Jiyugaoka Station is served by the Tokyu Toyoko and Oimachi Lines, about 8 minutes from Shibuya by express and directly connected to Yokohama. The streets around the station are filled with patisseries, cafés and lifestyle shops; nationally famous as a town of sweets, it draws many visitors on weekends. Places well suited to wandering are scattered throughout, from the tree-lined Kuhonbutsu-gawa promenade to La Vita with its Venice-inspired canal. Quiet residential streets sit right beside the shopping district, and the area has long been a fixture near the top of Tokyo's most-desirable-neighborhood rankings. Supermarkets with imported foods, restaurants serving cuisines from around the world and comparatively many English-friendly establishments make everyday shopping convenient and family life comfortable. Several shopping streets and small lanes spread out around the station like a web, so you can shop and eat on foot and live easily without a car.