Tokyo City University's Setagaya Campus is about a 12-minute walk from Oyamadai Station. Here are the 15 cheapest stations within roughly 30 minutes* of it, sorted by studio rent. Balancing rent and commute time is the key to a comfortable first apartment in Tokyo — start your search from this list.
Tokyo City University assigns its faculties and departments to either the Setagaya campus (engineering, informatics, urban life studies, and others) or the Yokohama campus (environmental studies and others), with no known mid-course relocation. This page covers the Setagaya campus.
The real favorites cluster along the Tokyu Oimachi Line: Oyamadai Station, about a 12-minute walk from campus, leads the list, followed by neighboring Todoroki and Kuhonbutsu. The Oyamadai area features a stone-paved shopping street, with the greenery of Todoroki Gorge close by — a calm residential neighborhood rather than an entertainment district.
The ranking below is dominated by cheaper stations on the Kawasaki side, along the Nambu and Toyoko lines — Hirama, Nakanoshima, Shin-Kawasaki — and not one of the real favorites (Oyamadai, Todoroki, Kuhonbutsu) appears on it. Use the Oyamadai rent level as your baseline, and treat the ranking as a set of Kawasaki-direction options for when budget comes first.
Shin-Kawasaki reaches Shinagawa in 10+ minutes on the Yokosuka/Shonan-Shinjuku lines, with adjacent Kashimada adding the Nambu Line — a redeveloping high-access hub.
Once a hot-spring retreat, Tsunashima is now a value pick on the Toyoko express — ~20 minutes to both Shibuya and Yokohama.
Hiyoshi is a Tokyu express stop anchored by Keio University and fan-shaped shopping streets — under 20 minutes to both Shibuya and Yokohama on three lines.
Okurayama's Greek-revival memorial hall and plum-grove park crown a genteel Toyoko Line neighborhood between Shibuya and Yokohama.
Takatsu is one local stop — an easy walk — from Mizonokuchi's full shopping, at a friendlier rent.
Kajigaya is one local stop from Mizonokuchi on the Den-en-toshi Line — use the express hub next door while paying local-stop rent.
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*Travel times are estimates based on local trains (plus ~6 min per transfer). Express services are often faster.
*Rents are market estimates based on SUUMO listings and vary by season and property. Station data: ©ekidata.jp