Tokyo Station
Marunouchi, Tokyo
Tokyo Station is the 1914 red brick station that anchors Marunouchi, beautifully restored and much more than a transit hub. Under it spreads an underground city of ramen streets, character shops and food halls.
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Insider tip
Look up at the restored dome ceilings inside the Marunouchi entrances. For the facade at dusk, go up to the free KITTE rooftop garden. It's one of the best views in Tokyo.
What the guides say about Tokyo Station
JR Yokosuka line. From Tokyo Station, the Yokosuka line runs direct to Kamakura in about 55 to 60 minutes, calling at Shinagawa on the way (roughly 50 minutes from there). From the west side, the JR Shonan-Shinjuku line leaves Shinjuku and Shibuya and joins the same tracks south of Yokohama. Most of its services run through to Kamakura in about an hour, and the ones that don't mean a simple cross-platform change at Ofuna. Fares are roughly ¥1,000 each way on an IC card since JR East's March 2026 fare rise. There's no reservation and no pass. Just tap in.
Akihabara Station has the JR Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku and Sobu lines, the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and the Tsukuba Express. From here you're in Ueno in about 4 minutes, at Tokyo Station in 4, in Shinjuku in under 20 on the Sobu Line (quicker if you change to the Chuo Rapid at Ochanomizu), in Shibuya in about 25, in Asakusa in about 5 on the Tsukuba Express and in Roppongi in about 20 on the Hibiya Line. Not many districts in Tokyo give you that spread from one platform, and it's the best reason to sleep here.
Ueno wins on pure utility, and it isn't close. Ueno Station is on the Yamanote Line, so the whole loop is direct: Akihabara in four minutes, Tokyo Station in eight, Shinjuku in twenty-five. It's also a Shinkansen stop, which makes it the best base in the city for day trips north to Nikko, Sendai or anywhere in Tohoku. And the Keisei Skyliner runs direct from Narita Airport into Ueno in 41 minutes, so you could be checked in within an hour of clearing customs, with no transfers and no luggage to haul through Tokyo Station.
What's on at Tokyo Station
Upcoming events at Tokyo Station, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Water Margin (Suikoden): the Outlaws of the Marsh in Chinese and Japanese art
水滸伝
Time Fridays to 20:00; closed Mondays (open 12 Oct, 2 Nov) and 13 Oct Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
Chinese art from the Northern Song to the Qing and Japanese works inspired by the Water Margin, with all 74 known prints of Kuniyoshi's 108 heroes series.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nikolai Astrup: The Creative Garden
ニコライ・アストルップ 創造する庭
Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
An exhibition of the Norwegian painter and printmaker Nikolai Astrup in the brick-walled gallery inside Tokyo Station's Marunouchi building.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Yamaga Seika: 140th Anniversary of the Textile Artist
生誕140年 染織家 山鹿清華
Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
Marking 140 years since the birth of the textile artist Yamaga Seika, in the brick-walled gallery inside Tokyo Station.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Hata Teruo: The Sacred and the Profane (provisional title)
秦テルヲ 聖と俗（仮称）
Time Fridays to 20:00; closed Mondays Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
Retrospective of the wandering painter Hata Teruo (1887 to 1945), including the Yoshiwara handscroll long thought lost in the 1923 earthquake, shown in Tokyo for the first time.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Chicago: Photography Across Borders (provisional title)
シカゴ 写真と越境（仮称）
Time Fridays to 20:00; closed Mondays Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
Five photographers with Japanese and American roots who worked in 20th-century Chicago, among them Jun Fujita and Yasuhiro Ishimoto.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Marunouchi Gyoko Marche Market
Every Friday, 11:30 to 19:30 (none on 1 January). Next: Fri 23 Oct · Shin-Marunouchi Building, basement entrance
A weekly farmers' market where producers from around Japan sell seasonal food by the Shin-Marunouchi Building's basement entrance.
Free · 11:30 to 19:30 · Map · Source: Marunouchi Gyoko Marche committee · 丸の内 行幸マルシェ×青空市場
Cultural Property Walk: Marunouchi, which grew with Tokyo Station (guided walk in Japanese) Festival
Sat 24 Oct · Meeting point: Tokyo Station (JR), Marunouchi south gate
A guided walk of two to three hours run by the NPO Tokyo City Guide Club, in Japanese. Advance application through the club's form is required, and places are limited.
1,500 yen, paid on the day · 10:00 to 12:30 (meet 10 minutes earlier) · Map · Source: NPO Tokyo City Guide Club (東京シティガイドクラブ) · 東京駅とともに発展した丸の内
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Around Marunouchi
Marunouchi has 4 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 1 park or garden, 1 landmark, 1 viewpoint and 1 museum.
Good to know
- How do I get to Tokyo Station?
- The nearest station is Tokyo (JR). Tokyo Station is in Marunouchi, Tokyo.
- How much does Tokyo Station cost?
- Nothing. Tokyo Station is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Tokyo Station?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Tokyo Station?
- Dusk for the facade.
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