Kichijoji: What to Do and Where to Stay

Kichijoji Station is on the JR Chuo Line and the Keio Inokashira Line. Its north exit opens onto Harmonica Yokocho and the covered Sun Road and Daiya-gai arcades; from the Koen-guchi (south) exit, Inokashira Park is about 5 minutes on foot, with rental boats on the pond and a zoo that stops selling tickets at 16:00 and closes on Mondays. The Ghibli Museum, on the park's Mitaka side, takes advance tickets only.

There are only two hotels on the stay list in Kichijoji itself: the Kichijoji Tokyu REI Hotel, about 1 minute from the south exit, and the Kichijoji Excel Hotel Tokyu, about 8 minutes from the north exit. The list adds six hotels in Shinjuku, where the JR Chuo Line comes in.