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Tokyo Station (Gransta & Shinkansen Platforms) 東京駅グランスタ・新幹線ホーム

The station as a destination in its own right: a city of ekiben, sweets and souvenir counters inside the gates, bullet trains sliding in every few minutes, and the famous seven-minute Shinkansen cleaning drill.

HoursStation open roughly 4:30–1:00; Gransta shops mostly 8:00–22:00 (Ekibenya Matsuri from about 5:30)

ClosedOpen daily

PriceFree

Getting thereTokyo Station (JR, Shinkansen, Marunouchi Line), Yaesu North or Central Exit

Time needed1–2 hours

Best timeMid-morning on a weekday, before a Shinkansen ride

Address1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo

Websitegransta.jp

About

Most visitors photograph the red-brick Marunouchi facade and leave, but the real Tokyo Station experience is underneath and behind it. Gransta, the sprawling inside-the-gates shopping zone, links the Marunouchi and Yaesu sides with bakeries, Tokyo-only sweets, bento and sake counters, and Ekibenya Matsuri, which stocks well over a hundred regional ekiben from all over Japan so you can eat Hokkaido crab or Yonezawa beef on a train to anywhere. On the Yaesu side, Gransta Yaesu and the Grand Roof canopy frame the Shinkansen gates, where the Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku lines (green, red and pink-nosed trains, sometimes coupled together) share platforms with the Tokaido Shinkansen to Kyoto and Osaka. At the JR East Shinkansen platforms, a pink-and-red uniformed crew turns each arriving train around in about seven minutes, finishing with a synchronised bow to the passengers. Below ground, the station sprawls into Yaesu Chikagai and the First Avenue arcades, home to the separately listed Ramen Street and Character Street.

Highlights

Ekibenya Matsuri: 100+ regional ekiben, many from far-off stations, sold from early morning
The JR East Shinkansen cleaning crew's seven-minute turnaround and bow, platforms 20–23
Coupled Komachi (red) and Hayabusa (green) trains splitting and joining on the Tohoku Shinkansen
Gransta's Tokyo-only sweets and souvenir counters, from butter sandwiches to limited-edition KitKats
Yaesu Grand Roof, a white sail-like canopy over the Yaesu bus and taxi plaza
Look up inside the Marunouchi domes (outside the gates) for the restored eagle and zodiac reliefs

Tips

Gransta and Ekibenya Matsuri are inside the ticket gates: if you are not travelling, buy a JR platform ticket (nyujoken) at a machine, which gives you up to 2 hours inside.
To watch the Shinkansen cleaning crew you also need a platform ticket that covers the Shinkansen gates; arrive at a Tohoku Shinkansen platform a few minutes before a train terminates.
Ekibenya Matsuri gets slammed 7:00–9:00 and around 17:00–19:00 on Fridays; mid-morning has the best choice with the shortest queue.
Coin lockers fill by late morning; use the luggage counters on the Yaesu side or reserve an ecbo cloak space in advance.
Signs are colour-coded: follow orange for the Chuo Line, red for the Marunouchi side, blue for Yaesu and Shinkansen.

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Tokyo Station (Gransta & Shinkansen Platforms) 東京駅 グランスタ・新幹線ホーム

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