Tokyo subway train route map
Tokyo is one gigantic salad of intertwined train lines that somehow reminds on a complicated electrical circuit and you won’t really get anywhere without a decent train map! The good news: you can get from one point to another relatively quickly as the trains run on schedule every few minutes and can take you to practically any destination. For example, the main (and always packed) Yamanote line with an average of 3.6 million passengers per day in 200 meter long trains, runs in a loop around central Tokyo with stops every two minutes. (Later I’ll write some more interesting facts about this line).
If you’re visiting Tokyo, I recommend you to arm yourself with a train map (PDF files):
- Tokyo train map (English)
- Tokyo train map (Japanese)
The Tokyo Metro web site also has a lot of useful information.
Fukuoka Dreaming: Thanks, much appreciated! :D
Ha, that map looks a lot less complicated. I like the idea of symbols for each station. I don’t know about there, but here in Tokyo each station has its own tune that plays as train arrives.
Wow, suddenly Fukuoka looks like a small town in the middle of a province compared to this!
Compare: http://www.urbanrail.net/as/fuku/fukuoka.htm
Great blog you have here. I am also in an international marriage with a Japanese (and we have a blog too) so I’d be following this blog!