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JR Yamanote Line

Great for orientation in the city

If you’re on your first trip to Tōkyō (or second or third!), a great wait to orientate yourself with this massive metropolis is to ride the JR Yamanote Line, a 34.5km loop line of 30 stations that takes about an hour to go around the central city.

I’d recommend giving yourself a couple of hours on your first day - go around once in one direction, then around again in the other direction! Keep your eyes open and look out the windows. It’s an absolutely fascinating trip - and of course, since it’s a loop, it doesn’t matter where you start.

Check out JR Yamanote Line for a list of stations and what they’re known for.

Of course, if you’ve got yourself a JR Pass or Tōkyō Day Pass, you can get on and off as much as you want.

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Wikipedia JR Yamanote Line

JR Yamanote line including map.

Tōkyō 東京

Tōkyō In-A-Day

For those short on time

Image by Craig