Shibuya Station

Shibuya Station (渋谷駅, Shibuya-eki) is a major railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Keio Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, and Tokyo Metro. It serves as a terminal for six railway lines, five of which are operated by Tokyo Metro and Tokyu Corporation.

Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
The station's Hachiko exit in August 2015
Japanese name
Shinjitai	渋谷駅
Kyūjitai	澁谷驛
Hiragana	しぶやえき
General information
Location	Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Coordinates	35°39′31″N 139°42′05″E
Operated by	JR East Keio Tōkyū Railways Tokyo Metro
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1 March 1885; 140 years ago (1 March 1885)
Location Shibuya Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Shibuya Station Shibuya Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Shibuya Station Shibuya Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Shibuya Station Shibuya Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

As of 2025, this station has about 3 million people per day visiting. It is considered as the second-busiest metro station in Japan and the world after Shinjuku Station. It handles a large population of commuter traffic between the city center and suburbs to the south and west.^[1]

Lines

JR East

• JA Saikyō Line / JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (Yamanote Freight Line) - also used by Narita Express trains
• JY Yamanote Line

Private railways

• Keio Inokashira Line - terminus
• DT Den-en-toshi Line - through service with Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
• TY Tōyoko Line - through service with Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

Subways

• G Ginza Line - terminus
• Z Hanzōmon Line - through service with Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
• F Fukutoshin Line - through service with Tokyu Tōyoko Line

Note that while the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line and Fukutoshin Line are directly connected to each other (and passengers can switch from one to another without passing through ticket gates), the Ginza Line station is a standalone terminal. Transfers to the Fukutoshin/Tōyoko Line are given 60 min to do so outside the fare control area, but those needing to transfer to Hanzōmon/Den-en-toshi Line should transfer at the Omotesando station instead.

Station layout

(Hachikō Front Square)

In 2013 and 2014, Shibuya station underwent major renovations as a part of a long-term site redevelopment plan.^[2] While all rail and subway lines continued to operate, some station exits and entrances were changed for improvement. As of March 2013, the east side of the main station was transformed due to the provision of through train services between the Tokyu Toyoko Line and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. While much of the main station building, previously housing the Tokyu department store, had been closed and was set for demolition, the west building of the Tokyu department store continued to operate as before. The Shibuya Hikarie building, also owned by the Tokyu Group, opened in 2012 and contains department store retail, restaurants, and offices.^{[citation needed]}

The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, originally built and operated by a Tokyu keiretsu company, continues to use platforms on the third floor of the station building. The JR lines are on the second floor in a north-south orientation. The Tokyu Toyoko Line originally used parallel platforms on the second floor of the same building, but effective on 16 March 2013, the Toyoko Line moved underground to provide rail service with the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. The Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tokyu Den-en-Toshi Line share platforms underground in another part of the station. The Keio Inokashira Line uses platforms on the second floor of the Shibuya Mark City building to the west of the main station complex.^[3]

The main JR/Tokyu/Tokyo Metro complex has six exits. The northwest Hachikō Exit (ハチ公口, Hachikō-guchi), named for the nearby statue of the dog Hachikō and located next to Shibuya's famous scramble crossing, is a particularly popular meeting spot. The Tamagawa Exit (玉川口, Tamagawa-guchi) on the west side leads to the Keiō Inokashira Line Shibuya Station platforms.^[3]

On 17 November 2008 (16 years ago) (2008-11-17), a mural by Tarō Okamoto, "The Myth of Tomorrow", depicting a human figure being hit by an atomic bomb, was unveiled in its new permanent location at the station, in the connecting passage to the Keio Inokashira Line entrance.^[4]

JR East

SBYJY20JA10JS19 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Yamanote Line platform, January 2023
General information
Location	1-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JY Yamanote Line JA Saikyo Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Platforms	2 Island platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1885
Passengers
FY2013	378,539 daily
Services Preceding station JR East Following station Ebisu EBSJY21 Next counter-clockwise Yamanote Line Harajuku JY19 Next clockwise Shinjuku SJKJS20 Terminus Narita Express Shinagawa SGWJO17 (limited service) towards Narita Airport Terminal 1 Musashi-Kosugi MKGJS15 towards Itō Saphir Odoriko Shinjuku SJKJS20 Terminus Fujisawa JT08 towards Odawara Shōnan Ōsaki OSKJS17 towards Odawara Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Special Rapid Shinjuku SJKJS20 towards Takasaki, Maebashi or Utsunomiya Ebisu EBSJS18 towards Odawara or Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Rapid Local Ebisu EBSJA09 towards Ōsaki Saikyō Line Commuter Rapid Rapid Local Shinjuku SJKJA11 towards Ōmiya Ebisu EBSJA09 towards Ebina Sōtetsu–JR Link Line Shinjuku SJKJA11 Terminus

Platforms

There are two island platforms with a total of four tracks. One of the platforms serves the Yamanote Line and the other serves the Saikyō Line and Shōnan–Shinjuku Line.

