Hiro-o Station
H03 · Hibiya Line · Minato
Hiro-o Station (広尾)
The station is named after a neighbourhood it does not stand in. Hiroo is in Shibuya; Hiro-o station, H03, lies entirely within Minami-Azabu in Minato, which is why the official spelling of the station keeps the hyphen while the district does not. It opened on 25 March 1964, a few months before the Hibiya Line was completed, and consists of two side platforms facing each other.
Four exits serve very different sets of people, and the station’s own signage divides them up: one for Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park and the Tokyo Metropolitan Library, one for the Hiroo shopping arcade and the University of the Sacred Heart, and two more, including exit 4 which opened in April 2016, for the international schools and the Red Cross medical campus. Trains here run through onto the Tobu Skytree Line at the far end of the route, so a train at this quiet stop can be signed for Saitama. Tokyo Metro counted 59,210 entries and exits a day in the 2025 survey.
Finding Hiro-o 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 Hiro-o
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 Hiro-o
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| HHibiyaH03 towards Kita-senju | 05:05 – 23:52 | 05:05 – 23:52 |
| HHibiyaH03 towards Naka-meguro | 05:19 – 00:31 | 05:19 – 00:31 |
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) | 14 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Transfers and connections
Only the Hibiya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHibiya | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
- Hibiya Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 4. 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 Hiro-o Station?
Embassies, international schools and hospitals define the area. The University of the Sacred Heart is about 220 m from the exits and the International School of the Sacred Heart roughly 160 m, with the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing around 390 m. Prince Arisugawa Memorial Park, which contains the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library, begins about 310 m away. Hiroo Shrine is roughly 160 m from the gates, the Tokyo Japan Temple some 250 m, and Hiroo Plaza and the shopping street with its imported-food supermarkets are a couple of minutes off.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| University of the Sacred Heart 聖心女子大学 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| Tokyo Japan Temple 日本東京神殿 | 250 m | about 4 min |
| Prince Arisugawa Memorial Park 有栖川宮記念公園 | 310 m | about 5 min |
| Shōunji Temple 祥雲寺 | 370 m | about 6 min |
| Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing 日本赤十字看護大学 | 390 m | about 6 min |
| Hiroo Plaza 広尾プラザ | 140 m | about 2 min |
| Hiroo Shrine 広尾神社 | 160 m | about 3 min |
| 広尾東公園 | 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.