Higashi-nihombashi Station
A15 · Asakusa Line · Chuo
Higashi-nihombashi Station (東日本橋)
The station came before the address. Toei opened it on 31 May 1962 on Line 1, using a name that marked the eastern edge of the old Nihonbashi district; the working name during planning had been Hisamatsucho. Only in 1971, when addresses in the area were reorganized, did Higashi-Nihonbashi become the official name of the neighbourhood above.
Its two side platforms, A15, now sit at the centre of a three-station knot. JR’s Bakurocho opened on 15 July 1972, at first reached by going up to the street, and when Bakuro-yokoyama opened on 21 December 1978 an underground passage tied all three together – still the arrangement today, with the operators treating this station and Bakuro-yokoyama as one transfer. The Asakusa Line‘s fastest services have called here since 18 November 1998, and every train on the line stops. Toei counted 79,857 entries and exits a day in 2024, eighth among the line’s twenty stations, and trains run through onto Keisei and Keikyu tracks, which matters for airport access.
Finding Higashi-nihombashi on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Higashi-nihombashi
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Higashi-nihombashi
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| AAsakusaA15 towards Oshiage (Skytree) | 05:15 – 00:18 | 05:15 – 00:18 |
| AAsakusaA15 towards Nishi-magome | 05:08 – 00:14 | 05:08 – 00:14 |
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| AAsakusa | 23 trains/hour (about one every 2.6 min) | 14 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Higashi-nihombashi
Scheduled running time between Higashi-nihombashi and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| AAsakusa | A16Asakusabashi | 1 min |
| AAsakusa | A14Ningyocho | 1 min |
Transfers and connections
- Walking transfer: Bakuro-yokoyama (Shinjuku Line), an official transfer between two separately named stations, about 3 minutes on foot — our estimate from the distance, not an operator figure.
- JR: Sobu Rapid Line (JR East). These are separate railways with their own fares.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAsakusa | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 |
- Asakusa Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 1 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A4, B1. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Toei: every station has elevators and a street-gate-platform “1-route” is secured.
What is near Higashi-nihombashi Station?
The platform name boards carry the word ton’yagai, wholesale district, beneath the station name, and that is what the streets above are: the textile wholesalers of Yokoyamacho and Bakurocho, many of which also sell to the public. Yagenbori Fudoin is a few minutes’ walk from the exits. Named landmarks are thin on the ground here – Nihonbashi Junior High School about 210 m away, the Button Museum roughly 290 m and the hostel CITAN around 330 m – because the area is made of small businesses rather than attractions.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Button Museum | 290 m | about 5 min |
| Nihonbashi Junior High School 中央区立 日本橋中学校 | 210 m | about 3 min |
| Hisamatsu Elementary School 中央区立 久松小学校 | 370 m | about 6 min |
| CITAN | 330 m | about 5 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.