Yoyogi Station 代々木駅
Heading for the greenery
Yoyogi Station, located in Shibuya Ward, Yoyogi Ward, was opened in October 1906 and served by JR East's Yamanote and Chuo-Sobu lines. In April 2000, the Toei Oedo subway line was added, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau (Toei).
The train station
Yoyogi Station is located between three large green sites: Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi Park, and Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
Wedged on the Yamanote line between the famous and teeming Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya stations, JR Yoyogi station sees no less than around 70,000 passengers per day (boarding passengers). This makes this station the 63rd busiest station of the JR East company. The JR station has three exits: East, West, and North. The last two give access to the Oedo metro line.
Outings to the countryside
The west exit leads to the north entrance of Meiji Shrine (8 min walk), the capital's most famous Shinto shrine. Built at the beginning of the 20th century in honor of the Emperor and Empress Meiji, this religious building is located in a huge shaded park.
Yoyogi Station is located southwest of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, one of Tokyo's largest parks. More than 20,000 trees dot the 58 hectares of the park, famous among other things for its 1,500 cherry trees. The beginning of spring here is a real spectacle of colors.
Although the station has the same name as the famous Yoyogi Park, it is much easier and faster to get to Yoyogi Park from Harajuku Station.
- To discover: The Harajuku district
On the other hand, not far from Yoyogi station, there is a pleasant little park that is much more discreet and above all much less crowded: Yoyogi midori koen.
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If you want to avoid the crowds and take in the greenery, take the West Exit of Yoyogi Station, head to the North Entrance of Meiji Shrine, and follow the path to the right, to the park.
A 2-minute walk from the West exit of the Yamanote line, Yoyogi village by Kurkku is a green and designer space that houses shops, bars, and restaurants with terraces.
A relaxing and natural break far from the tumult that agitates the neighboring districts...
Yoyogi Village, a complex on a human scale to meet up with friends
By Wonderwallpress (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
In spring, the 1,500 cherry trees in the Shinjuku Garden are adorned with millions of petals.
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Discover the Yamanote, Tokyo's iconic subway line:
- Tokyo station
- Nippori Station
- Uguisudani station
- Ueno Station
- Okachimachi Station
- Akihabara Station
- Kanda Station
- Yurakuchō Station
- Shimbashi Station
- Hamamatsucho Station
- Tamachi Station
- Ebisu Station
- Shibuya Station
- Harajuku Station
- Yoyogi Station
- Shinjuku Station
- Shin-Okubo Station
- Takadanobaba station
- Ikebukuro Station
- Otsuka Station
- Komagome Station
- Tabata station
