🚆 Tokyo Transportation Overview

Tokyo Metro Sign at Ginza Station

🗼 What is Tokyo Transportation Like?

Tokyo offers trains, subways, buses, monorails, taxis, water buses...
It’s one of the most convenient systems in the world!

But for travelers:

• Too many operators
• Transfers can be confusing
• Different rules depending on the company

➡️ Learn the basics first, and you’ll move around like a local!

🚃 Major Rail & Subway Operators

🟢 JR East

• Lines: Yamanote, Chuo, Sobu
• Best for: Tokyo, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Akihabara, Ueno
• JR East official site (EN)

🔵 Tokyo Metro

• Lines: Ginza, Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Hanzomon
• Best for: Asakusa, Ginza, Omotesando, Shibuya
• Tokyo Metro official site (EN)

🔳 Toei Subway

• Lines: Asakusa, Oedo, Shinjuku, Mita
• Best for: Roppongi, Shinjuku, Tsukiji, Odaiba
• Toei official site (EN)

🔶 Private Railways

• Companies: Odakyu, Tokyu, Keio, Keikyu, Seibu
• Best for: Kichijoji, Kamakura, Hakone, Yokohama
• Odakyu, Keio

Note: Tokyo Metro and Toei are separate. Check coverage for your pass or ticket!

🚍 Other Transportation Options