Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station
M10 · Marunouchi Line · Shinjuku
Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station (新宿御苑前)
The garden came first and the station took its name. Shinjuku Gyoen, once managed by the Imperial Household Agency, is what M10 exists to serve, and every April the platforms fill with people going to see the cherry trees; for the rest of the year the traffic is mostly office workers from the buildings above the exits.
Shinjuku-gyoemmae opened on 15 March 1959, and its two side platforms do not face each other — they are offset along the tunnel by roughly 20 m, joined by a passage on the second basement level. Exit 1 serves the Ogikubo-bound platform at the Shinjuku-sanchome end; exits 2 and 3 serve the other platform, exit 2 towards Yotsuya-sanchome and exit 3 added on 11 July 2009 along with a new station office. Platform doors were installed in December 2006 in preparation for one-person operation, which began on 28 March 2009. Tokyo Metro counted 49,258 passengers a day in 2025.
Finding Shinjuku-gyoemmae 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 Shinjuku-gyoemmae
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 Shinjuku-gyoemmae
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| MMarunouchiM10 towards Ikebukuro | 05:03 – 23:57 | 05:03 – 23:57 |
| MMarunouchiM10 towards Ogikubo | 05:32 – 00:26 to Shinjuku | 05:32 – 00:26 to Shinjuku |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MMarunouchi | 27 trains/hour (about one every 2.2 min) | 15 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Shinjuku-gyoemmae
Scheduled running time between Shinjuku-gyoemmae and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| MMarunouchi | M09Shinjuku-sanchome | 2 min |
| MMarunouchi | M11Yotsuya-sanchome | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Marunouchi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMarunouchi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3 |
- Marunouchi Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 1, 3. 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 Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station?
The wall of Shinjuku Gyoen runs close to the station, with the garden’s museum about 320 m from the exits and its great greenhouse about 250 m. Away from the garden the ground is thick with temples: Taisoji at roughly 200 m, which keeps the third of the Edo six Jizo statues, Shojuin at about 310 m and Jokakuji at about 330 m. Theatre Sunmall is about 230 m off, and Shinjuku Park and Hanazono Park are the small public green spaces in between.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Taisoji Temple 太宗寺 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| Theatre Sunmall シアターサンモール | 230 m | about 4 min |
| Shōjuin 正受院 | 310 m | about 5 min |
| Jokakuji 成覚寺 | 330 m | about 5 min |
| 長善寺 | 390 m | about 6 min |
| Shinjuku Park 新宿公園 | 230 m | about 4 min |
| Hanazono Park 花園公園 | 230 m | about 4 min |
| Shinjuku Gyoen Museum 新宿御苑ミュージアム | 320 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
The station exists for it. The -mae in the name means in front of, and the garden’s museum and greenhouse both lie within a few hundred metres of the exits. April is the crowded month, when visitors to the cherry trees are added to the usual office traffic.
They are staggered by about 20 m along the tunnel, so the exits that serve them come up at different points on the street. Exit 1 belongs to the Ogikubo-bound platform and exits 2 and 3 to the Ikebukuro-bound one, with a passage on the second basement level joining the two.