Sugamo Station

Unagi Kotetsu Sugamoうなぎ小鐵 巣鴨店

JR North Exit · about 1 min walk

Charcoal-grilled eel bowls and skewers at izakaya prices, one minute from the station.

Lunch sets start around ¥890 (grilled fish) and eel rice bowls from ¥2,650; open all day, so it works for an early or late meal.

10:30–22:20 (last order), open daily except New Year and staff-training days · ¥¥

Ganso Shio-Daifuku Mizuno元祖 塩大福みずの

Toei Mita Line Exit A3 · about 3 min walk (from JR: about 5 min)

The shop behind Sugamo's famous salted daifuku, a soft rice cake with sweet red-bean filling, sold since 1963.

Buy a small pack to eat on the street; expect a line at midday.

9:30–18:30, open daily (per the shopping-street guide) · ¥

Kōganji (Togenuki Jizō)萬頂山 高岩寺（とげぬき地蔵尊）

Toei Mita Line Exit A3 · about 5 min walk (from JR: about 5 min)

Temple at the heart of Sugamo, known for a Jizō statue believed to remove pain (splinters, aches).

Come on a 4th, 14th or 24th for the fair days, when the street is busiest and the hall stays open later.

Grounds open 24 hours; main hall 6:00–17:00 (until 20:00 on the 4th, 14th and 24th)

Sugamo Jizō-dōri Shopping Street巣鴨地蔵通り商店街

JR Main Exit · about 5 min walk (Toei Mita Line Exit A3 · about 2 min)

About 800 m of old-fashioned shops, sweets, and senior-friendly fashion, nicknamed Grandma's Harajuku.

Go on a 4th, 14th or 24th for stalls; shops keep their own hours, so check each one.

Smile Hotel Sugamoスマイルホテル巣鴨

JR North Exit · about 2 min walk (Toei Mita Line Exit A4 · about 1 min)

Simple business hotel two minutes from the station, with a coin laundry on the 8th floor.

Bags can be left at the front desk on the same day, before check-in and after check-out.

Check-in 14:00 / check-out 11:00

APA Hotel Sugamo-Ekimaeアパホテル〈巣鴨駅前〉

JR Main Exit · about 2 min walk (Toei Mita Line Exit A4 · right outside)

Large chain hotel steps from the station, with a public bath.

Direct booking on APA's own site is the official route.

Check-in 15:00 / check-out 10:00