Ebisu Station
H02 · Hibiya Line · Shibuya
Ebisu Station (恵比寿)
Not many stations are named after a beer. Ebisu takes its name from Yebisu, brewed at the works next door from the end of the nineteenth century, and the brand in turn from the deity Ebisu; the railway arrived in 1901 purely to move barrels, and passengers were admitted from 30 September 1906. A tram line reached the station in 1927, the station building burned down in the bombing of May 1945, and the brewery and its freight yard closed in 1982, the site becoming Ebisu Garden Place.
The Hibiya Line came late to all this, opening its two side platforms, H02, on 25 March 1964, three years before the trams stopped running. Subway trains here run through onto the Tobu network, and since 6 June 2020 morning TH Liner services have terminated at the station. Tokyo Metro counted 108,073 entries and exits a day in 2025, a figure separate from the JR count next door. On the JR platforms the departure melody is the Third Man theme, familiar from the beer’s television advertising.
Finding Ebisu 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 Ebisu
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 Ebisu
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| HHibiyaH02 towards Kita-senju | 05:02 – 00:30 to Hiro-o | 05:02 – 00:30 to Hiro-o |
| HHibiyaH02 towards Naka-meguro | 05:22 – 00:34 | 05:22 – 00:34 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| HHibiya | 24 trains/hour (about one every 2.5 min) | 13 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Ebisu
Scheduled running time between Ebisu and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| HHibiya | H03Hiro-o | 3 min |
| HHibiya | H01Naka-meguro | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
- JR: Saikyo-Kawagoe Line (JR East), Shonan-Shinjuku Line (JR East), Yamanote Line (JR East). These are separate railways with their own fares.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHibiya | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5 |
- Hibiya 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 Ebisu Station?
The subway exits feed straight into the JR concourse and the shops attached to it, with Atre Ebisu’s west building about 100 m away and the Ebisu Store arcade roughly 160 m. Ebisu Shrine stands some 90 m from the gates, the Shibuya ward branch office about 170 m, Nagayato Elementary School around 220 m and EBiS 303 near the 400 m mark. Ebisu Garden Place, built on the old brewery site, is the destination most people walk to from here.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Ebisu Shrine 恵比寿神社 | 90 m | about 1 min |
| アトレ恵比寿 西館 | 100 m | about 2 min |
| えびすストアー | 160 m | about 3 min |
| エビス・ギャラリーコウゲツ | 230 m | about 4 min |
| 恵比寿南二公園 | 390 m | about 6 min |
| EBiS 303 | 400 m | about 6 min |
| Nagayato Elementary School 渋谷区立長谷戸小学校 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| Tully's Coffee タリーズコーヒー | 240 m | about 4 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.