At first glance there is little sign that Nishi-Kasai is different to any other Tokyo suburb. It's a neat, if unremarkable, commuter town. Like similar areas, it grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s with an influx of migrant workers from the countryside.
But more recently, Nishi-Kasai has seen a different kind of immigration. Over 1,000 Indians have come to live here and in the surrounding area and brought a bit of home with them. Now there are Indian stores, authentic Indian restaurants and Indian schools, even Indian TV, courtesy of the Internet.
"If you look at Nishi-Kasai from an Indian perspective it has changed a lot in the last few years," says local resident and software IT worker Manish Prabhune. "It feels like India now." No wonder Nishi-Kasai is now known as "Indiatown."