Living in Tama New Town
Tama New Town is in Tokyo Prefecture, and it feels like a different city from the 23 wards. I have lived here for 15 years, and this site is about the way of life that comes with that.
Why the name
Tokyo, but not Tokyo says two things at once. The address is Tokyo. The atmosphere has little in common with Shibuya or Shinjuku. This site is about that second Tokyo, where the pace is relaxed and daily life is easy to live.
Space and green
The town has wide open spaces, large parks and hills close by, and there is a lot of nature for a place inside the Tokyo metropolis. It is also a suburb in the plain sense: comfortable, ordinary and livable.
Walkways without cars
Much of the town is connected by walkways that are free of cars and traffic, including the elevated pedestrian decks around Tama Center and Minami-Osawa. Walking to the station, the shops or a park is quiet, and that is a large part of why the town feels relaxed.
A technology career from here
I work in corporate IT, and I write about it from this part of Tokyo. The Tech section covers IT, AI and company culture. This section covers the place those notes are written from, and what it is like to hold a technology job while living a quieter, more human-focused life in the suburbs.
A quieter, more human-focused life in the Tokyo suburbs.
The streets behind the badges
Visit the shopThe stickers and T-shirts in the shop are drawn from places in Minami-Osawa and Tama Center.
