Tokyo Metro Guide

The Tokyo metro can be a confusing system to navigate.

Here is a basic Tokyo Metro Guide to help you get around:

There are multiple lines and multiple train systems on the Tokyo metro.

If you switch lines in the middle of a journey, you usually have to exit the gates and buy a new ticket, then enter the gates of the next line.

Always pay for your ticket one leg of your journey at a time.

Otherwise the ticket collecting machine will eat your ticket and you will lose the extra fare on the card.

Make sure to get a Tokyo metro map from your hotel concierge that lists all of the stations in English.

Stops on the Tokyo metro are numbered, which helps you know how many stops are left until your destination.

Ecute Shinagawa is a shopping center in the Tokyo city center.

The shopping center has both retail outlets and a food court, and is a great place for a snack or light meal in Tokyo.

Ecute Shinagawa is located inside the turnstiles of the Shinagawa metro station in Tokyo.

Ecute Shinagawa is home to dozens of upscale pastry shops, bakeries, sushi counters, and dim sum eateries.

Stop by the shops for some bean cakes, rice triangles, sushi, or pork buns.

If you’re tired of Japanese food, Ecute Shinagawa has a number of Western-style food shops.

These include a Paul bakery, a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream shop, and some amazing cake stores.

Upstairs in Ecute Shinagawa there are retail stores selling everything from paper goods to watches.