujizuka open only on set days, some just a handful each year. Turn up without checking and you will be looking at it from outside the fence. Since some can be climbed year-round and others cannot, confirm before you go.