Tokyo Kasei University's Itabashi Campus is about a 5-minute walk from Jujo 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 Kasei University's faculties of Home Economics, Nutritional Sciences, Child Studies, and Humanities are all based at the Itabashi campus for the full four years, with no relocation. The real favorite is Jujo Station, in an area dense with schools where many women live alone and life is described as easy to manage. Shin-Itabashi and Itabashi-Kuyakushomae stations, on the Toei Mita Line, are also options.
The ranking below centers on cheap, far-out stations toward Toda and Warabi, closer to Saitama, and it doesn't overlap at all with the real favorites of Jujo, Shin-Itabashi, and Itabashi-Kuyakushomae. The school-dense character of the Jujo area doesn't come through in the ranking, so it's best to start with rent levels at these three stations instead.
Heiwadai offers direct Yurakucho/Fukutoshin Line rides to Ikebukuro (~10 min), Shinjuku, and Shibuya from a calm residential base — remarkable value for a subway station.
Arakawa-Shakomae is a Toden Arakawa Line tram stop beside the tram depot, in a relaxed old-town neighborhood between Oji and Machiya.
Sakaecho is a tram stop beside Asukayama Park, walkable to Oji's JR and subway lines — a quietly excellent pocket of Kita-ku.
Nishi-Kawaguchi is Tokyo's go-to town for hardcore regional Chinese food, ~20 minutes from Ikebukuro at clearly discounted rents.
Ukima-Funado opens onto a windmill-marked lakeside park, 10+ minutes to Ikebukuro with direct Shinjuku trains.
Kita-Toda is a growing Saikyo Line suburb with direct Shinjuku access in ~25 minutes — a favorite value pick for Tokyo commuters.
Toda-Koen is known for its Olympic rowing course on the Arakawa, ~15 minutes to Ikebukuro with direct Shinjuku trains.
Warabi centers Japan's smallest city with dense, cheap shopping streets and ~25-minute rides to Ueno — a definitive value commuter town.
Miyanomae is a tram stop by Ogu Hachiman Shrine, walkable to Arakawa Yuen park — slow-paced shitamachi living.
Oku is one stop (5 minutes) from Ueno beside a famous rail yard — a connoisseur's pick with clearly discounted rents.
Tokiwadai's radial, tree-lined streets earned it the nickname 'Itabashi's Den-en-chofu' — planned-town beauty ~8 minutes from Ikebukuro.
Shin-Sakuradai rides directly onto the Fukutoshin/Yurakucho lines, with Ekoda's student-town eats a short walk away — low-profile, well-priced.
Kita-Akabane's platforms sit over a river, one stop from Akabane's famed eating streets — Akabane life at a discount, ~10 minutes to Ikebukuro.
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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