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Stations and transport hubs in Tokyo

28 places, each checked by our team.

• Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅Akihabara — Gateway to Akihabara's Electric Town, served by the JR Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku and Sobu lines, the Hibiya Line and the Tsukuba Express.
• Asukayama Park Monorail (Ascargo) あすかパークレール(アスカルゴ)Oji — A free, snail-shaped mini monorail beside JR Oji Station that crawls up the slope of Asukayama Park in about two minutes, a delight for kids and…
• Busta Shinjuku (Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal) バスタ新宿（新宿高速バスターミナル）Shinjuku — Japan's largest highway bus terminal, above Shinjuku Station, for buses to Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Osaka and both airports.
• Hamamatsucho Station & Tokyo Monorail 浜松町駅・東京モノレールHamamatsucho — Home to a costume-changing Manneken Pis statue on the Yamanote Line platform since 1952, and the starting point of the Tokyo Monorail's scenic…
• Haneda Airport Terminal 3 羽田空港第3ターミナルHaneda Airport — Haneda's main international terminal, linked directly to the Keikyu Line and Tokyo Monorail, about 15 minutes from Shinagawa.
• Harajuku Station 原宿駅Harajuku — The gateway to both Meiji Jingu's forest and Takeshita Street's chaos, with a bright modern station of 2020 and a reconstruction of the beloved 1924…
• Ikebukuro Station 池袋駅Ikebukuro — One of Tokyo's busiest stations, joining JR, three Tokyo Metro lines and the Seibu and Tobu lines to Chichibu and Kawagoe.
• Kasai-Rinkai-Koen Station 葛西臨海公園駅Kasai Rinkai Park — A JR Keiyo Line station opening straight onto Kasai Rinkai Park, with the giant Ferris wheel, the aquarium and the beach a few minutes away, and one…
• Keikyu Airport Line (Keikyu Kamata to Haneda) 京急空港線Kamata / Haneda — The red Keikyu trains that link Haneda's terminals with Kamata, Shinagawa and Yokohama, branching off the main line at Keikyu Kamata; through trains…
• Keisei Kanamachi Line 京成金町線Kanamachi / Shibamata — A tiny three-station Keisei branch line from Keisei-Takasago to Kanamachi via Shibamata: the nostalgic local train of the Tora-san films, the only…
• Keisei Ueno Station 京成上野駅Ueno — Underground terminus of the Keisei Skyliner, reaching Narita Airport in about 41 minutes, at the south end of Ueno Park.
• Nippori Station & Shimogoinden Bridge 日暮里駅・下御隠殿橋Nippori / Yanaka — Train spotters' heaven: a footbridge just north of Nippori Station spans more than a dozen tracks, so Shinkansen, Skyliners, Yamanote and Joban…
• Ochanomizu Station & Hijiri-bashi 御茶ノ水駅・聖橋Ochanomizu — Tokyo's classic train-photo spot: from Hijiri-bashi bridge, watch the Marunouchi Line pop out of a tunnel and cross the Kanda River ravine beneath…
• Okutama Station 奥多摩駅Okutama — The end of the line in Tokyo's far west: a mountain-lodge style station from 1944, the highest conventional rail station in Tokyo at 343 m,…
• Ryogoku Station & Edo Noren 両国駅・両国 江戸NORENRyogoku — Sumo's home station: the restored 1929 station building houses Edo Noren, a food hall built around a full-size sumo ring, while the platforms are…
• Shibamata Station & Tora-san Statue 柴又駅・寅さん像Shibamata — A tiny Keisei station steeped in film nostalgia, where a bronze Tora-san (Kuruma Torajiro) looks back at his sister Sakura across the station plaza.
• Shibuya Station 渋谷駅Shibuya — A constantly changing station where eight lines meet under one of the world's biggest urban renewal projects. Walk the new skyways, ride the Ginza…
• Shinagawa Station 品川駅Shinagawa — Major hub where the Tokaido Shinkansen, JR Yamanote Line and Keikyu airport line meet, about 15 minutes from Haneda.
• Shinjuku Station 新宿駅Shinjuku — The world's busiest railway station, moving around three million people a day across a dozen lines and 200-plus exits. Navigating it is a rite of…
• T-CAT (Tokyo City Air Terminal) 東京シティエアターミナル（T-CAT）Nihonbashi / Hakozaki — Dedicated airport-bus terminal in Nihonbashi with frequent limousine buses to Narita and Haneda and a direct subway link.
• Takanawa Gateway Station 高輪ゲートウェイ駅Takanawa / Shinagawa — Kengo Kuma's timber-and-membrane Yamanote Line station, opened in 2020, now the front door to Takanawa Gateway City, JR East's new waterfront…
• Takaosanguchi Station 高尾山口駅Takao — Kengo Kuma's wood-roofed gateway to Mount Takao, renovated in 2015 to echo the eaves of the mountain's temple, with an onsen next door for soaking…
• Tobu Asakusa Station & Sumida River Walk 東武浅草駅・すみだリバーウォークAsakusa — A 1931 Art Deco terminal whose trains curve out over the Sumida River toward Tokyo Skytree, now flanked by a pedestrian walkway on the railway bridge.
• Toden Arakawa Line (Tokyo Sakura Tram) & Minowabashi 都電荒川線(東京さくらトラム)・三ノ輪橋停留場Minowa / Arakawa — Tokyo's last surviving streetcar line, rattling through rose-lined backstreets from a lovingly retro Showa terminus at Minowabashi to Waseda.
• Tokyo Station (Gransta & Shinkansen Platforms) 東京駅 グランスタ・新幹線ホームMarunouchi / Yaesu — 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…
• Tokyu Setagaya Line & Miyanosaka Station 東急世田谷線・宮の坂駅Setagaya — A two-car tram trundling through the residential back lanes of Setagaya, with a retired vintage tram displayed beside Miyanosaka Station, a short…
• Ueno Station 上野駅Ueno — Tokyo's historic gateway to the north: a 1932 station building, Showa-era terminal platforms, a panda-themed bridge to Ueno Park, and the ecute Ueno…
• Yurikamome (Shimbashi to Odaiba) ゆりかもめShimbashi / Odaiba — Tokyo's driverless waterfront line: grab the front seat at Shimbashi and ride a 270-degree loop up onto Rainbow Bridge, with Tokyo Bay opening out…