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Tokyo Station

Century Old Red Brick Building

Tokyo Station is located in the heart of Tokyo city, and its Marunouchi Entrance is a century-old red brick building, one of the city's landmarks. Tokyo Station is served by many high-speed rail lines and regional commuter lines, connecting all major Japanese cities from Hokkaido to Kyushu.

Tokyo Station 東京駅 is located in the heart of Tokyo city, and it dominates the Japanese rail system in terms of station size, passenger flow, and the number of railway lines.

Tokyo Station has two main ground-level entrances, Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east), and its entrance building in the direction of Marunouchi 丸の内 is a Renaissance-style Red Brick Building. The building was completed in 1914 and is three stories high, with two 35-meter Dome Towers at the north and south ends, and the decorations and brickwork inside remain much as they were when the building was first designed. If you follow the Pedestrian Avenue in front of Marunouchi’s central exit gate, you will find the imperial residence where the Emperor of Japan lived.

Manywhere Trivia:
According to a 2015 statistic report, the official number of permanent residents in the crowded Marunouchi area of Tokyo Station is four.

Tokyo Station is lined with Dozens of Railway Tracks, and trains run in and out of the station to all major cities in Japan, from Hokkaido to Kyushu. The main lines that pass through Tokyo Station today include the Tohoku Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen, and other JR lines such as the Yamanote Line and Chuo Main Line.

Inside the station, you will find trains whizzing by almost every minute, either entering or leaving the station. The passengers on the platform speak different languages and accents. It is this constant flow of people that makes the Marunouchi area one of Tokyo's Busiest Commercial Centers.