Toranomon Station
G07 · Ginza Line · Minato
Toranomon Station (虎ノ門)
G07 opened on 18 November 1938 as the eastern end of the Tokyo Rapid Railway, the private company that built the western half of what is now the Ginza Line; at first its trains ran back only as far as Aoyama-rokuchome, today’s Omotesando. Two months later, on 15 January 1939, the line was carried on to Shimbashi and Toranomon became an intermediate stop. It has two side platforms.
Crowding has had it rebuilt more than once. The platforms were lengthened from 48 m to 96 m in 1956 for six-car trains, and a larger job between 1969 and 1971 widened them from three or four metres to seven, cut a new passage between the two sides at the Asakusa end and widened the stairs to exits 5 and 6; platform 1 was widened again on 1 July 2020. A month before that, on 6 June 2020, the Hibiya Line’s Toranomon-hills opened almost directly beneath these tracks, and the two stations were joined by an underground passage and treated as one transfer. Platform 1 also holds a public artwork, Michiko Nakatani’s A White Tiger Is Watching, installed on 1 August 2020. In 2025 Toranomon was used by 100,524 people on an average day.
Finding Toranomon 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 Toranomon
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 Toranomon
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 Toranomon
Scheduled running time between Toranomon and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| GGinza | G08Shimbashi | 2 min |
| GGinza | G06Tameike-sanno | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
- Walking transfer: Toranomon-hills (Hibiya Line), an official transfer between two separately named stations, about 6 minutes on foot — our estimate from the distance, not an operator figure.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GGinza | Yes | Yes | Yes | 13 |
- Ginza Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 11. 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 Toranomon Station?
Toranomon is a Kasumigaseki station in all but name. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Finance, the Patent Office and Central Government Building No.7 West Wing, about 270 m from the exits, are all close, as is the United States embassy. Kotohira Shrine stands about 200 m away, hemmed in by offices, and the Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center is about 220 m off. Toranomon Hills Mori Tower is about 380 m from the station, the Shin-Kasumigaseki Building about 280 m, the Toranomon Dai Building about 300 m and the Nippon Press Center Building about 390 m.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Kotohira Shrine 金刀比羅宮 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| Japan Sake and Shōchū Information Center 日本酒造会馆 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| 小寳稲荷 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| 豊繁稲荷 | 250 m | about 4 min |
| 明舟公園 | 330 m | about 5 min |
| Daido Life Kasumigaseki building 大同生命霞が関ビル | 130 m | about 2 min |
| Central Government Building No.7 West Wing 中央合同庁舎第7号館西館 | 270 m | about 4 min |
| Shin-Kasumigaseki Building 霞が関ビルディング | 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 relief by the artist Michiko Nakatani called A White Tiger Is Watching, installed on platform 1 on 1 August 2020 and given to the station by the developers of the buildings above. It plays on the tiger in the station’s name, which comes from the old Toranomon gate.
Toranomon-hills opened on 6 June 2020 under the same crossroads, and since then an underground passage outside the ticket gates, on the Nishi-shimbashi side of platform 1, has joined the two. The operators treat the change as a single transfer, but the stations keep different names and different numbers, so follow the signs rather than the map.