Sendagi Station
C15 · Chiyoda Line · Bunkyo
Sendagi Station (千駄木)
Sendagi is built as two stacked single-track platforms rather than the usual pair facing each other: platform 1 sits directly above platform 2, with 9.6 m from the street down to the rails on the upper level and 15.4 m on the lower. Escalators have linked them since the Chiyoda Line opened here on 20 December 1969, and a rebuild finished in 2014 gave the station a second entrance of its own at street level.
C15 stands at the northeastern corner of Bunkyo, just inside the Yamanote loop. Together with Nezu and Yanaka it makes up the district Japanese media call Yanesen, streets where old houses, temples and small workshops survived and have been turned into cafés and galleries — which is why the area appears in foreign guidebooks far more often than its passenger numbers suggest. Tokyo Metro counted 29,307 a day in 2025.
Finding Sendagi 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 Sendagi
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 Sendagi
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| CChiyodaC15 towards Ayase | 05:04 – 00:28 | 05:04 – 00:24 |
| CChiyodaC15 towards Yoyogi-uehara | 05:11 – 00:16 | 05:11 – 00:15 to Kasumigaseki |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CChiyoda | 25 trains/hour (about one every 2.4 min) | 12 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Sendagi
Scheduled running time between Sendagi and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| CChiyoda | C14Nezu | 3 min |
| CChiyoda | C16Nishi-nippori | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Chiyoda Line stops here, and no other railway serves this station, so there is nothing to transfer to inside the station.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CChiyoda | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 |
- Chiyoda Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Tokyo Metro: the “1-route” (step-free street-gate-platform path by elevator, slope, stair lift or wheelchair escalator) is complete at all 180 stations; a separate list shows stations with an elevator-only 1-route.
What is near Sendagi Station?
The Mori Ogai Memorial Museum, on the site of the writer’s house, stands about 260 m from the station, and the Okakura Tenshin Memorial Park about 280 m. Sudo Park, laid out on the grounds of an Edo-period domain residence, is the closest green space at roughly 110 m. Temples are everywhere — Daienji, Chokyuji, Zenshoan — and the Yanaka Ginza shopping street, about 390 m away, is where most visitors are going. Nippon Medical School and Yanaka Cemetery are among the places the station serves.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Daienji 大圓寺 | 240 m | about 4 min |
| Mori Ogai Memorial Museum 森鴎外記念館 | 260 m | about 4 min |
| Anryuji 安立寺 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| 宗林寺 | 260 m | about 4 min |
| 妙圓寺 | 360 m | about 6 min |
| 長明寺 | 370 m | about 6 min |
| Sudō Park 須藤公園 | 110 m | about 2 min |
| Okakura Tenshin Memorial Park 岡倉天心 記念公園 | 280 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.
Frequently asked questions
A nickname for the adjoining neighborhoods of Yanaka, Nezu and Sendagi, used in Japanese media for an area that kept much of its older building stock. Sendagi is the Chiyoda Line’s stop for it, and the Yanaka Ginza shopping street lies about 390 m from the station.
Sendagi was built as two single-track platforms stacked one above the other rather than as a pair either side of the tracks. Platform 1 is 9.6 m below the street and platform 2 is 15.4 m, so it is worth checking your direction before going down.