Tokyo · Updated: 2026-10-09
Around Shimokitazawa Station (下北沢駅) there are seven walking spots gathered together, from cafés to cinemas to a bookstore. Six of them are a 1- to 5-minute walk from Shimokitazawa Station, while the seventh is a bookstore inside BONUS TRACK whose nearest station is Setagaya-Daita Station (世田谷代田駅), a 4-minute walk away. With two cinemas and two cafés on the list, this is an area for sampling culture while moving between narrow lanes and a greenway.
This guide covers 7 walking spots; 7 of them are an average 4-minute walk from the nearest station (1–5 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.
Check what's screening at Shimokita - Ekimae - Cinema "K2" (a 1-minute walk) right in front of the station, then look in at 8 (a 2-minute walk). Pass through fender cafe (5 minutes on foot) and Junanabanchi (5 minutes on foot) in Kitazawa 1-chome, then head to the Daizawa side for Shimokitazawa Tollywood (a 4-minute walk) and Café La Bohème Shimokitazawa (a 4-minute walk). Finish at Bookstore B&B in Daita.
A small cinema a 1-minute walk from Shimokitazawa Station, directly in front of the station as its name suggests. It mainly screens films that rarely reach the large multiplexes, and you can step straight back into the streets afterwards. There is an English menu, English-speaking staff, free Wi-Fi and luggage storage, and it accepts transport IC cards (Suica/PASMO) and QR code payment.
A shop a 2-minute walk from Shimokitazawa Station, in a lively corner of Kitazawa 2-chome. Shimokitazawa is packed with distinctive small shops, and this is the kind of place to look into if it catches your eye mid-walk.
A café in Kitazawa 1-chome, 5 minutes on foot from Shimokitazawa Station. It is run by the instrument maker Fender, making it a space where music and Shimokitazawa's culture intersect. It's easy to drop into on the way through the area.
A restaurant in Suzunari Yokocho, 5 minutes on foot from Shimokitazawa Station. It sits in a corner of a small alley next to the small theater The Suzunari, and the back-lane atmosphere of Shimokitazawa lingers here. Worth a stop while walking this theater-district corner.
A small cinema in the basement of Chervo Shimokitazawa, a 4-minute walk from Shimokitazawa Station. It focuses on independent films, shorts and self-produced work, and opens 11:00–20:00 Monday to Sunday, closed on Tuesdays. It is barrier-free and welcomes both solo visitors and families with children.
An Italian café along the Shinganji-gawa greenway, a 4-minute walk from Shimokitazawa Station. It is the Shimokitazawa branch of Café La Bohème, run by Global Dining, serving pasta and pizza. The quiet mood of the greenway makes it an easy place to rest at length.
A bookstore on the second floor of BONUS TRACK, a 4-minute walk from its nearest station, Setagaya-Daita Station. It opened in 2012, and the B&B in its name stands for Book & Beer. It has continued as a bookstore where you can browse the shelves with a drink in hand, and it has also hosted talk events with authors and editors. There is terrace seating, plus luggage storage and cashless payment.
If you're walking on a Tuesday, build the day around K2 in front of the station for your film. Fitting the afternoon to Tollywood's 11:00–20:00 and then moving on to the alley and the greenway makes it easy to link all seven spots in one go.