The station was opened in 1885 with one island platform serving what is now the Yamanote Line. To alleviate congestion, a second side platform was opened to the west in July 1940 and the original platform was converted to a side platform. In March 1996, the first Saikyō Line platform was opened. It was located to the south of the Yamanote Line platforms, approximately 350 m (1,148 ft 4 in) away. This platform was relocated to its current location during 30–31 May 2020.^[5][6] The original Yamanote Line platform was then widened during 23–24 October 2021.^[7] It was widened further during 7–8 January 2023, when the west side platform was removed from service and both directions of the Yamanote Line were recombined into a single island platform.^[8]

1	JY Yamanote Line	for Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro
2	JY Yamanote Line	for Shinagawa and Tokyo
3	JA Saikyō Line	for Shinjuku, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe
	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku and Ōmiya (via the JU Takasaki Line) for Kumagaya, Takasaki, Maebashi (via the JU Utsunomiya Line) for Oyama, Utsunomiya
4	JA Saikyō Line	for Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba Sotetsu Line for Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Ebina
	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Yokohama and Ōfuna (via the JT Tōkaidō Line) for Odawara (via the JO Yokosuka Line) for Zushi
	■ Ltd. Express Narita Express	for Tokyo and Narita Airport

Tokyo Metro/Tokyu

Station layout
3F Ginza Line platforms	Platform 2	→Ginza Line towards Asakusa (Omotesandō) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	→Ginza Line towards Asakusa (Omotesandō) →
	Ginza Line concourse	Ginza Line ticket barriers, ticket office Passageways to JR platforms
2F	Upper mezzanine	Ginza Line ticket barriers, ticket machines, station agent Passageways to JR and Keio Inokashira Line platforms
1F	Street Level	Exit/Entrance Transfer between Ginza Line and Hanzomon Line/Fukutoshin Line/Tokyu stations
B1F	Transfer mezzanine	Staircases and elevators to lower mezzanine
B2F	Lower mezzanine	Hanzomon Line/Fukutoshin Line/Tokyu ticket barriers, ticket machines, station agent
B3F Hanzōmon Line Den-en-toshi Line platform	Platform 2	→ Hanzōmon Line towards Oshiage (Omotesandō) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line towards Chūō-rinkan (Ikejiri-ōhashi) ← Hanzōmon Line termination track
B4F	Transfer mezzanine	Transfer between Hanzōmon Line/Den-en-toshi Line and Fukutoshin Line/Tōyoko Line platforms
B5F Fukutoshin Line Tōyoko Line platforms	Platform 6	→ Fukutoshin Line towards Wakōshi (Meiji-Jingūmae) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 5	→ Fukutoshin Line towards Wakōshi (Meiji-Jingūmae) →
	Platform 4	← Tokyu Toyoko Line towards Yokohama (Daikan-yama)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 3	← Tōkyū Tōyoko Line towards Yokohama (Daikan-yama)

Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line

DT01 Z01 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
/Tokyo Metro station
Hanzomon Line-Den-en-Toshi Line Platforms
General information
Location	2-1-1 Dogenzaka Nichōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tōkyū Railways (manager) Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	DT Den-en-toshi Line Z Hanzōmon Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	DT01, Z-01
History
Opened	April 7, 1977 (DT Den-en-toshi Line) August 1, 1978 (Z Hanzōmon Line)
Services Preceding station Tōkyū Railways Following station Sangenjaya DT03 towards Chūō-rinkan Den-en-toshi Line Express through to Hanzomon Line Ikejiri-ōhashi DT02 towards Chūō-rinkan Den-en-toshi Line Semi Express Local Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station through to Den-en-toshi Line Hanzōmon Line Omote-sando Z02 towards Oshiage

Platforms

On the third basement (B3F) level, a single underground island platform serves two tracks.^[9]

1	DT Den-en-toshi Line	for Futako-tamagawa, Nagatsuta, and Chūō-rinkan
2	Z Hanzōmon Line	for Otemachi and Oshiage TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TI Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-kurihashi

Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

TY01 F16 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Tokyu Railway/Tokyo Metro station
Platforms 4 and 5 in 2018
General information
Location	1-1 Dogenzaka Nichōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tōkyū Railways (manager) Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	TY Tōyoko Line F Fukutoshin Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	TY01, F-16
History
Opened	14 June 2008; 16 years ago (2008-06-14)
Services Preceding station Tōkyū Railways Following station Jiyūgaoka TY07 towards Motomachi-Chūkagai S-Train (weekends and national holidays) Shinjuku-sanchome F13 towards Seibu-Chichibu Naka-meguro TY03 towards Motomachi-Chūkagai F Liner Meiji-jingumae F15 towards Hannō or Ogawamachi Naka-meguro TY03 towards Yokohama Tōyoko Line Limited Express Commuter Express Express through to Fukutoshin Line Daikanyama TY02 towards Yokohama Tōyoko Line Local Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station through to Toyoko Line Fukutoshin Line Express Meiji-jingumae F15 towards Wakoshi Fukutoshin Line Commuter Express Shinjuku-sanchome F13 towards Wakoshi Fukutoshin Line Local Meiji-jingumae F15 towards Wakoshi

Platforms

Two underground island platforms on the fifth basement (B5F) level serve four tracks.^[10] Tokyu has been managing the station since the opening of the Fukutoshin Line in 2008, and the Toyoko Line uses platforms 3 and 4 since the start of through services with the two lines on 16 March 2013.

3-4	TY Tōyoko Line	for Jiyūgaoka, Yokohama, and Shin-Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai Sotetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai via the Tōkyū/Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line
5-6	F Fukutoshin Line	for Shinjuku-sanchome, Ikebukuro, and Wakoshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen and Ogawamachi Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

G01 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Tokyo Metro station
The new Ginza Line platforms that opened in January 2020
General information
Location	1-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	G Ginza Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	G-01
History
Opened	December 20, 1938
Rebuilt	2018–2019
Passengers
FY2013	212,136 daily
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Terminus Ginza Line Omote-sando G02 towards Asakusa

Platforms

As of January 2020, one island platform serves two tracks.^[10] Until December 2019, two side platforms each served one track, with one platform for terminating services and one for services departing towards Asakusa.

Due to the distance between Ginza and Hanzomon Line platforms, transfer information was announced at Omote-sando Station instead.

1-2

G Ginza Line

for Akasaka-mitsuke, Ginza, Ueno, and Asakusa

• 
  The Ginza Line platforms in 1977
• 
  The same platforms in 2010

Keio Inokashira Line

IN01 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Keio station
The Keio Inokashira Line platforms in October 2020
General information
Location	4-1 Dogenzaka Itchōme, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Keio Corporation
Line(s)	Keio Inokashira Line
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	IN01
History
Opened	1933
Passengers
FY2013	730,849 daily
Services
Preceding station Following station Shimo-kitazawa IN05 towards Kichijōji Inokashira Line Express Terminus Shinsen IN02 towards Kichijōji Inokashira Line Local

Platforms

The Keio station consists of two bay platforms serving two tracks.^[11]

1, 2

IN Keio Inokashira Line

for Shimo-Kitazawa, Meidaimae, Eifukuchō, and Kichijōji

History

On 1 March 1885, Shibuya Station first opened as a stop on the Shinagawa Line, a predecessor of the present-day Yamanote Line.^{[citation needed]} The station was later expanded to accommodate the Tamagawa Railway (1907; closed 1969), the Toyoko Line (1927), and the Teito Shibuya Line (1 August 1933; now the Inokashira Line).^[12]

Between 1925 and 1935, the legendary Akita dog named Hachikō waited for his deceased owner, appearing at the station right when his train was due for nine years.^[13]

In 1938, the station added platforms for the Tōkyō Rapid Railway, which began through service with the Ginza Line in 1939 and formally merged with it in 1941.^{[citation needed]}

In 1946, the infamous Shibuya incident, a gang fight involving hundreds of people, occurred in front of the station.^[14]

• 
  In the early 1920s
• 
  In 1951
• 
  Circa 1960

More recently, the Den-en-toshi Line (1977), the Hanzōmon Line (1978), and the Fukutoshin Line (2008) began serving the station.^{[citation needed]} Between December 2008 and March 2009, piezoelectric mats were installed at Shibuya Station as a small scale test.^{[15][16][17][18]}

From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines, with Shibuya Station becoming "IN01".^[19]

Station numbering was later introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Shibuya being assigned station numbers JS19 for the Shonan-Shinjuku line, JA10 for the Saikyo line, and JY20 for the Yamanote Line. At the same time, JR East assigned its major transfer stations a 3-letter code; Shibuya was assigned the code "SBY".^[20][21]

On 3 January 2020, the Ginza Line platforms were shifted about 50 meters (164 ft 1 in) east of the old platforms.

On 1 June 2020, the Saikyo Line platforms were shifted about 350 meters (1,148 ft 4 in) north of the old platforms, and now sits right next to the Yamanote Line platforms.

Major widening work took place on the Yamanote Line inner circle platform (Platform 2) on 23–24 October 2021.^[22] As a result, Yamanote Line service was suspended between Ikebukuro and Osaki. To accommodate for delays, an additional special train service was run between Shinagawa and Shinjuku by way of the Yamanote Freight Line.

