Surroundings
The station lies in a residential area. There is a koban immediately outside the North Exit and a supermarket to the south. A neighbourhood shopping street stretches south. The Odakyu Railway's Kitami train depot lies to the east, alongside the Nogawa river.
There is a Catholic church to the north of the station. It was built in the early 20th Century by Tsurumatsu Toshimitsu, the founder of Odakyu, for his daughter.
The name of the area, Kitami, is thought to originate from an ancient Ainu word meaning "flat, wooded place".
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Coordinates: 35°38′12″N 139°35′14″E / 35.6366°N 139.5871°E / 35.6366; 139.5871
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