Inaricho Station
G17 · Ginza Line · Taito
Inaricho Station (稲荷町)
Inaricho is one of the four stations that opened on 30 December 1927 on the first underground railway in Asia, the Tokyo Underground Railway’s line from Ueno to Asakusa, and it wears its age more openly than its neighbours: entrance 3 still has the structure and design it was given at the opening. The name comes from Minami-Inaricho, the district the station stood in, which took its own name from Shitaya Shrine; when addresses were redrawn in October 1964 the district became Higashi-Ueno, and only the station kept the older word.
Its two side platforms on the first basement level are not connected to each other at all, inside the gates or outside: platform 1, for Ginza Line trains toward Shibuya, is reached from entrances 1 and 2 on one side of Asakusa-dori, and platform 2, for Asakusa-bound trains, from entrance 3 on the other, so boarding on the wrong side means crossing the road above. A departure melody written specially for the station came into use on 17 June 2015. With 19,729 entries and exits a day in 2025 it is the least used station on the line.
Finding Inaricho 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 Inaricho
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 Inaricho
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GGinza | 27 trains/hour (about one every 2.2 min) | 20 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Inaricho
Scheduled running time between Inaricho and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| GGinza | G18Tawaramachi | 2 min |
| GGinza | G16Ueno | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Ginza 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GGinza | Yes | Yes | Not listed | 3 |
- Ginza 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 Inaricho Station?
Shitaya Shrine, which gave the station its name, is about 100 m from an exit, and the blocks around hold an unusual concentration of temples – Jojuin roughly 90 m away, Shofukuin some 360 m, and a dozen more between them. The street above is a wholesale district for Buddhist altars and ritual goods, which gives the area its particular shopfronts. Taito ward’s main offices are a short walk off, along with the Ueno police and fire stations, Hakuo High School and Eiju General Hospital.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Jojuin 真言宗成就院 | 90 m | about 1 min |
| Shitaya Shrine 下谷神社 | 100 m | about 2 min |
| Shofukuin 正福院 | 360 m | about 6 min |
| 唯念寺 | 130 m | about 2 min |
| 龍谷寺 | 140 m | about 2 min |
| 徳雲禅院 | 190 m | about 3 min |
| 宋雲院 | 190 m | about 3 min |
| 妙経寺 | 190 m | about 3 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.