Tsuda University's Kodaira Campus is about a 8-minute walk from Takanodai 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.
Tsuda University's Faculty of Liberal Arts is based at the Kodaira campus for the full four years, with no relocation. The real favorite is Takanodai Station, an eight-minute walk away, with the cheapest rent of the four favorite stations. Kunitachi, Kokubunji, and Musashi-Koganei stations on the Chuo Line are also popular, chosen for their good access to Shinjuku.
The ranking below centers on cheap, far-out stations along the Seibu Tamako and Seibu Shinjuku lines, and it doesn't overlap at all with the real favorites of Takanodai, Kunitachi, Kokubunji, and Musashi-Koganei. The area around campus has a reputation as one of the safer parts of Tokyo, so it's best to start with Takanodai Station, just eight minutes on foot, as your baseline.
Tamako terminates at the Lake Tama embankment — lakeside cycling and Sayama greenery daily, with a one-seat ride to Kokubunji.
Higashi-Yamatoshi is marked by the BIG BOX leisure complex and the leafy Tamagawa-josui greenway, with one-seat Seibu rides toward Takadanobaba.
Seibuen terminates beside its namesake amusement park and Lake Tama — leisure-belt living with Shinjuku Line access via Higashi-Murayama.
Haijima is a four-line hub (Ome, Itsukaichi, Hachiko, Seibu Haijima) with solid station-front shopping — a high-value base for western Tama.
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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