Effective the timetable revision on 18 March 2023, through services onto the Sagami Railway commenced courtesy of the Tokyu and Sotetsu Shin-yokohama Line.^[23] Most southbound services routing through Hiyoshi on the Tokyu Shin-yokohama Line continue as far south as Shōnandai Station on the Sōtetsu Izumino Line.

Former Toyoko Line station

TY01 Shibuya Station 渋谷駅
Tokyu station
Former Tokyu Toyoko Line platforms in February 2009
General information
Location	2-24-1 Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Tokyu Toyoko Line
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	TY-01
History
Opened	1927
Closed	15 March 2013
Former services
Preceding station   Tokyū Railways   Following station Tokyu Toyoko Line Naka-Meguro TY03   Limited Express   Terminus Naka-Meguro TY03   Commuter Express   Terminus Naka-Meguro TY03   Express   Terminus Daikan-yama TY02   Local   Terminus

The former above-ground Tokyu Toyoko Line terminal station platforms were taken out of use after the last train service on 15 March 2013. From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, Toyoko Line services used the underground platforms 3-4 shared with Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line services.

Platforms

The station had four 8-car long bay platforms numbered 1 to 4, serving four tracks.

1-4

■ Tokyu Toyoko Line

for Naka-Meguro, Jiyūgaoka, Yokohama, (Minatomirai Line) Motomachi-Chūkagai

Future developments

JR East is in the process of rebuilding the station, with reconstruction work starting in earnest in fiscal year 2015.^[5]

On the platform of the Toyoko Line, which was moved to the east side of the station, Tokyu Corporation constructed a 230-meter (754 ft 7 in) high, 47-story commercial building "Shibuya Scramble Square", which became the tallest building in Shibuya when it opened in November 2019. Several commercial buildings connected to the station will be constructed by 2027.^[24]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal year 2013, the JR East station was used by 378,539 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fifth-busiest JR East station.^[25] Over the same fiscal year, the Keio station was used by an average of 336,957 passengers daily (exiting and entering passengers), making it the busiest station on the Inokashira Line.^[26] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro Ginza station was used by an average of 212,136 passengers daily and the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon and Fukutoshin stations were used by an average of 731,184 passengers daily. Note that the latter statistics consider passengers who travel through Shibuya station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station.^[27] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyu Toyoko Line station was used by an average of 441,266 passengers daily and the Den-en-toshi Line station was used by an average of 665,645 passengers daily.^[28] The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tokyu		Tokyo Metro	Keio
		Tōyoko Line	Den-en-toshi Line
1999	423,336[29]				323,180[12]
2000	428,165[30]
2005	423,884[31]	412,237[32]	631,481[32]
2010	403,277[33]	419,482[34]	647,331[34]		336,926[35]
2011	402,766[36]	420,163[37]	641,781[37]	217,117[38]	335,475[35]
2012	412,009[39]	435,994[40]	656,867[40]	226,644[41]	344,972[26]
2013	378,539[25]	441,266[28]	665,645[28]	212,136[27]	336,957[26]

• Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.
• Note that the Tokyo Metro figures are for the Ginza Line station only.

Surrounding area

The sectioned body of a former Tokyu 5000 series "Green frog" carriage on static display near the Hachikō exits before it was removed in August 2020. It is now being displayed at Kosaka Railway Museum and Akitainu Visitors Center in Odate, Akita Prefecture (the birthplace of Hachikō)

Bus terminal on the west side of Shibuya Station

See also: Shibuya, Tokyo

Surrounding the station is the commercial center of Shibuya. The Tokyu Department Store is connected to the east gate of the station and several other department stores are within walking distance.

• Shibuya Ward Office
• NHK Broadcasting Center
• NHK Hall
• Shibuya Mark City
• Shibuya 109
• Shibuya Hikarie
• Yoyogi Park
• Miyashita Park

The Shibuya River flows directly under the station, to the east and parallel to the JR tracks. Unlike most other Japanese department stores, the east block of Tokyu Department Store closed in 2013, and due for demolition as a part of the Shibuya Station redevelopment plan, did not have basement retail space due to the river passing directly underneath. An escalator in the east block of the store was constructed over the river stops a few steps above floor level to make space for machinery underneath without the need for further excavation. Rivers are deemed public space under Japanese law, so building over one is normally illegal. It is not clear why this was allowed when the store buildings were first constructed in 1933.

Cultural References

Various parts of the station also feature in the manga/anime television series Jujutsu Kaisen as the setting for what is dubbed the Shibuya Incident.

See also

• Tokyo portal

• List of railway stations in Japan
• Transport in Greater Tokyo