is a train station

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 located in the town of Higashi Ōizumi, in Tokyo

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's Nerima-ku

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. It is served by the Seibu Railway

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 Seibu Ikebukuro Line

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Platforms

Neighborhood

• Ōizumi Gakuen Yumeria Hall, Shop, and Tower
• Ōzumi NOSVOS shop (PARCO
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• Toei
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   Tokyo Film & Animation Studios
• LIVIN Ōizumi department store
• T-JOY Ōizumi cinema complex
• High School Ōizumi - associated with Tokyo Gakugei University
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• Ōizumi Metropolitan High School
• Tamura Corporation offices
• Nakau offices

History

The station was first established as Higashi Ōizumi Station on November 1, 1924, and renamed Ōizumi Gakuen Station on March 1, 1933.

It was used to represent Ohara Station in a pivotal scene in Akira Kurosawa's film, Stray Dog

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As of 2007, construction is underway at other stations along the line to lay new rail, thus affecting Ōizumi Gakuen Station as well. The date of completion of this work is as of yet undetermined.

Adjacent stations