The name Komagome, which literally means "horse inside," is believed to have derived from the fields and stables where livestock was kept.
But a pasture is the last thing to cross visitors' minds when they depart the Yamanote Line at Komagome Station and see the congested traffic on Hongo Dori, which crosses over the tracks.
There are few reminders of the days when vegetables grown in the village of Komagome -- notably eggplant -- were auctioned at the Komagome Tsuji no Yacchaba, one of Edo's three major vegetable markets almost 400 years ago.