Mita Station
A08 I04 · Asakusa Line and Mita Line · Minato
Mita Station (三田)
Mita is not in Mita. The station stands in Shiba 5-chome, and when the Asakusa Line opened A08 on 21 June 1968 the shortlist of names included Tamachi, Shiba and Shiba-Tamachi; residents and institutions on the Mita side petitioned for their own name and won. The Mita Line arrived on 27 November 1973 and ended here, I04, for twenty-seven years, until the extension to Meguro on 26 September 2000 turned it into a through station.
Those twenty-seven years left a mark on the layout. The Mita Line has two single platforms stacked on separate levels — platform 3 on the second basement, platform 4 on the third — a design chosen partly to fit the plot and partly because the line was once meant to continue toward Sengakuji and run through with Tokyu. While the station was a terminus, both levels sent trains the same way. The Asakusa Line keeps a conventional island platform on the second basement, and the walk between the two lines takes a few minutes because of the height difference.
Finding Mita 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 Mita
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 Mita
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| AAsakusaA08 towards Oshiage (Skytree) | 05:02 – 00:04 | 05:02 – 00:04 |
| AAsakusaA08 towards Nishi-magome | 05:22 – 00:28 | 05:22 – 00:28 |
| IMitaI04 towards Nishi-takashimadaira | 05:03 – 00:03 to Takashimadaira | 05:03 – 00:03 to Takashimadaira |
| IMitaI04 towards Meguro | 05:16 – 00:30 to Shirokane-takanawa | 05:16 – 00:30 to Shirokane-takanawa |
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?
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Transfers and connections
- Subway: transfer between Asakusa Line and Mita Line.
- JR: Keihin-Tohoku-Negishi Line (JR East), Yamanote Line (JR East). These are separate railways with their own fares.
Accessibility
- Asakusa Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 1 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A3, A8. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
- Mita Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 2 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A3, A8. 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 Mita Station?
This is the closest station to the main campus of Keio University, which sets the tone for the streets outside, and it adjoins JR East’s Tamachi station on the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines. Honshiba Park is about 180 m from the exits, the Minato Local Museum roughly 260 m and Mita NN Hall around 220 m; the NEC Super Tower stands some 200 m away, with Miho Kashima shrine about 140 m and the Institute of Science Tokyo’s Tamachi campus around 390 m. Asakusa Line trains from here run onto Keikyu and Keisei tracks, which matters for airport access.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Miho Kashima-jinja Shrine 御穂鹿嶋神社 | 140 m | about 2 min |
| Kasuga Shrine 春日神社 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| Institute of Science Tokyo - Tamachi Campus 東京科学大学 田町キャンパス | 390 m | about 6 min |
| Honshiba Park 本芝公園 | 180 m | about 3 min |
| Mita NN Hall 三田NNホール | 220 m | about 4 min |
| Minato Local Museum 港区立港郷土資料館 | 260 m | about 4 min |
| Shibaura Park 芝浦公園 | 330 m | about 5 min |
| Hoonji Temple 法音寺 | 360 m | about 6 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.
Frequently asked questions
It stands in the neighboring Shiba district. When the Asakusa Line station was being planned, Tamachi, Shiba and Shiba-Tamachi were all considered; people and institutions on the Mita side asked for the Mita name, and it stuck even though the ticket gates are not in that district.
They were stacked to fit the site, and because the line was once planned to continue past this point and run through with a private railway. Platform 3 is on the second basement level and platform 4 on the third; before the Meguro extension in 2000 both levels dispatched trains in the same direction.