is located in

Setagaya is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

, Japan, on the north-east bank of the

Tama River The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government. Its total length is , and the total of the river's basin area spans . The rive ...

. The area surrounding the station is commonly called Futako-Tamagawa, and often refers to the Tamagawa and Seta districts of

, but there is no precise definition. It is colloquially referred to as "Futako" (フタコ) or "Nikotama" (ニコタマ), from an alternate reading of the first three kanji characters in the name.

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Tōkyū Corporation The is a Japanese multinational ''keiretsu'' (conglomerate) holding company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Its main operation is , a wholly owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area. History The oldest predecessor o ...

Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line The is a major commuter line operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation and connecting south-western suburbs of Tokyo and neighbouring Kanagawa Prefecture, with its western terminus of , to a major railway junction of western d ...

(DT-07) **

Tōkyū Ōimachi Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. It extends from in Shinagawa, Tokyo to in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. Stations All-stations "Local" services are classified as blue and green. The latter ru ...

(OM-15)

Station layout

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Surrounding area

The east side of Futako-Tamagawa station is mostly occupied by the

Futako-Tamagawa Rise The complex comprises an upscale retail shopping series, high-rise apartment towers, and cultural space near the Futako-Tamagawa Station/transportation hub. Located to the east of the FT station on the Tama River marking the southern metropolit ...

complex. The shopping center, located on the west side, is a branch of the

Takashimaya is a Japanese multinational corporation operating a department store chain carrying a wide array of products, ranging from wedding dresses and other apparel to electronics and flatware. It has more than 12 branches strategically located in 2 ...

department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appe ...

chain. It opened as

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

's first suburban shopping centre in 1969, and kick-started the development of similar stores around Japan.

St. Mary's International School St. Mary's International School is a private international school for boys located in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, Japan. The school consists of an elementary, middle, and high school, all located in the Setagaya campus. The school’s primary l ...

students use this station as a primary way to get to school.

Rakuten () is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing financial technology, as well as digital content and communicati ...

also has its corporate headquarters adjacent to this station. *

Komazawa University , abbreviated as 駒大 ''Komadai'', is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist tr ...

(Futakotamagawa campus)

History

*April 1, 1907 (Tram) has been started, and the station opened as . *March 1, 1924 (Tram) started. *July 15, 1927 started from Tamagawa Station to

Mizonokuchi Station is a junction passenger railway station located in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. Lines Mizonokuchi Station is served by the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and Tōkyū ...

. *November 1, 1929 started. And opened. *December 25, 1929 Futako-Tamagawa Line was integrated into Oimachi Line. *March 10, 1939 Tamagawa Station was renamed to . *December 1, 1940 Yomiuri-Yuen Station and Futako-Tamagawa Station were integrated, and the name became . *July 1, 1943 Mizonokuchi Line was integrated into Oimachi Line. *October 20, 1944 Futako-Yomiurien Station was renamed to Futako-Tamagawa Station. *August 1, 1954 Futako-Tamagawa Station was renamed to . *October 11, 1963 Oimachi Line was renamed to Den-en-toshi Line. *May 10, 1969 Tamagawa Line and Kinuta Line were abolished. *April 7, 1977 started. *August 12, 1979 The name of Oimachi Line was revived. *August 6, 2000 Shin-Tamagawa Line was renamed to Den-en-toshi Line. And, Futako-Tamagawaen Station was renamed to Futako-Tamagawa Station.

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