Tokyo · Updated: 2026-09-30
Around Ikejiri-Ohashi Station (池尻大橋駅) there are 25 walking spots, from cafés right outside the station to a hilltop shrine and a park where a Jomon-period shell mound was found. Three cafés are a 1-minute walk away, Higashiyama Kaizuka Park and Meguro Sky Garden are 3–4 minutes on foot, and even the farthest spot, Shinseizan Jufukuji Temple, is a 13-minute walk from Ikejiri-Ohashi Station. One street back from Route 246 the area turns into a residential neighborhood of slopes and narrow lanes, so parks and benches break the walk up nicely.
This guide covers 27 walking spots; 27 of them are an average 8-minute walk from the nearest station (1–13 min).
Counted from zorozoro listings when this page was generated. Walking minutes are estimates: straight-line distance to the nearest station × 1.3, at 80 m per minute.
Pick up a drink at a café by the station, then head to Higashiyama Kaizuka Park and Meguro Sky Garden, 3–4 minutes on foot. From there link the two shrines and the Higashiyama parks at around 6 minutes, continue to the cafés and temples toward Mishuku and Ikejiri at 10–13 minutes, and finish at Setagaya Park.
Caffè Veloce is at 2-24-3 Ohashi, Meguro-ku, a 1-minute walk from Ikejiri-Ohashi Station. It is a self-service coffee chain where you order at the counter and carry your drink to your seat; hours are 07:00–23:00 daily, and takeout is available. Handy for a pause before setting off for Meguro Sky Garden or the Meguro River.
Tully's Coffee is at 3-2-3 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, a 1-minute walk from the station, open 07:00–22:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00–22:00 on Saturday, with takeout. The chain was founded in Seattle in 1992, and its first Japanese store opened in Ginza in 1997.
World Tea is a 1-minute walk from the station, a place to pause over tea or coffee. Ikejiri-Ohashi Station sits on the border of Meguro and Setagaya wards, so this is a useful rest stop on the way toward Sangenjaya or Naka-Meguro.
LONFINCH COFFEE STAND is a 2-minute walk from the station and open 09:00–18:00 daily. A coffee stand keeps seating to a minimum and focuses on brewing and handing over a single cup, which suits walkers heading off along the Meguro River or toward Mishuku.
Higashiyama Kaizuka Park is in Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, a 3-minute walk up the slope from the station. A Jomon-period shell mound was found here, and a pit dwelling of that era has been reconstructed inside the park. Traces of life from the distant past sit right beside children playing in the open square.
Meguro Sky Garden was built on the roof of the Ohashi Junction of the metropolitan expressway and opened in 2013, a 4-minute walk from the station. The path loops along the spiral shape of the junction, and the view opens up as you climb. Flowers and trees are planted on the slopes, so you walk through greenery that hardly feels like it sits above a road.
Starbucks is at 2-27-7 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, a 4-minute walk from the station, open 08:00–24:00 daily with Wi-Fi and takeout. Good for starting a walk along the Meguro River with a coffee in hand.
Kamimeguro Hikawa Shrine stands on high ground overlooking the Ohashi intersection, a 6-minute walk from the station. It enshrines Susanoo-no-Mikoto and is said to have been invited here from Kai Province during the Tensho era. Within the grounds is an Asama shrine known as Meguro Fuji, and once you climb the steep stone steps facing Tamagawa-dori the traffic noise recedes a little.
Ikejiri Inari Shrine is at 2-34-15 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, along the old Oyama Kaido road and a 6-minute walk from the station. It is said to have been founded in the Meireki era of the Edo period, and a well called the "medicine water well" remains in the grounds.
Higashiyama Park is a ward park in Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, a 6-minute walk from the station. It is a quiet block surrounded by houses, with benches under the trees, and it is barrier-free. With so many slopes in this area, it works well as a rest stop when your legs get heavy.
Hikawadai Municipal Children's Park is a 7-minute walk from the station. A children's park is a small park placed in the neighborhood so children can play close to home, and this one is a compact block ringed by houses. It is not a place to linger, but it is big enough to stop and catch your breath.
Tokyo Metropolitan Arts High School Art Museum is an art museum attached to a high school, a 7-minute walk from the station. Since it stands inside school grounds, the best approach on a walk is to pass by while taking in the building and the streets around it.
Ikejiri Minami Park is a ward park in Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, an 8-minute walk from the station. Play equipment and benches sit in the open square, making it easy to rest your feet before setting out for Mishuku or Sangenjaya, or on the way back to the station.
Cafe Friend Spur is a 10-minute walk from the station. It sits where the main road along Route 246 and the residential streets behind it give the neighborhood two different faces, so it suits a break before or after walking to Meguro Sky Garden or along the Meguro River.
2・3・4 is a café a 10-minute walk from the station. Worth remembering for the moment you want to sit down mid-walk while turning off the main road into the back lanes.
BOULANGERIE LA TERRE is a bakery an 11-minute walk from the station. "Boulangerie" is French for bakery, and "la terre" means "the earth." On the way along the Meguro River or toward Komaba, it is a good place to pick up something you can eat as you walk.
Siry is a café an 11-minute walk from the station. At Ikejiri-Ohashi Station, Route 246 runs at street level with the metropolitan expressway overhead, while one street back the roads turn quiet and residential. A good place to sit down in a neighborhood that changes character the more you walk.
JUNK ROCK CAFE is an 11-minute walk from the station. Step slightly away from the bustle of Route 246 and narrow residential streets continue, so this suits the turnaround point of a walk or a rest when your legs are tired.
wacko maria is a café an 11-minute walk from the station. It works as a rest point on the way along the Meguro River or toward Sangenjaya, over a coffee with your feet up.
Mishuku Enoki Park is a small park in the residential streets of the Mishuku area, an 11-minute walk from the station. Benches sit in an open space ringed by trees, and local children use it as a playground. A natural pause when walking between Mishuku, Ikejiri and Sangenjaya.
Eguchi Shoten is a bookshop a 12-minute walk from the station. Where the main road gives way to the residential area you can feel the rhythm of daily life, and this is a good place to drop in mid-walk and look along the shelves. Picking up a book about the town or the land you have been curious about is one way to use it.
Tamariba is a small open space a 12-minute walk from the station, and true to its name it is a place to sit down and catch your breath. Less a destination than somewhere you stumble on while walking nearby.
Shokokan is an archive housed inside the grounds of the JGSDF medical school in Mishuku, a 12-minute walk from the station. It holds materials on military medicine, medical instruments and specimens inherited from the former Army Medical School, tracing the course of medicine in Japan. It is not a facility you can enter freely, so check the location before you walk.
Shinseizan Jufukuji Temple is a temple with the mountain name Shinseizan, a 13-minute walk from the station. One street off the arterial road, slopes and narrow lanes continue with temples and shrines dotted between the houses. Inside the gate the air is quiet, a little removed from the noise of the street.
Setagaya Park is a ward park at 1-5-27 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku; its nearest station is Sangenjaya Station (三軒茶屋駅), a 13-minute walk away. A D51 steam locomotive is preserved here, and on holidays a volunteer-run miniature steam train also runs. There is a pool, a fountain and a traffic square, and it draws plenty of families.
Because this area has so many slopes, start with a break at Caffè Veloce (from 07:00) or Tully's Coffee (from 07:00 on weekdays) by the station, and save the spots 1–4 minutes from the station for the way back.