is a suburban, residential area of Tokyo in Suginami ward, approximately 8 km west of Shinjuku. Ogikubo has the Ogikubo Station on the JR Chà «à  Line (Rapid), the JR Chà «à Â-Sà Âbu Line, the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (terminus) and the Tokyo Metro Tà Âzai Line extension (which runs on the Chà «à Â-Sà Âbu Line tracks). The Japanese headquarters of American Express is located near the station.
The number of households and population as of March 1, 2024 (announced by Suginami Ward) are as follows..
The area's main shopping area mostly consists of three connected department stores; Seiyu, Town Seven and Lumine. Seiyu is a low-price department store owned by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. selling food, clothes, home goods, etc. There are also various types of stores and restaurants in the area surrounding the train station.
Ogikubo is commonly referred to as the birthplace of Tokyo ramen. More specifically, Ogikubo ramen is known for ramen cooked with fish bones instead of pork bones. Exiting from the North side of the station (Kitaguchi) and heading towards the Amanuma neighborhood one comes across many of the famous Ogikubo-ramen-tens. Two busy main roads, Kanpachi-dori and à Âme-kaido, run through Ogikubo and cross at four corners called which is actually where , , , come together. This is to the northwest of Ogikubo and Ogikubo Station.
is the name of a kind of reed in Japanese, and means "hollow".