Saginomiya West Housing 鷺宮西住宅 (Saginomiya Nishi jūtaku), near 3-chome-2-9 Shirasagi, Nakano-ku, Tōkyō-to 165-0035, Japan (Google maps: 中野区白鷺3-2). A wonderful example of Japanese public housing, known as danchi 団地, “group land”.
This danchi spans the low-key Myoshoji River 妙正寺川.
See also:
- Additional information and photographs: Real Danchi Real Estate
- Blog dedicated to danchi: THE TOKYO FILES: DANCHI 東京団地萌え: Maps and picture’s of Japan’s public housing
- The rise and fall and rise of Asagaya Housing danchi 阿佐ヶ谷住宅
the tokyo files archives 東京ファイル 
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